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             A sermon preached at St. Margarets Westminster, May 29, 1685, before the Honourable House of Commons by William Sherlock ...
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           At
           St.
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
             ,
             May
          
           29.
           1685.
           
           Before
           the
           Honourable
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             SHERLOCK
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           Master
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           And
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             I.
             Amery
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Peacock
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ;
           and
           
             A.
             Swalle
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Unicorn
           at
           the
           West-end
           of
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1685.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             10
             ECCLES
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             Blessed
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             Land
             ,
             when
             thy
             King
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             Nobles
             .
          
        
         
           
             WHen
             the
             Lord
             turned
             again
             the
          
           
           
             captivity
             of
             Zion
             ,
             we
             were
             like
             them
             that
             dream
             .
             Then
             was
             our
             mouth
             filled
             with
             laughter
             ,
             and
             our
             tongue
             with
             singing
             :
             then
             said
             they
             among
             the
             heathen
             ,
             The
             Lord
             hath
             done
             great
             things
             for
             them
             .
          
           Which
           the
           Psalmist
           spoke
           of
           the
           deliverance
           of
           the
           Jews
           from
           the
           Babylonish
           Captivity
           ;
           but
           is
           very
           easily
           and
           naturally
           applied
           to
           the
           Occasion
           of
           this
           present
           Solemnity
           .
           For
           I
           hope
           we
           have
           not
           so
           soon
           forgot
           with
           what
           surprizing
           Joy
           we
           beheld
           our
           banished
           Prince
           return
           again
           to
           his
           Throne
           ,
           who
           brought
           back
           with
           him
           our
           Laws
           ;
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           our
           Religion
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           brought
           England
           into
           England
           again
           ,
           which
           was
           banished
           with
           its
           Prince
           ,
           without
           changing
           its
           Place
           and
           Climate
           .
           And
           though
           that
           beloved
           and
           admired
           Prince
           ,
           
           who
           gave
           the
           first
           lustre
           and
           glory
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           now
           sleeps
           with
           his
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           has
           onely
           left
           us
           the
           memory
           of
           his
           Princely
           Vertues
           to
           adorn
           the
           Records
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           Succession
           of
           English
           Kings
           ,
           yet
           this
           day
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           forgot
           ,
           which
           restored
           to
           us
           not
           onely
           a
           Mortal
           Prince
           ,
           whom
           we
           could
           not
           expect
           should
           live
           for
           ever
           ,
           but
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           which
           we
           hope
           and
           pray
           may
           be
           Immortal
           .
           Though
           the
           Great
           CHARLES
           be
           dead
           ,
           the
           King
           lives
           still
           in
           his
           Royal
           Brother
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Rightful
           Heir
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           Partner
           of
           all
           his
           Joys
           and
           Sorrows
           ,
           who
           was
           banished
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           who
           returned
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           augmented
           the
           brightness
           of
           this
           day
           by
           his
           united
           Beams
           ;
           a
           Prince
           who
           equals
           the
           greatest
           Examples
           of
           former
           Kings
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           hope
           ,
           will
           leave
           a
           greater
           to
           those
           who
           follow
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           the
           Throngs
           and
           Crowds
           of
           People
           ,
           which
           met
           their
           returning
           Prince
           ,
           nor
           those
           loud
           and
           joyful
           Acclamations
           wherewith
           they
           welcomed
           him
           to
           his
           Country
           and
           Throne
           ;
           it
           was
           not
           the
           external
           
           Pomp
           and
           Splendour
           of
           the
           Show
           ,
           though
           as
           magnificent
           as
           Art
           and
           Nature
           could
           make
           it
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           meerly
           the
           transporting
           sight
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           was
           now
           endeared
           by
           long
           Absence
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Oppressions
           and
           Injuries
           of
           Usurpers
           ,
           who
           after
           ten
           thousand
           Indignities
           returned
           with
           all
           the
           Expressions
           of
           a
           Princely
           Goodness
           and
           Indemnity
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           though
           these
           were
           all
           very
           affecting
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           added
           much
           to
           raise
           and
           heighten
           a
           present
           Passion
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           not
           the
           true
           Glory
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           which
           consisted
           in
           restoring
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           Royal
           Line
           :
           for
           this
           we
           bless
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           continuance
           of
           this
           we
           pray
           this
           day
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           believe
           King
           Solomon
           ,
           there
           is
           great
           reason
           for
           both
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           as
           great
           a
           Blessing
           as
           any
           Nation
           can
           enjoy
           :
           
             Blessed
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             Land
             ,
             when
             thy
             King
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             Nobles
             .
          
        
         
           The
           words
           are
           so
           plain
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           think
           of
           any
           plainer
           to
           express
           their
           sence
           by
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           to
           loose
           time
           in
           a
           needless
           Explication
           ,
           there
           are
           three
           things
           observable
           in
           them
           .
           1.
           
           That
           Kingly
           Government
           
           is
           a
           great
           Blessing
           :
           for
           it
           cannot
           be
           a
           Blessing
           to
           have
           our
           King
           the
           Son
           of
           Nobles
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           a
           Blessing
           to
           have
           a
           King.
           2.
           
           That
           the
           noble
           Descent
           and
           Extraction
           of
           a
           King
           is
           a
           great
           Blessing
           to
           a
           Nation
           ,
           as
           my
           Text
           expresly
           says
           ,
           
             Blessed
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             Land
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           the
           natural
           inference
           from
           this
           is
           ,
           3.
           
