A sermon preached before Her Majesty, on May 29, being the anniversary of the restauration of the King and royal family by the Bishop of S. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties.
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             A sermon preached before Her Majesty, on May 29, being the anniversary of the restauration of the King and royal family by the Bishop of S. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties.
             Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.
          
           [4], 25, [3] p.
           
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             1692.
          
           
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             Half title: The Bishop of St. Asaph's sermon preached before the Queen at Whitehall, May 29.
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           On
           May
           29
           ,
           being
           the
           ANNIVERSARY
           Of
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Royal
           Family
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Bishop
           of
           S.
           ASAPH
           ,
           Lord
           Almoner
           to
           THEIR
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
         
           By
           her
           Majesties
           Command
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Jones
          
           in
           Lincolns-Inn
           new
           Square
           next
           Clare-Market
           .
           1692.
           
        
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           At
           White-hall
           ,
           May
           29.
           1692.
           
        
         
           
             Psalm
             118.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             
               This
               is
               the
               Lords
               doing
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               marvellous
               in
               our
               Eyes
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               day
               which
               the
               Lord
               hath
               made
               ,
               we
               will
               rejoyce
               and
               be
               glad
               in
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           day
           for
           which
           David
           intended
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           was
           probably
           the
           day
           of
           that
           great
           Revolution
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           Saul
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           was
           exalted
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           long
           before
           this
           ,
           that
           David
           had
           said
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             perish
             one
             day
             by
             the
             hand
             of
          
           Saul
           .
           He
           confessed
           afterwards
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           
             in
             his
             hast
          
           that
           he
           said
           this
           ;
           Psal.
           31.
           22.
           not
           considering
           (
           as
           he
           ought
           )
           the
           promise
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           live
           to
           be
           King
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
         
           But
           now
           ,
           after
           Saul
           himself
           was
           cut
           off
           by
           that
           terrible
           Judgment
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           David
           lamented
           ,
           as
           you
           see
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           1.
           17.
           
           Yet
           being
           thus
           secur'd
           from
           that
           which
           he
           fear'd
           ,
           and
           seeing
           his
           way
           open
           to
           that
           which
           God
           had
           promised
           ;
           now
           he
           corrects
           that
           hasty
           word
           of
           his
           .
           He
           says
           here
           ,
           vers
           .
           17.
           
           
             I
             shall
             not
             dye
             ,
             but
             trve
             ,
             and
             declare
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           What
           works
           ?
           That
           he
           sheweth
           in
           the
           following
           words
           ,
           (
           there
           are
           other
           words
           between
           ;
           but
           I
           pass
           by
           them
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           not
           now
           Expounding
           a
           Psalm
           .
           )
           Verses
           22.
           23.
           
           
             The
             stone
             which
             the
             Builders
             refused
             is
             become
             the
             head
             stone
             of
             the
             Corner
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             marvellous
             in
             our
             Eyes
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           plain
           how
           these
           words
           were
           true
           of
           David
           himself
           ,
           Who
           ,
           tho
           he
           was
           Saul's
           Son
           in
           Law
           ;
           and
           made
           so
           on
           the
           account
           of
           his
           Merit
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           conspicious
           every
           way
           ,
           that
           the
           Honour
           of
           so
           high
           a
           Relation
           was
           the
           least
           part
           of
           his
           Character
           :
           Yet
           they
           that
           were
           in
           power
           about
           Saul
           ,
           finding
           that
           Saul
           had
           a
           jealousy
           of
           him
           ,
           inflamed
           it
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           David
           was
           thrown
           out
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           his
           Place
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           so
           he
           continued
           in
           Exile
           till
           Saul's
           Death
           .
           But
           then
           ,
           by
           a
           strange
           turn
           of
           affairs
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           People's
           hearts
           ;
           First
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           Juda
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           all
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           anointed
           him
           King.
           And
           so
           
             God
             turned
             the
             Kingdom
             to
          
           David
           
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Jesse
           .
           1
           Chron
           10.
           
             last
             verse
          
           .
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           lite●al
           sense
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           Verses
           22.
           
           &
           23.
           beforementioned
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           Da●id
           was
           a
           most
           Illustrious
           Type
           of
           the
           Messiah
           who
           w●●
           the
           Son
           of
           David
           according
           to
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           David
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Prophecies
           :
           So
           the
           Actions
           and
           Events
           of
           David's
           life
           ,
           
           were
           many
           of
           them
           Types
           of
           the
           like
           Actions
           and
           Events
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           done
           by
           ,
           and
           should
           happen
           to
           ,
           the
           Messiah
           .
        
         
           That
           particularly
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           of
           David's
           being
           rejected
           by
           Saul's
           Courtiers
           and
           Counsellors
           ;
           was
           a
           Type
           of
           Christ's
           being
           rejected
           by
           the
           Priests
           and
           Elders
           of
           the
           Jews
           .
           And
           that
           which
           you
           heard
           of
           that
           strange
           Revolution
           ,
           by
           which
           David
           was
           advanced
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           was
           a
           Type
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           was
           Exalted
           to
           be
           Lord
           and
           Christ.
           In
           both
           these
           respects
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           )
           
             the
             stone
             which
             the
             Builders
             refused
             ,
          
           was
           made
           
             the
             headstone
             of
             the
             Corner
          
           :
           both
           these
           were
           alike
           
             the
             Lords
             doing
          
           ,
           and
           were
           
             marvellous
             in
             mens
             Eyes
          
           .
        
         
           But
           especially
           the
           last
           ,
           that
           of
           Christs
           Exaltation
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           ;
           to
           which
           these
           words
           are
           applied
           ,
           both
           by
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           once
           by
           his
           Holy
           Apostles
           ;
           this
           was
           the
           very
           sence
           ,
           that
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           intended
           ,
           in
           inspiring
           David
           with
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           has
           used
           it
           accordingly
           .
           This
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Psalms
           the
           Church
           has
           appointed
           to
           be
           used
           on
           Easter
           Day
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           Celebrate
           the
           memory
           of
           Christ's
           Resurrection
           ,
           then
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           
             this
             is
             the
             Day
             that
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             :
             we
             will
             rejoyce
             and
             be
             glad
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           But
           as
           this
           intent
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           did
           not
           make
           it
           unlawful
           for
           David
           to
           make
           use
           of
           these
           words
           in
           a
           literal
           sense
           ,
           (
           as
           no
           doubt
           he
           did
           ,
           for
           his
           part
           intend
           it
           )
           in
           the
           composing
           of
           this
           Psalm
           :
           So
           ,
           without
           comparing
           with
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           (
           with
           which
           no
           earthly
           thing
           ought
           to
           be
           named
           ,
           )
           when
           we
           are
           in
           David's
           Case
           as
           to
           
           our
           Temporal
           condition
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           to
           doubt
           but
           we
           may
           lawfully
           take
           up
           his
           words
           .
           And
           that
           's
           enough
           to
           justify
           my
           Choise
           of
           this
           Text.
           
        
         
           For
           the
           matters
           contained
           in
           it
           ,
           here
           are
           two
           things
           in
           which
           we
           have
           David
           for
           an
           Example
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           When
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           to
           give
           us
           such
           a
           Deliverance
           ,
           as
           appears
           to
           be
           the
           work
           of
           God
           by
           the
           marks
           of
           his
           hand
           upon
           it
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           give
           him
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           acknowledging
           it
           to
           be
           his
           doing
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           When
           God
           doth
           such
           a
           work
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           shew
           their
           sense
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           rejoycing
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           by
           keeping
           a
           Day
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           may
           say
           in
           David's
           words
           ,
           
             this
             is
             the
             Day
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             .
          
