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             A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Norwich on the ninth of September, 1683 being the day of public thanksgiving for His Majesty's late deliverance / by William Smith ...
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           IN
           THE
           CATHEDRAL
           CHURCH
           OF
           NORWICH
           ,
           On
           the
           Ninth
           of
           September
           ,
           1683.
           
           BEING
           THE
           Day
           of
           Public
           Thanksgiving
           FOR
           His
           MAJESTY's
           late
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             SMITH
          
           ,
           Preb.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Samuel
             Roycroft
          
           ,
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           at
           the
           Bishops-Head
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           1683.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PSALM
             CVII
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             
               O
               that
               Men
               would
               therefore
               praise
               the
               Lord
               for
               his
               Goodness
               :
               and
               declare
               the
               Wonders
               he
               doth
               for
               the
               Children
               of
               Men.
               
            
          
        
         
           AS
           I
           shall
           not
           waste
           time
           by
           any
           curious
           search
           after
           the
           Author
           ,
           or
           occasion
           of
           this
           Psalm
           in
           general
           ;
           so
           neither
           shall
           I
           trifle
           it
           away
           by
           making
           critical
           Remarks
           upon
           every
           single
           Word
           of
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           I
           have
           read
           to
           you
           for
           my
           present
           Subject
           :
           But
           I
           shall
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Words
           as
           they
           run
           together
           in
           the
           whole
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           may
           accommodably
           administer
           to
           this
           Days
           mighty
           Solemnity
           ,
           because
           in
           the
           reading
           and
           hearing
           them
           they
           may
           considerably
           assist
           our
           grateful
           Devotions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           offer
           an
           occasion
           of
           discoursing
           the
           measures
           of
           this
           most
           famous
           Deliverance
           .
           They
           will
           serve
           both
           those
           concerns
           at
           once
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           will
           more
           strictly
           examine
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Words
           ,
           they
           do
           naturally
           represent
           a
           Devotionary
           Gratitude
           by
           a
           pious
           and
           passionate
           Option
           ,
           that
           such
           Men
           as
           have
           been
           any
           ways
           expos'd
           to
           extraordinary
           Dangers
           ,
           
           and
           that
           have
           met
           with
           some
           extraordinary
           Deliverances
           (
           of
           which
           there
           be
           several
           Instances
           in
           the
           Psalm
           )
           might
           be
           so
           affectionately
           sensible
           of
           their
           Relief
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           ready
           not
           only
           to
           
             praise
             God
             for
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             to
             declare
             the
             Wonders
          
           of
           it
           as
           to
           themselves
           ,
           but
           to
           invite
           and
           solicit
           others
           to
           do
           the
           same
           :
           Or
           as
           the
           32
           d
           Verse
           explains
           the
           Method
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           
             exalt
             him
             in
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             praise
             him
             in
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             Elders
             .
             O
             that
             Men
             would
             therefore
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           that
           we
           may
           be
           sufficiently
           convinc'd
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Case
           at
           this
           time
           attend
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           doth
           especially
           claim
           our
           best
           Praises
           and
           publications
           of
           Gods
           wonderful
           Goodness
           to
           us
           ,
           I
           shall
           offer
           several
           reasons
           for
           it
           from
           two
           general
           Heads
           of
           those
           particulars
           ,
           with
           which
           I
           intend
           to
           manage
           my
           whole
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           general
           Head
           or
           Argument
           is
           founded
           upon
           a
           Consideration
           of
           the
           extraordinary
           calamitous
           effects
           of
           this
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           succeeded
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           which
           we
           were
           by
           the
           mighty
           Hand
           of
           God
           delivered
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           general
           Head
           or
           Argument
           is
           founded
           upon
           a
           Consideration
           of
           the
           great
           Danger
           we
           were
           in
           of
           all
           those
           calamitous
           Effects
           ,
           by
           the
           likelyhood
           of
           the
           Conspiracies
           success
           ,
           from
           the
           many
           advantages
           which
           the
           
           Treason
           had
           gain'd
           to
           promise
           and
           promote
           an
           assurance
           of
           it
           :
           all
           which
           were
           by
           the
           same
           mighty
           Hand
           of
           God
           prevented
           .
        
         
           In
           every
           one
           of
           the
           many
           particular
           Instances
           on
           either
           respect
           ,
           there
           will
           appear
           so
           many
           Wonders
           of
           Gods
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           any
           single
           one
           of
           them
           by
           it self
           consider'd
           ,
           may
           claim
           the
           Option
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           all
           the
           Cases
           of
           Deliverance
           in
           the
           Psalm
           put
           all
           together
           can
           possibly
           import
           ,
           for
           it
           s
           often
           Repetition
           .
        
         
           Under
           the
           first
           Head
           or
           general
           Argument
           ,
           to
           advance
           the
           Glories
           of
           Gods
           Delivering
           Providence
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           represent
           the
           many
           calamitous
           Effects
           of
           this
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           ,
           had
           it
           succeeded
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           first
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           which
           would
           have
           been
           Causal
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           had
           been
           the
           barbarous
           Murther
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Person
           of
           the
           KING
           .
           —
           But
           what
           ?
           hath
           the
           Nation
           scarcely
           wip'd
           their
           Eyes
           dry
           for
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           incomparable
           Father
           ,
           but
           must
           it
           have
           been
           drown'd
           again
           in
           Tears
           for
           the
           murther
           of
           his
           succeeding
           Son
           ?
           And
           that
           in
           a
           Scene
           of
           Cruelty
           more
           inhumane
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Malice
           more
           Unsatiable
           than
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           The
           Rage
           of
           the
           Factions
           had
           then
           but
           the
           Blood
           of
           one
           King
           for
           its
           present
           gratification
           ;
           but
           our
           Zealots
           for
           the
           CAUSE
           could
           
           not
           glut
           their
           Thirst
           for
           
             Royal
             Blood
          
           ,
           but
           by
           murthering
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           Two
           at
           one
           blow
           ;
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Dearest
           Brother
           must
           be
           sacrificed
           to
           their
           Fury
           and
           Design
           .
           So
           that
           (
           methinks
           )
           I
           hear
           the
           Saints
           of
           that
           complexion
           say
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Here
             is
             the
             Heir
             ,
             Come
             let
             us
             kill
             him
             also
             ,
             and
             seize
             on
             the
             Inheritance
             .
          
        
         
           But
           then
           to
           give
           their
           Inhumanity
           its
           highest
           Accent
           ,
           they
           were
           preparing
           to
           Murther
           a
           Prince
           ,
           whose
           August
           Majesty
           hath
           not
           only
           Innobled
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           once
           more
           recovered
           its
           loss
           Reputation
           abroad
           ;
           but
           whose
           matchless
           Wisdom
           hath
           made
           his
           own
           Kingdoms
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           an
           Ark
           of
           Safety
           at
           home
           ,
           when
           almost
           all
           the
           Christian
           Nations
           round
           about
           us
           ,
           were
           ,
           or
           are
           at
           present
           ,
           delug'd
           in
           Blood
           and
           Confusion
           :
           and
           who
           at
           the
           same
           time
           stands
           the
           Worlds
           triumphant
           Umpire
           ,
           maintains
           the
           Ballance
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           sees
           cause
           ,
           can
           check
           any
           One
           ,
           whose
           Ambition
           and
           Acquists
           shall
           grow
           too
           big
           ,
           for
           the
           common
           safety
           of
           other
           Neighbouring
           Nations
           .
        
         
           A
           Prince
           who
           all
           along
           manageth
           the
           conduct
           of
           his
           own
           Kingdoms
           Government
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           sweetness
           and
           ingenuity
           of
           Temper
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           did
           ,
           or
           can
           ,
           chuse
           to
           see
           his
           meanest
           Subjects
           so
           much
           as
           uneasie
           ,
           if
           Obstinacy
           precludes
           not
           his
           Royal
           Kindness
           to
           relieve
           them
           :
           and
           whose
           Balsamous
           Soul
           would
           
           not
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           suffer
           a
           Wound
           unclosed
           ,
           even
           where
           nothing
           but
           Passion
           or
           Inadvertency
           hath
           occasioned
           any
           Breaches
           and
           Differences
           amongst
           his
           People
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           a
           Prince
           who
           is
           every
           thing
           ,
           that
           a
           Character
           of
           any
           the
           Most
           Gracious
           KING
           ,
           can
           present
           him
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           His
           Royal
           Father's
           Wish
           ,
           
             That
             He
             might
             rather
             be
          
           CHARLES
           le
           Bon
           ,
           than
           Le
           Grand
           :
           
             I
             hope
          
           (
           saith
           He
           )
           
             God
             hath
             design'd
             You
             to
             be
             both
          
           ;
           and
           His
           Wish
           and
           Hope
           were
           both
           Prophetic
           .
           As
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           
             Le
             Bon
          
           ,
           no
           man
           questions
           it
           ,
           that
           will
           impartially
           make
           Observation
           of
           His
           Royal
           Goodness
           ,
           through
           the
           whole
           conduct
           of
           his
           Reign
           :
           And
           if
           we
           would
           recount
           His
           famous
           Atchievements
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           how
           he
           hath
           by
           his
           wise
           Conduct
           moulded
           three
           imbroyl'd
           Kingdoms
           into
           such
           a
           Common
           Peace
           and
           mutual
           Order
           ,
           as
           they
           never
           enjoy'd
           since
           they
           Intitled
           the
           Crown
           :
           How
           he
           hath
           attack'd
           and
           taken
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           richest
           Cities
           of
           Europe
           ,
           by
           a
           noble
           and
           successful
           Storm
           ,
           I
           mean
           that
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Counsel
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           now
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           to
           be
           garrison'd
           by
           His
           own
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           once
           more
           made
           a
           governable
           part
           of
           His
           own
           Dominions
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           How
           He
           hath
           just
           now
           vanquish'd
           an
           Army
           of
           Rebels
           ,
           perhaps
           as
           numerous
           as
           an
           Ottoman
           Camp
           ,
           without
           any
           effusion
           of
           Blood
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           Justice
           to
           subdue
           them
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           
           by
           these
           renown'd
           and
           successful
           Overtures
           of
           His
           Reign
           ,
           considered
           together
           with
           all
           other
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           His
           present
           Greatness
           ,
           we
           may
           undoubtedly
           write
           him
           in
           the
           highest
           Eminency
           ,
           
             CHARLES
             the
             Great
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             CHARLES
             the
             Good.
          
