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             A sermon preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's-Westminster, on Saturday the 30th of January, 1696/7 being the anniversary of the death of King Charles I of Glorious Memory / by ... William, Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ...
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                 Die
                 Lunae
              
               ,
               1.
               
               Feb.
               1696.
               
            
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           Ordered
           by
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           that
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Coventry
           and
           Lichfield
           ,
           for
           his
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           on
           the
           30
           th
           of
           January
           last
           before
           this
           House
           ,
           in
           the
           Abbey-Church
           at
           Westminster
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           hereby
           desired
           to
           Print
           and
           Publish
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             
               Matth.
               Johnson
            
             ,
             Cler.
             Parl.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           House
           of
           LORDS
           ,
           AT
           THE
           Abbey-Church
           of
           St.
           Peter's-Westminster
           ;
           ON
           Saturday
           the
           30
           th
           of
           January
           ,
           1696
           /
           7.
           
           Being
           the
           Anniversary
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           I.
           of
           Glorious
           Memory
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           WILLIAM
           ,
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Coventry
           and
           Lichfield
           ;
           Lord
           Almoner
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Everingham
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Star
           in
           Ludgate-street
           ,
           near
           the
           West
           End
           of
           St.
           Pauls
           ,
           1697.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           Coventry
           and
           
           Lichfield's
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           House
           of
           LORDS
           .
        
         
         
         
         
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           The
           House
           of
           LORDS
           ,
           January
           the
           XXX
           th
           ,
           1696
           /
           7.
           
        
         
           
             
               ZECH.
               VII
               .
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 Speak
                 unto
                 all
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
                 and
                 unto
                 the
                 Priests
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 When
                 ye
                 Fasted
                 and
                 Mourned
                 in
                 the
                 fifth
                 and
                 seventh
                 Month
                 ,
                 even
                 those
                 seventy
                 years
                 ,
                 did
                 you
                 at
                 all
                 Fast
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 me
                 ?
              
            
          
        
         
           FOR
           the
           better
           understanding
           of
           these
           Words
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           to
           Consider
           the
           Occasion
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           gathered
           from
           the
           three
           first
           Verses
           of
           this
           Chapter
           .
        
         
           God's
           People
           the
           Jews
           ,
           within
           a
           few
           years
           before
           ,
           had
           been
           Captives
           together
           at
           Babylon
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           City
           by
           Cyrus
           King
           of
           Persia
           ,
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           even
           as
           many
           as
           pleased
           ,
           were
           returned
           with
           his
           Leave
           and
           Favour
           to
           Jerusalem
           ;
           and
           there
           ,
           upon
           the
           encouragement
           that
           he
           gave
           them
           ,
           had
           begun
           to
           Rebuild
           their
           Temple
           ,
           that
           was
           destroyed
           by
           King
           Nebucadnezzar
           .
           But
           besides
           those
           that
           were
           returned
           to
           Jerusalem
           ,
           there
           
           were
           others
           of
           them
           that
           remained
           yet
           at
           Babylon
           ;
           I
           suppose
           chiefly
           such
           as
           had
           Estates
           there
           ;
           tho'
           some
           of
           them
           might
           stay
           there
           upon
           other
           Occasions
           .
           Now
           after
           some
           twenty
           years
           ,
           the
           Building
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           so
           long
           discontinued
           ,
           being
           now
           carried
           on
           amain
           ,
           and
           near
           finished
           ,
           some
           Questions
           arose
           among
           those
           Jews
           at
           Babylon
           ,
           whether
           they
           should
           still
           continue
           all
           those
           Fasts
           which
           had
           been
           hitherto
           observed
           by
           their
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           The
           Question
           was
           more
           particularly
           concerning
           those
           Fasts
           of
           the
           Months
           Ab
           and
           Tisri
           ,
           the
           fifth
           Month
           and
           seventh
           Month
           of
           their
           year
           ;
           that
           of
           the
           fifth
           Month
           being
           for
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           seventh
           Month
           ,
           for
           the
           slaughter
           of
           Gedalia
           ,
           and
           those
           others
           of
           the
           Remnant
           that
           staid
           with
           him
           in
           Judea
           after
           the
           Captivity
           .
           They
           observed
           two
           other
           Fasts
           ,
           namely
           of
           the
           fourth
           Month
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           tenth
           Month
           ,
           whereof
           one
           was
           for
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Siege
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           was
           for
           the
           Burning
           of
           that
           City
           .
           These
           last
           they
           thought
           they
           had
           Reason
           to
           continue
           ,
           because
           the
           City
           of
           Jerusalem
           was
           not
           yet
           built
           .
           But
           for
           those
           two
           Fasts
           of
           the
           fifth
           and
           seventh
           Month
           ,
           they
           thought
           now
           that
           the
           Occasion
           was
           ceas'd
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Fasts
           should
           cease
           also
           .
           But
           they
           were
           not
           so
           sure
           of
           this
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           thought
           best
           to
           send
           to
           Jerusalem
           for
           a
           Resolution
           of
           their
           doubt
           .
           There
           was
           the
           High-Priest
           ,
           that
           was
           their
           ordinary
           Guide
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           there
           were
           Prophets
           ,
           Haggai
           ,
           and
           Zechary
           ,
           that
           had
           Divinc
           Inspiration
           .
           These
           they
           sought
           to
           especially
           ,
           and
           by
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           Zechary
           ,
           they
           had
           this
           Answer
           from
           God.
           
             Speak
             to
             all
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           but
           an
           Introduction
           to
           that
           Lesson
           from
           God
           ,
           which
           follows
           in
           the
           ninth
           Verse
           ,
           
             Execute
             
             Iudgment
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           From
           which
           words
           ,
           consider'd
           together
           with
           these
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           appears
           to
           be
           plainly
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           Consider
           what
           kind
           of
           Fast
           it
           hath
           been
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           now
           observed
           for
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           for
           these
           seventy
           years
           that
           have
           past
           since
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           since
           the
           slaughter
           of
           Gedalia
           .
           Tho'
           you
           have
           all
           this
           while
           kept
           these
           Fasts
           ,
           and
           did
           well
           in
           it
           ,
           was
           it
           well
           to
           keep
           them
           so
           as
           you
           have
           done
           ?
           Your
           Fasting
           hath
           been
           no
           more
           
             to
             me
          
           ,
           than
           your
           eating
           and
           drinking
           hath
           been
           ;
           
             when
             you
             did
             eat
             ,
             and
             when
             you
             did
             drink
             ,
             was
             is
             not
             to
             your selves
             ?
          
           Verse
           6.
           even
           so
           was
           your
           Fasting
           likewise
           ,
           it
           was
           to
           your selves
           ,
           and
           uot
           to
           me
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           while
           you
           have
           liv'd
           at
           your
           own
           rate
           ,
           without
           any
           change
           for
           the
           better
           .
           In
           plain
           words
           ,
           God
           takes
           nothing
           for
           a
           Religious
           Fast
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           joyned
           with
           a
           real
           Reformation
           ;
           that
           which
           leads
           to
           a
           Reformation
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           ends
           in
           such
           a
           Reformation
           ;
           such
           a
           Fast
           God
           accepts
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           .
           Of
           any
           other
           Fast
           he
           says
           ,
           
             who
             required
             this
             at
             your
             hands
             ?
             Esa.
          
           I.
           12.
           
           And
           so
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           
             did
             you
             Fast
             to
             me
             ,
             even
             to
             me
             ?
          