           I
           shall
           add
           ,
           that
           whensoever
           the
           benefit
           is
           such
           as
           is
           not
           confined
           to
           the
           present
           age
           ;
           even
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           they
           come
           to
           have
           a
           share
           of
           the
           benefit
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           to
           continue
           the
           memory
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           keeping
           Yearly
           Days
           of
           Thanksgiving
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           We
           are
           now
           above
           thirty
           Years
           after
           the
           date
           of
           that
           mercy
           which
           we
           Yearly
           commemorate
           on
           this
           Day
           ;
           and
           yet
           now
           ,
           enjoying
           the
           full
           benefit
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           truly
           may
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           say
           it
           ;
           
             this
             is
             the
             day
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           will
           be
           more
           then
           I
           can
           well
           bring
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           my
           time
           ;
           that
           where
           God
           has
           done
           a
           signal
           work
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           acknowledge
           't
           is
           his
           doing
           .
           This
           is
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           what
           all
           mankind
           will
           agree
           to
           .
           All
           will
           agree
           that
           this
           is
           Just
           and
           Right
           .
           It
           is
           but
           giving
           God
           
             the
             glory
             that
             is
             due
             to
             his
             name
             .
          
           The
           Question
           will
           be
           ,
           how
           we
           shall
           distinguish
           such
           works
           as
           are
           to
           be
           ascribed
           to
           God
           only
           .
        
         
         
           I
           am
           not
           now
           to
           prove
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           Created
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           governs
           all
           things
           in
           it
           ;
           as
           well
           things
           that
           are
           wrought
           by
           humane
           means
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           by
           second
           Causes
           ,
           as
           those
           which
           God
           works
           immediately
           by
           himself
           .
           These
           things
           I
           ought
           to
           take
           for
           granted
           by
           all
           that
           hear
           me
           .
        
         
           What
           is
           it
           then
           that
           comes
           properly
           into
           our
           Question
           ?
           Only
           this
           ,
           how
           any
           work
           may
           be
           appropriated
           to
           God
           ,
           so
           that
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           above
           other
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           of
           Gods
           doing
           Not
           to
           reckon
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           it
           particularly
           in
           these
           three
           respects
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           When
           it
           is
           so
           surprizing
           a
           work
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           assign
           no
           other
           Cause
           ,
           from
           which
           it
           does
           ,
           or
           can
           ,
           proceed
           ,
           but
           God
           only
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           When
           ,
           beside
           the
           unaccountableness
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           we
           see
           the
           effect
           is
           such
           as
           we
           may
           reasonably
           believe
           that
           God
           is
           concern'd
           for
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           When
           we
           see
           there
           was
           a
           great
           and
           near
           danger
           of
           losing
           that
           which
           God
           was
           concern'd
           for
           ,
           if
           this
           had
           not
           happened
           for
           its
           preservation
           .
           I
           think
           these
           three
           that
           I
           have
           named
           are
           sure
           tokens
           by
           which
           we
           may
           Judge
           ,
           without
           danger
           of
           mistake
           ,
           that
           any
           thing
           that
           happens
           in
           this
           manner
           is
           of
           God's
           doing
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           When
           we
           see
           a
           thing
           done
           ,
           that
           is
           great
           and
           extraordinary
           in
           it self
           ,
           or
           is
           like
           to
           be
           so
           in
           its
           consequence
           ,
           it
           sets
           us
           presently
           on
           thinking
           whence
           this
           should
           proceed
           .
           For
           we
           know
           that
           nothing
           happens
           by
           chance
           :
           every
           thing
           has
           a
           Cause
           ,
           wheher
           we
           know
           it
           or
           not
           .
           But
           if
           we
           are
           so
           at
           a
           loss
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           either
           we
           see
           no
           Cause
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           none
           that
           can
           reach
           the
           effect
           :
           What
           then
           ?
           We
           Judge
           the
           Cause
           to
           be
           something
           that
           is
           to
           us
           invisible
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Heathens
           ,
           as
           they
           held
           every
           thing
           which
           they
           could
           not
           see
           to
           be
           a
           God
           ,
           so
           when
           they
           saw
           any
           thing
           done
           which
           they
           knew
           not
           how
           any
           creature
           should
           do
           ,
           they
           ascribed
           it
           to
           God.
           Thus
           the
           Magicians
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           Moses
           turn
           dust
           into
           lice
           ,
           a
           thing
           which
           they
           could
           not
           do
           with
           all
           their
           Inchantments
           ;
           They
           confessed
           that
           this
           was
           
             the
             finger
             of
             God.
          
           When
           the
           Syrians
           saw
           their
           mighty
           armies
           overcome
           by
           a
           handful
           of
           Israelites
           ;
           they
           knew
           it
           was
           not
           done
           by
           humane
           strength
           ;
           what
           then
           ?
           It
           must
           be
           a
           Divine
           power
           that
           assisted
           them
           .
           When
           the
           Jews
           that
           were
           returned
           from
           the
           Babylonian
           Captivity
           ,
           had
           built
           up
           the
           Wall
           about
           Jerusalem
           in
           fifty
           two
           days
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           very
           unaccountable
           thing
           ;
           even
           their
           Enemies
           the
           Moabites
           and
           others
           that
           saw
           it
           ,
           confessed
           that
           this
           was
           the
           work
           of
           God.
           Thus
           they
           Judged
           ,
           not
           from
           any
           peculiar
           notions
           of
           their
           own
           Nation
           or
           Religion
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           the
           reasoning
           of
           humane
           nature
           ,
           upon
           that
           Hypothesis
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           that
           governs
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           therefore
           much
           more
           ,
           we
           that
           have
           Revelation
           for
           this
           ;
           Wee
           that
           have
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           
             from
             him
             and
             by
             him
             are
             all
             things
          
           ;
           when
           we
           see
           such
           things
           done
           ,
           as
           could
           be
           from
           no
           other
           ,
           it
           confirms
           us
           that
           such
           things
           must
           be
           from
           God.
           It
           is
           that
           Allwise
           and
           Allmighty
           Being
           ,
           that
           sheweth
           himself
           now
           by
           his
           ordinary
           Providence
           ,
           in
           such
           works
           as
           are
           above
           our
           reason
           and
           strength
           ,
           no
           less
           then
           he
           did
           by
           works
           of
           Miracle
           ,
           to
           them
           that
           lived
           in
           Scripture
           times
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Especially
           we
           see
           this
           in
           such
           works
           as
           appear
           to
           be
           done
           for
           such
           purposes
           as
           wee
           have
           all
           reason
           to
           believe
           God
           would
           be
           most
           especially
           concerned
           for
           in
           this
           World.
           This
           is
           the
           second
           thing
           that
           I
           proposed
           ,
           
           among
           the
           ways
           we
           have
           to
           Judge
           that
           any
           great
           work
           is
           of
           God's
           doing
           .
        