           
        
         
           And
           was
           it
           this
           ,
           such
           a
           KING
           ,
           that
           was
           design'd
           to
           be
           basely
           and
           barbarously
           murther'd
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ?
           O
           ,
           are
           you
           not
           all
           struck
           with
           such
           a
           horrour
           at
           the
           thought
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           even
           to
           forget
           you
           have
           a
           Being
           at
           all
           ?
           Don't
           all
           the
           Blood
           of
           you
           Veins
           chill
           to
           a
           Stone
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           Notice
           of
           it
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           your
           whole
           Souls
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Faculties
           ,
           swallow'd
           up
           with
           Surprize
           and
           Amazement
           ?
           Why
           don't
           you
           cry
           to
           the
           Heavens
           and
           the
           Earth
           to
           be
           astonish'd
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           ever
           enter
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Christian
           Name
           to
           attempt
           an
           Act
           ,
           that
           should
           not
           only
           have
           justified
           the
           Savageries
           of
           the
           most
           brutish
           Barbarians
           ,
           but
           even
           made
           Hell
           it self
           comparatively
           innocent
           in
           its
           worst
           Consults
           .
           An
           Act
           that
           would
           have
           inverted
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           mischievous
           Regions
           ,
           and
           plac'd
           the
           
             Bottomless
             Pit
          
           ▪
           and
           the
           Abaddon
           above-ground
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           so
           out-done
           Devils
           at
           their
           own
           Art
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           for
           ever
           after
           have
           been
           tormented
           with
           Envy
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           new
           kind
           of
           Hell
           ;
           that
           there
           should
           be
           among
           Mankind
           in
           a
           certain
           Island
           ,
           greater
           
           Devils
           than
           themselves
           .
           Marvel
           not
           that
           I
           discourse
           in
           this
           Rapturous
           manner
           ,
           the
           Case
           requires
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           Defect
           not
           so
           to
           express
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           O
           joyful
           Day
           ,
           that
           gives
           us
           the
           Glad
           Tidings
           ,
           that
           Almighty
           God
           took
           care
           of
           his
           Dear
           Anointed
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           suffer
           his
           Signet
           to
           be
           ravished
           from
           his
           own
           right
           Hand
           :
           And
           that
           by
           a
           wonderful
           Providence
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           only
           disappoint
           the
           near
           approaching
           Attempt
           ;
           but
           marvellously
           detected
           and
           blasted
           the
           Long-train'd
           Conspiracy
           ,
           which
           by
           several
           steps
           of
           Disloyalty
           and
           
             Seditious
             Counsels
          
           ,
           had
           so
           dangerously
           led
           on
           unto
           this
           last
           design'd
           Bloody
           Period
           .
        
         
           O
           then
           let
           every
           Loyal
           Heart
           ,
           if
           the
           Mercy
           reached
           no
           further
           than
           the
           preserving
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           Dear
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           think
           it
           enough
           to
           solicit
           the
           whole
           World
           to
           
             Praise
             God
             for
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             to
             declare
             the
             Wonders
             he
             doth
             for
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           next
           Calamitous
           Effect
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           (
           had
           it
           succeeded
           )
           had
           been
           the
           universal
           ruine
           of
           this
           Establish'd
           Church
           ;
           the
           Glory
           and
           main
           Pillar
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           which
           only
           in
           all
           Points
           can
           solve
           the
           Reasonableness
           of
           it
           .
           A
           Church
           ,
           which
           at
           this
           day
           only
           claims
           the
           honour
           of
           being
           the
           lively
           portraicture
           of
           the
           Apostolic
           Age
           ,
           and
           the
           
           resurrection
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Doctrine
           and
           Polity
           ,
           before
           any
           fatal
           defection
           had
           sullyed
           its
           Purity
           .
           A
           Church
           ,
           that
           dares
           be
           Disputed
           without
           Evasions
           or
           trifling
           Quarrels
           ,
           and
           that
           can
           defend
           it self
           upon
           a
           conjunct
           Tryal
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           first-Antiquity
           ,
           and
           Reason
           altogether
           ;
           and
           that
           scorns
           to
           fly
           to
           a
           circling
           Infallibility
           ,
           an
           expurgatory
           Index
           ,
           or
           a
           stubborn
           private
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           perplex
           or
           violate
           those
           Authorities
           for
           her
           own
           defence
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           such
           a
           Church
           had
           this
           factious
           Conspiracy
           confounded
           :
           The
           Evil
           Spirit
           had
           once
           again
           (
           as
           in
           the
           last
           Rebellion
           )
           put
           a
           Lye
           into
           the
           Prophets
           mouths
           to
           intoxicate
           the
           Peoples
           Minds
           .
           
             The
             precious
             Sons
             of
             our
             Zion
          
           (
           Lam.
           4.2
           .
           )
           
             had
             once
             more
             been
             made
             a
             contemptible
             as
             earthen
             Pitchers
             ,
             while
             the
             Sea-Monsters
             had
             drawn
             out
             the
             breasts
             to
             the
             Young
             ones
             .
          
           The
           Devil
           as
           General
           ,
           with
           his
           Lieutenants
           in
           Sheeps
           clothing
           ,
           under
           the
           Flag
           of
           a
           
             Through
             Reformation
          
           ,
           had
           once
           again
           rallyed
           the
           whole
           Protestancy
           (
           as
           it
           s
           called
           ,
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           the
           Heresies
           that
           ever
           infested
           the
           Catholic
           Church
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           especially
           the
           Reformado's
           of
           the
           Knipperdollian
           and
           Knoxian
           Regiments
           ,
           to
           bear
           down
           before
           them
           all
           that
           's
           Regular
           and
           Loyal
           ,
           Learned
           ,
           and
           Pious
           .
        
         
         
           Or
           you
           may
           judge
           what
           measures
           of
           Profaneness
           we
           must
           have
           met
           with
           ,
           by
           calling
           to
           mind
           what
           was
           acted
           in
           the
           late
           Confusions
           in
           this
           very
           Cathedral
           ,
           when
           at
           the
           Morning-Service
           the
           then
           Reverend
           Bishop
           was
           detruded
           into
           an
           obscure
           Corner
           of
           an
           inferiour
           Gallery
           ,
           while
           two
           Famoso
           Villains
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           ,
           Cromwel
           and
           Ireton
           ,
           sat
           together
           the
           Sermon
           time
           in
           his
           Throne
           .
           And
           at
           the
           Evening-Prayer
           of
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           an
           unhallow'd
           Crew
           of
           Souldiers
           at
           the
           end
           of
           every
           Collect
           ,
           confounded
           the
           Amen
           with
           a
           rude
           and
           loud
           Hallo
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           tumultuously
           gathered
           together
           .
           After
           that
           ,
           a
           Company
           of
           the
           new
           Saints
           took
           all
           the
           rich
           Vestments
           ,
           Books
           of
           Service
           ,
           and
           a
           famous
           Musical
           Ingine
           ,
           and
           having
           torn
           them
           in
           pieces
           ,
           carried
           them
           all
           into
           the
           public
           Market-place
           ,
           with
           a
           Villain
           in
           an
           Ecclesiastic
           Habit
           (
           who
           thereupon
           presently
           languished
           to
           his
           death
           )
           going
           before
           a
           prophane
           Rout
           ,
           singing
           the
           Litany
           in
           derision
           ,
           and
           then
           committed
           them
           all
           to
           the
           Flames
           :
           some
           of
           them
           (
           as
           I
           am
           inform'd
           )
           repenting
           afterwards
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           return
           back
           and
           set
           Fire
           to
           the
           Sanctuary
           it self
           ,
           till
           in
           that
           stately
           Monument
           of
           Ancient
           Piety
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           left
           one
           Stone
           upon
           another
           ,
           to
           bespeak
           the
           hopes
           of
           any
           future
           Restauration
           .
        