           That
           an
           Hereditary
           Monarchy
           is
           a
           great
           Blessing
           :
           for
           we
           are
           secure
           ,
           that
           our
           Kings
           are
           the
           Sons
           of
           Nobles
           ,
           when
           the
           Son
           inherits
           the
           Fathers
           Crown
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           Kingly
           Government
           is
           a
           great
           Blessing
           .
           As
           for
           that
           Dispute
           ,
           Whether
           Kingly
           Government
           be
           by
           
             Divine
             Right
          
           ,
           if
           by
           
             Divine
             Right
          
           we
           mean
           a
           positive
           Law
           and
           Institution
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           all
           Nations
           shall
           be
           governed
           by
           Kings
           ,
           I
           find
           no
           such
           thing
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Divine
           Will
           ;
           but
           if
           by
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           we
           mean
           onely
           such
           an
           intimation
           of
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           can
           learn
           from
           the
           appearances
           of
           Nature
           and
           Providence
           ,
           I
           dare
           boldly
           affirm
           ,
           that
           Kingly
           government
           is
           by
           Divine
           Right
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           is
           most
           
           agreeable
           to
           all
           those
           notices
           we
           have
           of
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           from
           the
           original
           frame
           and
           constitution
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           dispensations
           of
           Providence
           ;
           which
           though
           it
           be
           not
           sufficient
           to
           condemn
           all
           other
           Governments
           as
           unlawful
           ,
           yet
           it
           advances
           Monarchy
           above
           all
           other
           Forms
           of
           Government
           ,
           when
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           God
           himself
           has
           at
           least
           given
           the
           preference
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           Creation
           is
           a
           plain
           proof
           of
           this
           ;
           for
           God
           made
           but
           one
           Man
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           gave
           the
           Dominion
           and
           Empire
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           natural
           Lord
           as
           well
           as
           Father
           of
           all
           his
           Posterity
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           good
           an
           argument
           for
           the
           natural
           institution
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           as
           Gods
           creating
           but
           one
           Man
           and
           one
           Woman
           is
           against
           Divorce
           ,
           which
           yet
           is
           our
           Saviours
           Argument
           ,
           10
           Mark
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
        
         
           Thus
           it
           was
           at
           the
           new
           peopling
           of
           the
           World
           after
           the
           Floud
           ;
           God
           left
           but
           one
           Independent
           Head
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           Noah
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           Paternal
           and
           Regal
           Authority
           over
           his
           Sons
           and
           their
           Posterity
           :
           So
           that
           Mankind
           were
           born
           under
           a
           Monarchical
           
           Government
           ,
           which
           therefore
           is
           the
           first
           and
           the
           most
           natural
           Government
           ,
           instituted
           by
           God
           by
           the
           very
           Laws
           of
           our
           Creation
           ;
           for
           when
           God
           made
           but
           one
           Man
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           has
           a
           right
           to
           Govern
           his
           own
           Children
           ,
           (
           who
           then
           were
           all
           Mankind
           )
           he
           made
           him
           a
           natural
           Monarch
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           no
           Histories
           of
           those
           Times
           to
           acquaint
           us
           how
           the
           Government
           descended
           ;
           but
           we
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           as
           Adam
           and
           Noah
           govern'd
           by
           a
           Paternal
           Right
           ,
           so
           when
           Mankind
           increased
           ,
           and
           grew
           too
           numerous
           to
           dwell
           together
           ,
           they
           were
           formed
           into
           distinct
           Kingdoms
           ,
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Heads
           and
           Princes
           of
           their
           several
           Families
           ;
           for
           in
           those
           days
           they
           knew
           no
           other
           right
           of
           Government
           but
           what
           was
           Natural
           and
           Paternal
           .
        
         
           I
           urge
           this
           onely
           to
           prove
           that
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           original
           form
           of
           Government
           instituted
           by
           God
           himself
           ;
           not
           that
           every
           Monarch
           must
           have
           the
           same
           right
           to
           Government
           which
           Adam
           and
           Noah
           had
           ;
           for
           then
           there
           is
           no
           Prince
           in
           the
           world
           can
           
           make
           good
           his
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           :
           But
           these
           are
           very
           distinct
           questions
           ,
           what
           is
           that
           form
           of
           Government
           which
           God
           appointed
           ?
           and
           by
           what
           right
           a
           particular
           Prince
           can
           challenge
           this
           Authority
           ?
           In
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           while
           the
           Lineal
           descent
           of
           Families
           was
           known
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           no
           dispute
           about
           the
           Succession
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           numbers
           of
           men
           increased
           ,
           and
           Families
           were
           divided
           and
           sub-divided
           ,
           and
           intermixt
           with
           each
           other
           ,
           when
           these
           little
           Independent
           Princes
           invaded
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           enlarged
           their
           Dominions
           by
           force
           and
           power
           ,
           the
           right
           of
           Government
           altered
           ,
           but
           the
           Form
           of
           Government
           was
           the
           same
           still
           .
           And
           though
           a
           Prince
           now
           governs
           not
           by
           a
           Paternal
           Right
           as
           Adam
           and
           Noah
           did
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Election
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Right
           of
           Conquest
           ,
           or
           by
           a
           Succession
           from
           ancient
           Kings
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           long
           possest
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           the
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           though
           the
           claim
           to
           Soveraign
           Power
           varies
           .
           Gods
           original
           institution
           of
           Monarchy
           in
           a
           Paternal
           Government
           justifies
           the
           Form
           ,
           whatever
           dispute
           there
           may
           be
           about
           the
           Right
           of
           Succession
           .
        