         
           The
           Old
           Romans
           ,
           in
           judging
           of
           Criminal
           matters
           ,
           when
           they
           would
           kn●w
           the
           author
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           done
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           fi●st
           Questions
           was
           that
           of
           
             Cassius
             ,
             Cui
             bono
          
           ?
           Who
           has
           been
           ,
           or
           who
           was
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           the
           better
           for
           this
           ?
           If
           the
           ben●fit
           of
           it
           redounded
           to
           any
           person
           ,
           whether
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           his
           Children
           ,
           or
           his
           family
           ;
           that
           gave
           a
           shrewd
           suspicion
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           way
           one
           may
           guess
           at
           the
           author
           of
           any
           Action
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           may
           be
           .
           And
           by
           this
           measure
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           Judge
           of
           him
           and
           of
           his
           doings
           .
        
         
           This
           he
           tells
           us
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           all
           things
           for
           his
           Glory
           .
           It
           is
           that
           which
           we
           are
           therefore
           to
           consider
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           chief
           end
           of
           all
           his
           doings
           .
           Whatsoever
           is
           contrary
           to
           that
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           is
           all
           sin
           whatsoever
           ,
           )
           we
           are
           sure
           he
           is
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           :
           And
           though
           he
           suffers
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           he
           sees
           fit
           ,
           yet
           he
           does
           not
           even
           that
           ,
           but
           so
           as
           it
           may
           turn
           to
           his
           G●ory
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           things
           that
           he
           has
           made
           ,
           he
           loveth
           those
           things
           best
           that
           are
           fittest
           to
           set
           forth
           his
           Glory
           .
           Those
           are
           here
           upon
           earth
           ,
           the
           Rational
           beings
           ,
           whom
           he
           Create●
           in
           his
           own
           Image
           ,
           howsoever
           by
           Sin
           they
           are
           fallen
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           among
           these
           ,
           his
           chief
           care
           is
           for
           them
           whom
           he
           has
           re●●emed
           to
           himself
           .
           Especially
           he
           takes
           care
           for
           the
           B●dy
           o●
           his
           redeem'd
           ones
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           his
           Church
           .
           And
           therefore
           for
           those
           societies
           of
           men
           that
           are
           his
           Church
           in
           the
           several
           Kingdoms
           or
           Nations
           .
        
         
         
           As
           this
           is
           his
           chief
           care
           for
           Persons
           ,
           so
           for
           Things
           ,
           he
           is
           chiefly
           concerned
           for
           those
           things
           by
           which
           man
           sheweth
           forth
           his
           Image
           :
           all
           those
           Godlike
           Qualities
           ,
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Charity
           ,
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           And
           above
           all
           ,
           for
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God.
           These
           things
           are
           directly
           for
           his
           glory
           ;
           therefore
           these
           things
           are
           his
           great
           concernment
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           That
           Gods
           greatest
           care
           of
           all
           is
           for
           his
           Church
           ;
           this
           is
           so
           clear
           ,
           that
           they
           that
           held
           a
           multiplicity
           of
           Gods
           ,
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           thought
           it
           most
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           every
           God
           should
           be
           most
           concern'd
           for
           his
           own
           people
           .
           They
           believed
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           would
           do
           things
           for
           his
           own
           people
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           do
           for
           any
           other
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           they
           saw
           great
           things
           done
           for
           Israel
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           doubt
           that
           those
           things
           were
           done
           by
           Israel's
           God.
           
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           whatsoever
           may
           be
           done
           by
           any
           other
           supernatural
           power
           ;
           as
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           that
           Devils
           may
           do
           great
           things
           ,
           that
           may
           resemble
           the
           wonderful
           works
           of
           God
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           to
           be
           distinguisht
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           whereas
           God's
           works
           are
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           Religion
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           which
           are
           his
           great
           concernment
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           Whatsoever
           tends
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           these
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           sure
           it
           is
           not
           the
           work
           of
           God
           ;
           
             It
             is
             the
             Enemy
             that
             hath
             done
             this
             .
          
           And
           yet
           ,
           when
           the
           Enemy
           has
           done
           his
           worst
           ,
           (
           which
           may
           go
           very
           far
           towards
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           to
           bring
           it
           into
           great
           sufferings
           ,
           by
           the
           permission
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           Chastisement
           of
           his
           People
           ;
           which
           having
           obtain'd
           its
           effect
           ,
           they
           will
           have
           cause
           to
           thank
           God
           for
           their
           sufferings
           :
           Yet
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           the
           Devil
           has
           done
           his
           
           worst
           before
           it
           comes
           to
           utter
           destruction
           ,
           God
           will
           find
           a
           way
           to
           deliver
           his
           people
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           truly
           the
           work
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           the
           neerer
           they
           were
           to
           destruction
           ,
           the
           more
           visible
           is
           his
           work
           in
           their
           deliverance
           ;
           that
           's
           the
           third
           thing
           I
           have
           to
           shew
           .
           The
           greater
           danger
           there
           was
           ,
           of
           our
           losing
           that
           for
           which
           God
           is
           concern'd
           ;
           so
           much
           the
           more
           of
           his
           Hand
           appears
           in
           our
           deliverance
           from
           it
        
         
           The
           greatest
           dangers
           are
           those
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           to
           men
           ,
           appear
           to
           be
           insuperable
           .
           Therefore
           the
           more
           any
           danger
           appears
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           appears
           to
           be
           worthy
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           deliver
           us
           from
           it
           .
           For
           though
           as
           to
           him
           ,
           all
           things
           are
           easie
           alike
           :
           no
           one
           work
           is
           harder
           then
           another
           ;
           to
           make
           the
           World
           out
           of
           nothing
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           making
           Lice
           out
           of
           Dust
           :
           Yet
           as
           to
           us
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           most
           affected
           with
           such
           works
           as
           seem
           to
           us
           to
           be
           of
           the
           greatest
           difficulty
           .
        
         
           When
           all
           Humane
           help
           fails
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           worthy
           of
           God
           to
           shew
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           deliverer
           of
           his
           people
           .
           And
           therefore
           God
           has
           chosen
           such
           times
           ,
           when
           his
           people
           have
           been
           at
           or
           near
           the
           very
           brink
           of
           destruction
           ,
           then
           to
           give
           them
           deliverance
           from
           it
           .
           We
           may
           see
           this
           in
           many
           Instances
           in
           Scripture
           .
           The
           most
           tamed
           Instance
           is
           ,
           that
           of
           God's
           bringing
           his
           people
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           Red
           Sea
           :
           We
           read
           the
           like
           ,
           of
           
           Hezekiah's
           deliverance
           from
           
           Senacheribs's
           army
           :
           The
           Book
           of
           Judges
           is
           full
           of
           such
           great
           works
           of
           God
           for
           the
           deliverance
           of
           his
           people
           .
           Such
           things
           as
           God
           did
           then
           by
           Miracle
           he
           doth
           now
           in
           the
           course
           of
           his
           Ordinary
           Providence
           ;
           things
           which
           no
           man
           can
           do
           ,
           nor
           can
           think
           how
           
           they
           were
           done
           .
           And
           when
           he
           thus
           delivers
           his
           people
           from
           such
           dangers
           as
           seemed
           to
           be
           inevitable
           :
           and
           especially
           when
           at
           such
           a
           pinch
           of
           time
           ,
           when
           nothing
           but
           destruction
           is
           look'd
           for
           that
           then
           deliverance
           cometh
           in
           the
           stead
           :
           such
           a
           work
           has
           so
           many
           marks
           of
           Gods
           hand
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           sees
           and
           considers
           it
           ,
           cannot
           but
           say
           ,
           
             this
             is
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             marvellous
             in
             our
             Eyes
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           Application
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           shew
           all
           those
           marks
           of
           Gods
           hand
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           in
           the
           work
           of
           this
           day
           :
           I
           speak
           plainly
           ,
           in
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ;
           and
           therewith
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Government
           and
           Laws
           ,
           the
           most
           valuable
           things
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           that
           which
           led
           in
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           giveth
           the
           title
           to
           the
           day
           ;
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           King
           that
           then
           was
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ;
           tho
           that
           I
           say
           is
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           the
           chief
           subject
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           our
           Sermons
           ,
           as
           of
           our
           Prayers
           and
           praises
           on
           this
           day
           :
           Yet
           I
           shall
           at
           this
           time
           crave
           leave
           to
           insist
           chiefly
           ,
           upon
           the
           restoring
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           great
           concernment
           of
           God
           in
           this
           Nation
           :
           In
           order
           to
           which
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           are
           chiefly
           a
           blessing
           to
           a
           Nation
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           Civil
           government
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           only
           promise
           that
           God
           has
           made
           to
           us
           in
           Gospel
           Times
           ;
           that
           
