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             A sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, January the xxxth, 1691/2 by William Sherlock ...
             Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.
          
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           The
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Pauls's
           SERMON
           Before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           On
           the
           30
           th
           of
           January
           ,
           1691
           /
           2.
           
        
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Lunae
                   1
                   mo
                   .
                   
                     die
                     Februarii
                  
                   ,
                   1691.
                   
                
              
            
             
               ORdered
               ,
               That
               the
               Thanks
               of
               this
               House
               be
               given
               to
               the
               Dean
               of
               St.
               
               Paul's
               ,
               for
               the
               Sermon
               Preached
               before
               this
               House
               at
               St.
               
               Margaret's
               Westminster
               ,
               the
               30
               th
               day
               of
               January
               last
               :
               And
               that
               he
               be
               desired
               to
               Print
               the
               same
               :
               And
               that
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Darcy
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Biddolph
               do
               acquaint
               him
               therewith
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Paul
                   Jodrell
                
                 ,
                 Cl
                 '
                 Dom.
                 Com.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           HONOURABLE
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           AT
           St.
           
           MARGARET's
           
             WESTMINSTER
             ,
             January
          
           the
           XXXth
           ,
           1691
           /
           2.
           
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           SHERLOCK
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Rogers
          
           at
           the
           Sun
           ,
           over-against
           St.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           ,
           in
           Flee●street
           .
           1692.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           HOUSE
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           On
           the
           XXXth
           of
           January
           ,
           1691
           /
           2.
           
        
         
           
             
               XC
               .
               PSALM
               15.
               
            
             
               
                 Make
                 us
                 glad
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 days
                 wherein
                 thou
                 hast
                 afflicted
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 years
                 wherein
                 we
                 have
                 seen
                 evil
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           THIS
           Psalm
           ,
           as
           the
           Title
           tells
           us
           ,
           and
           as
           Learned
           Men
           generally
           agree
           ,
           is
           a
           Prayer
           of
           Moses
           ;
           penned
           by
           him
           ,
           as
           is
           supposed
           ,
           after
           God
           had
           pronounced
           that
           final
           Sentence
           against
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           That
           none
           of
           that
           great
           Army
           ,
           which
           came
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           from
           twenty
           
           years
           old
           and
           upwards
           ,
           should
           enter
           into
           Canaan
           ,
           but
           should
           all
           die
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           excepting
           Caleb
           and
           Joshua
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           complains
           ,
           
             We
             are
             consumed
             in
             thy
             anger
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             wrath
             are
             we
             troubled
             ;
             Thou
             hast
             set
             our
             iniquities
             before
             Thee
             ,
             our
             secret
             sins
             in
             the
             light
             of
             thy
             countenance
             :
             For
             all
             our
             days
             are
             passed
             away
             in
             thy
             wrath
             ,
             we
             spend
             our
             years
             as
             a
             tale
             that
             is
             told
             .
          
           Which
           is
           literally
           true
           of
           no
           other
           period
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           but
           this
           ,
           when
           God
           in
           great
           anger
           had
           condemned
           them
           all
           to
           die
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           :
           They
           lived
           then
           to
           little
           other
           purpose
           ,
           but
           to
           pass
           away
           the
           time
           ,
           as
           men
           tell
           Stories
           ,
           till
           forty
           years
           should
           put
           an
           end
           to
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           some
           Verses
           before
           ,
           he
           prays
           for
           ,
           and
           foretells
           a
           more
           happy
           state
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ;
           when
           all
           the
           Troubles
           they
           had
           suffered
           for
           so
           many
           years
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           should
           come
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           be
           setled
           in
           a
           quiet
           possession
           of
           the
           promised
           Land.
           
             Return
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             how
             long
             ?
             and
             let
             it
             repent
             thee
             concerning
             thy
             servants
             .
             O
             satisfy
             us
             early
             with
             thy
             mercy
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             rejoice
             ,
             and
             be
             glad
             all
             our
             days
             .
             Make
             us
             
             glad
             according
             to
             the
             days
             wherein
             thou
             hast
             afflicted
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             years
             wherein
             we
             have
             seen
             evil
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           in
           my
           Text
           there
           are
           three
           things
           considerable
           ;
           1.
           
           The
           first
           is
           implied
           ,
           That
           sin
           for
           which
           God
           thus
           punished
           them
           :
           For
           that
           it
           was
           for
           their
           sins
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           supposes
           ,
           when
           the
           Calamity
           is
           National
           ;
           but
           the
           Psalmist
           expresly
           affirms
           ,
           v.
           8.
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             set
             our
             iniquities
             before
             thee
             ,
             our
             secret
             sins
             in
             the
             light
             of
             thy
             countenance
             .
          
           Which
           intimates
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           more
           sins
           than
           one
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           very
           secret
           ones
           too
           ,
           for
           which
           God
           punished
           them
           :
           For
           so
           commonly
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           many
           sins
           ,
           such
           as
           we
           have
           forgot
           ,
           or
           took
           little
           notice
           of
           ,
           are
           brought
           to
           account
           ,
           when
           some
           one
           great
           Provocation
           tempts
           God
           to
           publick
           Acts
           of
           Vengeance
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           apply
           this
           to
           the
           Case
           I
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           very
           evident
           what
           this
           provoking
           Sin
           was
           ;
           viz.
           Their
           murmuring
           against
           that
           good
           Land
           ,
           their
           rebelling
           against
           God
           and
           Moses
           ,
           their
           attempt
           to
           make
           them
           a
           Captain
           to
           return
           into
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           to
           stone
           
           Caleb
           and
           Joshua
           ,
           who
           encouraged
           them
           to
           go
           up
           ,
           and
           take
           possession
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           which
           God
           had
           promised
           to
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           Num.
           14.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Their
           Punishment
           ,
           The
           continuance
           and
           severity
           of
           it
           ;
           They
           were
           to
           wander
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           Forty
           Years
           ,
           and
           to
           die
           there
           ,
           without
           entring
           into
           that
           good
           Land.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           
           Moses's
           Prophetick
           Prayer
           ,
           That
           God
           would
           return
           to
           them
           in
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           recompence
           these
           Sufferings
           ,
           by
           giving
           them
           a
           quiet
           possession
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           ;
           