         
         
           And
           therefore
           we
           find
           ,
           when
           this
           original
           Title
           of
           Paternal
           Authority
           failed
           either
           by
           force
           and
           usurpation
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           of
           knowing
           the
           true
           Heir
           ,
           yet
           Monarchy
           continued
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           World
           was
           governed
           by
           Kings
           ,
           and
           knew
           no
           other
           Government
           ,
           till
           Greece
           and
           Rome
           set
           the
           example
           ,
           who
           changed
           the
           Regal
           Power
           into
           Aristocracies
           and
           Common-wealths
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           satisfie
           us
           ,
           that
           God
           still
           approved
           of
           Kingly
           Government
           ,
           even
           after
           the
           distinction
           made
           between
           Paternal
           and
           Regal
           Authority
           ,
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           by
           a
           positive
           institution
           God
           erected
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           but
           never
           set
           up
           a
           Common-wealth
           .
           The
           Jewish
           Government
           was
           properly
           a
           Theocracy
           ,
           God
           was
           their
           King
           in
           a
           more
           peculiar
           manner
           than
           he
           was
           the
           King
           of
           other
           Nations
           :
           he
           dwelt
           among
           them
           in
           the
           Tabernacle
           or
           Temple
           ,
           gave
           them
           a
           body
           of
           Laws
           ,
           appointed
           Officers
           under
           him
           to
           administer
           the
           Affairs
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           emergent
           difficulties
           gave
           immediate
           Orders
           and
           Directions
           what
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           yet
           he
           appointed
           a
           single
           person
           to
           be
           his
           Vice-roy
           ,
           and
           invested
           him
           with
           
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           .
           Thus
           Moses
           while
           he
           lived
           was
           King
           of
           Ieshurun
           ,
           and
           after
           him
           Ioshua
           ,
           and
           the
           Judges
           succeeded
           him
           ,
           whom
           God
           raised
           up
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           manner
           ,
           as
           occasion
           required
           ,
           to
           fight
           their
           Battels
           ,
           and
           to
           rescue
           them
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           when
           there
           was
           no
           extraordinary
           Judge
           ,
           the
           High
           Priest
           was
           their
           ordinary
           Ruler
           ,
           who
           governed
           with
           a
           Soveraign
           Authority
           .
           And
           when
           in
           time
           they
           grew
           weary
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           affected
           the
           external
           pomp
           and
           splendor
           of
           a
           Court
           ,
           and
           a
           visible
           Soveraign
           Prince
           like
           their
           Neighbour-Nations
           ;
           though
           God
           was
           angry
           with
           them
           for
           rejecting
           his
           Government
           ,
           yet
           he
           himself
           chose
           them
           a
           King
           ;
           and
           after
           Saul
           ,
           invested
           David
           with
           the
           Regal
           Power
           ,
           and
           entailed
           it
           on
           his
           Family
           .
           All
           this
           was
           done
           by
           the
           immediate
           order
           and
           appointment
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           said
           of
           any
           other
           form
           of
           Government
           .
           Aristocracies
           and
           Democracies
           were
           a
           defection
           from
           Regal
           Power
           occasioned
           by
           the
           ill
           government
           of
           Princes
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           giddiness
           and
           licentious
           humour
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           are
           fond
           
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Innovations
           :
           But
           though
           God
           by
           his
           Providence
           permitted
           such
           changes
           of
           Government
           ,
           he
           never
           by
           a
           visible
           Authority
           and
           Direction
           formed
           and
           modelled
           a
           Commonwealth
           as
           he
           did
           the
           Jewish
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           But
           whatever
           be
           determined
           as
           to
           the
           original
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           that
           which
           I
           am
           at
           present
           concerned
           for
           are
           the
           advantages
           of
           it
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           the
           most
           happy
           Government
           we
           can
           live
           under
           .
        
         
           Supposing
           our
           Prince
           to
           be
           Wise
           and
           Vertuous
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           competition
           between
           the
           Government
           of
           one
           and
           of
           many
           .
           Soveraign
           Power
           in
           one
           hand
           lies
           more
           ready
           for
           Action
           ,
           because
           it
           has
           but
           one
           Will
           ,
           and
           needs
           not
           number
           votes
           ,
           nor
           wait
           the
           Consent
           of
           different
           Inclinations
           and
           Interests
           ,
           which
           many
           times
           le
           ts
           slip
           the
           proper
           seasons
           of
           Action
           ,
           and
           defeats
           the
           best
           Designs
           .
        
         
           A
           Soveraign
           Prince
           may
           have
           what
           Advice
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           follow
           what
           he
           likes
           best
           without
           delay
           :
           he
           may
           have
           a
           multitude
           of
           Counsellours
           without
           danger
           of
           
           Faction
           ,
           while
           he
           judges
           for
           himself
           .
           But
           in
           popular
           Governments
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           one
           Soveraign
           Will
           and
           Reason
           ,
           but
           all
           have
           equal
           Authority
           ,
           how
           unequal
           soever
           their
           Skill
           and
           their
           Honesty
           be
           ,
           when
           Power
           is
           thus
           parcelled
           out
           into
           several
           hands
           ,
           it
           is
           usually
           divided
           against
           it self
           too
           ,
           and
           grows
           weak
           by
           intestine
           Factions
           .
        