             Kings
             and
             Queens
          
           shall
           be
           
             nursing
             Fathers
             and
             nursing
             Mothers
          
           to
           his
           Church
           :
           which
           he
           has
           now
           Graciously
           accomplish'd
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           to
           return
           to
           the
           work
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           I
           am
           to
           prove
           that
           this
           was
           the
           Lords
           doing
           ,
           by
           shewing
           these
           three
           marks
           of
           his
           hand
           upon
           it
           .
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           
           restoring
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           was
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           true
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           in
           a
           most
           needful
           time
           ,
           when
           Gods
           true
           Church
           and
           true
           Religion
           were
           in
           the
           utmost
           danger
           of
           being
           extinguisht
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           then
           God
           was
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           preserve
           and
           restore
           it
           ,
           by
           such
           means
           as
           were
           to
           men
           unaccountable
           .
           These
           three
           things
           being
           proved
           ,
           it
           will
           certainly
           appear
           that
           the
           work
           of
           this
           day
           was
           
             the
             Lords
             doing
          
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           may
           be
           said
           of
           all
           our
           other
           deliverances
           since
           .
           I
           cannot
           ,
           when
           I
           speak
           of
           such
           things
           ,
           I
           cannot
           without
           ingratitude
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           mention
           that
           mercy
           of
           the
           late
           Revolution
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           our
           deliverances
           since
           ;
           especially
           that
           of
           this
           present
           time
           :
           All
           these
           being
           so
           visibly
           the
           effects
           of
           Gods
           continued
           care
           of
           us
           ;
           being
           all
           for
           the
           same
           Church
           and
           Nation
           ,
           all
           in
           times
           of
           great
           and
           near
           danger
           ,
           and
           all
           with
           the
           like
           Evidence
           of
           Gods
           hand
           in
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           whosoever
           considers
           them
           severally
           ,
           cannot
           but
           see
           reason
           enough
           to
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           each
           of
           these
           was
           
             the
             Lords
             doing
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           great
           work
           of
           the
           Kings
           restauration
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           But
           first
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           shew
           that
           This
           was
           the
           work
           of
           God.
           It
           was
           certainly
           so
           ,
           If
           ours
           be
           a
           true
           Church
           of
           God.
           If
           it
           be
           ,
           did
           I
           say
           ?
           I
           said
           it
           not
           as
           doubting
           ,
           but
           taking
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           Just
           reason
           to
           do
           .
           We
           have
           reason
           to
           insist
           upon
           that
           which
           has
           been
           sufficiently
           proved
           in
           so
           many
           excellent
           Books
           as
           have
           been
           written
           in
           the
           Just
           vindication
           of
           our
           Church
           .
           I
           need
           not
           say
           more
           particularly
           what
           has
           been
           done
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           last
           reign
           ,
           when
           the
           Press
           was
           most
           open
           and
           free
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           .
           That
           more
           then
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           Power
           they
           had
           then
           ,
           gave
           the
           world
           occasion
           
           to
           see
           how
           little
           they
           had
           to
           say
           against
           us
           .
           And
           therefore
           after
           such
           a
           tryal
           as
           this
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           ours
           is
           a
           true
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           stands
           establisht
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           we
           may
           add
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           all
           the
           Reform'd
           Churches
           abroad
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           agree
           with
           us
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           allow
           of
           our
           Orders
           ,
           and
           Worship
           ,
           and
           Sacraments
           ;
           and
           are
           so
           far
           from
           denying
           us
           to
           be
           a
           Reform'd
           Church
           ,
           that
           they
           own
           us
           to
           be
           the
           
             Bulwark
             of
             the
             Reformation
          
           .
        
         
           They
           that
           will
           not
           allow
           of
           this
           proof
           ,
           and
           of
           these
           Testimonies
           that
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ;
           as
           they
           cannot
           expect
           to
           be
           heard
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           so
           if
           they
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           object
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           want
           an
           answer
           ,
           elsewhere
           .
        
         
           Only
           in
           this
           place
           I
           cannot
           but
           mind
           them
           ,
           If
           they
           are
           Papists
           ,
           how
           they
           have
           used
           to
           reckon
           wordly
           prosperity
           among
           their
           notes
           of
           a
           true
           Church
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           are
           other
           Dissenters
           ,
           how
           they
           used
           when
           time
           was
           to
           value
           themselves
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           God
           own'd
           them
           by
           Acts
           of
           his
           Providence
           .
           I
           hope
           neither
           of
           them
           will
           take
           it
           amiss
           ,
           if
           we
           tell
           them
           again
           ,
           that
           God
           has
           not
           left
           us
           altogether
           without
           witness
           of
           that
           kind
           .
           What
           greater
           Testimonies
           could
           he
           give
           to
           any
           Church
           ,
           then
           he
           has
           done
           to
           ours
           ,
           in
           those
           wonderful
           deliverances
           he
           has
           given
           us
           ?
        
         
           Not
           to
           go
           to
           Old
           things
           ,
           such
           as
           that
           of
           Eighty
           Eight
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gunpowder
           Treason
           :
           (
           tho
           these
           were
           as
           great
           as
           ever
           were
           given
           to
           any
           Nation
           ;
           yet
           we
           need
           not
           go
           so
           far
           back
           ;
           )
           we
           have
           enough
           to
           name
           of
           later
           memory
           ,
           many
           and
           great
           deliverances
           ,
           and
           those
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           you
           all
           that
           hear
           me
           this
           day
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           But
           first
           upon
           this
           day
           ,
           I
           must
           insist
           on
           that
           Deliverance
           that
           we
           had
           at
           the
           Kings
           Restauration
           .
           How
           great
           a
           Deliverance
           that
           was
           ,
           they
           that
           were
           not
           then
           born
           ,
           can
           scarce
           conceive
           :
           but
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           what
           they
           that
           lived
           then
           saw
           and
           know
           .
        