             Make
             us
             glad
             according
             to
             the
             days
             wherein
             thou
             hast
             afflicted
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             years
             wherein
             we
             have
             seen
             evil
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           case
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           present
           Solemnity
           ,
           differs
           somewhat
           from
           this
           in
           every
           particular
           ,
           but
           yet
           bears
           such
           an
           Analogy
           ,
           and
           proportion
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           take
           occasion
           from
           hence
           to
           discourse
           to
           you
           on
           these
           Three
           Heads
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Sin
           which
           we
           this
           day
           Lament
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Evils
           and
           Calamities
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           now
           for
           more
           than
           Forty
           Years
           ,
           in
           some
           degrees
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           very
           severely
           suffered
           under
           ,
           as
           the
           natural
           effects
           ,
           or
           just
           Punishments
           of
           that
           Sin.
           
        
         
         
           3.
           
           What
           a
           happy
           Prospect
           we
           have
           of
           an
           end
           of
           all
           these
           Evils
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           be
           contented
           to
           be
           Happy
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           for
           the
           First
           ,
           The
           Sin
           we
           this
           Day
           lament
           ;
           I
           shall
           make
           no
           scruple
           to
           call
           it
           what
           you
           have
           this
           Day
           in
           your
           Publick
           Prayers
           to
           Almighty
           God
           confessed
           it
           to
           be
           ;
           
             The
             Barbarous
             Murder
             of
             an
             Excellent
             Prince
          
           :
           And
           those
           are
           guilty
           of
           base
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           and
           put
           a
           great
           Contempt
           upon
           God
           ,
           who
           join
           in
           the
           Devotions
           of
           this
           Day
           ,
           and
           don't
           think
           it
           so
           .
        
         
           Besides
           our
           imploring
           the
           Divine
           Mercy
           and
           Forgiveness
           ,
           I
           have
           sometimes
           thought
           that
           such
           an
           Annual
           Solemnity
           as
           this
           ,
           is
           due
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           our
           murdered
           Prince
           ;
           the
           least
           Recompence
           we
           can
           make
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           greatest
           thing
           we
           can
           now
           do
           for
           him
           ;
           To
           celebrate
           his
           Funeral
           with
           a
           Religious
           Pomp
           ,
           and
           to
           shed
           Penitential
           Tears
           upon
           his
           Grave
           ;
           And
           indeed
           such
           an
           Honourable
           Presence
           as
           this
           ,
           gives
           an
           illustrious
           Testimony
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           vindicates
           his
           Memory
           from
           those
           scurrilous
           Reflections
           which
           are
           made
           on
           it
           by
           envenomed
           Pens
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           not
           dispute
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           Resisting
           the
           King's
           Authority
           ;
           whether
           it
           were
           Lawful
           for
           the
           Parliament
           to
           take
           Arms
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           Defend
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           for
           whether
           it
           were
           or
           were
           not
           ,
           all
           Wise
           and
           Good
           Men
           must
           abominate
           the
           Villany
           of
           this
           Day
           ;
           as
           we
           know
           many
           of
           those
           did
           ,
           who
           began
           the
           War
           ,
           without
           being
           aware
           what
           the
           end
           of
           it
           would
           be
           .
        
         
           For
           suppose
           (
           which
           is
           all
           that
           can
           be
           asked
           in
           this
           case
           )
           ,
           That
           in
           a
           Limited
           Monarchy
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Realm
           have
           Authority
           to
           maintain
           the
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           against
           the
           Illegal
           Encroachments
           and
           Usurpations
           of
           their
           King
           ;
           How
           does
           this
           justifie
           the
           Murder
           of
           King
           Charles
           ?
        
         
           For
           1.
           
           They
           could
           pretend
           to
           no
           farther
           Right
           ,
           than
           to
           keep
           the
           King
           within
           the
           Boundaries
           of
           Law
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           secured
           of
           this
           ,
           they
           had
           nothing
           else
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           return
           to
           their
           Duty
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           their
           King
           still
           ,
           and
           they
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           were
           no
           Rebellion
           
           to
           resist
           his
           illegal
           Usurpations
           ,
           yet
           it
           must
           be
           Rebellion
           to
           oppose
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           contented
           to
           Govern
           by
           the
           Measures
           of
           Law
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           Sin
           ,
           as
           what
           men
           use
           to
           call
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           Especially
           when
           the
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Laws
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           Established
           Religion
           of
           the
           Nation
           is
           made
           the
           Condition
           of
           Peace
           :
           For
           tho
           it
           were
           Lawful
           for
           Subjects
           to
           Resist
           their
           Prince
           for
           subverting
           Laws
           ,
           surely
           this
           don
           't
           make
           it
           Lawful
           for
           them
           to
           Murder
           him
           for
           observing
           the
           Laws
           which
           he
           is
           sworn
           to
           observe
           :
           And
           therefore
           whether
           it
           were
           Rebellion
           or
           not
           before
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           it
           should
           commence
           Rebellion
           ,
           when
           the
           Scotch
           Covenant
           ,
           the
           Abolishing
           of
           Episcopacy
           and
           Liturgies
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           Worship
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           Established
           by
           Law
           ,
           were
           made
           the
           necessary
           Articles
           of
           Peace
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           a
           Prince
           who
           sued
           for
           Peace
           ,
           must
           be
           denied
           it
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           it
           is
           much
           worse
           still
           ,
           when
           a
           Prince
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Peace
           shall
           make
           such
           Concessions
           ,
           (
           tho
           it
           may
           be
           to
           the
           diminution
           of
           