         
           Though
           there
           is
           great
           safety
           in
           a
           multitude
           of
           Counsellours
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           one
           Commanding
           and
           Soveraign
           Will
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           no
           great
           likelihood
           of
           Agreement
           between
           a
           multitude
           of
           petty
           Soveraigns
           ,
           where
           every
           man
           has
           an
           equal
           Power
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           judges
           his
           own
           Reason
           the
           best
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           as
           good
           as
           his
           Neighbours
           .
           This
           is
           just
           as
           if
           the
           same
           Body
           should
           be
           animated
           by
           several
           Souls
           ,
           which
           have
           all
           of
           them
           distinct
           Wills
           and
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           always
           consent
           in
           the
           same
           thing
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           not
           a
           greater
           plague
           to
           humane
           Societies
           than
           State-Factions
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           hardly
           possible
           that
           a
           popular
           Government
           should
           be
           freed
           from
           them
           .
           The
           
           ambition
           of
           some
           ,
           the
           jealousies
           and
           emulations
           of
           others
           ,
           private
           quarrels
           ,
           or
           private
           interests
           ,
           perfidiousness
           and
           treachery
           ,
           or
           an
           affection
           of
           popularity
           ,
           some
           or
           all
           of
           which
           are
           the
           natural
           and
           almost
           necessary
           effects
           of
           a
           popular
           Government
           ,
           are
           the
           very
           seeds
           of
           Faction
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           major
           vote
           determines
           all
           ,
           yet
           the
           quarrel
           does
           not
           end
           there
           ,
           especially
           if
           the
           prevailing
           Counsels
           want
           success
           .
           The
           people
           must
           be
           made
           Judges
           of
           what
           the
           Senators
           do
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           is
           presently
           divided
           into
           as
           many
           Parties
           and
           Factions
           as
           the
           Senate
           is
           .
           The
           Roman
           Commonwealth
           it self
           ,
           though
           the
           most
           flourishing
           that
           we
           read
           of
           in
           any
           Story
           ,
           has
           too
           many
           examples
           of
           this
           ,
           witness
           Marius
           and
           
             Sylla
             ,
             Caesar
          
           and
           Pompey
           .
           There
           is
           seldom
           any
           Peace
           and
           Order
           long
           preserved
           in
           such
           Governments
           ,
           but
           when
           some
           one
           or
           a
           few
           great
           men
           have
           got
           the
           Ascendant
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Interest
           and
           Authority
           give
           Laws
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Regal
           Power
           under
           the
           name
           and
           appearance
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           it
           more
           secure
           in
           one
           hand
           than
           in
           many
           .
           A
           Soveraign
           Prince
           is
           the
           Father
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           and
           can
           reasonably
           have
           no
           distinct
           interest
           from
           the
           Publick
           :
           for
           his
           Kingdom
           is
           his
           Inheritance
           ,
           and
           his
           Glory
           and
           Power
           consists
           in
           the
           happy
           and
           flourishing
           State
           of
           his
           People
           .
           When
           his
           Kingdom
           is
           well
           govern'd
           ,
           his
           Subjects
           pleased
           and
           easie
           ,
           this
           makes
           him
           beloved
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           feared
           abroad
           .
           The
           Glory
           is
           intirely
           his
           own
           ,
           as
           the
           Shame
           and
           Dishonour
           of
           a
           Misgovernment
           is
           ;
           which
           are
           very
           powerful
           Passions
           in
           great
           Minds
           ,
           but
           lose
           their
           effect
           in
           Popular
           Governments
           ,
           where
           the
           Glory
           and
           the
           Shame
           is
           divided
           among
           so
           many
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           despised
           by
           all
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           expect
           a
           more
           impartial
           administration
           of
           Justice
           from
           a
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           who
           is
           equally
           concerned
           in
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           than
           when
           the
           Power
           is
           divided
           among
           a
           great
           many
           ,
           who
           have
           their
           several
           Friends
           ,
           Relations
           ,
           and
           Dependants
           to
           serve
           ,
           and
           whose
           Fortune
           does
           
           not
           set
           them
           above
           the
           Temptations
           of
           Bribery
           and
           Injustice
           .
           There
           is
           more
           apparent
           danger
           of
           Oppression
           ,
           when
           there
           are
           so
           many
           to
           raise
           their
           Fortunes
           by
           the
           Government
           ,
           who
           have
           private
           Interests
           and
           Designes
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           paid
           well
           for
           their
           publick
           Service
           .
           Whereas
           no
           Prince
           ought
           to
           think
           himself
           poor
           ,
           while
           his
           Subjects
           are
           rich
           ;
           and
           nothing
           can
           reasonably
           tempt
           an
           Hereditary
           Monarch
           to
           drain
           his
           Subjects
           to
           fill
           his
           own
           Exchequer
           ,
           but
           their
           Factious
           or
           Sparing
           Humour
           ;
           then
           indeed
           it
           concerns
           a
           Prince
           to
           get
           and
           to
           keep
           Money
           by
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           finds
           so
           much
           Occasion
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           sees
           it
           so
           hard
           to
           come
           by
           .
           But
           this
           is
           the
           fault
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Prince
           :
           for
           were
           Subjects
           dutiful
           and
           obedient
           ,
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           ,
           and
           ready
           at
           all
           times
           to
           grant
           Supplies
           ,
           as
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Government
           needed
           ,
           without
           difficulty
           or
           dishonourable
           Terms
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           a
           strange
           Prince
           ,
           who
           would
           oppress
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           when
           he
           knows
           he
           may
           have
           what
           he
           can
           reasonably
           desire
           ,
           without
           oppression
           ;
           