        
         
           In
           the
           words
           thus
           explained
           ,
           there
           are
           several
           things
           to
           be
           observed
           .
           As
           particularly
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           way
           of
           God's
           People
           to
           Appoint
           and
           Observe
           Days
           of
           Fasting
           for
           any
           Publick
           Calamity
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           where
           the
           Calamity
           was
           such
           ,
           as
           drew
           great
           and
           heavy
           Consequences
           after
           it
           ,
           they
           continued
           their
           Fasting
           year
           after
           year
           ,
           for
           many
           years
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           those
           Fasts
           are
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           than
           those
           ,
           which
           produce
           a
           real
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           is
           clear
           from
           this
           Text
           ,
           and
           from
           many
           others
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Ancient
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           appointed
           
           days
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Mourning
           ,
           to
           humble
           their
           Souls
           before
           God
           ,
           upon
           any
           publick
           Calamity
           .
           It
           appears
           to
           have
           been
           the
           will
           of
           God
           that
           they
           should
           make
           such
           Appointments
           on
           such
           Occasions
           ,
           Joel
           II.
           12.
           
           God
           calleth
           them
           to
           this
           ,
           as
           a
           means
           for
           averting
           of
           his
           Judgments
           .
           
             Turn
             ye
             unto
             me
             with
             all
             your
             hearts
             ,
             and
             with
             Fasting
             ,
             and
             Weeping
             ,
             and
             Mourning
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           When
           without
           a
           call
           from
           God
           ,
           Men
           have
           made
           such
           appointments
           for
           themselves
           ,
           it
           appears
           that
           God
           hath
           accepted
           their
           good
           will
           in
           so
           doing
           .
           So
           gracious
           was
           he
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           
             Ninevites
             ,
             Jonah
          
           III.
           10.
           and
           therefore
           we
           cannot
           doubt
           he
           would
           accept
           the
           like
           Fasts
           of
           his
           own
           People
           .
           From
           this
           Instance
           of
           the
           Ninevite's
           Fast
           ,
           it
           farther
           appears
           that
           this
           was
           no
           Jewish
           Rite
           ;
           for
           they
           of
           Nineve
           had
           none
           but
           the
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           that
           teaches
           ,
           is
           a
           Law
           to
           us
           Christians
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Jews
           or
           Heathens
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           is
           clear
           from
           this
           Text
           ,
           that
           for
           such
           a
           Publick
           Calamity
           ,
           as
           draws
           a
           train
           of
           woful
           Consequences
           after
           it
           ;
           as
           the
           first
           stroak
           requires
           a
           Publick
           Humiliation
           ;
           so
           it
           may
           be
           very
           fit
           to
           repeat
           that
           Humiliation
           every
           year
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           any
           of
           those
           Consequences
           endure
           .
           The
           burning
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           the
           destruction
           of
           that
           poor
           Remnant
           of
           God's
           People
           ,
           were
           such
           publick
           Calamities
           ,
           as
           deserv'd
           to
           be
           remembred
           ,
           in
           a
           Fast
           ,
           when
           the
           year
           came
           about
           ;
           and
           they
           did
           so
           remember
           those
           things
           ,
           in
           the
           Months
           in
           which
           they
           happened
           ;
           the
           fifth
           Month
           ,
           and
           the
           seventh
           Month
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           my
           Text.
           But
           was
           that
           all
           ?
           No
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           those
           Months
           returned
           (
           which
           could
           not
           be
           ,
           without
           minding
           them
           of
           those
           things
           which
           
           happened
           in
           those
           Months
           ;
           )
           so
           oft
           they
           repeated
           those
           Fasts
           .
           And
           thus
           they
           did
           every
           Year
           ,
           for
           Seventy
           Years
           together
           ,
           in
           Memory
           of
           those
           great
           Calamities
           .
        
         
           Thus
           in
           former
           Times
           ,
           before
           the
           Babylonian
           Captivity
           ,
           when
           God's
           People
           had
           lost
           the
           best
           King
           that
           ever
           they
           had
           ,
           King
           Josias
           ,
           the
           only
           Man
           that
           stood
           between
           them
           and
           the
           heavy
           judgments
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           his
           Death
           ,
           they
           had
           a
           Fast
           ,
           which
           they
           continued
           till
           the
           Captivity
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           for
           no
           less
           than
           a
           Hundred
           and
           Fifty
           Years
           :
           We
           know
           not
           how
           much
           longer
           ;
           but
           we
           know
           it
           was
           above
           an
           Hundred
           and
           Fifty
           Years
           after
           ,
           that
           Ezra
           writ
           the
           Second
           Book
           of
           Chronieles
           where
           Chap
           XXXV
           .
           25.
           that
           Writer
           saith
           ,
           
             they
             continue
             it
             to
             this
             Day
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           till
           the
           Time
           of
           his
           Writing
           that
           History
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           is
           an
           Hundred
           and
           Fifty
           Years
           ,
           to
           the
           continuance
           of
           these
           Fasts
           in
           my
           Text
           ?
           The
           Fast
           of
           the
           Fifth
           Month
           and
           the
           Seventh
           ,
           and
           also
           those
           of
           the
           Fourth
           and
           of
           the
           Tenth
           Month
           ,
           all
           which
           you
           read
           of
           together
           ,
           here
           Chap.
           VIII
           .
           19.
           
           All
           these
           Fasts
           continued
           in
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           till
           the
           Last
           Destruction
           of
           Jerusalem
           ;
           which
           was
           near
           Six
           Hundred
           Years
           after
           .
        
         
           So
           long
           ,
           God
           accepted
           what
           they
           did
           in
           observing
           them
           ;
           as
           we
           may
           reasonably
           judge
           :
           Because
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           sure
           they
           observed
           those
           Fasts
           in
           Christ's
           Time
           ;
           for
           they
           do
           so
           still
           to
           this
           Day
           ;
           so
           we
           see
           Christ
           did
           not
           reprove
           them
           for
           these
           Fasts
           ;
           as
           he
           did
           for
           all
           the
           Jewish
           Corruptions
           and
           Superstitions
           ;
           nor
           did
           they
           ever
           Tax
           him
           for
           breaking
           those
           Fasts
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           doubt
           but
           that
           he
           kept
           those
           Fasts
           with
           them
           .
           But
           after
           his
           Death
           ,
           they
           kept
           them
           still
           ,
           till
           the
           Destruction
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
           as
           we
           gather
           from
           Josephus
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           Time
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           of
           Christ
           still
           kept
           these
           Fasts
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Destruction
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           they
           were
           no
           more
           the
           People
           of
           God
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           matters
           not
           much
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           Authority
           we
           can
           draw
           from
           it
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           History
           ,
           we
           know
           that
           for
           these
           Sixteen
           Hundred
           Years
           since
           they
           are
           continued
           still
           in
           that
           Nation
           .
           And
           no
           doubt
           they
           will
           continue
           ,
           still
           ,
           in
           the
           Observation
           of
           these
           Fasts
           ;
           till
           their
           gathering
           again
           after
           their
           Conversion
           to
           Christ.
           Then
           it
           will
           be
           fulfilled
           ,
           which
           we
           read
           in
           the
           Eighth
           Chap.
           of
           this
           Prophecy
           .
           Where
           speaking
           of
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Jews
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Messias
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           tells
           them
           Ver.
           19.
           beforementioned
           ;
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             the
             fast
             of
             the
             fourth
             month
             ,
             and
             the
             fast
             of
             the
             fifth
             ,
             and
             the
             fast
             of
             the
             seventh
             ,
             and
             the
             fast
             of
             the
             tenth
             ,
             shall
             be
             to
             the
             house
             of
             Judah
             ,
             joy
             and
             gladness
             ,
             and
             chearful
             feasts
             .
          
           He
           shews
           plainly
           ,
           that
           this
           shall
           be
           after
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           by
           what
           follows
           in
           the
           Two
           Last
           Verses
           of
           that
           Chapter
           .
        