         
           We
           were
           then
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           after
           many
           horrible
           things
           which
           I
           do
           not
           love
           to
           repeat
           ,
           after
           many
           vain
           .
           Attempts
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           which
           stood
           like
           a
           Castle
           of
           Cards
           ,
           (
           pray
           pardon
           the
           Comparison
           )
           we
           were
           at
           last
           come
           to
           be
           under
           no
           Government
           at
           all
           :
           unless
           I
           may
           call
           that
           a
           Government
           which
           an
           Army
           sets
           up
           and
           pulls
           down
           as
           often
           as
           they
           please
           .
           It
           was
           such
           a
           State
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           than
           which
           worse
           cannot
           well
           be
           spoke
           or
           conceived
           .
           Not
           to
           give
           you
           a
           Detail
           of
           the
           many
           Mischiefs
           that
           are
           contained
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           give
           you
           two
           Examples
           of
           the
           wretchedness
           of
           this
           Estate
           :
           (
           I
           could
           name
           you
           many
           more
           ,
           but
           these
           two
           are
           the
           best
           known
           ,
           )
           that
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           after
           
           Commodus's
           time
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Israel
           ,
           after
           the
           murder
           of
           Zechariah
           ,
           the
           last
           King
           of
           
           Jehu's
           Family
           .
           After
           his
           Death
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           King
           for
           some
           years
           together
           .
           Then
           the
           Army
           set
           up
           a
           King.
           They
           kill'd
           him
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           another
           .
           There
           were
           five
           such
           Kings
           one
           after
           another
           :
           every
           one
           coming
           in
           by
           the
           killing
           of
           his
           Predecessor
           .
           How
           the
           Nation
           flourisht
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           you
           may
           guess
           :
           or
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Hosea
           :
           he
           Prophesied
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           how
           this
           People
           having
           cast
           off
           God
           ,
           he
           cast
           off
           them
           to
           utter
           destruction
           ,
           and
           this
           way
           he
           brought
           it
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           after
           
           Commodus's
           Death
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           last
           of
           the
           Aelian
           Family
           ;
           after
           him
           the
           Army
           set
           up
           whom
           they
           pleased
           ,
           for
           above
           a
           hundred
           years
           together
           .
           In
           this
           time
           they
           had
           about
           twenty
           Emperors
           ,
           I
           mean
           successively
           ,
           for
           of
           Competitors
           they
           had
           near
           thirty
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           but
           I
           do
           not
           reckon
           these
           .
           Of
           those
           successive
           Emperors
           ,
           there
           were
           but
           two
           or
           three
           that
           succeeded
           their
           own
           Fathers
           :
           all
           the
           rest
           came
           in
           by
           Violence
           ,
           and
           went
           out
           by
           violent
           Deaths
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           People
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           what
           Case
           they
           were
           in
           you
           may
           imagine
           .
           At
           almost
           every
           Change
           ,
           there
           was
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           and
           Blood
           ,
           till
           
           Diocletian's
           time
           .
           He
           indeed
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           these
           Evils
           ,
           but
           there
           was
           no
           end
           of
           them
           till
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           set
           up
           a
           kind
           of
           Hereditary
           Empire
           .
        
         
           From
           these
           two
           Examples
           we
           may
           guess
           what
           we
           were
           to
           have
           expected
           ,
           if
           the
           Power
           had
           continued
           in
           the
           Army
           .
           We
           had
           some
           trial
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           Year
           of
           their
           Reign
           :
           when
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           say
           what
           they
           had
           done
           before
           )
           they
           changed
           the
           Government
           for
           us
           five
           or
           six
           times
           in
           the
           compass
           of
           that
           One
           year
           .
        
         
           For
           Religion
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           whosoever
           considers
           what
           it
           was
           that
           prevailed
           in
           the
           Army
           may
           easily
           judge
           to
           what
           a
           miserable
           pass
           we
           were
           brought
           .
           There
           were
           of
           all
           Religions
           among
           them
           ,
           but
           ours
           :
           and
           they
           granted
           a
           Liberty
           to
           all
           ,
           but
           ours
           .
           Yes
           ,
           they
           joyn'd
           Popery
           with
           it
           in
           their
           Declarations
           :
           Prelacy
           and
           Popery
           were
           always
           Excepted
           together
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           for
           Popery
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           never
           more
           freely
           Profest
           ,
           so
           I
           will
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           it
           never
           had
           a
           greater
           Harvest
           then
           at
           that
           time
           .
           But
           with
           Prelacy
           they
           were
           in
           earnest
           .
           
           We
           found
           it
           so
           ,
           in
           being
           deprived
           of
           all
           those
           Rights
           the
           Law
           had
           given
           us
           .
           Our
           Liturgy
           ,
           our
           Sacraments
           ,
           our
           Offices
           of
           Worship
           ,
           tho'
           they
           were
           Establisht
           then
           as
           much
           by
           Law
           as
           they
           are
           now
           ;
           yet
           Men
           were
           punisht
           ,
           without
           ,
           and
           against
           Law
           ,
           for
           using
           them
           .
           But
           that
           which
           was
           worst
           ,
           our
           Body
           of
           a
           Church
           was
           dissolved
           ,
           our
           Discipline
           was
           trod
           under
           foot
           ,
           our
           Eyes
           could
           not
           see
           our
           Teachers
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           our
           Bishops
           ,
           the
           Order
           was
           near
           being
           extinct
           ;
           it
           subsisted
           but
           in
           five
           or
           six
           old
           Men
           ,
           that
           probably
           might
           have
           died
           all
           within
           one
           or
           two
           years
           .
        
         
           Let
           others
           think
           as
           light
           of
           this
           as
           they
           please
           ;
           they
           that
           have
           a
           true
           sense
           of
           Religion
           will
           grant
           that
           these
           were
           Wounds
           in
           the
           Vitals
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           of
           which
           our
           Church
           had
           certainly
           died
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           if
           he
           that
           raises
           Men
           from
           the
           Dead
           ,
           had
           not
           given
           our
           Church
           a
           new
           Life
           at
           the
           Kings
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           was
           that
           brought
           about
           ?
           I
           am
           coming
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           most
           visible
           Work
           of
           God
           :
           so
           visible
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           any
           thing
           could
           be
           more
           ;
           perhaps
           we
           may
           except
           one
           thing
           that
           hath
           lately
           happened
           ;
           but
           certainly
           there
           was
           no
           greater
           in
           all
           the
           Examples
           of
           ancient
           Times
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Instance
           of
           old
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           was
           that
           which
           I
           mentioned
           of
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           .
           It
           was
           indeed
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           that
           brought
           him
           into
           the
           Government
           .
           But
           I
           do
           not
           know
           whether
           his
           coming
           in
           was
           more
           wonderful
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Kings
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           Here
           was
           certainly
           a
           greater
           Force
           to
           oppose
           then
           any
           that
           stood
           in
           
           Constantine's
           way
           to
           keep
           him
           out
           of
           the
           
           Government
           .
           There
           were
           ,
           both
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           all
           over
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           great
           numbers
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           done
           all
           they
           could
           to
           have
           hinder'd
           the
           Kings
           Restauration
           :
           being
           engaged
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           their
           Affections
           ,
           but
           even
           by
           their
           Judgment
           and
           Conscience
           :
           (
           and
           few
           of
           these
           ,
           but
           were
           engaged
           by
           their
           Interest
           too
           .
           )
           All
           these
           ,
           having
           Swords
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           or
           being
           backt
           by
           an
           Army
           that
           had
           ,
           such
           a
           numerous
           Army
           ,
           of
           Disciplin'd
           experienced
           Men
           ,
           as
           well
           paid
           as
           ever
           was
           Army
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           absolute
           in
           their
           Power
           ,
           and
           as
           unwilling
           to
           part
           with
           it
           :
           How
           was
           it
           possible
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           Armed
           Men
           ,
           should
           either
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           or
           wear
           them
           to
           bring
           in
           his
           Majesty
           ?
           that
           those
           others
           likewise
           should
           give
           up
           their
           Interests
           ,
           and
           smother
           their
           Prejudices
           and
           Disaffections
           ?
           that
           all
           the
           Kings
           Enemies
           should
           be
           so
           charmed
           ,
           that
           at
           his
           coming
           in
           ,
           not
           a
           Dog
           should
           stir
           his
           Tongue
           against
           him
           ?
        