           when
           his
           Subjects
           pockets
           are
           as
           open
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           increasing
           Exchequer
           than
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           most
           fatal
           Cheat
           in
           Popular
           Governments
           ,
           is
           the
           name
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           though
           the
           Power
           be
           as
           absolute
           and
           dispotical
           ,
           as
           can
           be
           exercised
           by
           any
           Prince
           ;
           and
           the
           onely
           pretence
           of
           Liberty
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Slaves
           to
           their
           Equals
           ,
           and
           enslave
           one
           another
           by
           turns
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           say
           nothing
           to
           this
           ,
           since
           our
           late
           dear-bought
           Experience
           has
           taught
           us
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           new-modelled
           Government
           of
           our
           fellow-Subjects
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           natural
           Prince
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           though
           we
           can
           have
           no
           Mathematical
           certainty
           in
           these
           cases
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           fair
           appearances
           of
           Reason
           give
           the
           advantages
           for
           a
           happy
           Government
           on
           the
           side
           of
           Monarchy
           ;
           the
           onely
           danger
           is
           ,
           if
           our
           Prince
           should
           happen
           to
           prove
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           may
           do
           almost
           as
           much
           mischief
           as
           a
           Tyrannical
           Commonwealth
           :
           for
           it
           is
           probable
           ,
           that
           five
           hundred
           Tyrants
           would
           do
           more
           
           mischief
           than
           one
           .
           But
           that
           which
           may
           equally
           happen
           under
           all
           Forms
           of
           Government
           ,
           is
           an
           Argument
           against
           none
           .
           The
           Divine
           Providence
           will
           rectifie
           such
           Miscarriages
           ,
           as
           cannot
           be
           prevented
           by
           any
           humane
           care
           .
           And
           yet
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           possible
           Objection
           against
           Monarchy
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           prevented
           by
           the
           Noble
           Extraction
           ,
           and
           the
           generous
           Education
           of
           Princes
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           second
           thing
           observable
           in
           my
           Text.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Noble
           Descent
           and
           Extraction
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Blessing
           to
           a
           Nation
           .
           
             Blessed
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             Land
             ,
             when
             thy
             King
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             Nobles
             .
          
           And
           there
           are
           two
           things
           ,
           wherein
           this
           Blessedness
           consists
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Sons
             of
             Nobles
             are
             usually
             better
             qualified
             for
             government
             than
             mean
             Persons
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             Nobility
             of
             Birth
             gives
             Lustre
             and
             Authority
             to
             their
             Government
             .
          
        
         
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Sons
           of
           Nobles
           (
           especially
           the
           Sons
           of
           Kings
           ,
           not
           to
           meddle
           at
           present
           with
           other
           Nobles
           )
           are
           usually
           better
           qualified
           for
           Government
           than
           meaner
           Persons
           :
           I
           say
           usually
           ;
           for
           in
           Moral
           Causes
           ,
           and
           Free
           Agents
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Rule
           without
           exception
           .
           Persons
           nobly
           descended
           may
           degenerate
           from
           the
           Vertues
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           mean
           Birth
           and
           Fortune
           may
           have
           great
           and
           generous
           Minds
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           made
           for
           Rule
           and
           Empire
           :
           but
           usually
           the
           fortune
           of
           mens
           Birth
           and
           Education
           fashions
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           fits
           them
           for
           a
           peculiar
           state
           of
           life
           ,
           above
           or
           below
           which
           they
           are
           out
           of
           their
           natural
           Sphere
           ,
           and
           cannot
           observe
           a
           just
           Decorum
           in
           acting
           a
           Part
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           properly
           belong
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           Princely
           Vertues
           ,
           which
           
           are
           necessary
           to
           a
           Happy
           Government
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           easily
           learnt
           by
           mean
           Persons
           ;
           A
           certain
           inbred
           Greatness
           and
           Generosity
           of
           Mind
           ,
           a
           Sense
           of
           Honour
           without
           Pride
           or
           Insolence
           ,
           a
           Love
           of
           Justice
           without
           Cruelty
           or
           Revenge
           ,
           a
           just
           Esteem
           for
           Riches
           without
           Covetousness
           ,
           a
           natural
           Care
           of
           the
           publick
           Good
           ,
           and
           a
           delight
           and
           pleasure
           in
           generous
           actions
           ,
           a
           steadiness
           of
           mind
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           grow
           giddy
           with
           its
           own
           height
           ;
           courage
           and
           boldness
           in
           danger
           ,
           prudence
           in
           Council
           ,
           dexterity
           in
           Business
           ,
           and
           a
           peculiar
           art
           and
           skill
           in
           knowing
           ,
           and
           governing
           men
           .
           These
           are
           God-like
           dispositions
           of
           Mind
           ,
           which
           (
           in
           that
           perfection
           ,
           which
           is
           necessary
           to
           Government
           )
           seem
           to
           be
           originally
           owing
           to
           Nature
           ,
           though
           they
           may
           be
           cultivated
           by
           the
           happy
           circumstances
           of
           a
           Noble
           Birth
           and
           Education
           .
        