         
         
           Such
           resembling
           Outrages
           as
           these
           might
           easily
           be
           presumed
           to
           have
           been
           acted
           in
           every
           Sacred
           Place
           ;
           and
           all
           other
           the
           prophane
           Practices
           of
           the
           Churches
           common
           devastation
           ,
           would
           certainly
           have
           followed
           this
           Conspiracies
           success
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           O
           happy
           Day
           that
           represents
           the
           News
           ,
           that
           such
           desperate
           Designs
           are
           disappointed
           ;
           and
           while
           the
           Factions
           are
           pining
           in
           their
           Shame
           ,
           and
           weltring
           in
           their
           unsuccessful
           Malice
           ,
           let
           every
           Son
           and
           Lover
           of
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           take
           occasion
           to
           publish
           the
           Wonders
           of
           Gods
           Love
           and
           Care
           of
           his
           precious
           Zion
           ,
           with
           a
           Voice
           loud
           enough
           to
           reach
           those
           Heavens
           ,
           whence
           their
           help
           and
           deliverance
           came
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           Calamitous
           Effect
           of
           this
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           ,
           if
           Success
           had
           compleated
           it
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           ,
           that
           the
           Three
           Nations
           had
           immediately
           ran
           into
           Blood
           and
           Rapine
           ,
           Revenge
           and
           Villany
           :
           We
           had
           once
           more
           become
           an
           Aceldama
           and
           a
           Vally
           of
           Hinnon
           ;
           evey
           Zealot
           would
           have
           been
           preparing
           a
           Tophet
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           his
           Moloch
           to
           be
           worshipped
           with
           the
           Bloody
           Sacrifices
           of
           the
           Loyal
           .
           And
           as
           it
           was
           foretold
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           of
           the
           Jews
           impending
           Ruine
           ,
           (
           Isai.
           3.5
           .
           )
           
             The
             People
             would
             have
             been
             oppress'd
             every
             one
             by
             another
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             by
             his
             Neighbour
             .
          
           And
           the
           Gospel-state
           of
           Mankind
           
           (
           as
           it
           s
           represented
           by
           the
           same
           Prophet
           ,
           Isai.
           2.4
           .
           )
           had
           been
           inverted
           ;
           the
           enrag'd
           Vulgar
           would
           presently
           have
           turn'd
           their
           Plow-shares
           into
           Swords
           ,
           and
           their
           Pruning-hooks
           into
           Spears
           ,
           to
           execute
           what
           their
           bloody
           Leaders
           long-fermented
           Malice
           had
           before
           contriv'd
           .
        
         
           Every
           Village
           had
           been
           a
           Seat
           of
           War
           ,
           all
           united
           Neighbourhoods
           turn'd
           into
           distinct
           Hostilities
           ,
           and
           every
           single
           Person
           had
           been
           listed
           into
           one
           Side
           or
           other
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           work
           of
           a
           through
           Destruction
           .
           Muster'd
           Armies
           had
           fill'd
           their
           Streets
           and
           emptied
           their
           Houses
           by
           reciprocal
           Plunders
           ,
           and
           the
           Popular
           Rage
           would
           soon
           have
           been
           such
           ,
           that
           a
           Prison
           would
           not
           have
           been
           so
           much
           a
           Restraint
           ,
           as
           a
           Castle
           to
           secure
           the
           Persons
           (
           as
           they
           stil'd
           Imprisonment
           in
           the
           late
           Confusions
           )
           of
           the
           truly
           Loyal
           ,
           from
           the
           Routs
           of
           such
           Religious
           Barbarians
           ,
           whose
           Zeal
           had
           been
           newly
           inflam'd
           by
           a
           raging
           Pulpiteer
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Cause
             of
             God
          
           ,
           as
           they
           call'd
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           discourse
           in
           another
           strain
           ,
           We
           had
           faln
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           would
           have
           been
           Instruments
           of
           God's
           severe
           Vengeance
           upon
           us
           ;
           and
           whereby
           the
           Judgment
           of
           God
           had
           overtaken
           us
           to
           the
           utmost
           Execution
           of
           his
           Displeasure
           .
           The
           reason
           of
           
           David's
           ,
           Choice
           would
           have
           been
           improv'd
           beyond
           what
           he
           could
           possibly
           account
           for
           ,
           at
           that
           
           time
           ,
           when
           his
           election
           was
           (
           2
           Sam.
           25.
           )
           that
           he
           might
           
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Lord
             (
             for
             his
             Mercies
             are
             great
             )
             and
             not
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Men
          
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           not
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           Monsters
           ,
           as
           would
           have
           been
           profligate
           from
           all
           that
           Humanity
           can
           claim
           as
           due
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           Merciless
           Enemies
           .
           For
           they
           that
           had
           once
           inhumanely
           Murther'd
           (
           as
           it
           was
           design'd
           )
           their
           own
           Natural
           KING
           ;
           what
           destruction
           of
           his
           Friends
           and
           Adherents
           could
           possibly
           have
           stop'd
           their
           barbarous
           Rage
           ?
        
         
           But
           ,
           O
           happy
           Day
           that
           proclaims
           the
           blessed
           Tidings
           of
           our
           Universal
           Peace
           ,
           that
           the
           Armed
           Troops
           in
           our
           Streets
           march
           only
           as
           our
           Defence
           ,
           and
           Guard
           ;
           that
           the
           Trumpets
           sound
           nothing
           but
           the
           welcom
           Joys
           of
           our
           common
           Safety
           ,
           and
           evey
           Drum
           beats
           us
           to
           Bed
           for
           an
           unsuspected
           Quiet
           !
           Oh
           ,
           let
           us
           awaken
           all
           manner
           of
           Expedients
           ,
           whereby
           to
           express
           our
           Thankfulness
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           were
           not
           enough
           to
           discharge
           our
           Duty
           ,
           let
           us
           heartily
           solicit
           one
           another
           to
           cry
           and
           say
           ,
           
             O
             that
             Men
             would
             therefore
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Fourth
           and
           last
           Calamitous
           Effect
           ,
           (
           if
           there
           could
           have
           been
           any
           last
           at
           all
           )
           of
           this
           matchless
           Conspiracy
           (
           if
           it
           had
           succeeded
           )
           would
           have
           been
           ,
           That
           it
           must
           have
           put
           a
           certain
           Period
           to
           all
           that
           can
           be
           counted
           English
           Property
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           or
           National
           Priviledge
           .
           
           For
           though
           the
           weak
           Vulgar
           were
           clamour'd
           into
           a
           belief
           of
           the
           loss
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           only
           to
           dispose
           them
           to
           serve
           the
           Ambitious
           and
           Revengeful
           Designs
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           avoid
           the
           delivering
           them
           up
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           Tyrants
           ,
           as
           must
           in
           course
           have
           oppress'd
           them
           to
           the
           utmost
           .
        
         
           And
           how
           could
           any
           Reasonable
           man
           possibly
           hope
           to
           enjoy
           those
           common
           Endearments
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           from
           them
           ,
           whose
           whole
           Design
           must
           be
           begun
           and
           carried
           on
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           the
           apparent
           Violation
           of
           our
           National
           Constitution
           ;
           but
           of
           the
           very
           Fundamentals
           of
           all
           Humane
           Society
           ?
        
         
           And
           I
           wonder
           ,
           that
           Men
           should
           not
           remember
           or
           consider
           ,
           how
           the
           Usurpers
           in
           the
           last
           Rebellion
           ,
           found
           it
           an
           impossible
           thing
           to
           fix
           upon
           any
           Model
           of
           Government
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Peoples
           Native
           Laws
           and
           Immunities
           should
           be
           preserved
           :
           They
           pretended
           it
           indeed
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           endeavour'd
           it
           ;
           but
           they
           at
           last
           split
           upon
           that
           Rock
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           an
           impatient
           Discontent
           had
           made
           the
           People
           pretty
           willing
           to
           bear
           their
           Oppressions
           ,
           whilst
           their
           Warriours
           were
           gaining
           ,
           or
           had
           newly
           attain'd
           their
           design'd
           Acquists
           of
           Power
           ;
           yet
           when
           that
           Work
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           expected
           a
           Return
           to
           their
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           after
           
           their
           playing
           them
           off
           with
           various
           tossings
           of
           the
           Supream
           Power
           from
           one
           figure
           of
           Government
           to
           another
           ,
           were
           at
           last
           necessitated
           (
           some
           of
           them
           would
           fain
           have
           it
           accounted
           and
           act
           of
           their
           Favour
           )
           to
           call
           back
           the
           rightful
           Heir
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           rather
           than
           endure
           the
           Peoples
           Clamour
           for
           their
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           or
           adventure
           their
           Fury
           for
           their
           Recovery
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           that
           Vsurpation
           had
           stood
           ,
           or
           if
           by
           this
           Conspiracy
           it
           had
           been
           regain'd
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           have
           been
           avoided
           ,
           but
           that
           every
           Chief
           General
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           must
           have
           been
           our
           absolute
           Monarch
           ;
           and
           whatsoever
           Freedom
           could
           have
           been
           obtain'd
           ,
           must
           have
           been
           upon
           the
           favour
           of
           the
           longest
           Swords
           ;
           which
           would
           have
           kept
           us
           so
           long
           in
           quiet
           ,
           as
           the
           whole
           Nation
           had
           been
           their
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           every
           mans
           Fortune
           laid
           to
           Pawn
           to
           maintain
           their
           licentious
           and
           arbitrary
           Dominion
           .
        