           his
           just
           Authority
           )
           as
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Realm
           shall
           Vote
           Satisfactory
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           Persecuted
           by
           a
           Prevailing
           Faction
           ,
           who
           had
           got
           the
           Power
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           did
           equally
           oppress
           both
           King
           and
           Subjects
           .
           I
           need
           not
           comment
           upon
           these
           things
           ,
           you
           know
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Application
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           2
           dly
           ,
           And
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           monstrous
           Aggravation
           of
           this
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           a
           yeilding
           and
           complying
           Prince
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           with
           a
           safe
           Conscience
           he
           could
           comply
           ,
           to
           arraign
           ,
           judge
           ,
           condemn
           ,
           and
           execute
           him
           :
           For
           what
           Authority
           had
           they
           to
           judge
           and
           condemn
           their
           King
           ?
           How
           came
           they
           to
           be
           his
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           He
           their
           Subject
           ?
           What
           Law
           or
           Rule
           made
           such
           an
           Example
           or
           President
           as
           this
           ?
           And
           if
           they
           had
           no
           Authority
           for
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           Murder
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           most
           execrable
           Murder
           ,
           the
           Murder
           of
           their
           King.
           It
           was
           a
           Sarcastical
           Question
           of
           Pilate
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
             Will
             ye
             crucifie
             your
             King
          
           ?
           This
           they
           were
           ashamed
           of
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Disowned
           him
           ,
           
             We
             have
             no
             King
             but
          
           Caesar
           :
           If
           the
           murder
           of
           a
           private
           man
           be
           so
           great
           a
           crime
           ,
           because
           
             in
             the
             Image
             of
             
             God
             made
             he
             man
          
           ;
           what
           is
           the
           Murder
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           doubly
           Sacred
           ,
           doubly
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           both
           as
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           God's
           Minister
           and
           Vicegerent
           ?
        
         
           And
           yet
           a
           secret
           Stab
           or
           Poyson
           had
           been
           a
           civil
           way
           of
           Murdering
           Princes
           ,
           in
           comparison
           with
           this
           Mock-Scene
           and
           Pageantry
           of
           Justice
           :
           For
           what
           a
           Tragical
           Sight
           was
           this
           !
           How
           could
           Humane
           Nature
           bear
           such
           an
           Indignity
           !
           To
           see
           a
           Crown'd
           Head
           ,
           which
           not
           long
           since
           received
           the
           humblest
           Submissions
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           had
           Life
           and
           Death
           at
           his
           disposal
           ;
           who
           was
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           Authority
           and
           Justice
           ,
           now
           Arraigned
           before
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           treated
           with
           Ignominy
           and
           Scorn
           ,
           brought
           in
           Triumph
           through
           his
           own
           Palace
           ,
           where
           he
           used
           to
           Shine
           with
           an
           Awful
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           fight
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           in
           the
           fight
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           scarce
           durst
           bestow
           a
           secret
           Sigh
           on
           him
           ;
           bow
           his
           Royal
           Head
           to
           the
           Murdering
           Axe
           :
           I
           cannot
           bear
           telling
           th●
           Story
           ,
           and
           were
           it
           upon
           any
           other
           occasion
           ,
           
           I
           should
           think
           it
           very
           unmannerly
           to
           put
           you
           to
           so
           much
           pain
           as
           to
           hear
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           to
           this
           we
           add
           the
           Character
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           those
           Princely
           Vertues
           which
           adorn'd
           his
           life
           ;
           such
           Vertues
           as
           are
           rarely
           found
           in
           meaner
           Persons
           ;
           nay
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           adorned
           even
           a
           Hermits
           Cell
           ;
           it
           still
           aggravates
           the
           Iniquity
           of
           it
           :
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           insist
           on
           this
           ,
           for
           he
           has
           drawn
           the
           Picture
           of
           himself
           in
           his
           admirable
           Book
           ,
           better
           than
           any
           one
           else
           can
           draw
           it
           .
           It
           is
           an
           amazing
           Providence
           ,
           That
           God
           should
           expose
           the
           greatest
           Example
           of
           Piet
           yand
           Vertue
           ,
           that
           had
           sate
           upon
           the
           English
           Throne
           ,
           to
           such
           Indignities
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           them
           had
           no
           Example
           :
           What
           Wise
           Reasons
           God
           had
           for
           it
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           thus
           much
           we
           learn
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Zeal
           and
           Faction
           ,
           the
           Principles
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           not
           restrained
           ,
           will
           ruin
           the
           best
           Princes
           ,
           and
           over-turn
           the
           best
           Governments
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           they
           make
           little
           difference
           between
           Princes
           ,
           where
           they
           can
           find
           Pretence
           and
           Power
           .
        
         
         
           This
           was
           a
           very
           great
           Wickedness
           ,
           for
           which
           it
           becomes
           us
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           humble
           our selves
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           implore
           his
           Mercy
           to
           Pity
           and
           Spare
           us
           .
           It
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           we
           had
           no
           hand
           in
           it
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           done
           before
           many
           of
           us
           were
           born
           ,
           or
           before
           we
           could
           know
           and
           judge
           any
           thing
           about
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           we
           did
           abhor
           and
           detest
           it
           when
           it
           was
           done
           :
           This
           will
           excuse
           us
           from
           all
           Personal
           Guilt
           ;
           we
           shall
           not
           answer
           for
           it
           in
           another
           world
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           suffer
           for
           it
           in
           this
           .
           National
           Sins
           bring
           down
           National
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           all
           men
           will
           more
           or
           less
           feel
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           removed
           by
           a
           National
           Repentance
           and
           Humiliation
           :
           And
           therefore
           tho
           we
           cannot
           confess
           this
           Sin
           ,
           as
           our
           own
           Personal
           Guilt
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           express
           our
           Publick
           Abhorrence
           of
           it
           ;
           to
           beg
           God
           to
           remove
           those
           Judgments
           which
           this
           Sin
           has
           both
           deserved
           ,
           and
           has
           brought
           upon
           us
           ;
           especially
           after
           so
           many
           
             days
             ,
             wherein
             we
             have
             been
             afflicted
             ,
          