         
         
           It
           has
           been
           often
           observed
           both
           of
           Men
           and
           Beasts
           ,
           That
           they
           beget
           their
           like
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           to
           their
           Kind
           and
           Species
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           their
           peculiar
           Qualities
           and
           natural
           Vertues
           .
           A
           Child
           very
           often
           resembles
           his
           Father
           as
           much
           in
           the
           natural
           endowments
           and
           perfections
           of
           Mind
           ,
           as
           in
           external
           shape
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           certainly
           true
           ,
           (
           what
           ever
           the
           Philosophy
           of
           it
           be
           )
           That
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           the
           Sons
           of
           Nobles
           have
           the
           advantage
           of
           meaner
           Births
           .
           A
           great
           and
           generous
           Prince
           begets
           Princes
           qualified
           to
           sway
           the
           Scepter
           ,
           and
           born
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           natural
           instinct
           of
           Government
           .
        
         
           And
           besides
           this
           ,
           the
           glory
           of
           their
           Birth
           does
           early
           inspire
           them
           with
           great
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           trained
           up
           betimes
           in
           the
           Arts
           of
           Government
           .
           Those
           universal
           Courtships
           and
           Addresses
           they
           receive
           ,
           teach
           them
           greatness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           
           mixt
           with
           affability
           ,
           and
           a
           decent
           respect
           to
           Inferiors
           ;
           for
           those
           who
           have
           been
           always
           accustomed
           to
           be
           treated
           with
           Ceremony
           and
           awful
           Regards
           ,
           have
           a
           due
           sense
           of
           Honour
           ,
           but
           are
           not
           proud
           .
           For
           Honour
           seldom
           swells
           mens
           minds
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           is
           new
           .
           A
           plentiful
           Fortune
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           born
           without
           their
           care
           and
           industry
           ,
           is
           the
           best
           preservative
           against
           Covetousness
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           ignoble
           Vice
           ,
           and
           seldom
           possesses
           any
           Man
           ,
           but
           him
           who
           has
           known
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           to
           want
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           is
           to
           get
           an
           estate
           .
        
         
           And
           those
           who
           stand
           almost
           upon
           an
           even
           Level
           with
           the
           Throne
           (
           as
           the
           Sons
           of
           Kings
           do
           )
           have
           so
           easie
           an
           ascent
           thither
           ,
           That
           it
           does
           not
           turn
           their
           Heads
           with
           an
           unusual
           height
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Common
           Effect
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           and
           sudden
           advancement
           has
           upon
           mean
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           forget
           
           themselves
           and
           their
           just
           Respects
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           proud
           and
           insolen
           Tyrants
           when
           they
           are
           possest
           of
           Sovereign
           Power
           ;
           which
           shows
           us
           ,
           what
           a
           Happiness
           it
           is
           to
           live
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           is
           Nobly
           descended
           ;
           for
           such
           Persons
           ,
           whatever
           other
           faults
           they
           may
           have
           ;
           have
           such
           Royal
           Vertues
           ,
           as
           qualify
           them
           for
           excellent
           Governours
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Nobility
           of
           Birth
           gives
           a
           Luster
           and
           Authority
           to
           such
           a
           Prince's
           Government
           .
           Men
           do
           not
           love
           to
           submit
           to
           their
           Equals
           or
           Inferiors
           ;
           when
           such
           ascend
           the
           Throne
           ,
           they
           are
           despised
           and
           envied
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           Force
           and
           Power
           can
           keep
           them
           there
           .
           But
           a
           High-born
           Prince
           is
           the
           Pride
           and
           the
           desire
           of
           a
           Nation
           :
           he
           inherits
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ;
           and
           the
           World
           presages
           great
           things
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           
           descends
           from
           a
           race
           of
           Kings
           ;
           no
           man
           thinks
           much
           to
           submit
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           was
           born
           to
           govern
           ,
           but
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           impatient
           of
           any
           Government
           ,
           or
           ambitious
           of
           Government
           themselves
           .
           We
           are
           contented
           to
           yield
           to
           those
           ,
           whose
           Glory
           we
           cannot
           rival
           ,
           for
           Competition
           is
           only
           among
           equals
           ;
           and
           since
           the
           Government
           must
           be
           in
           some
           hand
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           reasonable
           to
           consent
           in
           him
           ,
           who
           by
           Birth
           and
           Fortune
           is
           advanced
           above
           all
           ;
           and
           that
           must
           make
           any
           Government
           happy
           ,
           which
           makes
           Subjects
           willing
           to
           obey
           ;
           and
           nothing
           can
           so
           universally
           dispose
           people
           to
           a
           chearful
           Obedience
           as
           this
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           this
           shows
           us
           the
           advantages
           of
           an
           Hereditary
           Monarchy
           .
           For
           the
           Royal
           Family
           is
           certainly
           the
           most
           Noble
           :
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Son
           of
           Kings
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           is
           the
           Son
           of
           Nobles
           .
           And
           it
           is
           the
           highest
           
           and
           greatest
           Nobility
           of
           which
           Solomon
           speaks
           ;
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           what
           he
           says
           must
           be
           eminently
           true
           of
           the
           most
           Noble
           Bloud
           .
           A
           King's
           Son
           ,
           especially
           if
           he
           descend
           from
           an
           Ancient
           race
           of
           Kings
           ,
           has
           as
           much
           the
           advantage
           of
           Inferiour
           Nobles
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           of
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           or
           the
           Gentry
           of
           meaner
           People
           .
           It
           is
           Royal
           Bloud
           ,
           which
           inspires
           a
           Princely
           Mind
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           Noble
           still
           the
           further
           it
           is
           removed
           from
           its
           Original
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           now
           discourse
           to
           you
           concerning
           the
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ;
           it
           seems
           most
           Natural
           for
           a
           Son
           to
           be
           Heir
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           succeed
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           which
           he
           dyed
           possessed
           :
           for
           Power
           descends
           as
           well
           as
           an
           Estate
           ,
           as
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Family
           was
           the
           Birth-right
           of
           the
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           as
           his
           Fathers
           Heir
           .
           But
           however
           that
           be
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           so
           great
           a
           Happiness
           