         
           This
           Universal
           Bondage
           under
           the
           worst
           Tyrants
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           had
           certainly
           been
           the
           issue
           of
           this
           horrid
           Conspiracies
           success
           :
           But
           ,
           O
           happy
           Day
           that
           alarms
           the
           Notice
           ,
           that
           into
           that
           dismal
           Pit
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Trayterous
             Cabals
          
           had
           digg'd
           for
           us
           ,
           they
           are
           faln
           themselves
           ;
           and
           that
           that
           
             Iron
             Rod
          
           ,
           which
           they
           design'd
           should
           have
           entred
           into
           our
           very
           Souls
           ,
           is
           turn'd
           into
           Manacles
           to
           bind
           those
           Hands
           ;
           and
           into
           Chains
           
           to
           fetter
           those
           Feet
           ,
           that
           had
           suddenly
           carried
           us
           all
           into
           the
           worst
           Captivity
           that
           ever
           bore
           that
           Name
           .
           O
           ,
           let
           us
           bless
           GOD
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           here
           at
           liberty
           to
           celebrate
           our
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           yet
           secur'd
           by
           the
           protection
           of
           a
           Gracious
           Prince
           of
           those
           Laws
           and
           Freedoms
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           may
           live
           the
           lives
           of
           Reasonable
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Machins
           or
           meer
           Bodies
           ,
           (
           as
           Slaves
           are
           render'd
           ,
           Apoc.
           1813.
           )
           and
           that
           we
           may
           enjoy
           our
           Houses
           and
           Places
           without
           a
           Superiour
           Lord
           in
           Buff
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           new
           Imperious
           Proprietor
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           forfeited
           whatsoever
           is
           Dear
           unto
           us
           ,
           even
           to
           our
           very
           Lives
           ,
           upon
           any
           Displeasure
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           upon
           the
           least
           Suspicion
           of
           being
           Honest.
           —
           O
           then
           ,
           let
           GOD
           have
           the
           Honour
           of
           this
           Blessed
           Day
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           Universal
           Consent
           ,
           let
           us
           
             praise
             Him
             for
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             declare
             the
             Wonders
             he
             doth
             for
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           offer
           you
           a
           short
           ,
           but
           a
           prodigious
           prospect
           of
           those
           several
           kinds
           of
           Calamities
           ,
           which
           would
           inevitably
           have
           befaln
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           Church
           ,
           and
           Nation
           in
           general
           ;
           if
           this
           Treason
           ,
           as
           actuated
           by
           Phanatic
           Zeal
           ,
           had
           brought
           the
           Conspiracy
           to
           it
           s
           design'd
           effect
           .
           And
           this
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           that
           every
           Man
           may
           learn
           in
           this
           day
           of
           Public
           Thankfulness
           ,
           how
           to
           Tune
           his
           Soul
           with
           Reasons
           to
           oblige
           him
           ,
           by
           all
           possible
           
           Expedients
           ,
           to
           declare
           and
           publish
           the
           Glories
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           that
           hath
           so
           signally
           preserv'd
           us
           in
           all
           our
           Civil
           and
           Religious
           Enjoyments
           and
           Blessings
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           another
           Argument
           yet
           behind
           to
           be
           pursu'd
           ,
           for
           a
           further
           advance
           of
           our
           Grateful
           Sense
           of
           what
           God
           hath
           so
           marvellously
           done
           for
           us
           in
           this
           Famous
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Wonders
           of
           it
           are
           to
           be
           specially
           remark'd
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           from
           a
           Consideration
           of
           the
           great
           likelyhood
           of
           this
           Conspiracies
           success
           ,
           by
           the
           many
           Advantages
           which
           the
           Treason
           had
           attain'd
           ,
           to
           secure
           its
           Completion
           .
        
         
           And
           those
           Advantages
           on
           the
           Conspirators
           side
           ,
           were
           these
           Five
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           so
           to
           represent
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           see
           what
           Dangers
           were
           upon
           us
           of
           an
           Universal
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           what
           reasonable
           Hope
           's
           the
           Traytors
           might
           have
           of
           their
           own
           Success
           ,
           to
           the
           intent
           that
           so
           the
           Mercy
           of
           the
           Deliverance
           may
           appear
           so
           much
           the
           more
           Wonderful
           ,
           and
           the
           Divine
           Hand
           of
           Providence
           be
           the
           more
           specially
           Remark'd
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           first
           advantagious
           Point
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Conspiracy
           had
           got
           a
           great
           share
           of
           that
           Power
           and
           Encouragement
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           
             Barons
             Wars
          
           (
           as
           that
           Rebellion
           was
           then
           call'd
           )
           commenc'd
           and
           proceeded
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           Controul
           the
           Monarchy
           with
           such
           various
           Successes
           ,
           
           and
           by
           such
           a
           vast
           Expence
           of
           English
           Blood
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           first
           Rise
           and
           Process
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           nearest
           approaches
           of
           its
           Consummation
           ,
           this
           Treason
           was
           not
           only
           Countenanc'd
           and
           Abetted
           ,
           but
           really
           managed
           and
           acted
           by
           a
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ;
           who
           having
           affronted
           Majesty
           by
           
             Petitioning
             ,
             Protesting
          
           ,
           and
           Caballing
           ,
           gave
           the
           Seditious
           Factions
           a
           full
           Assurance
           that
           they
           Own'd
           and
           Headed
           their
           Cause
           .
           And
           the
           Danger
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Greatness
           of
           Nobility
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           such
           desperate
           Multitudes
           of
           the
           Abus'd
           Vulgar
           ,
           might
           easily
           perswade
           the
           Conspirators
           to
           believe
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           Powerful
           enough
           ,
           if
           not
           wholly
           to
           overturn
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           to
           perplex
           and
           disorder
           the
           Monarchy
           in
           its
           present
           Figure
           .
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             O
             Vnfortunate
             Gentlemen
             ,
             (
             or
             Wretches
             rather
             ,
             )
             that
             they
             should
             condescend
             to
             be
             Tools
             ,
             and
             to
             creep
             in
             the
             Dust
             ,
             to
             humour
             a
             Peevish
             and
             an
             Vnworthy
             Faction
             :
             That
             they
             should
             go
             about
             to
             blend
             and
             extinguish
             that
             Light
             ,
             whence
             they
             borrowed
             their
             own
             Lustre
             ;
             and
             chuse
             to
             fall
             from
             their
             own
             Starry
             Orbs
             ,
             to
             turn
             blinking
             Meteors
             in
             the
             Musty
             Regions
             ,
             to
             shine
             only
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             an
             Vnjudicious
             and
             Vnconstant
             Multitude
             .
          
        
         
           But
           notwithstanding
           this
           Great
           Advantage
           the
           Treason
           had
           attain'd
           to
           secure
           the
           reason
           and
           hopes
           of
           its
           Execution
           ,
           GOD
           hath
           graciously
           
           cut
           in
           sunder
           that
           Powerful
           Combination
           ;
           and
           that
           so
           signally
           upon
           those
           Unhappy
           Peers
           that
           were
           engaged
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           a
           very
           Narrative
           of
           Particulars
           ,
           would
           look
           too
           like
           a
           Revenge
           upon
           the
           Ashes
           and
           Blood
           of
           Some
           ;
           upon
           the
           Cowardize
           of
           Others
           ,
           who
           are
           sneak't
           from
           Justice
           ;
           and
           upon
           that
           Brand
           of
           Shame
           ,
           that
           lyes
           upon
           the
           Honours
           of
           the
           Rest
           ,
           who
           acting
           their
           part
           of
           Disloyalty
           under
           the
           Umbrage
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           
             Healing
             Temper
          
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           was
           to
           be
           accounted
           )
           gave
           Warmth
           and
           Respit
           to
           the
           Treason
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           contributed
           as
           much
           to
           the
           strengthning
           and
           furthering
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           as
           most
           Others
           ,
           that
           were
           principally
           ingaged
           in
           it
           .
           
             O
             let
             us
             therefore
          
           ,
           on
           this
           Account
           ,
           
             praise
             God
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           next
           Point
           of
           a
           promising
           Advantage
           ,
           which
           this
           Treason
           had
           attain'd
           in
           Common
           Belief
           (
           if
           it
           were
           no
           more
           )
           was
           that
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Fatal
           Wars
           in
           the
           York
           and
           Lancastrian
           Quarrels
           at
           first
           commenc'd
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           long
           continued
           ,
           with
           so
           many
           various
           Events
           and
           frequent
           Turns
           in
           the
           Succession
           ;
           and
           which
           in
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           might
           only
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           wanting
           ,
           to
           promise
           a
           better
           Security
           to
           their
           Successes
           ;
           and
           which
           our
           New
           Traytors
           were
           resolv'd
           to
           amend
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           as
           a
           Defect
           in
           the
           Counsels
           of
           that
           
           Time
           :
           And
           that
           was
           ,
           Our
           Conspirators
           were
           so
           Impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           create
           a
           Belief
           (
           how
           Cunningly
           soever
           they
           did
           insinuate
           it
           ,
           )
           That
           they
           had
           sprung
           a
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           in
           a
           Person
           Accomplish'd
           for
           his
           own
           and
           the
           Nations
           Honour
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           miscarried
           in
           his
           Duty
           to
           his
           Most
           Gracious
           Sovereign
           ;
           but
           how
           far
           in
           this
           Point
           he
           had
           given
           his
           Counsel
           or
           Consent
           ,
           it
           were
           Presumption
           in
           me
           to
           offer
           at
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Conjecture
           .
           But
           it
           s
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           Conspirators
           boldly
           managed
           such
           a
           Pretence
           ;
           That
           if
           His
           Sacred
           MAJESTY
           were
           depriv'd
           by
           Death
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           His
           Royal
           BROTHER
           Excluded
           ,
           they
           had
           One
           ready
           to
           have
           taken
           upon
           him
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           should
           have
           freed
           the
           CAVSE
           from
           those
           Perplexities
           ,
           which
           the
           Fundamental
           Constitutions
           of
           it
           ,
           occasioned
           in
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           for
           want
           of
           One
           in
           that
           Capacity
           .
        
         
           How
           did
           our
           Presumptuous
           Traytors
           endeavour
           in
           their
           Seditious
           Pamphlets
           to
           be
           offering
           at
           the
           hammering
           out
           such
           a
           Title
           ?
           And
           how
           very
           much
           they
           had
           affected
           the
           Disloyal
           Factions
           with
           a
           Belief
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           serve
           their
           own
           Ends
           ,
           is
           as
           obvious
           as
           any
           in
           other
           the
           many
           Expedients
           they
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           imbroil
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
         
           Though
           herein
           their
           Trayterous
           Subtlety
           was
           considerably
           defective
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           were
           not
           consistent
           to
           themselves
           ,
           in
           fashioning
           that
           Mysterious
           Project
           .
        