         
           What
           I
           have
           said
           may
           give
           some
           satisfaction
           to
           them
           that
           have
           a
           Curiosity
           to
           know
           how
           long
           these
           Fasts
           here
           mentioned
           were
           to
           continue
           .
           But
           I
           confess
           that
           was
           beside
           my
           present
           intention
           .
           I
           intended
           only
           this
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           ,
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           Practice
           of
           God's
           Church
           ,
           to
           keep
           Yearly
           Days
           of
           fasting
           upon
           such
           sad
           occasions
           ;
           and
           to
           continue
           those
           Fasts
           from
           Age
           to
           Age
           if
           occasion
           required
           .
        
         
           Which
           being
           considered
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           other
           Answer
           be
           given
           to
           them
           that
           ask
           a
           reason
           of
           our
           keeping
           this
           Yearly
           Solemnity
           .
           I
           do
           not
           
           speak
           now
           ,
           of
           them
           that
           are
           so
           wicked
           to
           justify
           the
           King's
           Murther
           ;
           but
           of
           them
           that
           have
           the
           same
           sense
           of
           it
           that
           we
           have
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           because
           they
           do
           not
           love
           Fasting
           ;
           or
           whatever
           the
           reason
           may
           be
           ;
           they
           would
           not
           have
           the
           Memory
           of
           it
           ,
           kept
           up
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           They
           say
           ,
           What
           need
           is
           there
           of
           this
           for
           a
           thing
           that
           was
           done
           so
           long
           ago
           ?
           It
           is
           now
           Forty
           Eight
           Years
           since
           that
           
             Blessed
             King
          
           was
           put
           to
           Death
           .
           And
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           have
           we
           not
           seen
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ?
           Was
           not
           our
           Fast
           ,
           Then
           ,
           turned
           literally
           into
           Festival
           ?
           And
           do
           we
           not
           keep
           that
           Festival
           ever
           since
           ?
           They
           think
           much
           to
           be
           obliged
           to
           this
           Festival
           so
           long
           after
           ;
           but
           much
           more
           to
           Keep
           a
           Fast
           for
           that
           which
           ,
           as
           to
           them
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           quite
           worn
           out
           of
           Memory
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           Men
           that
           Talk
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           Men
           of
           no
           Conscience
           ,
           such
           are
           not
           to
           be
           satisfied
           .
           But
           for
           them
           that
           pretend
           to
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           they
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           truly
           such
           ,
           may
           and
           will
           be
           satisfied
           out
           of
           Scripture
           .
           In
           my
           Text
           they
           see
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           Scripture-times
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           kept
           Four
           such
           Fasts
           every
           Year
           ,
           for
           Seventy
           Years
           together
           ;
           that
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           than
           Forty
           Eight
           ;
           yet
           they
           were
           not
           weary
           of
           keeping
           them
           .
           They
           had
           no
           Objection
           against
           Two
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           for
           other
           Two
           of
           those
           Fasts
           ,
           they
           had
           an
           Objection
           against
           them
           ,
           much
           like
           one
           of
           those
           that
           I
           have
           now
           mentioned
           ;
           Their
           Fast
           for
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           Unpeopling
           of
           the
           Land.
           Now
           ,
           both
           these
           occasions
           were
           ceas'd
           .
           The
           Temple
           was
           now
           Rebuilding
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           was
           returned
           from
           Captivity
           .
           Now
           ,
           they
           had
           reason
           to
           think
           both
           these
           Fasts
           might
           be
           turned
           into
           Festivals
           ;
           at
           least
           those
           Two
           
           Fasts
           ,
           they
           might
           think
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           no
           longer
           continued
           .
           And
           that
           was
           the
           reason
           of
           their
           sending
           to
           know
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           by
           his
           Prophets
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           was
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           concerning
           this
           matter
           ?
           Was
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           keep
           these
           Fasts
           no
           longer
           ?
           No.
           But
           that
           they
           should
           keep
           them
           better
           ;
           better
           ,
           then
           they
           had
           done
           all
           this
           while
           .
           Had
           they
           kept
           them
           fifty
           Years
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           done
           ;
           (
           there
           was
           just
           fifty
           Years
           from
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           till
           Cyrus
           his
           Reign
           ,
           )
           then
           ,
           in
           the
           Second
           Year
           of
           Cyrus
           there
           had
           been
           an
           end
           of
           their
           fasting
           .
           For
           there
           was
           an
           end
           of
           the
           Seventy
           Years
           ,
           from
           the
           4th
           of
           Jehoiakim
           ,
           the
           time
           that
           God
           had
           prefixed
           for
           the
           Babylonian
           Captivity
           .
           In
           the
           First
           Year
           of
           Cyrus
           they
           returned
           from
           the
           Captivity
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Second
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           Temple
           was
           laid
           .
           But
           then
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           little
           reformed
           by
           all
           their
           fasting
           ;
           that
           ,
           for
           their
           Sins
           ,
           the
           Building
           was
           stopt
           the
           next
           Year
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           the
           4th
           of
           Ezra
           ,
           and
           the
           10th
           Chapter
           of
           Daniel
           .
           The
           stop
           was
           near
           Twenty
           Years
           ;
           in
           all
           which
           time
           they
           fasted
           on
           ,
           and
           were
           never
           the
           better
           .
           They
           were
           content
           ,
           as
           Haggai
           complains
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           God's
           House
           should
           lie
           waste
           ,
           while
           their
           own
           Houses
           were
           in
           Building
           ,
           Hag.
           1.
           2
           ,
           4
           ,
           9.
           
           They
           had
           not
           a
           Zeal
           for
           Religion
           ;
           No
           ,
           nor
           had
           they
           any
           Justice
           ,
           nor
           Charity
           for
           one
           another
           .
           They
           were
           every
           one
           scraping
           for
           himself
           what
           he
           could
           get
           .
           This
           was
           it
           that
           Haggai
           and
           Zecharith
           the
           Prophets
           then
           living
           both
           Preached
           and
           Writ
           to
           reprove
           .
           And
           while
           it
           was
           thus
           with
           God's
           People
           ,
           though
           they
           kept
           their
           Fasts
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           God
           asks
           them
           ,
           For
           whose
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           
           to
           whose
           service
           they
           did
           it
           ;
           
             have
             you
             fasted
             and
             mourned
             these
             seventy
             years
             to
             me
             ,
             even
             unto
             me
             ?
          
        
         
           By
           his
           Question
           ,
           Was
           it
           to
           me
           that
           you
           fasted
           ?
           His
           meaning
           is
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           to
           me
           .
           Your
           Fast
           was
           not
           such
           as
           I
           require
           and
           approve
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           God
           requires
           and
           accepts
           and
           approves
           ,
           is
           described
           in
           the
           9th
           and
           10th
           Verses
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           
             Execute
             true
             judgment
             ;
             Show
             mercy
             and
             compassion
             every
             man
             to
             his
             brother
             ;
             oppress
             not
             the
             widow
             ,
             the
             fatherless
             ,
             the
             stranger
             and
             the
             poor
             ;
             Let
             none
             of
             you
             imagine
             evil
             against
             his
             brother
             in
             his
             heart
             .
          