           after
           so
           many
           
             years
             ,
             wherein
             we
             have
             seen
             evil
             .
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Which
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           Those
           many
           Evils
           we
           have
           seen
           and
           felt
           ;
           Those
           Judgments
           with
           which
           God
           has
           afflicted
           us
           for
           this
           Sin
           :
           For
           so
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           when
           the
           Punishment
           bears
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Sin
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           natural
           effect
           and
           consequent
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           give
           you
           a
           History
           of
           those
           late
           Tragical
           Times
           ,
           which
           most
           of
           you
           know
           as
           well
           or
           better
           than
           I
           do
           :
           How
           much
           this
           unhappy
           Divided
           Kingdom
           suffered
           by
           a
           Bloody
           Unnatural
           War
           ,
           which
           ruined
           so
           many
           Noble
           and
           Flourishing
           Families
           ,
           made
           so
           many
           miserable
           Widows
           and
           Orphans
           ,
           spent
           so
           much
           Christian
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           ,
           ruined
           the
           best
           Reformed
           Church
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           best
           Prince
           ;
           put
           the
           Sword
           into
           those
           mens
           hands
           ,
           who
           knew
           better
           than
           to
           part
           with
           it
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           it
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           carved
           out
           their
           own
           Fortune
           and
           Greatness
           .
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           the
           fundamental
           
           Constitution
           of
           the
           English
           Government
           was
           overturned
           ,
           and
           exchanged
           for
           new
           Models
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           last
           long
           enough
           to
           be
           lick'd
           into
           any
           shape
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           dwindled
           and
           glimmer'd
           away
           in
           some
           short
           and
           faint
           Apparitions
           of
           Power
           .
           How
           the
           Subject
           was
           all
           this
           while
           oppressed
           by
           the
           worst
           sort
           of
           Oppressors
           ,
           their
           Fellow-subjects
           ;
           and
           found
           a
           vast
           deal
           of
           difference
           between
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           King
           with
           all
           his
           Faults
           ,
           and
           their
           new
           Masters
           .
           These
           things
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           shall
           pass
           over
           ,
           for
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           end
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           remain
           only
           in
           Story
           ,
           as
           Sea-marks
           to
           warn
           us
           ,
           where
           the
           Rocks
           and
           Sands
           lie
           :
           but
           such
           violent
           Storms
           as
           these
           seldom
           end
           without
           leaving
           a
           rowling
           and
           troubled
           Sea.
           These
           terrible
           Convulsions
           of
           State
           ,
           like
           a
           sharp
           fit
           of
           the
           Gout
           ,
           when
           the
           pain
           is
           gone
           ,
           leave
           a
           great
           weakness
           upon
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           very
           unquiet
           ,
           and
           liable
           to
           frequent
           Relapses
           .
           As
           for
           Example
           :
        
         
           This
           destroys
           all
           confidence
           between
           Prince
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           leaves
           ill
           Resentments
           ,
           
           Jealousies
           ,
           Distrusts
           ,
           which
           make
           Government
           uneasie
           and
           weak
           ,
           when
           a
           Prince
           cannot
           trust
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           nor
           Subjects
           their
           Prince
           ;
           but
           they
           guard
           and
           fence
           against
           each
           other
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           secure
           his
           Crown
           ,
           the
           other
           their
           Liberties
           :
           An
           unhappy
           state
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           make
           all
           Publick
           Affairs
           move
           slowly
           ,
           and
           lamely
           ,
           and
           create
           many
           Inconveniences
           to
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           .
        
         
           This
           temps
           Princes
           to
           affect
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           when
           they
           feel
           their
           Crowns
           sit
           tottering
           upon
           their
           Heads
           ,
           and
           see
           themselves
           check'd
           at
           every
           turn
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           finally
           stopt
           in
           the
           most
           generous
           Designs
           ,
           to
           advance
           the
           Glory
           ,
           Safety
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Power
           of
           their
           Nation
           ;
           nay
           find
           themselves
           too
           weak
           to
           secure
           their
           Government
           from
           Foreign
           Powers
           ,
           or
           from
           Home-bred
           Factions
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           ,
           no
           considering
           man
           doubts
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           late
           Attempts
           to
           introduce
           Arbitrary
           Power
           in
           form
           of
           Law
           ,
           were
           principally
           
           owing
           to
           the
           Tragedy
           of
           this
           Day
           :
           And
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           any
           thing
           could
           excuse
           such
           Attempts
           ,
           this
           would
           have
           done
           it
           .
           However
           we
           ought
           to
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           those
           Difficulties
           we
           so
           lately
           strugled
           under
           ,
           and
           from
           which
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           has
           delivered
           us
           ,
           were
           the
           just
           punishment
           ,
           because
           the
           just
           desert
           ,
           and
           the
           unavoidable
           effect
           of
           our
           Sin.
           
        
         
           While
           this
           is
           the
           state
           of
           things
           ,
           without
           setting
           up
           the
           Royal
           Standard
           ,
           or
           levying
           Forces
           ,
           Prince
           and
           Subjects
           (
           however
           the
           matter
           may
           be
           dissembled
           )
           are
           at
           War
           with
           each
           other
           ;
           and
           how
           uneasy
           a
           state
           this
           is
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           the
           Publick
           suffers
           by
           it
           ,
           our
           late
           Experience
           will
           tell
           us
           ,
           or
           nothing
           will.
           
        
         
           Arbitrary
           Power
           and
           Popery
           were
           the
           two
           great
           Pretences
           to
           justify
           the
           War
           against
           King
           Charles
           I.
           Now
           whatever
           appearances
           there
           might
           be
           of
           the
           first
           through
           mistake
           and
           ill
           Councel
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           might
           misguide
           an
           Excellent
           Prince
           ;
           there
           was
           little
           pretence
           for
           the
           second
           ,
           besides
           a
           Fanatical
           Imputation
           of
           Popery
           to
           the
           Church
           
           of
           England
           ,
           of
           which
           that
           Prince
           was
           so
           zealous
           a
           Patron
           ;
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           great
           Bulwark
           against
           Popery
           ;
           whose
           first
           Reformers
           sealed
           their
           Testimony
           against
           Popery
           with
           their
           Blood
           ;
           and
           whose
           many
           Learned
           Pens
           have
           defended
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Churches
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Confusion
           of
           their
           Popish
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           in
           the
           late
           Reign
           ,
           when
           few
           other
           Pens
           durst
           engage
           in
           the
           Quarrel
           .
           But
           observe
           now
           ,
           as
           Adonibezeck
           does
           ,
           how
           God
           has
           required
           us
           .
        