         
           A
           Thing
           that
           was
           certainly
           done
           ,
           do
           I
           ask
           how
           it
           was
           possible
           ?
           The
           matter
           is
           plain
           ;
           that
           which
           is
           impossible
           with
           Men
           ,
           is
           possible
           with
           God.
           It
           was
           God
           that
           did
           that
           which
           none
           other
           but
           God
           could
           do
           .
           It
           was
           God
           that
           partly
           turned
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           partly
           insatuated
           their
           Counsels
           .
           Their
           dividing
           (
           as
           they
           did
           )
           among
           themselves
           ,
           was
           an
           absolute
           Insatuation
           :
           And
           when
           they
           were
           thus
           divided
           ,
           God
           turn'd
           the
           Hearts
           of
           part
           of
           them
           to
           bring
           in
           his
           Majesty
           .
           But
           especially
           it
           was
           God
           that
           so
           united
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           this
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           as
           they
           never
           were
           before
           ,
           nor
           since
           ,
           but
           upon
           one
           Occasion
           .
           If
           ever
           there
           was
           an
           
             Agreement
             of
             the
             People
          
           ,
           
           (
           we
           know
           when
           there
           was
           a
           thing
           falsly
           so
           called
           ,
           but
           if
           ever
           there
           was
           truly
           such
           ,
           )
           it
           was
           at
           the
           Kings
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           Other
           things
           I
           might
           instance
           ,
           wherein
           God
           shewed
           himself
           wonderfully
           at
           that
           time
           .
           But
           if
           there
           were
           no
           more
           then
           these
           three
           that
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           I
           think
           these
           are
           enough
           to
           shew
           it
           was
           the
           Lords
           doing
           .
           He
           did
           great
           and
           unaccountable
           things
           ,
           he
           did
           them
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           he
           did
           them
           at
           that
           time
           when
           she
           was
           at
           the
           very
           brink
           of
           destruction
           .
        
         
           Our
           Church
           was
           certainly
           then
           at
           the
           brink
           of
           destruction
           .
           But
           was
           it
           never
           so
           since
           ?
           If
           we
           forget
           ,
           we
           are
           extreamly
           unthankful
           to
           God.
           It
           is
           too
           true
           ,
           we
           are
           an
           unthankful
           People
           ,
           but
           yet
           none
           of
           us
           can
           easily
           forget
           so
           great
           a
           Dinger
           as
           we
           were
           in
           ,
           so
           lately
           as
           within
           these
           four
           years
           :
           I
           know
           no
           Man
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           (
           except
           a
           few
           rotten
           Members
           ,
           that
           shewed
           what
           they
           were
           then
           and
           since
           ,
           none
           besides
           ,
           )
           but
           what
           did
           acknowledge
           we
           were
           in
           extreme
           danger
           at
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           Melancholy
           thing
           to
           have
           our
           King
           ,
           whom
           our
           Religion
           binds
           us
           to
           obey
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           come
           to
           be
           of
           that
           Religion
           that
           obliges
           him
           to
           destroy
           us
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           .
        
         
           All
           our
           hope
           was
           ,
           that
           our
           practising
           the
           Duty
           of
           our
           Religion
           would
           make
           him
           be
           dispensed
           with
           for
           the
           Obligation
           of
           His.
           For
           we
           know
           they
           have
           them
           that
           can
           
           dispense
           with
           their
           Consciences
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           .
           And
           at
           first
           we
           were
           made
           to
           believe
           it
           should
           be
           as
           we
           hoped
           .
        
         
           But
           Alas
           !
           we
           soon
           found
           those
           Dispensers
           with
           Conscience
           were
           too
           hard
           for
           us
           .
           Instead
           of
           suffering
           him
           to
           let
           us
           enjoy
           our
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           ,
           they
           made
           use
           of
           their
           Power
           quite
           the
           contrary
           way
           .
           It
           is
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           a
           Melancholy
           thing
           to
           speak
           of
           ,
           or
           even
           to
           think
           of
           it
           .
           But
           it
           was
           too
           plain
           .
           They
           had
           brought
           things
           to
           that
           pass
           ,
           that
           our
           Laws
           signified
           nothing
           but
           what
           they
           pleased
           :
           Our
           Religion
           was
           held
           at
           the
           Curtesie
           of
           them
           that
           were
           the
           bloody
           Enemies
           of
           it
           :
           Our
           Obedience
           was
           made
           use
           of
           as
           a
           perfect
           Snare
           to
           us
           :
           We
           must
           not
           Resist
           ,
           that
           our
           Religion
           would
           not
           allow
           ;
           We
           could
           not
           Petition
           neither
           ,
           but
           at
           our
           peril
           .
           What
           should
           we
           do
           then
           ,
           but
           let
           things
           go
           on
           in
           their
           Course
           ?
           They
           had
           us
           bound
           Hand
           and
           Foot
           :
           They
           might
           do
           what
           they
           pleased
           with
           us
           :
           They
           had
           us
           at
           their
           Mercy
           ,
           such
           as
           it
           is
           ;
           And
           considering
           the
           Mercy
           of
           Jesuits
           ,
           which
           in
           France
           and
           in
           England
           is
           much
           the
           same
           ,
           I
           think
           we
           have
           good
           grounds
           to
           judge
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           had
           held
           their
           Power
           six
           Months
           longer
           ,
           France
           is
           no
           worse
           Kingdom
           for
           a
           Protestant
           to
           live
           in
           ,
           then
           England
           would
           have
           been
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           hinder'd
           ?
           Nothing
           but
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           coming
           over
           :
           nothing
           else
           could
           have
           hinder'd
           in
           all
           humane
           appearance
           .
           He
           was
           the
           onely
           Prince
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           could
           and
           durst
           Interpose
           between
           us
           and
           the
           last
           Stroke
           of
           our
           Enemies
           .
           
           It
           was
           so
           hazardous
           an
           Attempt
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           amazed
           when
           I
           think
           of
           it
           ;
           how
           so
           wise
           a
           Prince
           could
           Embark
           himself
           in
           that
           Expedition
           ;
           much
           more
           ,
           how
           he
           could
           perswade
           the
           wary
           Dutch
           to
           venture
           with
           him
           ,
           in
           so
           many
           great
           Dangers
           and
           Difficulties
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           miscarried
           ,
           would
           have
           certainly
           sunk
           their
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           give
           no
           other
           Reason
           for
           this
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           an
           irresistible
           Impulse
           of
           God.
           It
           was
           that
           Divine
           Power
           ,
           that
           has
           so
           often
           preserved
           this
           Church
           and
           Nation
           ,
           that
           now
           took
           this
           way
           to
           prevent
           that
           Ruine
           that
           was
           coming
           upon
           us
           .
           It
           was
           God
           that
           Infatuated
           our
           Oppressors
           ,
           to
           joyn
           the
           Injuries
           of
           a
           People
           that
           could
           not
           lawfully
           Resist
           ,
           with
           those
           of
           a
           Prince
           that
           could
           not
           lawfully
           pass
           them
           by
           without
           Resistance
           :
           A
           Prince
           whose
           Fates
           are
           so
           knit
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           that
           as
           it
           is
           visible
           they
           cannot
           stand
           without
           him
           ,
           so
           he
           shew'd
           by
           this
           Proof
           that
           he
           had
           no
           mind
           to
           live
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           Can
           any
           one
           think
           ,
           that
           thinks
           at
           all
           ,
           how
           these
           Just
           and
           great
           Interests
           could
           have
           been
           preserved
           ?
           how
           any
           one
           of
           these
           could
           have
           stood
           ,
           any
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           by
           his
           venturing
           himself
           as
           he
           did
           ?
           or
           when
           he
           had
           gone
           so
           far
           ,
           how
           he
           could
           Retreat
           afterwards
           ,
           without
           taking
           the
           Government
           upon
           him
           ?
           when
           it
           was
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           thrown
           into
           his
           Hands
           ;
           when
           he
           must
           either
           take
           that
           or
           lose
           all
           ,
           for
           there
           never
           was
           ●ny
           Offer
           of
           any
           other
           Condition
           .
        