           These
           and
           such
           like
           Duties
           he
           requires
           ,
           which
           ,
           being
           all
           summed
           up
           together
           ,
           amount
           to
           a
           National
           Reformation
           .
           A
           Publick
           National
           Reformation
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           makes
           a
           Fast
           acceptable
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Third
           thing
           I
           have
           observed
           in
           my
           Text.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           God's
           People
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           it
           is
           granted
           that
           they
           Fasted
           and
           Mourned
           ;
           there
           was
           no
           want
           of
           that
           .
           They
           rather
           over
           did
           it
           that
           way
           .
           Where
           was
           the
           fault
           then
           ?
           God
           tells
           them
           ,
           it
           hath
           not
           been
           
             to
             me
             ,
             even
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           If
           they
           would
           have
           God
           accept
           of
           their
           Fasts
           ,
           they
           must
           do
           what
           God
           intended
           them
           for
           ;
           even
           all
           that
           he
           describes
           in
           Ver.
           9th
           and
           10th
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           things
           of
           that
           kind
           ,
           which
           I
           sum
           up
           in
           the
           Word
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           To
           Discourse
           of
           this
           matter
           as
           it
           deserves
           ,
           would
           require
           more
           time
           than
           you
           will
           willingly
           spare
           me
           ;
           I
           shall
           therefore
           shew
           you
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           these
           Three
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           all
           that
           are
           necessary
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             What
             kind
             of
             Fasting
             and
             Mourning
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             used
             in
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             .
          
           
             
             2.
             
             What
             the
             reason
             was
             that
             God
             would
             not
             accept
             it
             ,
             would
             not
             take
             it
             as
             performed
             to
             himself
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             What
             it
             was
             that
             he
             would
             have
             accepted
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             will
             yet
             accept
             of
             us
             Christians
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           their
           Fasting
           and
           Mourning
           ,
           it
           was
           such
           as
           consisted
           all
           in
           Bodily
           Acts
           :
           Such
           as
           one
           might
           perform
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           Soul
           might
           be
           never
           the
           better
           for
           them
           .
           But
           they
           were
           Acts
           of
           great
           severity
           too
           ,
           which
           shewed
           that
           they
           were
           much
           in
           earnest
           that
           performed
           them
           .
        
         
           Their
           fasting
           was
           ,
           not
           only
           an
           abstaining
           from
           such
           and
           such
           Meats
           and
           Drinks
           ,
           as
           the
           manner
           is
           with
           some
           Christians
           ,
           that
           never
           eat
           and
           drink
           more
           deliclously
           than
           on
           such
           days
           .
           But
           theirs
           was
           a
           total
           Abstinence
           ,
           especially
           on
           some
           of
           their
           Fasts
           ,
           from
           all
           kind
           of
           sustenance
           whatever
           .
           They
           held
           themselves
           to
           it
           with
           all
           rigour
           imaginable
           .
           They
           imposed
           it
           not
           only
           on
           themselves
           ,
           but
           on
           every
           living
           Creature
           about
           them
           .
           Not
           only
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           sucking
           Children
           ;
           not
           only
           Humane
           Creatutes
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           Beasts
           ,
           the
           Herds
           ,
           and
           the
           Flocks
           ;
           all
           were
           kept
           from
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           ,
           as
           if
           God
           would
           have
           been
           moved
           by
           their
           Mortification
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           the
           Ninevites
           might
           think
           so
           ,
           when
           they
           made
           their
           Beasts
           keep
           their
           Fasts
           with
           them
           Jonah
           VII
           .
           7.
           
           But
           the
           Jews
           made
           their
           sucking
           Children
           Fast
           ,
           even
           by
           God's
           Prescription
           Joel
           11.
           6.
           
           Not
           that
           God
           himself
           could
           be
           moved
           ;
           but
           their
           Parents
           might
           ,
           by
           hearing
           the
           Cries
           of
           those
           innocent
           Creatures
           ,
           to
           Cry
           also
           themselves
           ,
           the
           more
           earnestly
           ,
           in
           bewailing
           their
           Sins
           before
           God.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Then
           for
           their
           Mourning
           ,
           besides
           their
           Vocal
           Cries
           ,
           they
           observed
           also
           all
           those
           Rites
           ,
           which
           in
           
           those
           Eastern
           Countries
           they
           used
           in
           their
           bitterest
           Afflictions
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           name
           you
           those
           Rites
           which
           are
           mentioned
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           see
           how
           severely
           they
           punished
           themselves
           with
           them
           :
           Such
           as
           rending
           of
           their
           Cloaths
           ,
           putting
           Sackcloth
           on
           their
           flesh
           ,
           girding
           it
           close
           to
           their
           Body
           ;
           shaving
           themselves
           into
           Baldness
           ,
           sprinkling
           Ashes
           upon
           their
           Heads
           ,
           and
           so
           hanging
           them
           down
           ,
           and
           sitting
           desolate
           ;
           beating
           their
           Breasts
           ,
           and
           smiting
           on
           the
           Thigh
           ;
           weeping
           Rivers
           of
           Tears
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           so
           well
           stored
           ;
           or
           instead
           of
           it
           ,
           pouring
           out
           Water
           before
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           And
           when
           they
           had
           tired
           themselves
           with
           these
           things
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           Rest
           as
           unpleasant
           as
           their
           Labour
           ,
           their
           way
           was
           ,
           to
           spread
           Sackcloth
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           which
           they
           strowed
           with
           Dust
           and
           Ashes
           ,
           and
           there
           they
           laid
           themselves
           down
           for
           all
           Night
           ;
           sometimes
           for
           several
           Nights
           together
           ;
           sleeping
           ,
           only
           when
           they
           could
           wake
           no
           longer
           .
        
         
           A
           whole
           Day
           and
           Night
           ,
           or
           whole
           Days
           and
           Nights
           together
           ,
           thus
           spent
           in
           Fasting
           and
           Mourning
           ,
           in
           all
           these
           dolorous
           Circumstances
           ;
           one
           would
           think
           might
           have
           pass'd
           ,
           for
           sufficient
           proof
           of
           sincere
           Mortification
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           it
           might
           in
           the
           Judgment
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           see
           only
           the
           outsides
           of
           Persons
           and
           things
           .
           But
           God
           that
           sees
           the
           Heart
           ,
           saw
           through
           all
           this
           ,
           into
           a
           world
           of
           Cheat
           and
           Hypocrisy
           .
           He
           saw
           that
           many
           that
           Fasted
           and
           Mourned
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           did
           really
           intend
           it
           only
           for
           Men
           and
           not
           for
           God.
           For
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           
             God
             was
             not
             in
             all
             their
             thoughts
          
           ;
           but
           Men
           they
           thought
           would
           see
           them
           ,
           and
           believe
           them
           ,
           and
           be
           so
           much
           the
           easier
           Prey
           to
           them
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           those
           that
           did
           think
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           live
           under
           the
           power
           of
           it
           ;
           they
           could
           not
           but
           look
           upon
           God
           as
           being
           angry
           with
           them
           for
           their
           Sins
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           being
           in
           fear
           of
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           they
           took
           this
           to
           be
           the
           easiest
           way
           to
           pacify
           him
           .
           It
           is
           certainly
           much
           easier
           for
           a
           Wicked
           Man
           ,
           for
           a
           day
           or
           two
           ,
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           to
           undergo
           the
           severest
           Penance
           ,
           then
           to
           bring
           himself
           to
           live
           constantly
           in
           a
           course
           of
           Obedience
           to
           God.
           And
           therefore
           they
           that
           kept
           their
           fasts
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           they
           did
           as
           it
           were
           commute
           ;
           and
           chose
           to
           give
           God
           ,
           that
           Penance
           on
           their
           Fast-Days
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           Obedience
           of
           their
           whole
           Lives
           .
        
         
           They
           that
           were
           not
           so
           wise
           to
           think
           of
           this
           ,
           yet
           did
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           without
           thinking
           ;
           perhaps
           first
           ,
           for
           company
           with
           the
           others
           ,
           to
           do
           like
           their
           Brethren
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           out
           of
           custom
           ,
           to
           do
           still
           as
           they
           used
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           This
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           the
           general
           way
           of
           that
           People
           ,
           for
           which
           God
           severely
           expostulates
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           several
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           but
           especially
           in
           Isa.
           LVIII
           .
           from
           v.
           3.
           to
           v.
           9.
           