         
           To
           prevent
           the
           vain
           Fears
           of
           Popery
           ,
           Protestants
           take
           Arms
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           barbarously
           murder
           him
           ,
           and
           drive
           their
           Princes
           to
           seek
           their
           Bread
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           their
           Lives
           in
           Foreign
           Countries
           .
           There
           one
           of
           them
           learns
           the
           Religion
           of
           those
           Countries
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           convenient
           Religion
           for
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           affects
           to
           be
           Absolute
           .
           And
           this
           brought
           our
           Fears
           upon
           us
           ;
           we
           saw
           a
           Zealous
           Popish
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Popish
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           such
           bold
           steps
           made
           to
           set
           up
           Popery
           ,
           as
           made
           us
           all
           tremble
           .
           
             Righteous
             are
             thou
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             just
             are
             thy
             judgments
          
           !
        
         
         
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           this
           makes
           Subjects
           very
           jealous
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           their
           Prince
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           take
           all
           Advantages
           to
           lessen
           it
           ;
           which
           in
           time
           may
           prove
           very
           dangerous
           to
           Government
           ,
           at
           least
           will
           insensibly
           alter
           the
           Constitution
           :
           For
           too
           little
           Power
           is
           as
           fatal
           to
           Government
           as
           too
           much
           ;
           nay
           ,
           in
           some
           junctures
           it
           is
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Extream
           of
           the
           two
           for
           what
           we
           call
           too
           much
           Power
           may
           be
           well
           used
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           Hand
           of
           a
           wise
           and
           good
           Prince
           ;
           And
           then
           the
           more
           the
           Power
           is
           ,
           the
           stronger
           and
           more
           flourishing
           must
           the
           Government
           and
           Nation
           be
           ;
           but
           too
           little
           Power
           can
           never
           Govern
           well
           when
           the
           Government
           is
           so
           weak
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           neither
           defend
           it self
           nor
           its
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           just
           Rights
           and
           Prerogatives
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           necessary
           Powers
           and
           Authority
           for
           Government
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           dear
           to
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           their
           own
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           are
           .
           It
           is
           certain
           Power
           will
           be
           somewhere
           ,
           if
           the
           Prince
           loose
           it
           ,
           the
           People
           will
           get
           it
           ,
           and
           when
           once
           the
           People
           gain
           such
           a
           Power
           as
           to
           top
           their
           Prince
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           end
           of
           Monarchy
           .
           
           As
           absolute
           Power
           changes
           the
           Constitution
           of
           a
           Legal
           and
           Limited
           Monarchy
           into
           an
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           so
           a
           precarious
           depending
           Power
           ,
           changes
           the
           Monarchy
           it self
           into
           a
           Venetian
           State.
           Both
           which
           Extreams
           wise
           Men
           ,
           who
           love
           the
           English
           Government
           ,
           would
           by
           all
           means
           avoid
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           very
           great
           mischief
           ,
           when
           Princes
           or
           Subjects
           are
           violently
           Tempted
           to
           either
           of
           the
           Extreams
           :
           and
           this
           we
           owe
           also
           to
           the
           Sin
           of
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
           Another
           very
           lasting
           and
           fatal
           Evil
           of
           such
           Examples
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           this
           day
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           infects
           Mens
           minds
           with
           loose
           Notions
           of
           Government
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           which
           are
           at
           first
           invented
           to
           justifie
           such
           Actions
           ,
           and
           which
           People
           are
           sooner
           taught
           then
           untaught
           :
           As
           ,
           that
           all
           Power
           is
           radically
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           therefore
           but
           a
           trust
           ,
           which
           a
           Prince
           must
           give
           an
           account
           of
           ;
           which
           he
           may
           be
           deprived
           of
           ;
           for
           the
           Abuse
           of
           which
           he
           may
           be
           Punished
           ,
           even
           with
           Death
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           .
           Nay
           there
           are
           some
           among
           us
           who
           charge
           all
           Men
           who
           deny
           this
           ,
           with
           
           being
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           with
           reproaching
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           the
           late
           happy
           Revolution
           ,
           which
           they
           think
           can
           be
           defended
           upon
           no
           other
           Principles
           .
           But
           as
           wise
           Men
           ,
           and
           as
           hearty
           Friends
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           think
           otherwise
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           would
           be
           no
           Service
           to
           the
           Government
           to
           perswade
           all
           ,
           who
           cannot
           own
           these
           Principles
           ,
           to
           disown
           and
           renounce
           all
           that
           has
           been
           done
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           does
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           Revolution
           turned
           upon
           these
           Principles
           .
        
         
           The
           Undertaking
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           now
           our
           Gracious
           King
           ,
           needed
           none
           of
           these
           Principles
           to
           justify
           it
           :
           He
           was
           no
           Subject
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           an
           Independent
           Prince
           ,
           and
           so
           nearly
           related
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           concerned
           to
           see
           the
           Succession
           secured
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           kept
           upon
           its
           ancient
           Bottom
           ;
           which
           was
           thought
           so
           just
           and
           honourable
           and
           necessary
           an
           Undertaking
           ,
           