         
           Howsoever
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           small
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Conspirators
           Cause
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Contrivance
           was
           to
           be
           dispersed
           and
           credited
           :
           and
           our
           Dangers
           on
           that
           account
           were
           undoubtedly
           greater
           ,
           than
           of
           which
           so
           tender
           a
           Point
           will
           permit
           an
           enumeration
           .
        
         
           But
           blessed
           be
           the
           Great
           Disposer
           of
           Thrones
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           Wonders
           of
           his
           Goodness
           to
           this
           Nation
           be
           for
           ever
           Magnifi'd
           ,
           that
           the
           detection
           of
           this
           Horrid
           Conspiracy
           hath
           marvellously
           defeated
           this
           long
           and
           dangerous
           contriv'd
           part
           of
           the
           Treason
           ,
           which
           might
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           had
           gain'd
           that
           Point
           ,
           have
           entail'd
           War
           and
           Blood
           to
           our
           unborn
           Posterities
           .
           
             O
             that
             Men
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Third
           great
           Advantage
           ,
           which
           the
           Treason
           had
           got
           to
           promise
           and
           promote
           a
           likelyhood
           of
           its
           Success
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           there
           were
           so
           many
           yet
           Alive
           ,
           that
           were
           ingaged
           in
           the
           last
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           that
           (
           as
           His
           MAJESTY's
           Declaration
           observes
           )
           there
           were
           in
           Town
           ,
           at
           the
           Time
           determin'd
           for
           an
           Insurrection
           ,
           an
           Hundred
           Old
           Officers
           ,
           to
           Head
           and
           Conduct
           those
           Seditious
           Multitudes
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           by
           the
           Conspirators
           gaining
           that
           Point
           ,
           were
           our
           Dangers
           greatly
           multiply'd
           .
           For
           first
           these
           Men
           must
           be
           presum'd
           to
           be
           perfect
           Masters
           in
           the
           whole
           Art
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           well
           blooded
           and
           hardned
           for
           the
           work
           ,
           from
           their
           former
           Guilt
           and
           Experience
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Those
           Men
           were
           able
           to
           account
           ,
           and
           knew
           how
           to
           amend
           the
           Defects
           of
           their
           former
           Proceedings
           ;
           and
           to
           rectifie
           those
           Errours
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           in
           the
           End
           miscarried
           ,
           of
           what
           they
           expected
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           they
           had
           fought
           so
           many
           years
           together
           .
           But
           then
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           which
           did
           most
           especially
           encrease
           our
           Danger
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           we
           must
           presume
           them
           now
           to
           undertake
           the
           Work
           ,
           and
           go
           into
           the
           Field
           with
           Souls
           full
           of
           enraged
           Shame
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Malice
           compleatly
           unsatiable
           .
           There
           was
           not
           now
           in
           their
           Minds
           ,
           as
           before
           ,
           a
           bare
           Discontent
           for
           the
           supposed
           Miscarriages
           of
           State
           ,
           to
           remove
           Evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           or
           to
           get
           a
           little
           Mony
           by
           a
           Trade
           of
           War
           ;
           but
           now
           we
           must
           believe
           them
           to
           have
           acted
           with
           a
           deep
           and
           bloody
           Revenge
           for
           their
           Parties
           former
           Miscarriages
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           own
           baffled
           Expectations
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           Excuse
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           these
           Old
           Saints
           may
           be
           presum'd
           to
           say
           to
           their
           New
           Brood
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           their
           Tub-Academies
           :
        
         
           
             What
             ?
             were
             we
             once
             Gull'd
             out
             of
             our
             Victorious
             Cause
             ,
             and
             tamely
             dismounted
             from
             that
             Honour
             and
             Ascendency
             ,
             which
             we
             had
             so
             Triumphantly
             attain'd
             ?
             Were
             we
             once
             Fool'd
             out
             of
             the
             Lands
             of
             a
             Forfeited
             Crown
             ;
             and
             of
             those
             in
             which
             we
             were
             seized
             ,
             by
             the
             just
             Title
             of
             
               Reforming
               the
               Church
            
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Estates
             of
             such
             ,
             as
             so
             malignantly
             opposed
             the
             Cause
             of
             God
             ?
             And
             were
             we
             at
             last
             turn'd
             off
             with
             a
             Portugal
             Enterprize
             ,
             or
             an
             empty
             Snap-sack
             ;
             or
             at
             best
             condemn'd
             to
             an
             Irish
             Bog
             ,
             or
             a
             contemptible
             Retirement
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Well!
             we
             may
             even
             thank
             our selves
             for
             all
             this
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             That
             we
             should
             suffer
             a
             Musty
          
           Magna
           Charta
           ,
           
             and
             a
             trifling
             Dispute
             at
             the
             Bar
             among
             the
             Lawyers
             ,
             about
          
           Titles
           and
           Settlements
           ,
           
             to
             call
             in
             question
             the
             indispensable
             right
             ,
             of
             what
             our
             Swords
             had
             so
             fairly
             possessed
             us
             ?
             And
             then
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             be
             such
          
           Tonies
           ,
           
             as
             to
             permit
             the
          
           Universities
           ,
           
             those
             Nests
             of
          
           Antichrist
           and
           Mischief
           ,
           
             to
             flourish
             ,
             and
             under
             our
             Noses
             to
             bring
             up
             a
             Generation
             ,
             very
             commonly
             of
             our
             own
             Children
             ,
             to
             fly
             on
             our
          
           Cause
           
             's
             Face
             ,
             and
             to
             dispute
             the
             Justice
             of
             our
          
           Reformation
           ,
           
             and
             of
             all
             other
             our
             Actions
             ;
             which
             we
             know
             they
             did
             as
             soon
             ,
             as
             our
             Backs
             were
             turn'd
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Had
             we
             listned
             to
             the
             Counsels
             of
             our
             wise
             Agitators
             ,
             or
             gone
             on
             with
             our
          
           Major
           Generals
           :
           
             Had
             we
             Ship'd
             away
             all
             the
          
           Cavaliers
           ,
           
             when
             upon
             that
             Design
             ,
             they
             were
             carry'd
             away
             and
             imprison'd
             in
             the
             Sea-Port
             Towns
             :
             Had
             we
             never
             suffer'd
             the
          
           Loyal
           Gentry
           (
           
             as
             they
             would
             be
             accounted
             )
             to
             dwell
             in
             their
             Houses
             ,
             and
             upon
             their
             Estates
             ;
             and
             even
             the
             worst
             of
             them
             for
             a
             trifling
          
           Composition
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Flea-bite
             of
             a
             petty
          
           Decimation
           :
           
             Had
             we
             taken
             away
             all
             the
             Tithes
             (
             of
             which
             we
             made
             a
             happy
             Experiment
             in
          
           Wales
           ,
           )
           
             demolished
             the
             Relicks
             of
          
           Popish
           Superstition
           ;
           
             and
             instead
             of
             Men
             in
             Black
             ,
             executed
             the
             Preaching
             Humor
             with
             wandring
          
           Itinerants
           :
           
             I
             say
             ,
             Had
             we
             taken
             this
             course
             ,
             We
             and
             our
          
           Cause
           
             had
             not
             gone
             off
             the
             Stage
             with
             so
             much
             Shame
             and
             Disappointment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Well!
             what
             is
             past
             we
             can't
             recall
             nor
             help
             ;
             but
             If
             ever
             (
             O
             unhappy
          
           If
           )
           
             we
             shall
             once
             more
             recover
             the
             Sword
             into
             our
             hands
             ,
             we
             'l
             mend
             those
             Errours
             in
             our
          
           Politicks
           ;
           
             we
             'l
             strike
             home
             ,
             if
             at
             all
             .
             —
             And
             we
             are
             not
             out
             of
             hopes
             of
             that
             neither
             ,
             'T
             is
             but
             getting
             to
             us
             in
             every
             place
             some
             of
             the
             Discontented
          
           Gentry
           ,
           
             and
             a
             parcel
             of
             Stout
          
           Atheists
           ,
           (
           
             you
             know
             they
             generally
             are
             our
             Friends
             in
             that
             Affair
             ,
             )
             and
             then
             get
             the
             Humouring
          
           Neutralists
           
             to
             go
             along
             with
             us
             ,
             at
             the
             Choice
             of
             our
          
           Representatives
           ,
           (
           
             you
             know
             they
             once
             did
             the
             work
             for
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             had
             managed
             it
             as
             we
             should
             ,
             and
             may
             do
             it
             again
             :
             )
             Let
             us
             
             but
             get
          
           London
           
             once
             more
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
          
           Sober
           Party
           (
           
             you
             know
             whom
             I
             mean
             ;
             )
             and
             then
             let
             us
             but
             take
             a
             couple
             of
          
           Obstinate
           Brothers
           
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             or
             so
             ,
             we
             can't
             want
             neither
             Mony
             nor
             Friends
             ;
             we
             can
             muster
             Men
             enough
             out
             of
             the
          
           Conventicle
           Seraglio's
           ,
           
             and
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             good
             for
             our
             Business
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Congregations
             of
             Popular
             and
             Partial
          
           Conformists
           ,
           
             or
             of
             such
             as
             insinuate
             ,
             how
             uneasily
             they
             can
             endure
             the
          
           Conformity
           ,
           
             by
             which
             they
             keep
             their
             Livings
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             presently
             at
             our
             old
             Work
             again
             ,
             we
             hope
             to
             a
             better
             purpose
             than
             before
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           open'd
           the
           Heart
           of
           an
           Old
           Seditious
           Phanatic
           ,
           and
           shewn
           the
           Figure
           of
           our
           Danger
           from
           them
           that
           acted
           in
           the
           last
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           Alive
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           O
           blessed
           God
           ,
           This
           happy
           Day
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           their
           Flaming
           Revenge
           is
           stifled
           ,
           their
           Old
           Officers
           fled
           or
           hid
           ,
           and
           their
           New
           rais'd
           Regiments
           in
           the
           Clouds
           .
           The
           Conspirators
           may
           now
           keep
           their
           Caballs
           in
           New-Gate
           ;
           and
           erect
           their
           Trophies
           at
           Tyburn
           .
           And
           that
           instead
           of
           our
           near
           approach'd
           Woes
           and
           Lamentations
           ,
           we
           can
           take
           Joy
           into
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           Praises
           of
           God
           into
           our
           Mouths
           .
           