           I
           leave
           them
           that
           are
           disposed
           ,
           to
           look
           the
           Place
           .
           It
           comes
           to
           this
           in
           short
           ,
           that
           their
           Fasting
           and
           Mourning
           ,
           was
           all
           such
           as
           I
           have
           described
           .
           A
           meer
           Carnal
           Discipline
           ,
           that
           had
           no
           inward
           Goodness
           in
           it self
           ,
           nor
           made
           them
           ever
           the
           better
           ,
           as
           they
           used
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           signified
           nothing
           to
           God's
           design
           ,
           of
           bringing
           Men
           to
           be
           like
           him
           in
           Righteousness
           and
           Holiness
           of
           Life
           .
           Whether
           any
           Fasting
           can
           conduce
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           is
           ;
           that
           is
           the
           last
           thing
           to
           be
           Considered
           .
        
         
         
           That
           there
           is
           a
           Fasting
           to
           God
           ,
           tho'
           not
           such
           as
           they
           used
           ,
           this
           was
           granted
           to
           the
           Jews
           in
           many
           Texts
           ,
           And
           we
           that
           are
           taught
           to
           Worship
           God
           
             in
             Spirit
             and
             in
             Truth
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           our selves
           obliged
           to
           those
           Rigours
           that
           were
           necessary
           for
           that
           Carnal
           and
           Ignorant
           People
           ;
           yet
           we
           must
           not
           think
           to
           excuse
           our selves
           so
           ,
           from
           the
           Duty
           of
           Fasting
           ,
           for
           the
           strengthning
           of
           our
           Supplications
           to
           God
           upon
           great
           and
           extraordinary
           Occasions
           .
        
         
           Our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           he
           reproved
           the
           Hypocrisie
           of
           those
           that
           placed
           Religion
           in
           those
           outward
           shews
           that
           the
           Pharisees
           used
           in
           their
           Fastings
           ;
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           gave
           Rules
           ,
           how
           that
           Duty
           should
           be
           performed
           otherwise
           ,
           Matth.
           VI.
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           And
           howsoever
           he
           exempted
           his
           Disciples
           from
           those
           Jewish
           Fasts
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           with
           them
           ,
           yet
           he
           declared
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           was
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           they
           also
           should
           Fast
           ,
           Matth.
           IX
           .
           15.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           we
           find
           in
           the
           example
           of
           his
           Blessed
           Apostle
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           He
           reckons
           Fastings
           among
           the
           things
           which
           he
           endured
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           a
           Christian
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           Minister
           of
           God
           2
           Cor.
           VI.
           5.
           
        
         
           And
           again
           ,
           Chap.
           XI
           .
           27.
           
           He
           seems
           to
           value
           himself
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           
             in
             Fastings
             oft
          
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           wherein
           he
           out-did
           other
           Men
           ,
           even
           his
           fellow
           Apostles
           themselves
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           ?
           did
           he
           place
           Religion
           in
           this
           ?
           No
           ,
           at
           all
           ,
           he
           used
           it
           only
           as
           an
           Instrument
           of
           Religion
           .
           He
           knew
           very
           well
           ,
           for
           he
           Teaches
           us
           ,
           That
           
             Bodily
             Exercise
             profits
             little
          
           .
           1
           Tim.
           IV.
           8.
           
           But
           
           it
           is
           a
           useful
           help
           to
           that
           which
           profits
           most
           of
           all
           ;
           even
           to
           Godliness
           which
           is
           
             Profitable
             to
             all
             things
          
           as
           there
           it
           followeth
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           Mourning
           ,
           which
           is
           joyned
           with
           it
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           this
           also
           is
           necessary
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Sin
           ;
           otherwise
           we
           should
           have
           no
           occasion
           for
           it
           at
           all
           .
           The
           Angels
           that
           have
           no
           Sin
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           occasion
           of
           Mourning
           ;
           nor
           should
           we
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           serve
           God
           on
           Earth
           (
           as
           we
           pray
           that
           we
           may
           ,
           )
           as
           the
           Angels
           do
           in
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Godly
           sorrow
           that
           works
           Repentance
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           VII
           .
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           All
           other
           Sorrow
           ,
           but
           for
           Sin
           ,
           is
           good
           for
           nothing
           ,
           but
           to
           break
           ones
           Heart
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           if
           one
           takes
           too
           much
           of
           it
           .
           
             Worldly
             sorrow
             worketh
             Death
          
           ,
           faith
           the
           Apostle
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           he
           goes
           on
           ,
           
             Godly
             sorrow
             works
             repentance
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             repented
             of
             .
          
           Godly
           Sorrow
           is
           our
           Mourning
           to
           God
           in
           my
           Text.
           To
           God
           ,
           Mourning
           for
           ours
           and
           other
           Mens
           sins
           against
           him
           :
           Lamenting
           ,
           Abhorring
           ,
           and
           Detesting
           them
           .
           This
           works
           a
           Resolution
           against
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           real
           beginning
           of
           Repentance
           .
           And
           this
           being
           followed
           ,
           is
           a
           blessed
           amendment
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           that
           ,
           Fasting
           also
           is
           profitable
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           for
           the
           Weakning
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Strengthning
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
        
         
           Those
           things
           which
           the
           Soul
           hath
           chiefly
           to
           struggle
           with
           ,
           are
           the
           Appetites
           and
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           Affections
           ,
           and
           Imaginations
           ;
           All
           which
           are
           seated
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           the
           Soul
           hath
           need
           of
           help
           for
           the
           subduing
           of
           these
           .
        
         
         
           As
           to
           the
           Appetites
           ,
           Fasting
           plainly
           doth
           the
           work
           .
           You
           will
           find
           it
           by
           this
           days
           experience
           ,
           if
           you
           Fast
           as
           you
           ought
           to
           do
           .
           You
           deny
           your
           Appetite
           what
           it
           would
           have
           .
           And
           denying
           it
           once
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           deny
           it
           again
           .
           And
           the
           oftner
           you
           do
           this
           ,
           the
           more
           you
           will
           be
           Master
           of
           your
           Appetites
           .
        
         
           The
           Affections
           and
           Lusts
           are
           to
           be
           subdued
           in
           like
           Manner
           .
           It
           was
           the
           way
           that
           St.
           Paul
           gained
           the
           Government
           over
           himself
           .
           He
           was
           
             in
             Fastings
             oft
          
           as
           I
           shewed
           you
           but
           now
           .
           And
           that
           way
           ,
           
             he
             kept
             under
             his
             Body
             and
             brought
             it
             in
             subjection
             ,
          
           as
           himself
           faith
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           IX
           .
           27.
           
        
         
           By
           this
           Exercise
           of
           denying
           our selves
           ,
           we
           also
           learn
           to
           reject
           all
           evil
           Fancies
           and
           Imaginations
           .
           They
           are
           most
           troublesome
           things
           ,
           if
           you
           hearken
           to
           them
           .
           There
           is
           no
           quiet
           ,
           but
           by
           constant
           and
           stedfast
           rejecting
           them
           .
           For
           that
           indeed
           all
           these
           sensual
           Faculties
           are
           alike
           .
           It
           is
           only
           by
           feeding
           and
           humouring
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           make
           them
           too
           strong
           for
           us
           .
           There
           is
           no
           way
           to
           Master
           them
           ,
           but
           by
           denying
           them
           what
           they
           would
           be
           at
           .
           Get
           the
           Victory
           over
           them
           and
           keep
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           done
           but
           by
           constant
           exercise
           ;
           by
           such
           exercise
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           a
           kind
           of
           Fasting
           ,
           and
           this
           Fasting
           is
           a
           Principal
           part
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           get
           the
           Victory
           over
           them
           and
           keep
           it
           .
           By
           this
           you
           set
           the
           Rational
           Soul
           in
           its
           Dominion
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           being
           enlightned
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           
           being
           assisted
           by
           his
           Grace
           ,
           which
           Prayer
           ,
           joyned
           with
           faithful
           endeavours
           ,
           will
           certainly
           obtain
           ;
           This
           will
           do
           the
           Work
           of
           God.
           The
           Soul
           will
           be
           Transformed
           into
           his
           Image
           :
           It
           will
           be
           like
           him
           in
           Righteousness
           and
           true
           Holiness
           .
        