           that
           Men
           of
           all
           Principles
           seemed
           very
           well
           satisfied
           with
           it
           ;
           even
           those
           who
           think
           the
           Matter
           carried
           so
           far
           that
           they
           cannot
           now
           comply
           with
           the
           present
           Government
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           some
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           greatest
           Sufferers
           at
           present
           by
           their
           Non-compliance
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           perswaded
           at
           that
           time
           to
           declare
           their
           abhorrence
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Body
           of
           the
           Nation
           stood
           still
           and
           looked
           on
           ;
           wished
           well
           to
           the
           Prince
           without
           wishing
           ill
           to
           the
           King's
           Person
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           just
           Exercise
           of
           his
           Authority
           .
           And
           I
           am
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           there
           were
           very
           few
           even
           among
           those
           who
           were
           more
           active
           ,
           who
           at
           that
           time
           while
           the
           King
           continued
           with
           us
           ever
           thought
           of
           more
           ,
           then
           to
           obtain
           a
           free
           parliament
           ,
           by
           whose
           mature
           Counsels
           ,
           the
           Law
           might
           be
           restored
           to
           its
           due
           Course
           ,
           and
           the
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           of
           England
           secured
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           King
           would
           not
           stand
           this
           Tryal
           ,
           but
           disbands
           his
           Army
           ,
           withdraws
           his
           Person
           ,
           
           without
           leaving
           any
           Authority
           behind
           him
           to
           administer
           the
           Government
           .
           No
           body
           ever
           thought
           that
           this
           was
           a
           perfectly
           free
           and
           voluntary
           Act
           ,
           but
           however
           gone
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           had
           left
           no
           body
           behind
           him
           to
           govern
           by
           his
           Authority
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           Government
           was
           either
           dissolved
           ,
           or
           the
           Power
           must
           reside
           in
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Realm
           :
           for
           if
           at
           any
           time
           there
           be
           no
           Power
           in
           the
           Nation
           the
           Government
           is
           dissolved
           .
        
         
           The
           Estates
           upon
           this
           great
           Exigency
           of
           Affairs
           assembled
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           pretend
           the
           Superior
           Authority
           of
           the
           People
           over
           Kings
           ,
           and
           their
           Power
           to
           judge
           ,
           depose
           ,
           and
           punish
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           only
           undertook
           to
           judge
           ,
           what
           properly
           falls
           under
           their
           Cognizance
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           and
           what
           now
           lay
           before
           them
           ,
           whether
           the
           Throne
           were
           vacant
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           were
           ,
           how
           it
           must
           be
           filled
           :
           And
           when
           those
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           sole
           and
           proper
           Judges
           of
           this
           Case
           had
           once
           determined
           it
           ,
           private
           Subjects
           (
           according
           to
           the
           fundamental
           Reasons
           of
           all
           
           Governments
           )
           were
           bound
           to
           acquiesce
           ,
           whatever
           their
           private
           Opinions
           were
           ,
           or
           else
           such
           State-disputes
           can
           never
           be
           determined
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           necessarily
           dissolve
           into
           Anarchy
           and
           Confusion
           .
           Where
           there
           is
           no
           determination
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           against
           it
           (
           as
           there
           is
           none
           about
           meer
           legal
           Rights
           )
           the
           Resolutions
           of
           Government
           must
           determine
           the
           Consciences
           of
           private
           Subjects
           ;
           for
           the
           Power
           of
           Judging
           must
           extend
           as
           far
           as
           the
           just
           Power
           of
           governing
           does
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           (
           whatever
           dispute
           there
           may
           be
           about
           other
           Matters
           )
           the
           late
           Revolution
           has
           made
           no
           alteration
           at
           all
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           Government
           and
           Obedience
           .
           It
           does
           not
           oblige
           us
           to
           own
           the
           Superior
           Power
           of
           the
           People
           over
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           a
           very
           tottering
           Foundation
           for
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           support
           it
           long
           .
           Those
           who
           believed
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Non-resistance
           and
           Passive
           Obedience
           to
           be
           a
           good
           Doctrine
           before
           may
           think
           so
           still
           ,
           and
           be
           never
           the
           less
           Friends
           to
           the
           present
           
           Government
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           often
           thought
           it
           a
           wonderful
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           in
           an
           Age
           ,
           wherein
           the
           strictest
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           had
           been
           so
           earnestly
           pressed
           on
           Men
           ,
           so
           great
           a
           Revolution
           should
           be
           brought
           about
           ,
           while
           the
           generality
           of
           Subjects
           were
           meerly
           passive
           ,
           and
           surprized
           into
           a
           Deliverance
           .
           But
           it
           is
           quite
           otherwise
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           ,
           the
           horrid
           Fact
           committed
           on
           this
           Day
           has
           poyson'd
           the
           very
           Springs
           and
           Fountains
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           so
           deeply
           tinctured
           Mens
           Minds
           ,
           that
           I
           pray
           God
           ,
           we
           may
           not
           still
           live
           to
           see
           and
           feel
           the
           miserable
           Effects
           of
           it
           .
           For
           when
           Men
           sit
           loose
           in
           their
           Obedience
           ,
           without
           the
           Restraint
           and
           Ties
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           nothing
           but
           Power
           can
           keep
           the
           disjoynted
           and
           incoherent
           Parts
           of
           such
           a
           Government
           together
           ;
           they
           are
           a
           fluid
           Body
           like
           the
           Sea
           ,
           which
           every
           breath
           of
           Wind
           puts
           into
           a
           new
           Disturbance
           and
           Commotion
           .
        
         
           Especially
           when
           a
           Nation
           is
           already
           divided
           into
           Parties
           and
           Factions
           both
           in
           