         
         
           But
           for
           the
           Justifying
           of
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           enough
           has
           been
           said
           and
           written
           .
           I
           am
           now
           to
           shew
           only
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           great
           Work
           of
           God.
           And
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           Marks
           are
           so
           clear
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           even
           by
           them
           that
           would
           dispute
           the
           Justice
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           can
           they
           say
           to
           so
           many
           things
           that
           God
           only
           can
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           concurr'd
           together
           in
           this
           matter
           ?
           Was
           it
           by
           chance
           ,
           that
           things
           were
           so
           prepared
           Abroad
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           tho'
           he
           had
           notice
           of
           this
           Expedition
           ,
           yet
           should
           be
           so
           blinded
           or
           benumm'd
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           nothing
           to
           hinder
           it
           ?
           Was
           it
           by
           chance
           ,
           that
           Winds
           and
           Seas
           ,
           which
           at
           that
           time
           of
           the
           year
           are
           most
           intractable
           ,
           were
           yet
           so
           wholly
           engaged
           on
           his
           Side
           ,
           that
           they
           both
           shut
           in
           the
           English
           Fleet
           that
           would
           have
           endanger'd
           him
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           safe
           to
           the
           best
           Haven
           in
           England
           for
           his
           purpose
           ?
           Was
           it
           by
           chance
           that
           a
           whole
           Nation
           's
           Hearts
           ,
           divided
           before
           in
           Religions
           and
           Interest
           ,
           should
           be
           now
           so
           united
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           to
           wish
           ,
           and
           pray
           ,
           and
           long
           for
           his
           coming
           ?
           These
           are
           all
           extraordinary
           things
           .
           Yet
           if
           only
           one
           of
           these
           had
           happen'd
           ,
           That
           indeed
           might
           have
           been
           said
           to
           be
           by
           chance
           :
           but
           no
           one
           or
           two
           would
           have
           done
           his
           business
           :
           If
           all
           three
           had
           not
           concurr'd
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           the
           want
           of
           any
           one
           would
           have
           spoil'd
           his
           Expedition
           :
           and
           such
           a
           Concurrence
           ,
           of
           such
           three
           things
           together
           ,
           any
           one
           of
           which
           was
           above
           the
           power
           of
           Man
           ,
           this
           I
           take
           to
           have
           been
           an
           extraordinary
           Providence
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Whosoever
           denies
           this
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           at
           him
           .
           But
           he
           that
           only
           doubts
           ,
           may
           soon
           find
           wherewith
           to
           be
           
           confirm'd
           .
           Let
           him
           consult
           his
           own
           memory
           of
           things
           ;
           and
           let
           him
           see
           how
           every
           Year
           since
           this
           Revolution
           has
           brought
           forth
           a
           fresh
           Testimony
           of
           the
           care
           of
           God's
           Providence
           .
        
         
           If
           Ireland
           had
           been
           quite
           lost
           the
           first
           Year
           ,
           it
           had
           involved
           his
           Majesty
           in
           the
           greatest
           D●fficulties
           and
           Perplexities
           .
           But
           do
           you
           remember
           how
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           it
           was
           preserved
           ?
           even
           by
           the
           incredible
           Courage
           and
           Bravery
           of
           a
           few
           Men
           driven
           to
           Derry
           and
           Iniskellin
           ,
           much
           unprovided
           ,
           half
           Armed
           ,
           and
           wholly
           unskill'd
           in
           Warlike
           Matters
           .
           See
           the
           next
           Year
           :
           if
           then
           our
           Fleet
           had
           been
           lost
           ,
           none
           can
           doubt
           but
           that
           would
           have
           made
           a
           short
           end
           of
           the
           business
           .
           But
           how
           was
           it
           preserved
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Enemies
           Fleet
           were
           coming
           with
           full
           purpose
           to
           have
           burnt
           it
           in
           the
           Haven
           of
           Portsmouth
           ?
           What
           preserved
           us
           from
           this
           great
           Danger
           ?
           nothing
           but
           a
           sudden
           stop
           of
           the
           Wind
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           let
           them
           put
           this
           well
           laid
           Design
           in
           Execution
           .
           After
           that
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           got
           an
           Advantage
           in
           Fight
           ,
           which
           quite
           divided
           and
           disorder'd
           our
           Fleet
           ;
           what
           hinder'd
           them
           so
           many
           Tides
           while
           they
           might
           have
           destroy'd
           it
           ?
           nothing
           could
           have
           hinder'd
           them
           but
           the
           unaccountable
           Will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           about
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           in
           that
           Danger
           ,
           which
           I
           even
           tremble
           to
           think
           of
           ;
           and
           yet
           there
           is
           some
           comfort
           in
           the
           thought
           of
           it
           at
           this
           time
           .
           He
           is
           sure
           the
           only
           King
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           only
           Man
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           had
           his
           Skin
           brusht
           off
           with
           a
           Cannon
           Bullet
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           ill
           Consequence
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           had
           
           not
           come
           to
           do
           any
           hurt
           ,
           but
           rather
           an
           Honor
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Go
           on
           ,
           and
           remember
           this
           last
           Year
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           of
           so
           great
           moment
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           finish
           the
           Reducing
           of
           Ireland
           that
           Year
           ;
           what
           a
           strange
           appearance
           there
           was
           of
           a
           Divine
           Conduct
           over
           his
           Majesties
           Forces
           ,
           at
           Athlone
           ,
           and
           Agbrim
           ,
           and
           especially
           at
           Limeric
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           have
           been
           Reduced
           otherwise
           .
           They
           are
           such
           Marks
           of
           Gods
           Hand
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           is
           not
           affected
           with
           a
           sense
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           ,
           that
           either
           he
           has
           not
           heard
           the
           truth
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           or
           he
           has
           an
           ill
           Memory
           that
           do's
           not
           retain
           what
           he
           has
           heard
           ,
           or
           some
           worse
           Defect
           there
           is
           that
           I
           would
           not
           name
           .
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           upon
           some
           of
           those
           that
           were
           present
           at
           the
           things
           that
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           tho'
           otherwise
           they
           were
           far
           enough
           from
           being
           over-religious
           ,
           yet
           that
           which
           they
           saw
           could
           not
           but
           make
           a
           deep
           Impression
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           that
           be
           your
           Case
           ,
           that
           only
           present
           things
           will
           affect
           you
           ;
           then
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           things
           which
           are
           hardly
           yet
           past
           .
           There
           lies
           now
           a
           great
           Army
           upon
           the
           French
           Coast
           ,
           and
           they
           say
           Transport-Ships
           ,
           that
           for
           six
           Weeks
           together
           wanted
           only
           a
           Guard
           of
           Ships
           of
           War
           to
           set
           them
           over
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           we
           are
           told
           there
           hath
           been
           a
           sufficient
           number
           of
           Ships
           of
           War
           these
           six
           Weeks
           ready
           to
           set
           Sail
           ,
           only
           they
           wanted
           Wind
           to
           bring
           them
           ,
           first
           together
           ,
           and
           then
           into
           our
           Seas
           .
        