           to
           a
           Nation
           to
           have
           a
           King
           the
           Son
           of
           Nobles
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           such
           way
           to
           secure
           this
           as
           by
           a
           Succession
           of
           Kings
           of
           the
           same
           Royal
           Stock
           and
           Family
           ,
           whose
           Glory
           and
           Nobility
           increases
           with
           every
           Succession
           ,
           and
           gives
           a
           New
           Greatness
           and
           Authority
           to
           its
           Government
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           hasten
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           the
           proper
           use
           of
           this
           discourse
           consists
           of
           two
           parts
           .
           1.
           
           To
           bless
           God
           for
           the
           Mercy
           of
           this
           Day
           .
           2.
           
           To
           be
           Loyal
           to
           our
           King.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           bless
           God
           for
           the
           Mercy
           of
           this
           Day
           .
           It
           would
           be
           too
           melancholy
           a
           Thought
           at
           this
           time
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           sad
           face
           of
           things
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           when
           an
           Excellent
           Prince
           was
           murdered
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ;
           the
           Natural
           Heir
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Royal
           Family
           forced
           into
           Banishment
           ;
           the
           Ancient
           and
           Loyal
           
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           under
           Imprisonments
           and
           Sequestrations
           ;
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           robbed
           of
           its
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           its
           Worship
           and
           Revenues
           ,
           while
           some
           mean
           and
           ignoble
           persons
           trampled
           upon
           Crowns
           and
           Mitres
           ,
           enriched
           themselves
           with
           the
           Spoils
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           usurped
           the
           Royal
           Power
           ,
           but
           governed
           like
           Slaves
           .
           But
           this
           blessed
           Day
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           these
           Miseries
           and
           Confusions
           ;
           God
           by
           a
           wonderful
           Providence
           restored
           to
           us
           our
           King
           and
           Royal
           Family
           in
           Peace
           and
           Triumph
           ,
           without
           the
           noise
           and
           alarms
           of
           War
           ,
           without
           drawing
           the
           Sword
           ,
           or
           shedding
           English
           Blood.
           He
           was
           driven
           out
           by
           Victorious
           Rebels
           ,
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           a
           vast
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           more
           Blood
           ;
           but
           was
           invited
           home
           again
           by
           a
           wearied
           and
           distracted
           People
           ,
           who
           now
           felt
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           Government
           
           of
           mean
           Usurpers
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           natural
           and
           High-born
           Prince
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           Nation
           recovered
           its
           ancient
           Glory
           ,
           and
           every
           Subject
           their
           Just
           Rights
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           more
           valuable
           than
           all
           Civil
           Rights
           ,
           the
           free
           Profession
           and
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Worship
           of
           the
           Apostolick
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           though
           some
           possibly
           may
           think
           it
           too
           late
           to
           glory
           in
           this
           now
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           be
           too
           late
           indeed
           ,
           and
           would
           lessen
           the
           Glory
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           were
           the
           most
           Holy
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           any
           danger
           .
           But
           next
           to
           having
           our
           King
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           we
           can
           desire
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           will
           defend
           it
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           would
           have
           thought
           a
           great
           Blessing
           ;
           and
           therefore
           this
           is
           a
           joyful
           day
           still
           ,
           which
           
           brought
           back
           one
           Prince
           to
           restore
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           protect
           it
           ;
           for
           far
           be
           it
           from
           me
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           Loyal
           Subjects
           to
           distrust
           those
           solemn
           and
           repeated
           assurances
           ,
           which
           our
           King
           has
           given
           us
           of
           this
           Matter
           .
           A
           Prince
           ,
           whose
           Mind
           is
           as
           Great
           and
           Noble
           as
           his
           Birth
           ,
           who
           abhors
           all
           mean
           Arts
           and
           Equivocal
           Reserves
           ,
           and
           scorns
           either
           to
           dissemble
           what
           he
           believes
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           speak
           what
           be
           does
           not
           think
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           for
           Loyalty
           ,
           were
           it
           decent
           to
           conclude
           a
           discourse
           of
           Kingly
           Government
           without
           an
           Exhortation
           to
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           very
           well
           spared
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Presence
           ,
           whose
           Example
           preaches
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           run
           over
           all
           the
           Topicks
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           but
           only
           urge
           some
           few
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           proper
           
           to
           this
           argument
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           present
           solemnity
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           great
           Happiness
           to
           a
           Nation
           to
           have
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Son
           of
           Nobles
           .
           This
           Happiness
           we
           at
           this
           day
           enjoy
           ;
           we
           live
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           has
           Royal
           Bloud
           in
           his
           Veins
           ,
           and
           discovers
           a
           Great
           and
           Princely
           Mind
           in
           all
           his
           Actions
           ,
           and
           this
           secures
           us
           of
           as
           much
           Happiness
           as
           we
           can
           expect
           under
           any
           Government
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           meerly
           the
           wise
           Conduct
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           but
           the
           governable
           temper
           of
           Subjects
           too
           ,
           which
           is
           necessary
           to
           make
           a
           Nation
           happy
           .
           No
           Government
           neither
           of
           God
           nor
           men
           can
           make
           those
           happy
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           governed
           .
           Discontents
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           Seditions
           turn
           the
           Court
           into
           a
           Camp
           ,
           and
           exchange
           the
           Civil
           Government
           for
           Military
           Force
           and
           Power
           ;
           and
           the
           best
           Prince
           in
           the
           