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           which
           are
           acted
           with
           a
           furious
           and
           restless
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           satisfied
           with
           nothing
           less
           than
           to
           be
           uppermost
           ;
           which
           is
           another
           Mischief
           our
           late
           unnatural
           War
           has
           left
           behind
           it
           .
           Those
           bitter
           Animosities
           are
           not
           yet
           forgot
           ,
           nay
           they
           daily
           revive
           again
           ,
           and
           our
           old
           Quarrels
           are
           acted
           over
           with
           a
           new
           Zeal
           .
           This
           is
           not
           only
           an
           uneasie
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           dangerous
           State
           for
           any
           movernment
           ;
           when
           there
           are
           two
           or
           three
           or
           more
           Parties
           in
           any
           Nation
           ,
           which
           contend
           to
           be
           uppermost
           ,
           and
           to
           oppress
           the
           others
           ,
           and
           are
           resolved
           to
           dislike
           ,
           and
           to
           misrepresent
           what
           the
           others
           do
           .
           When
           a
           Name
           shall
           make
           common
           Friends
           and
           common
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           few
           Men
           have
           any
           regard
           to
           the
           Publick
           good
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           their
           Party
           .
           Nay
           ,
           when
           good
           Success
           is
           grievous
           to
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           not
           been
           the
           chief
           Actors
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           well
           pleased
           with
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           irreparable
           Miscarriages
           ,
           if
           they
           give
           them
           any
           advantage
           over
           their
           Rivals
           ,
           though
           the
           Nation
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           undone
           by
           them
           .
           What
           difficulties
           does
           this
           impose
           
           upon
           a
           Prince
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           dangerous
           to
           choose
           any
           side
           ,
           and
           yet
           impossible
           to
           be
           thought
           of
           none
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           some
           of
           those
           Evils
           ,
           which
           our
           own
           Sins
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           Judgments
           of
           God
           have
           brought
           upon
           us
           .
           And
           when
           shall
           we
           see
           an
           end
           of
           these
           things
           !
           When
           shall
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           Truth
           ,
           take
           up
           their
           Habitation
           among
           us
           !
           When
           will
           God
           return
           in
           Mercy
           ,
           Heal
           the
           Breaches
           of
           our
           Sion
           ,
           and
           Build
           up
           her
           Walls
           !
           Now
           is
           the
           time
           if
           ever
           ,
           heartily
           to
           endeavour
           ,
           heartily
           to
           Pray
           for
           this
           ,
           That
           God
           would
           
             make
             us
             glad
             according
             to
             the
             days
             ,
             wherein
             he
             hath
             afflicted
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             years
             wherein
             we
             have
             seen
             Evil.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Which
           is
           the
           third
           part
           of
           my
           Text
           ;
           which
           I
           can
           but
           name
           .
           Now
           in
           order
           to
           this
           ,
           God
           has
           done
           a
           great
           deal
           for
           us
           already
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           do
           any
           thing
           for
           our selves
           .
           God
           hath
           advanced
           such
           Princes
           to
           the
           Throne
           (
           whom
           we
           beseech
           him
           long
           to
           continue
           ,
           preserve
           and
           prosper
           there
           )
           
           as
           seem
           on
           purpose
           fitted
           by
           Nature
           ,
           by
           Education
           ,
           by
           Religion
           ,
           by
           Interest
           ,
           to
           accomplish
           this
           glorious
           Work.
           We
           have
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           was
           always
           in
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           whose
           great
           Mind
           knows
           no
           greater
           Glory
           then
           to
           be
           a
           publick
           Benefactor
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Patron
           to
           the
           Injured
           and
           Oppressed
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           the
           Chains
           and
           Fetters
           prepared
           for
           Europe
           .
           A
           King
           ,
           who
           knows
           how
           to
           Govern
           a
           free
           People
           ,
           who
           knows
           the
           price
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           value
           Mankind
           have
           for
           it
           .
           A
           King
           ,
           who
           was
           never
           Personally
           concerned
           in
           any
           of
           our
           Quarrels
           ,
           and
           therefore
           has
           no
           Personal
           Resentments
           ;
           brings
           no
           Spirit
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           no
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Party
           to
           the
           Throne
           with
           him
           .
           A
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           who
           by
           Education
           ,
           Principle
           and
           Interest
           ,
           are
           professed
           Enemies
           to
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Defence
           and
           Support
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ;
           who
           teach
           and
           encourage
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           by
           Their
           Examples
           as
           well
           as
           Laws
           ,
           and
           maintain
           and
           defend
           the
           Worship
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           endeavour
           to
           soften
           and
           temper
           
           Mens
           passions
           with
           Ease
           and
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           God
           grant
           we
           may
           see
           the
           good
           effects
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           Liberty
           unless
           wisely
           used
           ,
           seldom
           proves
           a
           kindness
           ,
           even
           to
           those
           who
           have
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           all
           the
           old
           Complaints
           are
           redressed
           ,
           all
           the
           plausible
           Pretences
           for
           Faction
           are
           silenced
           ,
           by
           the
           Advancement
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           to
           the
           Throne
           .
           Here
           is
           no
           appearing
           Danger
           of
           an
           over-growing
           Power
           ,
           and
           illegal
           Usurpations
           ,
           no
           oppression
           of
           the
           Subjects
           in
           their
           Just
           Rights
           ,
           no
           divided
           Interest
           between
           Prince
           and
           People
           ;
           unless
           People
           will
           divide
           from
           a
           Prince
           who
           makes
           their
           Safety
           ,
           Happiness
           and
           Interest
           his
           own
           ;
           nay
           ,
           who
           purchases
           their
           Ease
           and
           Security
           with
           the
           endless
           Fatigues
           and
           Hazard
           of
           his
           own
           Sacred
           Person
           .
           Here
           are
           no
           fears
           of
           Popish
           designs
           ,
           no
           pretence
           for
           former
           Clamours
           of
           Persecution
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ;
           and
           what
           have
           the
           most
           dissatisfied
           Men
           to
           complain
           of
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           pressing
           Necessities
           of
           Affairs
           and
           such
           unavoidable
           Miscarriages
           ,
           as
           such
           Necessities
           will
           always
           occasion
           
           under
           the
           best
           Government
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           why
           then
           should
           we
           not
           all
           unite
           in
           such
           Princes
           ,
           and
           forget
           all
           former
           Quarrels
           ?
           why
           should
           we
           still
           divide
           into
           Parties
           ,
           when
           the
           Throne
           is
           of
           no
           Party
           ,
           and
           will
           admit
           of
           none
           ?
           what
           are
           those
           grievances
           still
           to
           make
           party
           quarrels
           ,
           unless
           Monarchy
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           be
           thought
           the
           only
           remaining
           Grievances
           ;
           and
           I
           pray
           God
           I
           may
           never
           live
           to
           see
           these
           Grievances
           removed
           ;
           may
           the
           Throne
           always
           support
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           the
           Throne
           ,
           for
           neither
           of
           them
           can
           long
           subsist
           apart
           :
           A
           fondness
           for
           Parity
           will
           soon
           affect
           the
           State
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           Parity
           is
           parity
           still
           ,
           whether
           in
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Arguments
           for
           it
           will
           do
           equal
           Execution
           both
           ways
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           :
           If
           ever
           we
           desire
           to
           see
           a
           flourishing
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           again
           ,
           let
           us
           learn
           Wisdom
           from
           the
           Example
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           for
           
             he
             being
             dead
             ,
             yet
             speaketh
             ,
          
           and
           warneth
           
           us
           all
           to
           have
           a
           care
           of
           a
           blind
           Zeal
           and
           Faction
           ,
           not
           to
           lissen
           to
           designing
           and
           discontented
           Spirits
           ,
           who
           to
           gratifie
           their
           own
           private
           Passions
           and
           Resentments
           ,
           will
           Revenge
           themselves
           upon
           the
           publick
           Peace
           ;
           not
           to
           be
           imposed
           on
           again
           by
           the
           glorious
           Names
           of
           Religion
           and
           the
           Cause
           of
           Christ
           ,
           not
           to
           help
           such
           Men
           to
           begin
           a
           Quarrel
           who
           will
           end
           it
           without
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           shall
           then
           in
           vain
           repent
           that
           ever
           we
           began
           ;
           but
           these
           Cautions
           are
           needless
           in
           such
           a
           Wise
           and
           Honourable
           Assembly
           .
           God
           grant
           we
           may
           all
           
             mind
             the
             things
             that
             make
             for
             Peace
             ,
             and
             those
             things
             whereby
             we
             may
             edify
             one
             another
             .
          
        
         
           To
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           be
           Honour
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           now
           and
           for
           ever
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
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           Answer
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           o
        
         
           A
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           Unity
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           and
           Communion
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           Catholick
           Church
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           o
        
         
         
           A
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           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           on
           
             Sunday
             ,
             Novemb.
          
           4.
           1688.
           4
           o
        
         
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Holy
           and
           Ever-Blessed
           Trinity
           ,
           and
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
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           by
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           Brief
           Notes
           of
           the
           Creed
           of
           St.
           Athanasius
           ,
           and
           the
           Brief
           History
           of
           the
           Unitarians
           ,
           or
           Socinians
           ,
           and
           containing
           an
           Answer
           to
           both
           .
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           Edition
           .
           4
           o
        
         
           The
           Case
           of
           the
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           due
           to
           Sovereign
           Powers
           stated
           and
           resolved
           ,
           according
           to
           Scripture
           and
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           with
           a
           more
           particular
           Respect
           to
           the
           Oath
           lately
           enjoyned
           ,
           of
           Allegiance
           to
           their
           present
           Majesties
           ,
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           Sixth
           Edition
           .
           4
           o
        
         
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Case
           of
           Allegiance
           due
           to
           Sovereign
           Powers
           :
           In
           Reply
           to
           an
           Answer
           to
           a
           late
           Pamphlet
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             Obedience
             and
             Submission
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             demonstrated
             from
             Bishop
          
           Overal
           '
           
             s
             Convocation-Book
             ;
             with
             a
             Postscript
             in
             Answer
             to
             Dr.
          
           Sherlock
           '
           
             s
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
          
           .
           4
           o
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           White-Hall
           before
           the
           Queen
           ,
           on
           the
           17th
           of
           June
           ,
           1691.
           being
           the
           Fast-day
           .
           4
           o
        
         
           A
           Practical
           Discourse
           concerning
           Death
           .
           The
           Fifth
           Edition
           .
           8
           o
        
         
           A
           Practical
           Discourse
           concerning
           a
           Future
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           .
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           Edition
           .
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           White-Hall
           ,
           before
           the
           Queen
           ,
           on
           the
           Monthly-Fast-Day
           ,
           September
           16th
           ,
           1691.
           4
           o
        
         
           A
           Persuasive
           to
           Freq●●nt
           Communion
           in
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           .
           The
           Eighth
           Edition
           .
           12
           o
        
         
           
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             Father
             in
             God
             ,
          
           John
           
             Lord
             Arch-Bishop
             of
          
           Canterbury
           .
        
         
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           Sermon
           Preached
           on
           the
           28th
           of
           June
           ,
           at
           St.
           
             Andrew's
             Holbourn
          
           .
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           John
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preached
           on
           the
           28th
           of
           June
           ,
           at
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
          
           ,
           on
           Sunday
           the
           Fifth
           of
           July
           ,
           1691.
           at
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           most
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           John
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           York
           ;
           and
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Fathers
           in
           God
           ,
           John
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Norwich
             ,
             Richard
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Peterborough
           ,
           and
           Edward
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Gloucester
           .
           By
           
             Joshua
             Clark
          
           ,
           Chaplain
           to
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           .
           4
           o
        
         
           The
           Necessity
           of
           Serious
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           speedy
           Repentance
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           way
           to
           be
           safe
           both
           living
           and
           dying
           .
           8
           o
        
         
           The
           Lambs
           of
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           with
           the
           sincere
           Milk
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           Scripture
           Catechism
           .
           12
           o
        
         
           The
           Folly
           of
           Atheism
           demonstrated
           to
           the
           Capacity
           of
           the
           most
           unlearned
           Reader
           .
           8
           o
        
         
           
             These
             Three
             by
             the
             Reverend
             Mr.
          
           Clement
           E●●s
           ,
           
             Rector
             of
          
           Kirby
           in
           Nothinghamshire
           .
        
         
           Reflections
           upon
           two
           Books
           ,
           one
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             a
             King
             in
             Possession
             .
          
           The
           other
           ,
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             Dr.
          
           Sherlock
           '
           
             s
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             Sovereign
             Powers
             in
             Possession
             :
          
           on
           those
           parts
           especially
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Author
           endeavours
           to
           shew
           his
           Opinion
           to
           be
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Land.
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Friend
           .
           4
           o