         
         
           But
           the
           Dutch
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           Ours
           ,
           have
           wanted
           no
           Wind
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           out
           ,
           nor
           to
           bring
           them
           together
           .
           And
           the
           French
           have
           wanted
           it
           no
           longer
           ,
           then
           till
           our
           Fleet
           was
           in
           readiness
           ,
           and
           till
           all
           the
           Advantages
           of
           Number
           and
           Strength
           were
           on
           our
           side
           .
           Then
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           bring
           them
           forth
           ,
           with
           positive
           Orders
           to
           Fight
           us
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           can
           give
           no
           other
           account
           but
           that
           it
           was
           an
           Insatuation
           from
           God.
           Whatsoever
           the
           Instruments
           were
           ,
           it
           was
           surely
           an
           Insatuation
           from
           God
           :
           who
           was
           pleased
           with
           their
           own
           Kings
           Consent
           ,
           nay
           by
           his
           Order
           ,
           to
           deliver
           so
           many
           of
           their
           best
           Ships
           into
           our
           hands
           .
           It
           was
           a
           wonderful
           thing
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           give
           us
           such
           a
           Deliverance
           ,
           much
           more
           that
           he
           should
           give
           us
           such
           a
           Victory
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           by
           Means
           to
           which
           we
           could
           contribute
           nothing
           .
        
         
           The
           Deliverance
           was
           from
           such
           a
           Danger
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           reasonably
           hope
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           in
           again
           ,
           after
           such
           a
           Victory
           .
           A
           Victory
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           puts
           an
           end
           to
           the
           present
           Descent
           ,
           but
           that
           ,
           if
           we
           know
           how
           to
           use
           it
           ,
           secures
           us
           against
           any
           the
           like
           for
           the
           future
           .
           A
           Victory
           ,
           of
           which
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           as
           true
           as
           it
           was
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Invasion
           :
           there
           ended
           their
           Power
           at
           Sea
           ;
           there
           ended
           their
           Terror
           to
           our
           Island
           ;
           there
           ended
           their
           hopes
           of
           an
           Universal
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           say
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           a
           fresh
           Subject
           ,
           which
           is
           reserved
           for
           some
           other
           Hand
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           leave
           it
           to
           him
           to
           whom
           it
           belongs
           .
           Only
           one
           thing
           I
           ought
           to
           observe
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           timing
           of
           this
           Victory
           .
           Considering
           how
           little
           the
           present
           French
           King
           was
           a
           Friend
           to
           our
           Royal
           Family
           before
           the
           Restauration
           :
           
           and
           considering
           how
           much
           he
           has
           been
           an
           Enemy
           to
           our
           Church
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           since
           :
           I
           suppose
           he
           had
           very
           little
           Joy
           of
           that
           which
           happened
           on
           our
           Nine
           and
           twentieth
           of
           May.
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           he
           did
           ever
           heartily
           thank
           God
           for
           it
           .
           Well!
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           we
           thank
           God
           for
           that
           which
           happened
           on
           His
           Nine
           and
           twentieth
           of
           May.
           It
           was
           on
           his
           May
           29.
           that
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           send
           us
           this
           Victory
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           cause
           indeed
           to
           thank
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           this
           ,
           but
           for
           so
           many
           other
           great
           Deliverances
           that
           he
           has
           given
           us
           .
           So
           many
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           ▪
           he
           has
           heapt
           upon
           us
           in
           our
           Age
           ,
           nay
           in
           a
           small
           part
           of
           our
           Age
           ,
           within
           these
           very
           few
           Years
           ;
           that
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           he
           has
           sh●wn
           the
           like
           care
           of
           his
           Pro●i●●nce
           over
           any
           other
           Christian
           Nation
           :
           Nay
           he
           scarc●
           shew'd
           the
           like
           in
           any
           one
           Age
           ,
           over
           them
           in
           the
           J●wish
           Church
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           be
           the
           Meaning
           of
           our
           most
           gracious
           God
           in
           all
           this
           ?
           Is
           it
           his
           meaning
           to
           set
           us
           up
           like
           a
           Light
           on
           a
           Hill
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           be
           a
           Pattern
           to
           all
           other
           Nations
           ?
           Is
           it
           his
           meaning
           that
           we
           should
           be
           hi●
           Instruments
           to
           help
           others
           ,
           with
           the
           like
           Affection
           and
           Care
           as
           he
           has
           sh●wn
           in
           helping
           us
           ?
           Is
           it
           his
           meaning
           that
           we
           sh●uld
           shew
           our
           concernedness
           for
           those
           things
           which
           he
           has
           sh●wn
           himself
           so
           much
           concern'd
           for
           ?
           Is
           it
           his
           meaning
           that
           w●
           should
           love
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           which
           h●
           has
           shewn
           so
           much
           love
           in
           so
           many
           Deliverances
           ?
           Is
           it
           his
           meaning
           to
           knit
           our
           Hearts
           to
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           whom
           he
           has
           so
           wonderfully
           blessed
           and
           preserved
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           has
           made
           the
           blessed
           Instruments
           of
           so
           much
           good
           to
           us
           ?
        
         
         
           The
           good
           God
           dispose
           us
           ,
           and
           enable
           us
           ,
           to
           perform
           his
           good
           meaning
           in
           every
           one
           of
           these
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           make
           us
           as
           much
           concern'd
           for
           their
           Majesties
           Preservation
           and
           Service
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           shewn
           themselves
           concern'd
           for
           the
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           this
           Nation
           :
           especially
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           those
           great
           Dangers
           to
           which
           he
           is
           daily
           exposing
           himself
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           the
           Return
           we
           can
           make
           ,
           in
           Praying
           for
           him
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           Fighting
           for
           us
           .
           The
           Lord
           make
           us
           alike
           affected
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           alike
           concern'd
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           shewn
           himself
           in
           all
           his
           Deliverances
           and
           Mercies
           .
           The
           Lord
           make
           us
           as
           ready
           to
           help
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           specially
           those
           that
           
             suffer
             for
             righteousness
             sake
          
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           shewn
           himself
           ready
           to
           preserve
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           help
           us
           ,
           out
           of
           all
           our
           Dangers
           and
           Sufferings
           .
           But
           one
           thing
           more
           ;
           The
           Lord
           dispose
           us
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           to
           live
           worthy
           of
           his
           Goodness
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           as
           a
           People
           that
           he
           has
           so
           often
           and
           so
           wonderfully
           delivered
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           may
           shew
           it
           by
           living
           
             blameless
             and
             harmless
             ,
             as
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             without
             rebuke
          
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           corrupt
           Age
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           that
           we
           may
           
             shine
             as
             lights
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Lord
           grant
           it
           for
           his
           Mercies
           sake
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord.
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
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