           World
           can
           never
           govern
           to
           so
           great
           advantage
           ,
           who
           is
           forced
           to
           govern
           by
           the
           Sword.
           But
           when
           Subjects
           love
           and
           reverence
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           always
           believe
           well
           of
           him
           ;
           when
           they
           obey
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           comply
           with
           all
           reasonable
           Intimations
           of
           his
           will
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           they
           may
           be
           governed
           like
           Subjects
           ,
           not
           like
           Slaves
           ,
           then
           a
           King
           has
           a
           fair
           occasion
           to
           exercise
           all
           the
           Princely
           Vertues
           and
           peaceful
           arts
           of
           Government
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           Reign
           prosperous
           ,
           and
           his
           Subjects
           happy
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           no
           Prince
           in
           any
           age
           ,
           under
           whom
           an
           Obedient
           and
           Governable
           People
           might
           have
           lived
           more
           happily
           ,
           than
           our
           late
           Martyred
           Sovereign
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           what
           miseries
           and
           confusions
           did
           a
           Factious
           and
           Turbulent
           Zeal
           create
           ,
           which
           ended
           in
           as
           doleful
           a
           Tragedy
           as
           ever
           the
           Sun
           saw
           ?
           And
           when
           we
           remember
           those
           times
           ,
           
           and
           consider
           how
           little
           a
           Nation
           gains
           by
           Seditions
           and
           Rebellions
           ;
           unless
           men
           love
           Rebellion
           for
           Rebellions
           Sake
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           great
           temptation
           in
           it
           though
           it
           were
           no
           Sin.
           
        
         
           Nay
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           as
           an
           ungovernable
           temper
           will
           disturb
           the
           best
           and
           Wisest
           Governments
           ;
           so
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           is
           a
           powerful
           Obligation
           on
           Princes
           to
           rule
           well
           ;
           for
           Princes
           must
           value
           Obedience
           and
           Subjection
           as
           they
           do
           their
           Crowns
           .
           To
           this
           we
           owe
           the
           present
           Security
           and
           Protection
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           if
           there
           were
           nothing
           else
           to
           be
           liked
           in
           it
           ,
           yet
           a
           generous
           Prince
           cannot
           but
           like
           and
           reward
           its
           Loyalty
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           seem
           very
           harsh
           for
           any
           Prince
           to
           desire
           that
           Religion
           should
           be
           turned
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           secures
           him
           in
           a
           quiet
           possession
           of
           his
           Throne
           .
        
         
         
           And
           therefore
           to
           conclude
           ,
           I
           would
           desire
           you
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Church
           of
           
           England-Loyalty
           I
           perswade
           you
           to
           :
           This
           our
           King
           approves
           ,
           commends
           ,
           relies
           on
           ,
           as
           a
           tried
           and
           experienced
           Loyalty
           ,
           which
           has
           suffered
           with
           its
           Prince
           ,
           but
           never
           yet
           rebelled
           against
           him
           ;
           a
           Loyalty
           upon
           firm
           and
           steady
           Principles
           ,
           and
           without
           reserve
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           keep
           us
           true
           to
           our
           Prince
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           true
           to
           our
           Church
           and
           to
           our
           Religion
           .
           It
           is
           no
           Act
           of
           Loyalty
           to
           accommodate
           or
           complement
           away
           our
           Religion
           and
           its
           legal
           Securities
           ;
           for
           if
           we
           change
           our
           Religion
           ,
           we
           must
           change
           the
           Principles
           of
           our
           Loyalty
           too
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Crown
           will
           gain
           nothing
           by
           that
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           such
           lasting
           and
           immoveable
           Loyalty
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           I
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           some
           ,
           who
           are
           Papists
           ,
           in
           some
           
           Junctures
           of
           Affairs
           may
           and
           have
           been
           very
           Loyal
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           is
           not
           ;
           the
           English
           man
           may
           be
           Loyal
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           Papist
           ;
           and
           yet
           there
           can
           be
           no
           security
           of
           those
           mens
           Loyalty
           ,
           whose
           Religion
           in
           any
           case
           teaches
           them
           to
           rebel
           .
        
         
           God
           grant
           the
           whole
           Nation
           may
           follow
           the
           Example
           of
           this
           Honourable
           Senate
           ,
           to
           be
           Loyal
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           Zealous
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           true
           to
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             as
             dearer
             to
             them
             than
             their
             Lives
             .
          
        
         
           To
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           three
           Persons
           ,
           and
           one
           Eternal
           God
           ,
           be
           Honour
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           now
           and
           ever
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             Sabbati
             30
             die
             Maii
             ,
             1685.
             
          
        
         
           Ordered
           ,
           THat
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           be
           given
           to
           Dr.
           SHERLOCK
           ,
           for
           His
           Excellent
           SERMON
           yesterday
           Preached
           before
           this
           House
           :
           And
           that
           he
           be
           desired
           by
           this
           House
           to
           Print
           the
           same
           :
           And
           that
           Mr.
           Dolben
           do
           present
           him
           with
           the
           Thanks
           ,
           and
           acquaint
           him
           with
           the
           Desire
           of
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           
             
               Paul
               Iodrell
            
             ,
             Cler.
             Dom.
             Com.
             
          
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A59874-e190
           
             126
             Psal.
             1
             ,
             2.