             O
             let
             us
             then
          
           ,
           on
           this
           dangerous
           Account
           ,
           solicit
           one
           another
           to
           
             declare
             the
             Wonders
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
         
           4.
           
           The
           Fourth
           ,
           and
           never
           to
           be
           sufficiently
           lamented
           Advantage
           ,
           which
           the
           Treason
           had
           attain'd
           ,
           and
           which
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           declare
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Wonders
           of
           our
           deliverance
           from
           it
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           too
           great
           Numbers
           of
           the
           Common
           People
           have
           been
           unhappily
           betrayed
           into
           a
           strong
           suspicion
           of
           the
           Governments
           degenerating
           into
           
             Arbitrary
             Tyranny
          
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           Popery
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           for
           the
           better
           promoting
           this
           Popular
           Madness
           ,
           all
           possible
           Arts
           and
           undirect
           Contrivements
           have
           been
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           fix
           such
           a
           Jealousie
           in
           their
           Credulous
           minds
           .
           Libels
           againts
           the
           Government
           ,
           like
           Almanacks
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           are
           constantly
           dispersed
           into
           all
           Parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           Conventicles
           insinuate
           a
           belief
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           their
           leering
           Whines
           ,
           and
           melting
           Complaints
           of
           
             Sad
             Times
          
           to
           come
           ;
           Coffee-Houses
           smoak'd
           with
           the
           Noise
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           now
           and
           then
           comes
           forth
           some
           compter
           Artifice
           in
           Print
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           
             Popish
             Successor
             ,
             Julian
          
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           upon
           design
           ,
           first
           that
           the
           ordinary
           sort
           of
           the
           Prejudiced
           People
           might
           be
           supported
           with
           a
           Belief
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           not
           only
           the
           dull
           repeated
           hints
           of
           Fears
           ,
           and
           slight
           Stories
           of
           improbable
           Prodigies
           (
           which
           their
           News-Mongers
           daily
           invent
           for
           them
           )
           to
           uphold
           their
           CAVSE
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           have
           Wit
           and
           Learning
           also
           on
           their
           side
           :
           And
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           knowing
           
           part
           of
           Evil
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           wilfully
           bent
           to
           maintain
           their
           Disaffections
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           might
           be
           inabled
           to
           discourse
           their
           Seditious
           Thoughts
           more
           Formally
           and
           Artificially
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           a
           Peoples
           Heads
           are
           once
           actuated
           with
           such
           a
           Hurricaning
           Passion
           as
           Jealousie
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           of
           their
           precious
           Liberties
           ;
           what
           can
           stop
           their
           Rage
           from
           attempting
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           most
           Daring
           and
           Mischievous
           ;
           or
           from
           believing
           any
           thing
           ,
           that
           is
           most
           unreasonable
           and
           contradictious
           ,
           to
           the
           common
           sense
           of
           their
           own
           good
           ?
        
         
           How
           stoutly
           may
           Men
           be
           presum'd
           and
           perswaded
           to
           act
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           perpetually
           affrighted
           with
           the
           noise
           of
           Tyranny
           at
           such
           a
           rate
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           presently
           ready
           to
           purchase
           a
           little
           Salt
           with
           a
           considerable
           portion
           of
           their
           Labours
           and
           Revenues
           ;
           or
           as
           if
           their
           Children
           were
           immediately
           to
           be
           ravish'd
           into
           a
           Seraglio
           ,
           or
           themselves
           to
           be
           instantly
           driven
           to
           an
           Algerine
           Mill
           or
           Oar
           ?
           I
           say
           ,
           what
           a
           Champion
           must
           every
           Man
           be
           presum'd
           to
           be
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           thus
           perswaded
           of
           such
           Tyrannick
           Consequences
           from
           the
           Government
           he
           lives
           under
           ?
        
         
         
           
             But
             ,
             O
             Vnfortunate
             Vulgar
             !
             that
             the
             fatal
             Enemies
             of
             their
             Freedom
             ,
             should
             perswade
             them
             to
             entertain
             Fears
             of
             the
             loss
             of
             that
          
           Liberty
           ,
           
             of
             which
             no
             Nation
             under
             the
             Heavens
             are
             more
             secure
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             should
             be
             so
             befool'd
             ,
             as
             to
             mind
             and
             undertake
             such
             Expedients
             for
             a
             pretended
             preservation
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             must
             necessarily
             dash
             them
             upon
             as
             severe
             a
             Rock
             of
          
           Tyranny
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           
             as
             if
             they
             were
             presently
             brought
             into
             subjection
             to
             as
             many
             Colonies
             of
          
           Barbarians
           ,
           
             as
             ever
             the
          
           Romans
           
             had
             once
             planted
             to
             enslave
             this
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           But
           then
           the
           highest
           Instance
           of
           our
           Danger
           from
           the
           abused
           Multitude
           ,
           lies
           in
           their
           power
           of
           Electing
           their
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           because
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           struggle
           ,
           Body
           and
           Soul
           ,
           to
           chuse
           such
           as
           are
           of
           their
           own
           Complexion
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           stand
           by
           them
           in
           all
           their
           own
           Seditious
           and
           Schismatick
           Tempers
           and
           Designs
           against
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           It
           s
           hence
           ,
           that
           the
           Monarchy
           hath
           this
           last
           Century
           contended
           with
           so
           many
           Difficulties
           to
           preserve
           it self
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           while
           hath
           stood
           in
           such
           a
           hazardous
           Defence
           of
           its
           own
           Safety
           :
           with
           which
           Perplexities
           being
           in
           time
           wearied
           and
           over-born
           ,
           it
           was
           necessitated
           to
           give
           way
           to
           the
           last
           Ages
           Rebellion
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           several
           steps
           of
           Incroachment
           and
           Conquest
           ,
           brought
           the
           best
           of
           KINGS
           at
           last
           to
           the
           Block
           .
        
         
         
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           our
           present
           most
           Wise
           and
           Gracious
           MONARCH
           ,
           hath
           of
           late
           felt
           the
           Rage
           and
           Seditious
           Persecutions
           of
           that
           impetuous
           and
           restless
           Faction
           ,
           which
           hath
           endeavour'd
           ,
           all
           that
           's
           possible
           ,
           to
           make
           His
           Majesty
           Cheap
           abroad
           and
           Contemptible
           at
           home
           ,
           by
           Arraigning
           the
           Justice
           of
           His
           Government
           ,
           by
           offering
           to
           remove
           from
           him
           the
           very
           necessary
           Guards
           of
           His
           Royal
           Person
           ;
           by
           precluding
           (
           if
           it
           had
           been
           possible
           )
           the
           very
           advantage
           he
           might
           make
           of
           His
           own
           Revenues
           ;
           and
           by
           running
           Him
           and
           all
           his
           Loyal
           Friends
           down
           (
           only
           a
           little
           faster
           )
           to
           the
           same
           woful
           or
           worser
           Evils
           and
           Events
           ,
           into
           which
           the
           hopeful
           Senate
           of
           —
           41.
           had
           brought
           this
           their
           Miserable
           Church
           and
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           a
           Multitudinous
           Rout
           of
           dissenting
           and
           discontented
           People
           shall
           but
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           any
           favour
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Countenance
           from
           any
           thing
           ,
           or
           bit
           of
           a
           thing
           ,
           which
           they
           can
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           their
           minds
           shall
           admit
           as
           solemn
           an
           Encouragement
           to
           act
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           Voice
           from
           Heaven
           had
           enjoyn'd
           them
           what
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           But
           blessed
           be
           our
           Good
           GOD
           ,
           that
           a
           Seasonable
           Declaration
           ,
           a
           good
           Royal
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           a
           Mighty
           Prince
           ,
           hath
           given
           so
           fair
           a
           Respit
           to
           the
           People
           for
           their
           entertaining
           Wiser
           thoughts
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           wonderful
           and
           
           most
           evident
           Detection
           of
           this
           last
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           (
           we
           hope
           )
           will
           so
           perfectly
           undeceive
           every
           Mind
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           the
           least
           grain
           of
           Honesty
           and
           of
           the
           