         
           O
           blessed
           affliction
           ,
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           that
           hath
           set
           us
           a
           Fasting
           and
           Mourning
           to
           so
           good
           a
           Purpose
           !
           O
           joyful
           Trial
           that
           hath
           had
           this
           effect
           ,
           to
           purge
           out
           all
           our
           Dross
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           us
           to
           the
           Image
           of
           God!
           O
           happy
           Rod
           that
           hath
           Chastised
           us
           into
           our
           Duty
           ,
           and
           made
           us
           so
           wise
           that
           we
           shall
           need
           it
           no
           more
           !
        
         
           When
           we
           need
           it
           no
           more
           ,
           we
           shall
           feel
           it
           no
           more
           .
           That
           is
           certain
           ,
           in
           Gods
           way
           of
           dealing
           with
           Nations
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           said
           in
           her
           Lamentations
           ,
           
             God
             doth
             not
             afflict
             willingly
             ,
             nor
             grieve
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
          
           All
           his
           Judgments
           upon
           Nations
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           to
           utter
           Destruction
           ,
           they
           are
           designed
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           if
           possible
           .
        
         
           And
           therein
           he
           is
           so
           Gracious
           ,
           That
           ,
           if
           one
           Judgment
           will
           not
           do
           ,
           he
           will
           send
           more
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           their
           Effect
           ,
           either
           to
           save
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           fit
           them
           for
           Destruction
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           make
           them
           Inexcusable
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           certainly
           true
           of
           any
           Nation
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           taken
           into
           his
           particular
           Care
           ;
           As
           he
           did
           Israel
           of
           Old
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           us
           at
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
         
           He
           hath
           shewed
           his
           Care
           of
           us
           ,
           by
           so
           many
           Instances
           ,
           both
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           even
           in
           Judgment
           still
           remembring
           Mercy
           ;
           that
           I
           do
           not
           doubt
           to
           exemplifie
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           in
           the
           various
           Turns
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           over
           us
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           beginning
           from
           that
           dreadful
           Stroke
           of
           God's
           hand
           ,
           which
           hath
           occasioned
           our
           Meeting
           here
           together
           on
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           dreadful
           Stroke
           indeed
           ,
           the
           Cutting
           off
           of
           that
           excellent
           King
           ,
           
             of
             whom
             the
             World
             was
             not
             worthy
             .
          
           I
           think
           no
           Encomium
           too
           good
           for
           him
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           not
           so
           much
           my
           business
           at
           this
           Time.
           
        
         
           I
           am
           now
           to
           Consider
           ,
           whence
           this
           terrible
           Stroke
           came
           ;
           and
           upon
           what
           Account
           it
           was
           given
           us
           ,
           and
           how
           we
           have
           Profited
           by
           it
           since
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           and
           many
           Fasts
           as
           we
           have
           kept
           on
           this
           occasion
           .
        
         
           Whence
           it
           came
           ?
           
             Is
             there
             any
             evil
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             done
             it
             ?
          
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ?
           This
           evil
           was
           surely
           from
           the
           Lord.
           It
           was
           Gods
           Judgment
           upon
           this
           sinful
           Nation
           .
        
         
           A
           dreadful
           Judgment
           it
           was
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           bewailed
           in
           her
           Lamentations
           ,
           Lament
           .
           IV.
           20.
           
           Speaking
           I
           suppose
           of
           King
           Zedekiah
           ,
           a
           King
           not
           to
           be
           named
           with
           Our's
           the
           same
           day
           .
           He
           was
           one
           that
           
             did
             Evil
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           was
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           they
           lamented
           the
           Loss
           of
           him
           .
           When
           he
           
           was
           fallen
           into
           his
           Enemies
           Hands
           ,
           they
           lamented
           him
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             The
             Breath
             of
             our
             Nostrils
             ,
             the
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             was
             taken
             in
             their
             Pits
             ,
             of
             whom
             we
             said
             ,
             under
             his
             shadow
             we
             shall
             be
             safe
             .
          
        
         
           But
           when
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           a
           Nation
           ;
           we
           are
           first
           to
           consider
           what
           those
           Sins
           were
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           we
           can
           do
           it
           at
           this
           distance
           of
           Time.
           
        
         
           They
           are
           now
           so
           far
           out
           of
           remembrance
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           not
           call
           them
           to
           mind
           ;
           but
           that
           I
           think
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           it
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           Duty
           of
           my
           Place
           .
           For
           in
           vain
           do
           we
           Fast
           and
           Mourn
           for
           this
           Judgment
           ,
           without
           saying
           what
           the
           Occasion
           of
           it
           hath
           been
           .
           I
           mean
           only
           what
           National
           Sins
           we
           are
           to
           Confess
           before
           God
           ;
           and
           what
           we
           are
           to
           amend
           ,
           if
           they
           yet
           continue
           amongst
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           pretend
           to
           give
           a
           very
           particular
           Account
           of
           our
           National
           Sins
           at
           that
           time
           .
           Nor
           dare
           I
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           Charge
           the
           meritorious
           Cause
           of
           that
           Judgment
           upon
           this
           or
           that
           sort
           of
           Men.
           Some
           indeed
           have
           been
           too
           lavish
           that
           way
           ,
           in
           declaiming
           against
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Governing
           part
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           done
           it
           with
           a
           wicked
           Design
           to
           blast
           the
           Memory
           of
           him
           that
           had
           the
           least
           share
           of
           them
           .
           I
           Beseech
           God
           it
           may
           not
           be
           laid
           to
           their
           Charge
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           General
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           they
           all
           sprung
           from
           a
           Surfeit
           
           of
           the
           Blessings
           of
           God.
           Our
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           our
           Properties
           ,
           were
           all
           in
           such
           a
           flourishing
           State
           ,
           as
           made
           us
           the
           Envy
           of
           all
           other
           Nations
           round
           about
           us
           .
           And
           yet
           here
           at
           home
           ,
           through
           the
           Practises
           of
           some
           Ambitious
           Men
           ,
           every
           thing
           was
           then
           represented
           to
           the
           People
           quite
           contrary
           .
           They
           were
           even
           frighted
           out
           of
           their
           Wits
           ,
           with
           false
           Cries
           of
           Tyranny
           and
           Popery
           .
           In
           a
           blind
           Belief
           whereof
           ,
           Multitudes
           of
           the
           People
           run
           into
           Sects
           ;
           and
           those
           inflamed
           them
           into
           a
           horrible
           Rebellion
           ;
           which
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           Generality
           of
           them
           ,
           did
           but
           too
           tamely
           comply
           with
           .
           And
           they
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Duty
           ,
           opposed
           this
           ,
           yet
           too
           many
           even
           of
           them
           ,
           so
           far
           provoked
           God
           with
           their
           Sins
           ;
           that
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           punish
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           by
           depriving
           it
           of
           all
           those
           Blessings
           at
           once
           ,
           in
           suffering
           that
           Excellent
           King
           to
           be
           Murthered
           ,
           as
           upon
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           I
           Charge
           it
           upon
           none
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           but
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           for
           it
           must
           be
           a
           National
           Sin
           ,
           that
           bringeth
           down
           a
           National
           Judgment
           .
           And
           this
           Judgment
           was
           taken
           aright
           ,
           by
           many
           devout
           People
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           at
           that
           time
           :
           Who
           immediately
           humbled
           themselves
           under
           the
           afflicting
           hand
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           kept
           a
           true
           Fast
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           for
           many
           Years
           before
           there
           was
           any
           Law
           to
           Authorize
           it
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           time
           ,
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Cursed
           Fact
           ,
           having
           then
           the
           Government
           in
           their
           hands
           ;
           gave
           
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           full
           occasion
           to
           see
           ,
           what
           a
           woful
           Change
           they
           had
           made
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           must
           needs
           be
           said
           ,
           to
           do
           right
           to
           those
           Usurpers
           ;
           that
           they
           severely
           Corrected
           all
           Vices
           but
           those
           that
           were
           chiefly
           their
           own
           .
           Especially
           Drinking
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           and
           Cursing
           ,
           were
           punished
           more
           severely
           in
           those
           Times
           ,
           than
           at
           any
           time
           before
           in
           our
           Memory
           .
           Adultery
           ,
           was
           one
           while
           made
           a
           Capital
           Crime
           ▪
           and
           though
           I
           think
           none
           suffered
           the
           Punishment
           ,
           yet
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           then
           so
           much
           in
           Fashion
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           since
           .
           Our
           Vices
           were
           then
           the
           more
           capable
           of
           being
           brought
           within
           Bounds
           ,
           because
           their
           Nurse
           ,
           Luxury
           ,
           was
           so
           much
           disabled
           ,
           by
           the
           Havock
           and
           Spoil
           that
           the
           Wars
           had
           made
           upon
           most
           of
           the
           Great
           Estates
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           ,
           when
           the
           Usurpers
           came
           to
           divide
           among
           themselves
           ,
           that
           united
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           All
           Enmities
           seemed
           to
           be
           forgotten
           at
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           being
           thus
           prepared
           for
           such
           a
           Mercy
           ,
           God
           heard
           the
           Prayers
           of
           his
           poor
           afflicted
           Ones
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           them
           that
           had
           Fasted
           and
           Mourned
           in
           secret
           on
           this
           Day
           ;
           and
           according
           to
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           God
           wonderfully
           brought
           about
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ;
           upon
           which
           ,
           This
           Fast
           was
           Enacted
           by
           Law
           ;
           and
           now
           and
           ever
           since
           it
           hath
           been
           observed
           by
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           It
           hath
           been
           so
           ,
           now
           these
           Six
           and
           Thirty
           Years
           .
           But
           even
           ,
           from
           the
           Beginning
           of
           that
           Time
           ,
           might
           not
           God
           well
           say
           ,
           
             Was
             it
             to
             me
             ,
             even
             to
             me
             ?
          
           That
           most
           Pious
           Learned
           Man
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           the
           best
           Interpreter
           of
           Prophecies
           ,
           yet
           was
           in
           this
           a
           true
           Prophet
           himself
           .
           Dr.
           Hammond
           ,
           at
           his
           Death
           ,
           which
           was
           just
           before
           the
           King's
           Restauration
           ,
           prosess'd
           ,
           He
           was
           more
           afraid
           of
           the
           Ill
           Effects
           of
           that
           ,
           than
           he
           was
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           had
           happened
           .
           He
           feared
           ,
           that
           the
           Prosperous
           State
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           coming
           in
           so
           upon
           the
           sudden
           ,
           before
           Men
           were
           prepared
           to
           receive
           it
           ,
           would
           do
           the
           Church
           more
           hurt
           than
           all
           its
           Persecutions
           had
           done
           hitherto
           .
        
         
           Sure
           enough
           ,
           that
           sudden
           Change
           so
           turned
           many
           Mens
           Heads
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           ,
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           faith
           ,
           
             like
             Men
             that
             Dream
          
           .
           If
           they
           had
           been
           Awake
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           acted
           wiser
           than
           they
           did
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           it
           was
           wonderful
           to
           see
           what
           an
           Alteration
           this
           made
           in
           them
           .
           The
           very
           Pomp
           of
           the
           King
           's
           coming
           in
           revived
           the
           Luxury
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           which
           had
           been
           much
           Chastised
           and
           brought
           down
           in
           the
           Troublesome
           Times
           .
           The
           Universal
           Joy
           of
           it
           ,
           set
           all
           People
           to
           the
           Drinking
           of
           Healths
           ,
           which
           before
           was
           grown
           quite
           out
           of
           Fashion
           .
           The
           Corruption
           of
           Morals
           ,
           in
           other
           kinds
           ,
           more
           than
           I
           can
           Name
           ,
           spread
           from
           the
           Court
           downwards
           into
           all
           Parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           And
           those
           Immoralities
           tainted
           even
           Religion
           it self
           .
           Wheresoever
           they
           took
           ,
           they
           disposed
           Men
           ,
           either
           to
           Atheism
           ,
           or
           to
           Popery
           .
        
         
         
           It
           was
           Popery
           indeed
           ,
           that
           made
           its
           Advantage
           of
           all
           the
           other
           Horrible
           Things
           ,
           and
           even
           of
           Atheism
           it self
           ;
           as
           it
           appeared
           ,
           when
           Popery
           was
           come
           into
           the
           Government
           .
           Then
           ,
           within
           a
           short
           Time
           ,
           a
           profest
           Atheist
           ,
           was
           look'd
           upon
           as
           next
           to
           being
           a
           good
           Catholick
           .
           He
           that
           was
           but
           profligately
           Vicious
           ,
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           in
           a
           fair
           way
           to
           it
           .
           And
           no
           Man
           was
           accounted
           throughly
           fit
           for
           publick
           Trust
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           do
           Things
           against
           his
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           so
           notorious
           ,
           That
           it
           did
           even
           turn
           a
           great
           many
           Mens
           Stomachs
           against
           Popery
           .
           They
           loathed
           the
           gross
           Immoralities
           which
           they
           saw
           were
           so
           fulsomly
           courted
           by
           it
           .
           Drinking
           and
           Swearing
           were
           in
           a
           manner
           yielded
           up
           to
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           .
           There
           was
           scarce
           any
           capital
           Crime
           that
           would
           not
           be
           pardoned
           to
           a
           Convert
           .
           The
           very
           Atheists
           ,
           that
           had
           any
           sence
           of
           Honour
           ,
           were
           ashamed
           to
           be
           thought
           of
           that
           Religion
           .
        
         
           For
           our
           Religion
           ,
           They
           that
           had
           no
           Zeal
           for
           it
           before
           ,
           were
           even
           fond
           of
           it
           when
           they
           saw
           it
           going
           away
           .
           The
           Dissenters
           themselves
           ,
           (
           all
           but
           those
           that
           would
           have
           given
           up
           the
           5th
           of
           November
           for
           the
           30th
           of
           January
           ,
           of
           them
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           ;
           )
           but
           most
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           them
           were
           so
           ready
           to
           join
           with
           us
           in
           the
           common
           Danger
           ;
           that
           tho'
           they
           did
           not
           wholly
           unite
           with
           us
           ,
           yet
           they
           differed
           from
           us
           Amicably
           .
        
         
         
           These
           were
           fair
           Dispositions
           for
           that
           Mercy
           which
           God
           had
           then
           for
           us
           in
           store
           .
           And
           he
           shewed
           it
           soon
           after
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           come
           to
           the
           utmost
           Necessity
           .
           
             When
             he
             look'd
             ,
             and
             saw
             there
             was
             none
             to
             help
             ,
             then
             his
             own
             Arm
             brought
             Salvation
             to
             us
             .
          
           It
           was
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           raised
           us
           up
           a
           Deliverer
           ,
           to
           save
           us
           from
           the
           very
           brink
           of
           Destruction
           .
           God
           brought
           us
           two
           Plants
           united
           together
           ,
           out
           of
           that
           Royal
           Oak
           ,
           that
           was
           cut
           down
           upon
           this
           Day
           ;
           and
           he
           covered
           a
           third
           of
           them
           under
           the
           hollow
           of
           his
           Hand
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           had
           been
           certainly
           snatched
           away
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           Deliverance
           as
           this
           was
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           believed
           that
           God
           had
           accepted
           our
           Fasts
           .
           Now
           we
           might
           have
           hoped
           he
           would
           have
           turned
           them
           into
           Festivals
           ;
           That
           he
           would
           have
           delivered
           us
           from
           all
           our
           Enemies
           at
           once
           .
        
         
           And
           doubtless
           so
           he
           would
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           Fasted
           to
           a
           National
           Reformation
           .
           There
           was
           nothing
           wanting
           but
           that
           .
        
         
           There
           wanted
           nothing
           on
           God's
           Part.
           He
           shewed
           his
           Inclinations
           towards
           us
           ,
           by
           those
           wonderful
           Preservations
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           .
           And
           that
           ,
           not
           once
           or
           twice
           ,
           but
           Year
           after
           Year
           .
           Such
           has
           been
           his
           continual
           Goodness
           towards
           us
           .
           But
           ,
           such
           is
           our
           unthankfulness
           to
           him
           ;
           that
           we
           have
           grown
           not
           better
           ,
           but
           worse
           ,
           upon
           all
           the
           great
           Things
           that
           he
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           .
        
         
         
           Who
           would
           have
           thought
           ,
           but
           that
           upon
           that
           Miraculous
           Revolution
           ,
           and
           the
           Wonderful
           Preservations
           he
           has
           given
           us
           since
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           if
           not
           altogether
           such
           as
           he
           would
           have
           us
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           much
           better
           than
           ever
           we
           had
           been
           before
           ?
           Who
           would
           not
           have
           expected
           that
           we
           should
           have
           mended
           upon
           it
           exceedingly
           ?
           But
           alas
           !
           How
           far
           are
           we
           from
           that
           ?
           Are
           we
           not
           now
           worse
           than
           ever
           ?
           Our
           Provocations
           higher
           than
           ever
           ?
           Is
           not
           our
           Luxury
           more
           extravagant
           ?
           Are
           not
           our
           Adulteries
           more
           Impudent
           ?
           Our
           Drinking
           more
           Profligate
           ?
           Our
           Swearing
           and
           Cursing
           more
           Bold
           ?
           In
           all
           respects
           .
           Do
           we
           not
           behave
           our selves
           as
           if
           we
           had
           been
           Delivered
           for
           these
           Things
           ?
           How
           can
           we
           expect
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           should
           now
           turn
           his
           Hand
           upon
           us
           ?
           That
           he
           should
           strike
           us
           down
           lower
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           wound
           us
           deeper
           ,
           than
           ever
           ?
        
         
           Alas
           !
           Did
           he
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           in
           taking
           away
           our
           Blessed
           QUEEN
           from
           us
           ?
           The
           Light
           of
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           the
           Breath
           of
           our
           Nostrils
           ,
           the
           very
           Joy
           of
           our
           Hearts
           !
           I
           can
           say
           no
           more
           ;
           I
           am
           Astonished
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           I
           think
           of
           it
           .
           This
           !
           was
           a
           Blow
           at
           the
           Root
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           convince
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           yet
           Fasted
           to
           God
           We
           have
           not
           ,
           nor
           never
           shall
           ,
           till
           there
           be
           a
           National
           Reformation
           .
           Nothing
           else
           will
           please
           God
           ,
           nothing
           else
           can
           save
           us
           ,
           but
           this
           .
        
         
           Be
           Exhorted
           therefore
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           set
           Heartily
           to
           this
           great
           and
           necessary
           Work
           ,
           every
           one
           in
           his
           Place
           and
           Station
           .
           You
           that
           have
           none
           but
           your selves
           ,
           have
           the
           less
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           
           you
           that
           have
           others
           under
           you
           ,
           have
           the
           more
           to
           answer
           for
           ;
           especially
           you
           whom
           God
           has
           advanced
           into
           the
           highest
           Rank
           ;
           you
           that
           fit
           in
           the
           great
           Council
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           you
           ,
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           ought
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           your
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           Nation
           lies
           at
           Stake
           ,
           to
           be
           saved
           or
           lost
           by
           your
           Hands
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           too
           much
           Reason
           to
           fear
           ,
           from
           what
           you
           have
           heard
           .
           Yet
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           without
           Hope
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           not
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           yet
           preserved
           to
           us
           a
           Gracious
           KING
           ,
           now
           after
           that
           heavy
           Stroak
           of
           his
           Hand
           ,
           in
           taking
           our
           blessed
           QUEEN
           from
           us
           .
           God
           hath
           given
           Him
           a
           Heart
           to
           supply
           to
           us
           what
           we
           have
           lost
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           Him
           we
           have
           them
           both
           in
           great
           Measure
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           also
           yet
           remaining
           to
           us
           ,
           another
           undoubted
           Plant
           of
           the
           Royal
           Stock
           ;
           from
           whom
           we
           have
           one
           Princely
           Shoot
           ,
           and
           may
           yet
           hope
           for
           more
           ,
           if
           our
           sins
           do
           not
           hinder
           us
           of
           that
           great
           Blessing
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           (
           through
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           )
           a
           fair
           Prospect
           ,
           toward
           a
           happy
           End
           of
           that
           horrible
           War
           that
           lies
           upon
           us
           .
           God
           hath
           taken
           off
           
           Pharaoh's
           Chariot
           Wheels
           ,
           he
           drives
           but
           slowly
           to
           what
           he
           did
           .
           He
           has
           been
           ,
           for
           some
           Years
           ,
           wholly
           upon
           the
           Defensive
           ▪
           And
           now
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           he
           thinks
           it
           his
           Interest
           to
           have
           Peace
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           nothing
           else
           to
           fear
           ,
           but
           only
           our
           Sins
           and
           our
           Divisions
           .
           And
           our
           Divisions
           are
           the
           Fruit
           
           of
           our
           Sins
           .
           Amend
           these
           ,
           and
           trust
           in
           God
           ,
           he
           will
           do
           every
           thing
           else
           for
           you
           .
        
         
           No
           one
           of
           us
           can
           do
           all
           ;
           but
           let
           every
           one
           do
           his
           Part
           ,
           in
           Reforming
           himself
           and
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           are
           under
           him
           .
           If
           all
           others
           will
           do
           the
           same
           with
           you
           ,
           the
           Work
           is
           done
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           have
           Fasted
           all
           this
           while
           .
           The
           Church
           and
           Nation
           are
           Safe
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           Happy
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           others
           will
           not
           join
           with
           you
           in
           this
           Necessary
           Work
           ,
           it
           is
           sad
           to
           think
           what
           is
           like
           to
           follow
           .
           However
           ,
           you
           shall
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           lose
           your
           Labour
           ,
           come
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           will
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           your
           Account
           by
           it
           .
           You
           shall
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           in
           such
           Measures
           as
           God
           sees
           best
           for
           you
           :
           And
           whatsoever
           you
           want
           here
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           made
           up
           to
           you
           ,
           more
           abundantly
           ,
           in
           Life
           Everlasting
           .
        
         
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