             English
             Genius
          
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           no
           more
           split
           upon
           that
           Fatal
           Rock
           .
           O
           let
           this
           remarkable
           Instance
           of
           GOD's
           Delivering
           Providence
           in
           this
           respect
           oblige
           us
           for
           ever
           ,
           to
           
             praise
             God
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           last
           Advantage
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           Treason
           was
           attended
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           Hopes
           and
           Reason
           of
           its
           design'd
           Success
           ;
           and
           that
           thereby
           we
           may
           further
           advance
           the
           wonderful
           Mercy
           of
           the
           Deliverance
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           supported
           under
           the
           Pretence
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           obliging
           Name
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           Religion
           bears
           generally
           the
           most
           powerful
           Charm
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           influenceth
           them
           to
           the
           highest
           resolution
           of
           Acting
           ,
           be
           the
           Attempts
           never
           so
           difficult
           or
           hazardous
           :
           so
           must
           the
           danger
           of
           any
           Evil
           proceedure
           be
           increased
           ,
           that
           hath
           gain'd
           such
           a
           prevailing
           Abetment
           .
           And
           such
           was
           our
           Case
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           the
           Cunning
           Heads
           ,
           that
           moulded
           and
           manag'd
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           might
           easily
           be
           presum'd
           not
           to
           be
           much
           affected
           with
           Religion
           ,
           especially
           with
           such
           a
           silly
           One
           ;
           by
           which
           Vulgar
           Minds
           are
           ordinarily
           captivated
           ;
           yet
           to
           serve
           their
           own
           base
           Ends
           ,
           they
           
           comply'd
           with
           ,
           and
           countenanc'd
           every
           wild
           Humour
           of
           Religionizing
           ,
           on
           design
           to
           gain
           a
           Belief
           in
           the
           Peoples
           weak
           Heads
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           the
           only
           Patriots
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           minded
           nothing
           but
           the
           CAUSE
           of
           GOD.
           
        
         
           
             Religion
             is
             in
             Danger
          
           ,
           say
           they
           ;
           
             Popery
             is
             flowing
             in
             upon
             us
             ;
             the
             Court
             and
             Clergy
             do
             but
             Maskarade
             ,
             and
             are
             Popishly
             Affected
             ;
             The
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             Antichristian
             ,
             the
             Worship
             Superstitious
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           when
           these
           dismal
           Representations
           are
           once
           fomented
           and
           believed
           ,
           what
           can
           such
           prejudiced
           Minds
           refuse
           to
           attempt
           for
           the
           Prevention
           of
           such
           Woful
           Events
           ?
           But
           that
           which
           chiefly
           adds
           to
           our
           Danger
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           all
           the
           Factions
           ,
           though
           in
           other
           things
           they
           may
           irreconcileably
           disagree
           ,
           yet
           concur
           in
           this
           one
           common
           Principle
           ,
           That
           every
           Mans
           Religion
           is
           his
           own
           private
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           to
           believe
           to
           be
           the
           immediate
           dictate
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           is
           bound
           indisputably
           to
           follow
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           this
           Notion
           of
           Religion
           is
           entertained
           ,
           it
           sets
           up
           in
           every
           Factious
           Mind
           an
           uncontroulable
           Tribunal
           ,
           which
           governs
           with
           a
           power
           superiour
           to
           all
           humane
           Reason
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Authority
           ;
           and
           gains
           such
           an
           Ascendant
           over
           such
           mens
           Thoughts
           and
           Actions
           ,
           that
           like
           
           the
           Commanders
           power
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             it
             says
             to
             one
             man
             ,
             Come
             ,
             and
             he
             cometh
             ;
             and
             to
             another
             Go
             ,
             and
             he
             goeth
             .
          
           And
           then
           what
           can
           such
           a
           Conscience
           refuse
           to
           do
           ,
           when
           it
           commands
           an
           Observance
           ?
        
         
           Go
           ,
           saith
           Conscience
           ,
           fetch
           me
           a
           Chain
           to
           bind
           this
           King
           ,
           or
           these
           Iron-Fetters
           to
           tye
           down
           those
           Nobles
           ;
           It
           's
           dispatch'd
           without
           dispute
           .
           And
           if
           then
           it
           saith
           ,
           Go
           and
           pluck
           down
           these
           Idolatrous
           Structures
           ,
           and
           let
           those
           Superstitious
           Ministers
           be
           cast
           out
           of
           them
           ;
           if
           such
           a
           Conscience
           be
           but
           tinctur'd
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           those
           are
           Groves
           and
           
             High
             Places
          
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           
             Baalitish
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Dumb
             Dogs
          
           ,
           the
           work
           is
           done
           in
           an
           instant
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           
             Soveraign
             Conscience
          
           enjoyns
           this
           Oath
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           another
           to
           be
           superseded
           or
           broken
           ;
           such
           a
           Jury
           to
           be
           pack'd
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Verdict
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           let
           an
           Innocent
           mans
           life
           ,
           or
           even
           the
           Safety
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           lye
           at
           Stake
           ,
           he
           can
           no
           more
           suspend
           his
           Duty
           ,
           than
           violate
           his
           Credit
           of
           his
           being
           of
           the
           
             Godly
             Party
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           if
           Blood
           lies
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           whispering
           into
           Conscience
           a
           Text
           or
           two
           ,
           and
           it
           bids
           the
           Man
           (
           let
           it
           be
           against
           whom
           it
           will
           )
           
             Go
             ,
             and
             utterly
             destroy
             those
             Sinners
             the
          
           Amalakites
           ,
           
             and
             fight
             against
             them
             till
             they
             be
             consumed
             ,
          
           (
           as
           he
           finds
           it
           1
           Sam.
           15.18
           .
           )
           
           Or
           if
           he
           reads
           ,
           
             Cursed
             be
             he
             that
             doth
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Lord
             negligently
             ,
             and
             that
             keepeth
             his
             Sword
             from
             Blood
             ,
          
           (
           as
           he
           is
           told
           from
           Jer.
           48.10
           .
           )
           Or
           if
           he
           but
           hears
           a
           
             Curse
             ye
             Meroz
          
           ,
           unless
           you
           raise
           a
           Regiment
           to
           fight
           the
           
             Lords
             Battles
          
           ;
           The
           Man
           of
           Conscience
           can
           no
           more
           resist
           such
           a
           Call
           ,
           than
           if
           a
           Revelation
           from
           Heaven
           had
           set
           him
           a
           work
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           can
           you
           think
           that
           we
           were
           not
           in
           the
           greatest
           Danger
           that
           was
           possible
           ,
           when
           such
           a
           wild
           and
           destructive
           Principle
           as
           this
           ,
           may
           be
           presum'd
           to
           have
           possessed
           the
           Minds
           of
           our
           Numerous
           and
           Seditious
           Factions
           ,
           whensoever
           the
           Change
           of
           the
           Government
           should
           come
           under
           design
           ,
           and
           be
           attempted
           ?
        
         
           O
           ,
           surely
           this
           gave
           (
           as
           in
           reason
           it
           might
           )
           the
           Conspirators
           a
           great
           assurance
           of
           Success
           in
           their
           Treasonable
           proceedings
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           O
           Blessed
           God
           ,
           whose
           watchful
           Providence
           broke
           forth
           in
           Mercy
           to
           us
           through
           this
           Dismal
           Cloud
           also
           ;
           and
           hath
           cast
           this
           Operative
           Principle
           at
           present
           into
           such
           a
           Dead
           Sleep
           of
           Shame
           and
           Abhorrence
           ,
           that
           we
           hope
           and
           pray
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           never
           be
           awaken'd
           more
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           an
           Engine
           to
           assist
           any
           future
           Attempts
           ,
           for
           our
           common
           Ruine
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           done
           hitherto
           :
           And
           that
           the
           detection
           of
           this
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           must
           be
           abominable
           
           to
           all
           Mankind
           )
           should
           accomplish
           the
           Prophecy
           of
           the
           ROYAL
           MARTYR
           ,
           when
           he
           told
           his
           Son
           ,
           (
           Our
           Soveraign
           LORD
           )
           That
           
             when
             the
             Mask
             of
             Religion
             should
             be
             pull'd
             off
             the
             Face
             of
          
           Rebellion
           ;
           —
           
             He
             might
             then
             see
             Happy
             Days
             .
          
        
         
           And
           certainly
           this
           Day
           proclaims
           the
           removal
           of
           that
           deceitful
           Vizzard
           ,
           with
           a
           plainer
           Evidence
           to
           undeceive
           the
           Cheated
           Vulgar
           ,
           than
           the
           Faction
           ever
           met
           with
           ,
           since
           they
           acted
           their
           Seditious
           Designs
           against
           the
           Government
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           O
           ,
           let
           us
           on
           this
           account
           discover
           the
           greatness
           of
           our
           Danger
           from
           the
           late
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           thereby
           take
           occasion
           to
           see
           more
           and
           more
           the
           
             Wonders
             of
             Gods
             Goodness
             to
             us
             .
          
           This
           the
           last
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           we
           shall
           but
           seriously
           Consider
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           full
           prospect
           of
           these
           several
           Instances
           of
           our
           imminent
           Danger
           ,
           from
           the
           concurrence
           of
           so
           many
           Advantages
           ,
           which
           the
           Conspiracy
           had
           met
           with
           and
           attain'd
           ,
           to
           secure
           its
           Success
           ;
           And
           then
           look
           back
           upon
           the
           most
           prodigiously
           Calamitous
           effects
           it
           would
           have
           produc'd
           ,
           had
           it
           succeeded
           upon
           those
           Advantages
           ;
           it
           cannot
           but
           melt
           our
           whole
           Souls
           into
           a
           holy
           Joy
           and
           Love
           ,
           to
           think
           of
           what
           our
           Most
           Gracious
           GOD
           hath
           done
           
           for
           us
           in
           preventing
           all
           those
           Evils
           ,
           and
           defeating
           all
           those
           Advantages
           :
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           but
           be
           transported
           with
           the
           most
           amazing
           Admiration
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           His
           tender
           Providence
           should
           have
           such
           regard
           to
           an
           Ungrateful
           Nation
           ?
           And
           then
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           not
           but
           be
           affected
           with
           the
           unaccountable
           Manner
           of
           His
           acting
           that
           Providence
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           chuse
           the
           Intervention
           of
           an
           ordinary
           Contingence
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           kind
           of
           Necessity
           to
           his
           Sacred
           MAJESTY
           to
           escape
           from
           his
           Danger
           ,
           in
           contradiction
           to
           his
           own
           Resolution
           of
           staying
           where
           He
           was
           ,
           till
           every
           Circumstance
           had
           been
           fitted
           for
           His
           destruction
           ?
        
         
           O
           ,
           what
           Joy
           must
           it
           needs
           create
           in
           every
           Loyal
           mind
           ,
           when
           this
           Day
           tells
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           live
           to
           behold
           (
           as
           was
           design'd
           )
           a
           Gracious
           KING
           and
           his
           Royal
           BROTHER
           weltring
           in
           their
           Blood
           ;
           nor
           the
           Three
           Kingdoms
           imbroyl'd
           in
           the
           most
           Unnatural
           War
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           made
           Slaves
           to
           the
           most
           Unnatural
           Tyrants
           !
           That
           we
           have
           heard
           no
           News
           of
           Cities
           laid
           in
           Ashes
           ,
           nor
           of
           Fields
           covered
           with
           the
           Slain
           ;
           nor
           that
           the
           Innocent
           and
           the
           Loyal
           are
           made
           every
           where
           a
           prey
           to
           satiate
           the
           Malice
           of
           a
           Revengeful
           Faction
           !
           And
           that
           for
           their
           sakes
           the
           Nation
           is
           not
           once
           
           more
           become
           the
           Reproach
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           Scorn
           of
           Mankind
           !
        
         
           O
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           render
           to
           the
           LORD
           for
           these
           mighty
           Mercies
           !
           Where
           's
           such
           a
           
             Cup
             of
             Salvation
          
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           as
           may
           answer
           the
           dimensions
           of
           such
           a
           Wonderful
           Blessing
           !
           Where
           are
           all
           manner
           of
           grateful
           Expedients
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           that
           not
           one
           of
           them
           may
           be
           omitted
           on
           such
           a
           mighty
           Occasion
           !
           O
           let
           us
           study
           to
           do
           every
           thing
           that
           may
           make
           us
           officiously
           grateful
           to
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           then
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           we
           might
           offer
           to
           our
           good
           God
           in
           Sacrifice
           ,
           All
           we
           have
           ,
           and
           all
           we
           are
           ;
           and
           then
           sincerely
           think
           it
           all
           too
           little
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           let
           the
           Horizon
           Eccho
           our
           Joyful
           Acclamations
           ;
           Let
           the
           Roofs
           of
           the
           Temple
           return
           back
           the
           Loud
           Voice
           of
           our
           present
           Praises
           :
           Let
           the
           Streets
           be
           filled
           with
           Melody
           ,
           our
           Houses
           with
           Chearfulness
           ,
           and
           our
           Tables
           deck'd
           with
           Gladness
           .
           And
           then
           let
           us
           humbly
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           we
           owe
           them
           all
           to
           God
           anew
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Reason
           of
           this
           Days
           Solemnity
           ,
           gives
           another
           Title
           to
           all
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           or
           that
           our
           Posterities
           can
           ever
           with
           comfort
           inherit
           .
        
         
         
           Finally
           ,
           Let
           us
           Wish
           ,
           That
           the
           whole
           World
           might
           have
           Notice
           of
           this
           Days
           Wonder
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           Christian
           Nations
           might
           know
           and
           affectionately
           resent
           this
           
             Mighty
             Salvation
             of
             our
             GOD
          
           ;
           and
           with
           them
           and
           us
           ,
           let
           us
           Wish
           also
           ,
           That
           the
           Holy
           Angels
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           whose
           station
           is
           Joy
           and
           Love
           ,
           might
           concur
           with
           us
           in
           our
           highest
           Hallelujahs
           ;
           and
           particularly
           in
           this
           Days
           so
           often
           repeated
           Anthem
           :
           
             O
             that
             Men
             would
             therefore
             praise
             the
             Lord
             for
             his
             Goodness
             :
             and
             declare
             the
             Wonders
             he
             doth
             for
             the
             Children
             of
             Men.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           SERMONS
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kittilby
          
           at
           the
           Bishops-Head
           in
           St.
           
             Pauls
             Church-Yard
          
           .
        
         
           DR
           .
           
           Smith's
           
             Vnjust
             Mans
             Doom
          
           ;
           as
           Examined
           by
           the
           several
           kinds
           of
           Christian
           Justice
           ,
           and
           their
           Obligation
           ;
           with
           a
           particular
           Representation
           of
           the
           Injustice
           and
           Danger
           of
           Partial
           Conformity
           .
           Octavo
           .
        
         
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           Sermons
           Preached
           at
           two
           Publick
           Assizes
           for
           the
           County
           of
           
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             .
             Octavo
          
           .
        
         
           —
           Two
           Sermons
           preached
           at
           the
           Cathedral
           Church
           of
           Norwich
           ;
           the
           one
           upon
           the
           3
           d
           of
           May
           ,
           being
           Wednesday
           in
           
             Rogation
             Week
          
           ;
           the
           other
           upon
           the
           29
           th
           of
           May
           ,
           being
           the
           Solemnization
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Birth
           and
           Restauration
           .
           Quarto
           .
        
         
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           A
           Sermon
           preached
           on
           the
           
             Fourth
             Sunday
          
           in
           Lent
           ,
           in
           the
           Cathedral
           Church
           of
           Norwich
           ;
           Representing
           the
           great
           Sin
           and
           Danger
           of
           Neglecting
           the
           Holy
           Communion
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Hicks's
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Act
           at
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           —
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
           
             Peculium
             Dei.
          
           
        
         
           —
           Notion
           of
           Persecution
           .
        
         
           —
           on
           the
           30
           th
           of
           January
           .
        
         
           —
           Moral
           Shechinah
           .
        
         
           —
           strongest
           Temptations
           conquerable
           by
           Christians
           .
           Dr.
           
           Sharp's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           —
           Sermon
           at
           Spittle
           and
           Yorkshire-Feast
           .
        
         
           —
           Sermon
           before
           the
           House
           of
           
             Commons
             ,
             Apr.
          
           11.
           1679
        
         
           —
           at
           the
           Election
           of
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           1680.
           
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Thorp's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Woodroff's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           William's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Lynford's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Bryan
           Turner's
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           John
           Turner's
           Sermon
           of
           Transubstantiation
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Gaskarth's
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Duke
           of
           Lauderdale
           .
        
         
         
           Dr.
           
           Butler's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           King
           at
           
             Windsor
             .
             Quarto
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Lamb's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           —
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Brown's
           Visitation
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Fowler
           's
           Sermon
           at
           Gloucester
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Cutlove's
           Two
           Assize
           Sermons
           at
           St.
           Edmunds-Bury
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Inet's
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Assize
           at
           Warwick
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Edw.
           Sermon
           's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Resbury's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Charter-House
           Scholars
           .
        
         
           —
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           Sr.
           
             Allen
             Broderick
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Smith's
           Sermon
           concerning
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           Unity
           ,
           and
           Profession
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           Preached
           before
           the
           University
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           with
           an
           Appendix
           concerning
           the
           
             Apostles
             Creed
          
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Calamy's
           Sermon
           at
           Bow-Church
           ,
           on
           the
           29
           th
           of
           May
           ,
           1682.
           
        
         
           
             Prosecution
             no
             Persecution
          
           ;
           or
           the
           difference
           between
           suffering
           for
           Disobedience
           and
           Faction
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           on
           Phil.
           1.29
           .
           preached
           at
           
             Bury
             St.
             Edmunds
          
           in
           Suffolk
           ,
           on
           March
           22.
           1681.
           by
           
             Nath.
             Bisby
             ,
             D.D.
          
           
        
         
           —
           
             Modern
             Pharisees
          
           ;
           or
           a
           Sermon
           on
           Matth.
           23.15
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Evan's
           Sermon
           ,
           or
           
             Moderation
             stated
          
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Original
             of
             Rebellion
          
           ;
           or
           the
           Ends
           of
           Separation
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           Jan.
           30.
           1682.
           
        
         
           
             Samaritanism
             Reviv'd
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           on
           the
           late
           Thanksgiving-Day
           ,
           Sept.
           9.
           1683.
           
           Both
           by
           
             Luke
             Milbourne
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Wagstaffe's
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           Stow
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Bucks
           ,
           on
           the
           late
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           Sept.
           9.
           1683.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Vnlawfulness
             of
             stretching
             forth
             the
             Hand
             to
             Resist
             or
             Murther
             Princes
             ,
          
           in
           Two
           Sermons
           ;
           the
           first
           preach'd
           upon
           the
           30
           th
           of
           January
           last
           ,
           the
           other
           upon
           the
           late
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           Sept.
           9.
           1683.
           
           By
           
             William
             Payne
          
           ,
           Rector
           of
           S.
           
             Mary
             White-Chappel
          
           .
        
         
           
           Ahitophel's
           
             Policy
             defeated
          
           ,
           being
           a
           Sermon
           on
           the
           9
           th
           of
           September
           ,
           1683.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Hopkin's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           Sept.
           2.
           1683.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Fox's
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Herefordshire-Feast
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .