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           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
           Majesties
           Birth
           and
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           Published
           at
           the
           desire
           of
           the
           Chief
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Norwich
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Smith
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Preb.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Bishops-head
           in
           S.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1677.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Imprimatur
           ,
        
         
           
             
               August
               18.
               1676.
               
            
          
           
             G.
             Jane
             .
          
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               1
               Thess
               .
               5.
               17.
               
            
             Pray
             without
             ceasing
             .
          
        
         
           IF
           because
           there
           appear
           some
           remarks
           of
           ancient
           Solemnity
           upon
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           because
           the
           established
           Liturgy
           doth
           oblige
           us
           to
           a
           religious
           regard
           to
           it
           ,
           any
           man
           should
           inquire
           after
           the
           reason
           and
           intention
           of
           both
           ,
           the
           question
           will
           be
           easily
           solved
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           but
           heed
           the
           name
           and
           appellation
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           commonly
           called
           the
           Rogation-week
           ,
           or
           the
           Week
           of
           Prayers
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           time
           chosen
           and
           separated
           by
           the
           Churches
           Wisdom
           and
           Authority
           for
           Fasting
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           the
           more
           solemnly
           to
           implore
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           upon
           the
           World
           at
           a
           season
           ,
           when
           commonly
           the
           rage
           of
           Epidemic
           diseases
           takes
           its
           beginning
           ,
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           Earth
           are
           in
           greatest
           danger
           to
           miscarry
           ,
           and
           Wars
           are
           then
           ordinarily
           commenced
           ,
           and
           Campagnes
           opened
           .
           Now
           this
           pious
           custom
           was
           so
           early
           an
           off-spring
           of
           Primitive
           Devotion
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           made
           a
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           a
           considerable
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           ever
           since
           observed
           in
           most
           places
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           all
           the
           Lutheran
           Churches
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           to
           this
           very
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           pious
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           how
           ancient
           and
           universal
           soever
           the
           observation
           hath
           been
           ,
           yet
           the
           demolishers
           of
           our
           Rites
           and
           Order
           ,
           have
           so
           prevailed
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           there
           's
           scarcely
           one
           of
           a
           hundred
           ,
           that
           understands
           their
           duty
           in
           it
           ,
           nor
           one
           of
           a
           thousand
           that
           
           have
           conscionably
           and
           duely
           practised
           and
           performed
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           don't
           despair
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           pious
           persons
           here
           before
           me
           ,
           may
           be
           so
           affected
           with
           this
           short
           account
           of
           their
           duty
           therein
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           in
           some
           measure
           answer
           the
           intention
           of
           this
           ancient
           Establishment
           ,
           and
           the
           Command
           of
           this
           present
           Church
           to
           observe
           it
           .
        
         
           Which
           that
           they
           may
           the
           better
           do
           ,
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           accommodate
           them
           with
           a
           suitable
           subject
           for
           their
           encouragement
           and
           direction
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           the
           words
           now
           propounded
           .
           
             Pray
             without
             ceasing
          
           ,
           or
           continually
           .
        
         
           Which
           words
           offer
           these
           two
           occasions
           of
           discourse
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               What
               is
               meant
               by
               continually
               praying
               ,
               and
               how
               far
               the
               command
               of
               God
               lays
               upon
               us
               on
               that
               account
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               reasonableness
               of
               observing
               that
               command
               so
               represented
               ,
               by
               several
               instances
               of
               advantages
               to
               engage
               us
               to
               the
               constant
               practice
               and
               performance
               of
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           praying
           without
           ceasing
           or
           continually
           ?
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           true
           understanding
           of
           this
           according
           to
           the
           several
           ways
           of
           speaking
           ,
           which
           the
           best
           Interpreters
           have
           used
           ,
           it
           signifies
           such
           an
           habitual
           frame
           and
           continued
           state
           of
           mind
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           and
           do
           so
           often
           perform
           the
           duty
           of
           prayer
           as
           is
           consistent
           with
           the
           discharge
           of
           other
           duties
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           our
           necessary
           attendance
           upon
           the
           common
           business
           and
           affairs
           of
           the
           world
           in
           our
           lawful
           imployments
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           reasonably
           comply
           with
           our
           natural
           infirmities
           as
           men
           .
           And
           in
           this
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           respect
           both
           to
           the
           private
           and
           publick
           performance
           of
           the
           Duty
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           by
           praying
           continually
           as
           to
           the
           first
           I
           understand
           
           the
           well
           management
           of
           our
           Devotions
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           which
           we
           call
           private
           Prayers
           .
           Whether
           they
           be
           those
           of
           the
           Closet
           ,
           which
           our
           Saviour
           mentions
           (
           Mat.
           6.
           )
           or
           those
           between
           married
           persons
           ,
           which
           a
           great
           Divine
           of
           our
           Church
           supposed
           the
           Apostle
           to
           have
           intimated
           as
           a
           duty
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           7.
           5.
           or
           whether
           those
           of
           the
           family
           ,
           where
           every
           supreme
           in
           it
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Priest
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           order
           the
           periods
           and
           circumstances
           of
           Gods
           service
           in
           his
           own
           house
           .
           And
           that
           man
           that
           hath
           given
           rules
           to
           himself
           for
           the
           ordinary
           performance
           of
           those
           several
           offices
           ,
           such
           as
           a
           wise
           Guide
           of
           Souls
           may
           approve
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           other
           holy
           persons
           have
           exemplified
           ,
           may
           be
           believed
           to
           have
           performed
           the
           duty
           of
           praying
           without
           ceasing
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           concerns
           his
           private
           Devotion
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           secondly
           ,
           by
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           duty
           of
           praying
           continually
           as
           to
           the
           Publick
           Prayers
           ,
           I
           mean
           a
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           them
           in
           all
           such
           appointed
           periods
           ,
           which
           the
           Governors
           of
           every
           Christian
           Church
           must
           be
           supposed
           to
           have
           determined
           to
           be
           performed
           in
           some
           publick
           place
           set
           apart
           and
           consecrated
           to
           that
           service
           of
           God
           ;
           whether
           they
           be
           in
           some
           certain
           seasons
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           as
           this
           week
           of
           Rogation
           is
           one
           ,
           or
           in
           so
           many
           days
           in
           the
           week
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           frequent
           successions
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           and
           other
           Festivals
           ,
           and
           Fasts
           ,
           or
           in
           so
           many
           divided
           portions
           of
           the
           day
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           other
           contingent
           occasions
           of
           Christians
           assembling
           together
           for
           the
           service
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Which
           Periods
           being
           so
           set
           apart
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           appointed
           for
           our
           duty
           ,
           do
           so
           indispensably
           oblige
           the
           Consciences
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           make
           a
           wilful
           omission
           of
           them
           (
           especially
           if
           it
           be
           habitual
           )
           but
           he
           may
           be
           
           interpreted
           to
           have
           so
           far
           departed
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           thrown
           himself
           off
           from
           his
           protection
           and
           blessing
           .
           And
           because
           I
           see
           the
           neglect
           of
           this
           duty
           to
           be
           so
           universal
           ,
           (
           and
           amongst
           them
           particularly
           that
           otherwise
           pretend
           themselves
           to
           be
           a
           praying
           people
           to
           a
           greater
           degree
           than
           others
           )
           I
           desire
           but
           once
           to
           know
           from
           any
           of
           them
           what
           they
           can
           object
           against
           the
           obligation
           that
           I
           have
           affirmed
           to
           lay
           upon
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           so
           as
           may
           solve
           their
           omission
           to
           a
           consistency
           with
           any
           real
           sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           or
           the
           fear
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           I
           hope
           they
           don't
           imagine
           the
           personal
           faults
           of
           them
           that
           administer
           ,
           or
           the
           different
           manner
           of
           the
           administration
           of
           those
           Offices
           (
           as
           with
           such
           Rites
           and
           Circumstances
           which
           they
           perhaps
           dislike
           (
           because
           they
           will
           )
           and
           God
           hath
           not
           forbidden
           them
           ,
           while
           the
           substantial
           Worship
           is
           preserved
           entire
           )
           can
           acquit
           them
           for
           their
           gross
           disobedience
           to
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           intolerable
           prejudice
           they
           make
           and
           encourage
           against
           the
           Governors
           ,
           the
           Establishment
           ,
           and
           the
           obedient
           Sons
           of
           the
           constituted
           Church
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           hold
           Communion
           in
           such
           publick
           Offices
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           man
           that
           shall
           religiously
           and
           constantly
           observe
           all
           such
           determin'd
           and
           commanded
           Periods
           ,
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           in
           publick
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           perform
           all
           that
           's
           obligatory
           in
           the
           Command
           of
           God
           for
           praying
           without
           ceasing
           ,
           or
           continually
           in
           this
           second
           respect
           .
           And
           I
           think
           I
           may
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           did
           principally
           intend
           this
           kind
           of
           praying
           continually
           ,
           by
           the
           command
           in
           my
           Text
           :
           and
           my
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           I
           find
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           expression
           to
           be
           necessarily
           so
           interpreted
           ,
           in
           other
           places
           of
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           Thus
           when
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           that
           Hannah
           went
           not
           out
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           but
           served
           God
           with
           fastings
           and
           prayers
           night
           
           and
           day
           (
           Luke
           2.
           37.
           
           )
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           she
           never
           failed
           to
           discharge
           her
           duty
           there
           ,
           at
           all
           the
           appointed
           seasons
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           after
           Christs
           Resurrection
           ,
           were
           said
           to
           be
           continually
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           blessing
           and
           praising
           God
           (
           
             Luk.
             ult
             .
             ult
          
           .
           )
           as
           it
           may
           be
           observed
           what
           veneration
           they
           had
           to
           the
           separated
           place
           the
           Temple
           ,
           of
           which
           their
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           upper
           Room
           was
           a
           part
           ;
           so
           their
           being
           continually
           there
           ,
           must
           mean
           that
           they
           made
           attendance
           to
           their
           Offices
           at
           all
           set
           hours
           ,
           probably
           at
           those
           which
           were
           then
           in
           custom
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           at
           every
           third
           hour
           of
           the
           day
           .
           And
           of
           this
           practice
           we
           have
           several
           footsteps
           in
           the
           story
           of
           their
           Acts
           :
           and
           so
           Peter
           and
           John
           went
           up
           to
           the
           Temple
           at
           the
           hour
           of
           prayer
           ,
           being
           the
           ninth
           hour
           (
           our
           three
           a
           clock
           )
           Act.
           3.
           1.
           
           Which
           custom
           was
           afterward
           in
           some
           resemblance
           continued
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           of
           which
           S.
           Cyprian
           makes
           mention
           in
           his
           Discourse
           upon
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           in
           those
           appointed
           seasons
           they
           carefully
           made
           their
           attendancies
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           said
           (
           in
           the
           most
           reasonable
           sense
           )
           to
           have
           prayed
           continually
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           publick
           performance
           of
           the
           Duty
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           discharged
           my self
           of
           the
           first
           occasion
           of
           my
           Discouse
           from
           the
           word
           continually
           ,
           or
           
             without
             ceasing
          
           .
           The
           next
           that
           I
           am
           to
           address
           to
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           our
           making
           such
           a
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           all
           the
           Offices
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           have
           either
           piously
           obliged
           our selves
           in
           private
           ,
           or
           are
           commanded
           to
           by
           Authority
           in
           Publick
           ,
           by
           several
           instances
           of
           incomparable
           advantages
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           first
           instance
           is
           ,
           That
           a
           continual
           attendance
           upon
           such
           Offices
           ,
           is
           a
           continued
           payment
           of
           that
           Homage
           we
           owe
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           great
           Creator
           ,
           Governor
           ,
           
           
           
           
           
           and
           Preserver
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           an
           imply'd
           owning
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Soveraign
           Lord
           of
           all
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           to
           order
           them
           ,
           and
           dispose
           of
           them
           as
           he
           shall
           please
           :
           And
           thereby
           we
           do
           daily
           make
           an
           acknowledged
           dependance
           upon
           his
           Providence
           for
           all
           we
           have
           ,
           and
           all
           we
           are
           :
           actually
           professing
           to
           Gods
           honour
           ,
           that
           
             in
             him
             we
             live
             ,
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             our
             being
          
           (
           Acts
           17.
           )
           and
           
             that
             from
             him
             descends
             every
             good
             and
             perfect
             gift
          
           (
           Jam.
           1.
           )
        
         
           Whereas
           an
           habitual
           omission
           of
           such
           Duties
           ,
           amongst
           all
           the
           evils
           of
           their
           neglect
           ,
           may
           be
           recounted
           a
           kind
           of
           dethroning
           God
           from
           his
           supreme
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           be
           interpreted
           a
           disclaiming
           his
           universal
           Soveraignty
           over
           his
           created
           World
           ,
           and
           indeed
           no
           small
           degree
           of
           practical
           Atheism
           ,
           highly
           criminal
           ,
           and
           dishonourable
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           the
           Epicureans
           who
           would
           believe
           the
           beautiful
           Model
           of
           the
           World
           to
           be
           the
           effect
           of
           nothing
           but
           the
           casual
           confluence
           of
           Atoms
           ,
           to
           exclude
           the
           necessity
           of
           believing
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           God
           ;
           And
           the
           Stoicks
           ,
           who
           would
           make
           all
           Events
           to
           be
           no
           otherwise
           governed
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           necessary
           hits
           and
           connexion
           of
           second
           Causes
           ,
           which
           they
           called
           Fate
           ,
           to
           exclude
           a
           Providence
           :
           I
           say
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           those
           Philosophers
           might
           as
           justly
           be
           acquitted
           for
           the
           Errours
           of
           their
           Speculative
           ,
           as
           the
           neglecters
           and
           despisers
           of
           Prayers
           may
           be
           excused
           from
           doing
           God
           as
           great
           a
           dishonour
           by
           their
           practical
           Atheism
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           that
           seriously
           believes
           that
           there
           is
           either
           a
           God
           ,
           or
           a
           Providence
           ,
           should
           not
           make
           addresses
           to
           the
           Majesty
           of
           his
           Person
           for
           the
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           Soveraignty
           ,
           and
           the
           devoutest
           applications
           to
           his
           love
           and
           goodness
           for
           their
           own
           safety
           and
           protection
           ,
           by
           the
           daily
           tender
           
           of
           their
           Prayers
           and
           Supplications
           at
           all
           seasons
           both
           publick
           and
           private
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           second
           instance
           of
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           such
           a
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           Gods
           Service
           in
           prayer
           is
           ,
           because
           as
           it
           professeth
           a
           belief
           of
           ,
           so
           it
           makes
           and
           gives
           a
           continued
           use
           and
           improvement
           to
           ,
           that
           very
           considerable
           part
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           the
           never-ceasing
           Intercession
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           now
           sits
           at
           Gods
           right
           hand
           ,
           attending
           the
           tender
           of
           mens
           Petitions
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Priest
           for
           ever
           to
           be
           daily
           offering
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           private
           addresses
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           so
           also
           the
           conjoyned
           Supplications
           of
           devout
           Assemblies
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           those
           Offices
           are
           neglected
           ,
           we
           do
           as
           much
           as
           in
           us
           lies
           to
           frustrate
           that
           grand
           Expedient
           of
           all
           our
           spiritual
           and
           temporal
           blessings
           ;
           and
           may
           interpretatively
           be
           said
           ,
           to
           put
           such
           an
           undervalue
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           thought
           guilty
           of
           treading
           under
           foot
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           counting
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Covenant
           a
           profane
           thing
           ,
           and
           of
           doing
           despight
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Grace
           (
           Heb.
           10.
           29.
           )
           All
           which
           three
           terrible
           expressions
           of
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           danger
           ,
           do
           clearly
           refer
           to
           their
           sinful
           custom
           of
           forsaking
           Assemblies
           (
           v.
           25.
           )
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           instance
           of
           the
           advantage
           of
           our
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           Prayers
           publickly
           and
           privately
           is
           ,
           that
           thereby
           we
           are
           continually
           upon
           our
           guard
           against
           those
           Armies
           of
           Temptations
           that
           march
           about
           us
           ,
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           the
           Devil
           and
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           are
           continually
           invading
           and
           assaulting
           our
           innocency
           ;
           and
           that
           thereby
           we
           are
           continually
           countermining
           the
           secret
           Plots
           and
           Stratagems
           of
           our
           own
           deceitful
           Lusts
           ,
           which
           are
           always
           warring
           against
           our
           Souls
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           offer
           not
           only
           as
           Prayers
           are
           the
           means
           of
           Grace
           in
           general
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           are
           really
           effective
           of
           a
           
           proper
           defence
           against
           the
           temptations
           to
           every
           sin
           in
           particular
           and
           in
           its
           kind
           .
           How
           hardly
           can
           that
           tongue
           be
           conquered
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           common
           modes
           of
           oaths
           and
           cursings
           ,
           blasphemies
           ,
           and
           rants
           against
           God
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           was
           just
           now
           tinctured
           with
           words
           of
           holy
           applications
           to
           God
           in
           religious
           offices
           ?
           Or
           how
           can
           those
           feet
           be
           swift
           to
           shed
           blood
           ,
           or
           be
           travelling
           to
           the
           places
           of
           villany
           and
           debauchery
           ,
           that
           were
           just
           before
           treading
           the
           Courts
           of
           Gods
           house
           ,
           or
           helped
           us
           to
           yield
           our
           bodies
           to
           the
           prostrate
           postures
           of
           solemn
           Assemblies
           ?
           Or
           can
           the
           thoughts
           of
           that
           man
           be
           readily
           ingaged
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           any
           sinful
           designs
           or
           satisfactions
           ,
           who
           just
           before
           had
           hallowed
           his
           mind
           with
           religious
           intentions
           ,
           and
           sanctified
           his
           heart
           with
           the
           holy
           offices
           of
           Prayer
           ?
        
         
           Further
           ,
           that
           holy
           duty
           daily
           performed
           ,
           will
           fortifie
           us
           against
           the
           daily
           incursions
           of
           temptations
           ,
           by
           keeping
           alive
           in
           us
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           that
           grand
           preservative
           of
           our
           innocency
           ,
           our
           natural
           ,
           and
           our
           acquired
           habit
           of
           religious
           modesty
           ,
           and
           by
           accommodating
           our
           passions
           (
           the
           common
           seat
           of
           most
           sins
           )
           to
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           .
           
             Is
             any
             man
             afflicted
          
           (
           or
           sad
           ?
           )
           
             let
             him
             pray
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           (
           Jam.
           5.
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           constant
           attendance
           on
           that
           duty
           will
           alleviate
           the
           burden
           of
           a
           sorrowful
           and
           discontented
           mind
           ?
           
             Is
             any
             man
             merry
             ?
             let
             him
             sing
             Psalms
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           let
           him
           gratifie
           the
           present
           pleasantness
           of
           his
           Soul
           in
           such
           Assemblies
           ,
           where
           the
           praises
           of
           God
           are
           managed
           with
           the
           sweet
           accents
           of
           musical
           harmonies
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           excesses
           of
           sensual
           joys
           ,
           and
           the
           sordid
           mirth
           of
           sinful
           societies
           .
           Can
           any
           man
           complain
           that
           his
           own
           natural
           constitution
           ,
           or
           the
           untowardness
           of
           the
           instruments
           of
           his
           affairs
           ,
           or
           the
           common
           unworthy
           carriage
           of
           other
           men
           to
           him
           ,
           do
           daily
           tempt
           him
           to
           excesses
           
           of
           impatience
           ,
           frowardness
           ,
           and
           periodick
           fits
           of
           anger
           ?
           let
           him
           here
           seek
           and
           attempt
           his
           remedy
           ,
           and
           by
           experience
           he
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           his
           frequent
           ingagement
           in
           religious
           offices
           will
           allay
           those
           storms
           ,
           and
           reduce
           his
           temper
           to
           the
           quietness
           and
           sweet
           easiness
           of
           a
           Lamb
           or
           Dove
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           Is
           any
           man
           surpriz'd
           with
           the
           ruling
           passion
           of
           a
           sensual
           love
           ?
           let
           him
           imitate
           the
           example
           of
           that
           wise
           and
           excellent
           Virgin
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           have
           read
           ,
           that
           she
           commanded
           her
           fond
           Amorist
           to
           respite
           his
           addresses
           to
           her
           ,
           till
           he
           and
           her self
           had
           compleated
           forty
           days
           in
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           by
           which
           religious
           expedient
           she
           cured
           his
           folly
           ,
           and
           preserved
           her
           own
           innocency
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           fourth
           Instance
           of
           advantage
           by
           our
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           God
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           that
           duty
           is
           the
           common
           Scene
           and
           opportunity
           for
           the
           exercise
           and
           improvement
           of
           all
           spiritual
           Graces
           ;
           which
           as
           they
           were
           attained
           by
           the
           use
           of
           means
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           maintained
           and
           improved
           by
           the
           constant
           practices
           of
           vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           services
           of
           our
           God
           :
           And
           as
           the
           exercise
           of
           every
           particular
           duty
           improves
           its
           proper
           Grace
           ,
           so
           does
           the
           duty
           of
           Prayer
           imploy
           and
           improve
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           First
           as
           to
           Faith
           ,
           every
           period
           in
           our
           Devotions
           is
           an
           act
           of
           that
           Faith
           by
           which
           a
           just
           man
           is
           said
           to
           live
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           purposes
           of
           a
           religious
           Conversation
           .
           Then
           as
           to
           Hope
           ,
           our
           constant
           Prayers
           feed
           it
           ,
           and
           confirm
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           expectation
           of
           a
           future
           bliss
           lively
           and
           prevailing
           .
           There
           we
           are
           exercising
           and
           acting
           the
           precious
           Grace
           of
           Humility
           ,
           making
           our selves
           dust
           and
           ashes
           in
           the
           apprehension
           of
           our selves
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           are
           tempering
           our
           hearts
           for
           all
           kinds
           of
           submission
           and
           condescension
           to
           men
           .
        
         
           Here
           the
           Virgin
           ties
           on
           her
           girdle
           of
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           
           the
           married
           pair
           are
           every
           day
           renewing
           their
           first
           betroth
           ,
           and
           fastning
           the
           knot
           of
           their
           promised
           love
           and
           fidelity
           to
           one
           another
           .
           Here
           the
           Subject
           does
           daily
           profess
           his
           Loyalty
           upon
           his
           knees
           ,
           and
           guards
           the
           Crown
           and
           engageth
           his
           Faith
           for
           his
           Princes
           safety
           .
           Here
           we
           discipline
           all
           our
           inclinations
           to
           malice
           and
           revenge
           ;
           here
           we
           forgive
           every
           trespass
           ,
           and
           are
           softening
           our
           Souls
           for
           admission
           of
           terms
           of
           peace
           and
           reconciliation
           with
           all
           the
           World.
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           our
           constant
           attendance
           on
           that
           duty
           will
           every
           day
           more
           and
           more
           be
           raising
           our
           hearts
           up
           to
           a
           pitch
           of
           heavenly
           Conversation
           with
           God
           and
           Angels
           ,
           and
           preparing
           us
           to
           be
           fit
           Companions
           of
           that
           blessed
           Society
           above
           ,
           when
           God
           shall
           please
           to
           call
           us
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           fifth
           Instance
           of
           advantage
           which
           makes
           our
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           all
           religious
           offices
           highly
           reasonable
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           make
           our
           time
           ,
           our
           precious
           time
           ,
           more
           accountable
           to
           God
           and
           our selves
           ,
           by
           adjusting
           it
           into
           fit
           portions
           for
           the
           service
           of
           God.
           For
           if
           men
           were
           as
           curious
           of
           considering
           what
           accounts
           must
           be
           made
           of
           all
           the
           Talents
           with
           which
           they
           are
           intrusted
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           securing
           their
           future
           Bliss
           ,
           they
           would
           begin
           to
           think
           that
           that
           of
           Time
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           put
           in
           our
           power
           ,
           and
           left
           to
           our
           choice
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           or
           bad
           imployment
           of
           it
           ,
           were
           as
           considerable
           as
           any
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           would
           recount
           the
           mercy
           of
           enjoying
           Time
           ,
           or
           foresee
           the
           conflicts
           of
           a
           dying
           Soul
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           lamenting
           the
           loss
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           as
           advisable
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           other
           concern
           of
           Religion
           .
           Now
           no
           proposal
           can
           be
           offered
           to
           a
           mind
           truly
           pious
           ,
           whereby
           a
           man
           may
           better
           secure
           his
           time
           for
           a
           fair
           account
           with
           God
           ,
           than
           by
           apportioning
           a
           considerable
           part
           of
           it
           in
           attendance
           upon
           the
           offices
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           in
           the
           periods
           
           chosen
           or
           appointed
           for
           it
           .
           At
           which
           seasons
           we
           should
           no
           more
           wilfully
           take
           a
           liberty
           to
           withdraw
           our selves
           from
           our
           duty
           ,
           whether
           when
           our
           Closets
           or
           our
           Families
           ,
           or
           when
           the
           set
           hours
           of
           Prayers
           at
           Gods
           House
           call
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           we
           would
           lay
           our
           Consciences
           waste
           ,
           by
           committing
           an
           enormous
           act
           of
           sin
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           such
           a
           course
           of
           spending
           time
           will
           make
           that
           Talent
           of
           our
           lives
           happily
           accountable
           to
           God
           ,
           so
           will
           an
           habituation
           of
           our selves
           to
           perform
           our
           duty
           at
           such
           appointed
           seasons
           ,
           make
           our
           time
           easie
           and
           acceptable
           to
           our selves
           :
           (
           it's
           idleness
           and
           sin
           that
           makes
           time
           a
           burden
           ,
           and
           our
           lives
           uneasie
           )
           and
           we
           should
           with
           the
           same
           pleasure
           think
           of
           those
           periods
           of
           Prayers
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           entertain
           the
           seasons
           of
           our
           natural
           refreshments
           of
           meat
           and
           sleep
           ,
           and
           as
           delightfully
           recount
           the
           hours
           of
           the
           day
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           by
           any
           artificial
           division
           of
           time
           :
           and
           make
           us
           go
           as
           cheerfully
           to
           our
           devotions
           ,
           when
           the
           Bell
           tolls
           ,
           as
           when
           it
           rings
           us
           to
           our
           meals
           ,
           or
           sounds
           a
           retreat
           to
           our
           labours
           ,
           or
           as
           when
           the
           setting
           Sun
           tells
           the
           wearied
           Traveller
           that
           his
           journey
           is
           at
           an
           end
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           sixth
           and
           last
           Instance
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           the
           constant
           attendance
           upon
           the
           offices
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           reasonable
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           be
           a
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           discharge
           of
           the
           command
           of
           God
           upon
           us
           ,
           to
           shew
           mercy
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           good
           to
           those
           that
           need
           our
           help
           and
           relief
           .
        
         
           For
           amongst
           the
           various
           capacities
           of
           doing
           good
           that
           God
           hath
           put
           in
           our
           power
           ,
           one
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           succour
           and
           relieve
           the
           infelicities
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           the
           Charity
           of
           our
           Prayers
           .
           By
           them
           we
           can
           get
           bread
           at
           Gods
           hand
           for
           the
           distressed
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           give
           it
           with
           our
           own
           .
           By
           them
           we
           can
           reach
           the
           sorrows
           of
           the
           Widow
           ,
           and
           the
           heavily
           afflicted
           ,
           and
           pass
           through
           the
           Walls
           and
           
           Bars
           of
           Prisons
           ,
           to
           support
           and
           comfort
           the
           mourning
           Captive
           .
           By
           them
           we
           can
           fight
           for
           the
           Prince
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           both
           in
           danger
           .
           By
           these
           we
           can
           clear
           the
           infectious
           Air
           in
           raging
           Pestilences
           ,
           and
           water
           the
           dry
           Furrows
           when
           parched
           with
           drought
           ,
           and
           fortifie
           our
           Peace
           when
           threatned
           with
           the
           Alarms
           of
           War
           :
           with
           all
           other
           the
           instances
           of
           doing
           good
           that
           hold
           proportion
           with
           these
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           can
           acquit
           any
           man
           to
           God
           or
           man
           ,
           that
           understands
           his
           indispensable
           obligation
           of
           doing
           all
           the
           good
           he
           can
           ,
           and
           can
           believe
           what
           God
           hath
           promised
           and
           done
           ,
           to
           assure
           him
           of
           the
           success
           of
           his
           Prayers
           ;
           I
           say
           how
           can
           any
           man
           acquit
           himself
           to
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           that
           shall
           refuse
           any
           offices
           ,
           or
           neglect
           any
           of
           those
           opportunities
           ,
           when
           Prayers
           are
           to
           be
           put
           up
           to
           God
           for
           either
           the
           common
           or
           the
           particular
           blessings
           of
           them
           that
           need
           them
           ?
        
         
           I
           wish
           the
           Consciences
           of
           men
           that
           have
           any
           designs
           for
           Religion
           (
           and
           they
           are
           infinitely
           unreasonable
           that
           have
           none
           )
           were
           sufficiently
           informed
           ,
           and
           seriously
           affected
           in
           this
           case
           :
           our
           Assemblies
           would
           not
           be
           so
           thin
           ,
           nor
           so
           unconcerned
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           every
           day
           crying
           out
           for
           mercy
           ,
           and
           pleading
           for
           blessings
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           is
           in
           this
           last
           Instance
           of
           advantage
           by
           our
           constant
           attendance
           to
           this
           duty
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           at
           this
           time
           especially
           concerned
           :
           and
           therefore
           as
           upon
           this
           ground
           the
           ancient
           Churches
           took
           their
           just
           plea
           ,
           for
           the
           first
           establishing
           a
           Week
           of
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           why
           our
           Church
           have
           continued
           the
           obligation
           to
           observe
           it
           ,
           so
           I
           shall
           there
           only
           fix
           my
           Application
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           an
           Age
           that
           called
           for
           this
           kind
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           might
           lay
           claim
           to
           the
           benefit
           of
           a
           Week
           of
           Rogations
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           the
           
           constantly
           performed
           offices
           of
           prayers
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           necessary
           ;
           it
           is
           now
           certainly
           the
           most
           proper
           time
           :
           the
           sad
           face
           ,
           and
           deplorable
           state
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           every
           where
           do
           now
           require
           it
           ,
           now
           implore
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           the
           deeply
           afflictied
           Asiatic
           and
           Grecian
           Churches
           ,
           the
           first
           Plantations
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           that
           have
           so
           long
           groaned
           under
           the
           heavy
           oppressions
           of
           him
           that
           bids
           defiance
           to
           the
           Christian
           name
           ,
           lays
           claim
           to
           the
           Charity
           of
           your
           Prayers
           .
           But
           those
           Barbarians
           late
           approaches
           and
           successes
           must
           alarm
           your
           pity
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           but
           consider
           the
           Hungarian
           and
           Polonian
           calamities
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           these
           distant
           accents
           of
           sorrow
           cannot
           reach
           your
           hearts
           ,
           yet
           let
           the
           near
           and
           loud
           Cry
           of
           those
           neighbouring
           Countries
           ,
           that
           are
           harassed
           and
           undone
           by
           the
           conflicting
           Legions
           of
           so
           many
           Princes
           now
           engaged
           in
           War
           ,
           awaken
           you
           to
           your
           most
           compassionate
           Prayers
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           have
           a
           care
           ,
           that
           those
           poor
           ruined
           Countries
           may
           not
           take
           up
           Jerusalems
           Lamentation
           against
           us
           ,
           
             O
             all
             ye
             that
             not
             only
             pass
             ,
             but
             live
             by
             us
             ,
             have
             ye
             no
             regard
             ?
          
           (
           Lam.
           1.
           )
           O
           that
           God
           should
           lay
           it
           to
           your
           charge
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           once
           to
           his
           people
           by
           his
           Prophet
           Amos
           ,
           (
           Chap.
           6.
           )
           
             That
             we
             lye
             upon
             the
             beds
             of
             Ivory
             ,
             and
             stretch
             our selves
             upon
             our
             Couches
             ,
             &c.
          
           that
           we
           are
           drinking
           wine
           in
           bowls
           ,
           immerst
           in
           all
           sensual
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           grieved
           for
           the
           afflictions
           of
           Joseph
           ,
           nor
           charitably
           concerned
           for
           their
           calamities
           .
           O
           to
           your
           prayers
           ,
           and
           let
           your
           earnest
           supplications
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           flames
           of
           Gods
           raging
           displeasure
           against
           them
           ,
           lest
           for
           our
           ingratitude
           and
           uncompassion
           ,
           God
           should
           change
           the
           sad
           Scene
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           make
           them
           Spectators
           of
           our
           
           ruines
           ,
           that
           are
           such
           uncharitable
           beholders
           of
           their
           miseries
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           distant
           Alarms
           of
           Foreign
           Calamities
           cannot
           awaken
           us
           from
           our
           lethargic
           unconcernedness
           ,
           yet
           sure
           there
           is
           something
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           may
           more
           nearly
           affect
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           implore
           the
           charity
           of
           our
           daily
           Devotions
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           there
           were
           nothing
           but
           the
           common
           miseries
           of
           Mankind
           among
           us
           ,
           such
           as
           usually
           and
           universally
           follow
           Nations
           in
           their
           best
           peace
           and
           prosperity
           ,
           yet
           no
           pious
           and
           considerate
           mind
           could
           want
           a
           sufficient
           subject
           matter
           for
           such
           offices
           of
           his
           Charity
           :
           Let
           us
           but
           consider
           how
           many
           poor
           Prisoners
           are
           now
           sorrowing
           in
           their
           strait
           confinements
           ,
           how
           many
           of
           our
           brethren
           are
           roaring
           in
           torments
           ,
           languishing
           in
           diseases
           ,
           pinched
           with
           penury
           ,
           strugling
           with
           difficulties
           to
           live
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           thousand
           cases
           of
           distress
           ,
           are
           crying
           for
           help
           in
           the
           bitterness
           of
           their
           Souls
           .
           And
           can
           we
           think
           there
           's
           never
           a
           tear
           ,
           never
           a
           petition
           due
           ?
           Do
           these
           need
           no
           share
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           no
           concern
           in
           the
           offices
           of
           our
           daily
           Devotions
           ?
        
         
           But
           besides
           this
           ,
           cannot
           a
           wise
           and
           pious
           heart
           ,
           as
           things
           are
           at
           present
           ,
           find
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           that
           begs
           the
           charity
           of
           his
           Prayers
           ?
           Is
           there
           no
           case
           ,
           wherein
           we
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           the
           counsel
           and
           the
           aid
           ,
           the
           care
           and
           protection
           of
           a
           merciful
           God
           ?
           For
           though
           God
           hath
           blessed
           us
           above
           any
           people
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           under
           the
           happy
           Government
           of
           a
           gracious
           Prince
           ,
           who
           hath
           wisely
           provided
           for
           our
           peace
           and
           plenty
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           World
           besides
           are
           tossed
           up
           and
           down
           in
           miserable
           circumstances
           ,
           yet
           are
           there
           no
           just
           fears
           ,
           no
           real
           dangers
           set
           before
           us
           ,
           for
           which
           it
           is
           needful
           to
           implore
           the
           mercy
           of
           a
           good
           God
           to
           prevent
           the
           approaches
           of
           many
           likely
           ensuing
           troubles
           ?
           
           Yes
           certainly
           ,
           no
           Nation
           in
           prosperous
           circumstances
           could
           ever
           offer
           a
           prospect
           of
           more
           to
           a
           considering
           mind
           .
        
         
           Who
           can
           but
           suggest
           to
           himself
           thoughts
           of
           danger
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           when
           he
           shall
           behold
           so
           considerable
           a
           part
           of
           the
           people
           to
           be
           so
           malicious
           to
           their
           Rulers
           of
           every
           kind
           ,
           so
           seditiously
           disposed
           against
           all
           just
           Rules
           of
           Government
           ,
           so
           wretchedly
           intractable
           to
           all
           Laws
           for
           subjection
           and
           obedience
           ,
           so
           unfaithful
           to
           all
           the
           Sacred
           obligations
           of
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           tyes
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           moreover
           so
           universally
           immoral
           and
           vicious
           ,
           that
           we
           look
           like
           a
           people
           preparing
           our selves
           for
           our
           own
           ruine
           ,
           if
           God
           prevent
           it
           not
           ?
           The
           Charity
           of
           your
           Prayers
           is
           here
           seasonable
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           any
           design
           of
           doing
           good
           to
           your selves
           and
           Country
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           poor
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           Mirror
           and
           Miracle
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           a
           Church
           that
           never
           refused
           the
           exactest
           tryal
           from
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           right
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Rules
           of
           Catholicism
           from
           the
           purest
           Antiquity
           ;
           A
           Church
           that
           never
           had
           an
           enemy
           ,
           but
           the
           man
           was
           distinguishable
           by
           some
           remarks
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           ill
           humor
           ,
           or
           of
           driving
           on
           some
           base
           design
           ;
           A
           Church
           that
           hath
           always
           stood
           an
           unshaken
           Bulwark
           against
           the
           strongest
           invasions
           of
           her
           enemies
           of
           every
           side
           ,
           she
           now
           needs
           your
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           the
           especial
           protection
           of
           a
           merciful
           God.
           Her
           misery
           is
           ,
           that
           she
           hath
           a
           long
           time
           layn
           between
           two
           Mill-stones
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           now
           grinding
           her
           to
           powder
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           Archbishop
           and
           Martyr
           forewarn'd
           his
           late
           Majesty
           of
           blessed
           Memory
           .
           She
           hath
           been
           hitherto
           hurrican'd
           with
           violent
           tempests
           on
           every
           side
           ,
           but
           now
           she
           is
           whirlwinded
           with
           their
           combin'd
           blasts
           ;
           and
           must
           expect
           all
           the
           evils
           ,
           that
           enmity
           and
           treachery
           ,
           faction
           and
           prophaneness
           can
           bring
           upon
           her
           .
        
         
         
           Where
           's
           your
           Prayers
           ,
           your
           addresses
           for
           help
           ?
           Are
           you
           not
           rather
           promoting
           your
           animosities
           ,
           quarrelling
           with
           circumstances
           ,
           picquering
           the
           Government
           ,
           making
           stories
           of
           the
           infirmities
           of
           your
           Superiours
           ,
           pursuing
           your
           base
           lusts
           and
           interests
           ,
           when
           you
           should
           be
           on
           your
           knees
           ,
           begging
           ,
           and
           pleading
           ,
           and
           crying
           for
           mercy
           ?
           Can
           any
           think
           that
           we
           are
           in
           Jehosaphats
           case
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           not
           what
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           our
           eyes
           be
           upon
           our
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           sufficient
           to
           help
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           seek
           him
           ?
           Are
           we
           with
           the
           Apostles
           in
           a
           sinking
           ship
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           not
           with
           them
           lift
           up
           our
           voices
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             save
             us
             or
             we
             perish
          
           ?
           Which
           if
           we
           shall
           daily
           and
           heartily
           do
           in
           our
           never-ceasing
           offices
           of
           Prayer
           to
           our
           merciful
           God
           ,
           and
           shall
           withal
           repent
           and
           amend
           our
           evil
           lives
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           yet
           God
           will
           recover
           us
           from
           our
           dangers
           ,
           and
           restore
           us
           to
           our
           safety
           .
           Or
           to
           use
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Prophet
           (
           Hos
           .
           6.
           with
           which
           I
           shall
           conclude
           )
           
             Though
             he
             hath
             hitherto
             torn
             us
             ,
             he
             will
             yet
             heal
             us
             ;
             though
             he
             hath
             hitherto
             smitten
             us
             ,
             he
             will
             yet
             bind
             us
             up
             :
          
           Which
           God
           grant
           for
           Jesus
           sake
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               Psal
               .
               2.
               6.
               
            
             Yet
             have
             I
             set
             my
             King
             upon
             my
             holy
             Hill
             of
             Sion
             .
          
        
         
           WE
           appear
           this
           day
           before
           the
           most
           high
           and
           holy
           God
           ,
           to
           express
           our
           thankfulness
           to
           him
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           Birth
           ,
           so
           for
           the
           Restauration
           of
           our
           gracious
           King.
           And
           to
           recount
           with
           all
           joy
           and
           gratitude
           the
           concurrence
           of
           all
           those
           mercies
           we
           then
           received
           ,
           and
           now
           enjoy
           ,
           by
           the
           incomparable
           blessing
           of
           that
           happy
           day
           in
           both
           respects
           .
        
         
           As
           we
           celebrate
           it
           as
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Birth
           ,
           we
           may
           remember
           that
           it
           had
           a
           remark
           upon
           it
           ,
           of
           an
           
             Hactenus
             Anglorum
             nulli
          
           (
           as
           it
           was
           the
           Motto
           of
           the
           Medals
           dispersed
           upon
           that
           day
           by
           his
           Royal
           Father
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           
             No
             English
             Prince
             was
             ever
             so
             born
             before
             ,
          
           with
           so
           undoubted
           a
           Title
           to
           the
           three
           united
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           many
           considerable
           Provinces
           abroad
           ,
           annexed
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           Great
           Britain
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           celebrate
           it
           as
           a
           day
           of
           his
           Restauration
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           it
           was
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           Hactenus
           ,
           an
           
             Hactenus
             Regum
             nulli
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             No
             King
             was
             ever
             so
             preserved
             and
             restored
             ,
          
           no
           Nation
           so
           unexpectedly
           and
           marvellously
           delivered
           .
        
         
           Heaven
           signified
           the
           mercy
           of
           his
           Birth
           with
           the
           appearance
           of
           a
           Star
           at
           noon
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Restauration
           ,
           
           he
           brought
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           Sun
           it self
           to
           us
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           joy
           as
           it
           appears
           to
           the
           poor
           Hyperboreans
           after
           a
           six
           months
           night
           ,
           or
           as
           when
           it
           hath
           newly
           dispelled
           a
           dark
           and
           furious
           storm
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           day
           as
           the
           Anniversary
           of
           his
           Birth
           ,
           then
           we
           commemorate
           the
           mercy
           of
           Gods
           blessing
           us
           with
           a
           King
           ,
           whose
           unquestionable
           Title
           (
           by
           such
           a
           clear
           Succession
           from
           all
           that
           ever
           pretended
           an
           interest
           before
           ,
           and
           which
           no
           Prince
           in
           Europe
           can
           parallel
           )
           hath
           removed
           and
           silenced
           all
           possible
           pretensions
           of
           dispute
           ;
           the
           fatal
           occasion
           of
           shedding
           so
           much
           English
           blood
           through
           many
           former
           generations
           ;
           and
           from
           which
           calamity
           we
           should
           never
           have
           been
           secured
           ,
           if
           the
           Government
           had
           still
           stood
           upon
           the
           uncertain
           foot
           of
           the
           late
           Usurpations
           .
           A
           mercy
           big
           enough
           alone
           to
           perpetuate
           a
           day
           of
           thankfulness
           to
           all
           generations
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           we
           consider
           this
           day
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Restitution
           ,
           then
           we
           cannot
           but
           with
           the
           greatest
           joy
           remember
           the
           incomparable
           miseries
           from
           which
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           can
           thence
           date
           their
           renowned
           deliverance
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           day
           in
           either
           respect
           ,
           it
           can
           want
           no
           title
           to
           claim
           the
           fullest
           manifestations
           of
           our
           thankfulness
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           for
           those
           great
           ends
           ,
           he
           was
           pelased
           
             to
             set
             his
             King
             upon
             his
             holy
             Hill
             of
             Sion
             .
          
        
         
           That
           this
           Psalm
           was
           Prophetical
           and
           Typical
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Expositors
           do
           easily
           agree
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           literal
           sense
           concerned
           David
           upon
           his
           peaceable
           resettlement
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           after
           all
           his
           troubles
           ,
           and
           pen'd
           on
           that
           occasion
           ,
           no
           doubt
           is
           offered
           .
           And
           that
           it
           may
           be
           reductively
           applied
           to
           any
           other
           case
           ,
           that
           holds
           resemblance
           with
           that
           of
           Davids
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           think
           none
           ever
           did
           so
           much
           as
           that
           of
           his
           Majesties
           )
           will
           be
           universally
           
           acknowledged
           allowable
           and
           pious
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           principally
           designing
           this
           last
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           offer
           from
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           four
           Heads
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           will
           administer
           so
           many
           Reasons
           for
           this
           days
           Solemnity
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Original
               of
               all
               Establishment
               in
               Government
               ,
               
                 Ego
                 posui
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 set
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Quality
               of
               the
               Government
               here
               particularly
               established
               ,
               
                 Regem
                 ,
                 A
                 King.
              
               
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Extent
               of
               that
               Government
               ,
               
                 Vpon
                 my
                 holy
                 Hill
                 of
                 Sion
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               The
               Difficulty
               of
               the
               Establishment
               ,
               yet
               ,
               
                 Yet
                 have
                 I
                 set
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Original
           of
           all
           Establishments
           in
           Government
           ,
           
             Ego
             posui
             ,
             I
             have
             set
             .
          
           It
           's
           Gods
           own
           Ordination
           by
           which
           Kings
           are
           invested
           with
           Power
           and
           Authority
           to
           rule
           and
           govern
           ,
           (
           Prov.
           8.
           15.
           )
           A
           Prerogative
           which
           no
           Creature
           must
           presume
           to
           take
           from
           him
           ,
           upon
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           without
           a
           manifest
           violation
           of
           his
           Right
           and
           Honour
           .
        
         
           And
           of
           this
           Divine
           Priviledge
           Christianity
           was
           so
           tender
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Powers
           were
           at
           the
           worst
           they
           could
           be
           ,
           they
           were
           still
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           ordained
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           Rom.
           13.
           1.
           )
        
         
           And
           on
           that
           account
           our
           great
           Lord
           in
           his
           person
           paid
           them
           all
           that
           honour
           and
           submission
           that
           ever
           had
           been
           before
           their
           due
           .
           And
           what
           copy
           our
           Saviour
           set
           ,
           his
           Apostles
           exemplified
           in
           all
           their
           Practices
           and
           in
           all
           their
           Doctrines
           :
           which
           the
           first
           and
           purest
           Ages
           constantly
           followed
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           interruption
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           upon
           the
           greatest
           provations
           to
           do
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
         
           But
           besides
           a
           Constitution
           that
           's
           general
           and
           in
           common
           with
           all
           Authorities
           from
           the
           
             Ego
             posui
             ,
             I
             have
             set
             ,
          
           we
           have
           here
           a
           
             meum
             Regum
          
           ,
           a
           
             my
             King
          
           ;
           a
           term
           of
           near
           relation
           and
           propriety
           given
           especially
           to
           Kings
           that
           are
           advanced
           or
           restored
           to
           their
           Thrones
           ,
           by
           methods
           of
           especial
           favour
           ,
           or
           that
           are
           set
           up
           for
           remarkable
           instances
           of
           some
           extraordinary
           merciful
           Providence
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           was
           David
           made
           a
           
             My
             King
          
           by
           the
           pregnant
           instances
           of
           Gods
           peculiar
           favour
           to
           ,
           and
           marvellous
           deliverance
           of
           him
           ;
           as
           the
           Sacred
           History
           of
           his
           Life
           may
           easily
           inform
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           time
           to
           enumerate
           the
           particular
           observations
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           any
           King
           might
           lay
           claim
           to
           a
           parallel
           Title
           to
           that
           happy
           appellation
           ,
           our
           gracious
           Soveraign
           may
           do
           it
           :
           his
           case
           being
           as
           near
           a
           resemblance
           to
           Davids
           ,
           in
           several
           circumstances
           of
           his
           preservation
           ,
           as
           ever
           any
           Prince
           could
           pretend
           to
           ,
           as
           will
           appear
           in
           my
           following
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           it
           thus
           happens
           ,
           that
           God
           sets
           a
           
             Meum
             Regem
          
           ,
           a
           
             My
             King
          
           over
           a
           People
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           besides
           all
           the
           obligations
           of
           duty
           from
           the
           general
           Commandment
           ,
           besides
           all
           the
           engagements
           of
           gratitude
           from
           the
           common
           mercies
           of
           being
           governed
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           further
           additional
           obligation
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           over
           and
           above
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           ordinary
           acts
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           may
           challenge
           a
           tenderer
           and
           more
           curious
           regard
           and
           care
           to
           preserve
           his
           Person
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Plenty
           .
           And
           this
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           not
           only
           when
           men
           are
           pleased
           and
           humoured
           ,
           or
           when
           no
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           can
           possibly
           be
           suggested
           ,
           or
           when
           no
           complaints
           can
           be
           found
           against
           evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           corrupt
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           abuses
           of
           such
           a
           Princes
           Court
           (
           for
           which
           if
           Subject
           
           may
           dispense
           their
           Loyalty
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           Rebellions
           of
           the
           World
           are
           justifiable
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           made
           his
           own
           Representatives
           the
           most
           unfortunate
           of
           Mankind
           )
           but
           this
           tender
           care
           must
           also
           be
           allowed
           Kings
           ,
           when
           their
           Subjects
           judge
           themselves
           to
           lye
           under
           any
           real
           inconveniencies
           of
           Government
           :
           which
           they
           must
           study
           no
           otherwise
           to
           avoid
           ,
           but
           by
           supplicating
           the
           mercy
           of
           a
           good
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           humbling
           themselves
           for
           their
           own
           sins
           ,
           by
           which
           (
           as
           it
           generally
           falls
           out
           )
           God
           was
           justly
           provoked
           ,
           to
           lay
           such
           afflictions
           upon
           them
           :
           and
           not
           by
           taking
           a
           present
           revenge
           upon
           their
           Princes
           Authority
           or
           just
           Rights
           ,
           by
           reproaches
           ,
           base
           insinuations
           ,
           and
           bold
           affronts
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           in
           such
           cases
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Nation
           allows
           tenders
           of
           a
           more
           solemn
           advice
           and
           counsel
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           always
           done
           with
           the
           greatest
           love
           and
           tenderest
           regard
           to
           his
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           ;
           and
           not
           with
           a
           drawn
           Sword
           in
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           a
           Petition
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           putting
           it
           to
           a
           Princes
           choice
           ,
           either
           to
           fight
           or
           bargain
           for
           his
           security
           ,
           or
           meanly
           to
           submit
           to
           every
           imperious
           and
           unreasonable
           Proposal
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           imbase
           or
           destroy
           his
           Soveraignty
           ;
           for
           which
           in
           the
           end
           such
           Counsellors
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           with
           them
           ,
           will
           find
           themselves
           the
           greatest
           Losers
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           this
           Kingdom
           hath
           had
           a
           sad
           and
           a
           sufficient
           instance
           ,
           in
           the
           unworthy
           usages
           of
           our
           late
           Majesty
           of
           most
           blessed
           Memory
           .
        
         
           The
           sum
           is
           ,
           Bless
           God
           that
           you
           have
           not
           only
           a
           King
           ,
           but
           a
           
             My
             King
          
           ,
           one
           whom
           he
           hath
           so
           especially
           preserved
           for
           ,
           and
           miraculously
           restored
           to
           ,
           you
           .
           This
           is
           the
           first
           Head
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           the
           Original
           of
           all
           Establishments
           in
           Government
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           second
           Head
           was
           a
           consideration
           of
           the
           Quality
           
           of
           the
           established
           Power
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           set
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           a
           King
           ,
           he
           gave
           them
           the
           blessing
           of
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           a
           Vicegerency
           of
           Power
           and
           Government
           most
           like
           to
           God
           himself
           that
           gave
           it
           ,
           (
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           one
           God
           )
           and
           for
           which
           reason
           ,
           with
           more
           congruity
           and
           decency
           he
           allows
           the
           Monarch
           the
           Credit
           and
           Honour
           of
           his
           own
           Name
           :
           
             I
             have
             made
             thee
             a
             God
             to
             this
             people
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Almighty
           to
           Moses
           :
           And
           
             I
             have
             said
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           
             you
             Gods
          
           ,
           (
           Psal
           .
           82.
           6.
           )
           A
           Government
           which
           God
           established
           over
           the
           especial
           part
           of
           Mankind
           his
           Church
           ,
           under
           Christ
           his
           anointed
           King
           ,
           as
           my
           Text
           prophesied
           ,
           and
           David
           typified
           .
           A
           Government
           of
           which
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           only
           gives
           us
           an
           account
           in
           all
           its
           Histories
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           its
           directions
           to
           rule
           and
           to
           obey
           .
        
         
           All
           other
           Authorities
           are
           mentioned
           but
           as
           Gods
           Creatures
           ,
           (
           I
           Pet.
           2.
           23.
           
           )
           but
           the
           Monarch
           as
           himself
           ,
           dignifying
           him
           with
           his
           own
           Name
           and
           the
           Ministration
           of
           his
           own
           Soveraign
           Authority
           ,
           and
           grand
           instances
           of
           his
           Providence
           over
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           advance
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           days
           Joy
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           by
           offering
           to
           you
           two
           great
           advantages
           of
           Monarchical
           Government
           above
           all
           others
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               It
               is
               more
               noble
               and
               honourable
               than
               any
               other
               form
               of
               Dominion
               ,
               and
               renders
               a
               Nation
               more
               considerable
               and
               renowned
               in
               the
               eye
               of
               the
               World.
               It
               is
               fresh
               in
               our
               memories
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               days
               of
               our
               Common-wealth
               (
               as
               they
               called
               it
               )
               we
               were
               a
               reproach
               to
               all
               our
               neighbouring
               Nations
               ,
               a
               scorn
               and
               derision
               to
               them
               that
               were
               round
               about
               us
               .
               And
               when
               our
               Natives
               walkt
               in
               the
               streets
               of
               Foreign
               Cities
               ,
               (
               from
               whom
               before
               we
               had
               the
               Priviledge
               of
               a
               kind
               acceptance
               above
               any
               People
               in
               the
               World
               )
               the
               finger
               of
               scorn
               was
               lifted
               up
               against
               
               us
               ;
               our
               name
               was
               Schellam
               ,
               and
               our
               entertainment
               an
               exprobration
               of
               such
               shameful
               practices
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               example
               of
               which
               ,
               the
               Turk
               might
               plead
               innocency
               ,
               and
               the
               Salvages
               justifie
               their
               Barbarisms
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Monarchical
               Government
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               more
               honourable
               ,
               so
               most
               safe
               ,
               because
               ,
               like
               a
               well
               fixed
               Centre
               of
               Power
               ,
               it
               will
               terminate
               and
               combine
               all
               lines
               of
               interest
               in
               one
               point
               of
               Authority
               .
               And
               it
               appears
               to
               be
               so
               certain
               an
               Expedient
               of
               the
               safest
               Peace
               ,
               that
               whensoever
               a
               defection
               ,
               or
               any
               contingency
               of
               State
               have
               laid
               designs
               for
               a
               multiplication
               of
               Supremes
               ,
               nothing
               hath
               so
               infallibly
               confounded
               the
               Nations
               where
               they
               have
               happened
               .
               When
               Gods
               ancient
               people
               fell
               to
               a
               division
               between
               two
               Kings
               ,
               ten
               Tribes
               revolting
               to
               Jeroboam
               ;
               then
               began
               that
               sad
               Scene
               of
               troubles
               to
               that
               great
               people
               ,
               which
               enjoyed
               Halcyon
               days
               of
               peace
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               centred
               in
               one
               Solomon
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           we
           read
           of
           the
           vast
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           that
           when
           Constantine
           had
           divided
           his
           Kingdoms
           among
           three
           ,
           (
           though
           his
           own
           Sons
           )
           the
           division
           was
           occasional
           of
           such
           ruinous
           inconveniencies
           ,
           that
           it
           gradually
           lost
           its
           greatness
           ,
           till
           it
           withered
           and
           lessened
           to
           a
           name
           .
        
         
           What
           was
           the
           State
           of
           our
           ancient
           Heptarchy
           ,
           but
           a
           collision
           of
           inconsistent
           Powers
           ,
           which
           kept
           the
           Nation
           in
           a
           continual
           state
           of
           War
           ,
           till
           a
           resolution
           into
           one
           Monarchy
           ended
           the
           controversie
           ?
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           let
           us
           look
           a
           little
           back
           upon
           our
           late
           unparallel'd
           Confusions
           ,
           and
           you
           'l
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Contriyers
           of
           them
           could
           never
           have
           insinuated
           themselves
           into
           so
           many
           advantages
           for
           a
           War
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           laid
           their
           ground
           upon
           a
           pretended
           Coordination
           of
           Power
           in
           the
           two
           Houses
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           not
           found
           out
           two
           Supremacies
           in
           his
           Person
           ,
           one
           in
           his
           Natural
           ,
           another
           in
           his
           
           Politick
           capacity
           ,
           pretending
           to
           fight
           for
           the
           one
           ,
           where
           they
           actually
           pursued
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           any
           Republican
           should
           murmur
           ,
           object
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           That
           some
           Cities
           and
           Societies
           of
           Merchants
           have
           not
           only
           subsisted
           ,
           but
           flourished
           under
           popular
           Governments
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           such
           Societies
           have
           always
           been
           most
           safe
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           kept
           up
           the
           nearest
           resemblances
           to
           Monarchy
           among
           themselves
           ;
           and
           that
           great
           State
           that
           pretends
           least
           to
           it
           ,
           may
           in
           time
           be
           either
           necessitated
           to
           chuse
           a
           Monarch
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           or
           admit
           him
           whom
           they
           at
           first
           threw
           off
           ,
           or
           shrowd
           themselves
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           some
           other
           ,
           or
           be
           swallowed
           up
           by
           one
           that
           can
           controul
           their
           Greatness
           .
        
         
           Now
           bless
           God
           for
           the
           mercy
           of
           this
           Day
           ,
           that
           made
           us
           Subjects
           of
           this
           happy
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           put
           the
           Nation
           under
           the
           safe
           Authority
           of
           a
           fixed
           Monarch
           ,
           who
           just
           before
           stood
           wavering
           upon
           the
           points
           of
           contending
           Swords
           for
           its
           Protection
           :
           and
           was
           continually
           hurried
           up
           and
           down
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           every
           tempest
           of
           War
           ,
           that
           came
           from
           the
           several
           Quarters
           of
           different
           Interests
           .
           In
           those
           days
           our
           Governors
           were
           all
           along
           they
           ,
           that
           wore
           the
           longest
           Sword
           ,
           and
           were
           the
           present
           most
           successful
           Invaders
           ,
           and
           every
           he
           ,
           that
           had
           most
           strength
           to
           bind
           our
           hands
           ,
           rifle
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           despoil
           our
           Proprieties
           .
           That
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           the
           kind
           Theocracy
           of
           a
           gracious
           God
           ,
           who
           shewed
           us
           Mercy
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           to
           keep
           us
           together
           by
           a
           most
           wise
           and
           unaccountable
           Providence
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           had
           several
           times
           run
           into
           one
           great
           riot
           of
           disorder
           ,
           every
           man
           had
           invaded
           every
           man
           with
           the
           most
           horrid
           acts
           of
           cruelty
           and
           savagery
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           rejoyce
           ,
           O
           Britain
           ,
           that
           the
           Power
           that
           is
           now
           set
           over
           thee
           ,
           is
           not
           any
           new
           Model
           of
           Government
           ,
           
           no
           new
           Set
           of
           Militeers
           ,
           no
           Table
           full
           of
           a
           packt
           Company
           that
           eat
           and
           govern
           in
           the
           same
           posture
           ;
           but
           a
           gracious
           Monarch
           ,
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           deliver
           thee
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           thy
           Oppressors
           ,
           the
           nerves
           of
           whose
           loyns
           should
           strengthen
           and
           uphold
           thee
           ,
           not
           whose
           weight
           should
           crush
           and
           oppress
           thee
           :
           whose
           Scepter
           might
           become
           a
           Crosier
           to
           thee
           ,
           whose
           Crown
           a
           covering
           ,
           and
           whose
           Throne
           a
           Mercy-seat
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           discharged
           my self
           of
           the
           second
           Head
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           accent
           of
           thankfulness
           ,
           and
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           come
           to
           the
           third
           ,
           the
           Extent
           of
           the
           Monarchs
           Government
           ,
           it
           is
           
             upon
             Gods
             holy
             Hill
             of
             Sion
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           over
           the
           Affairs
           that
           concerned
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           that
           respected
           the
           Civil
           Welfare
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
           Thus
           Moses
           had
           the
           disposal
           of
           both
           the
           Trumpets
           to
           convocate
           Assemblies
           both
           of
           Ecclesiastick
           and
           Temporal
           concernment
           .
           Joash
           had
           the
           Testimony
           put
           into
           his
           hand
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Crown
           set
           upon
           his
           head
           (
           2
           Chron.
           23.
           11.
           )
           And
           as
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           establish
           his
           Religion
           ,
           made
           no
           alteration
           (
           no
           not
           in
           the
           least
           instance
           )
           of
           that
           practice
           in
           his
           Life
           or
           Doctrine
           ;
           so
           that
           Power
           over
           Ecclesiastick
           Affairs
           and
           persons
           ,
           was
           allowed
           and
           continued
           to
           all
           the
           Roman
           Emperours
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           assumed
           the
           Christian
           Profession
           (
           as
           Socrates
           the
           Historian
           affirms
           .
           )
           And
           S.
           Austin
           assures
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           extended
           not
           only
           to
           those
           things
           (
           
             quae
             pertinent
             ad
             humanam
             societatem
             ,
             sed
             quae
             pertinent
             ad
             divinam
             Religionem
          
           )
           which
           pertained
           to
           humane
           Society
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           concerned
           the
           divine
           Religion
           ,
           (
           
             Lib.
             3.
             contra
             Cresconium
          
           .
           )
        
         
           But
           who
           knows
           not
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           man
           would
           pretend
           to
           an
           accumulation
           of
           Authorities
           ,
           he
           might
           be
           as
           luxuriant
           
           in
           the
           case
           of
           this
           Royal
           Right
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           other
           that
           can
           be
           named
           ,
           to
           the
           shame
           of
           both
           the
           Roman
           and
           Presbyterian
           pretensions
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           this
           capacity
           of
           Power
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ownes
           and
           receives
           ,
           swears
           and
           submits
           it self
           to
           the
           Soveraigns
           of
           these
           Nations
           .
           And
           it
           is
           the
           joy
           and
           blessing
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           restored
           to
           the
           assumption
           of
           that
           Power
           over
           our
           Sion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           over
           our
           Jerusalem
           .
           But
           that
           which
           advanceth
           our
           joy
           and
           gratitude
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           never
           was
           a
           season
           when
           a
           poor
           languishing
           Church
           more
           needed
           the
           assistance
           and
           power
           of
           such
           a
           Regal
           Authority
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           protect
           ,
           but
           to
           deliver
           and
           restore
           her
           .
           And
           the
           mercy
           of
           her
           deliverance
           will
           appear
           by
           these
           several
           instances
           of
           her
           calamity
           at
           that
           time
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               Rejoyce
               ,
               O
               Daughter
               of
               Sion
               ,
               for
               thy
               King
               ,
               like
               another
               Zerobabel
               ,
               came
               after
               the
               days
               of
               a
               long
               Captivity
               ,
               to
               restore
               the
               Houses
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               were
               either
               miserably
               ruined
               ,
               or
               shamefully
               defaced
               ,
               and
               daily
               assaulted
               ,
               with
               a
               
                 down
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 down
                 with
                 them
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
              
               to
               their
               pristine
               beauty
               and
               order
               :
               and
               to
               repair
               in
               all
               places
               ,
               what
               the
               enemy
               had
               done
               wickedly
               in
               the
               Sanctuaries
               ,
               which
               before
               had
               laid
               so
               forlorn
               and
               despicably
               neglected
               ,
               that
               they
               looked
               in
               most
               places
               ,
               as
               if
               some
               Dioclesian
               or
               Apostate
               Julian
               had
               been
               attempting
               the
               ruine
               of
               Christianity
               it self
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               God
               did
               then
               graciously
               send
               his
               King
               to
               our
               Sion
               ,
               to
               patronize
               the
               case
               of
               his
               own
               afflicted
               Order
               that
               minister
               to
               his
               Service
               ,
               which
               a
               long
               time
               had
               become
               the
               miserable
               objects
               of
               popular
               fury
               :
               some
               of
               which
               they
               had
               murthered
               ,
               others
               exiled
               to
               seek
               their
               bread
               in
               desolate
               places
               ,
               many
               they
               immured
               in
               nasty
               Prisons
               ,
               innumerable
               they
               deprived
               of
               support
               and
               livelihood
               ,
               abetting
               
               every
               Abject
               to
               trample
               upon
               them
               ,
               to
               ruffle
               and
               bait
               them
               with
               the
               most
               ignominious
               usages
               .
               But
               then
               came
               the
               Messenger
               of
               God
               our
               gracious
               King
               ,
               to
               bring
               the
               glad
               tidings
               of
               their
               restitution
               to
               their
               Places
               and
               Offices
               ,
               Protection
               and
               Revenues
               ,
               which
               the
               men
               in
               sheeps
               clothing
               had
               devoured
               and
               rob'd
               from
               God
               ,
               that
               their
               persons
               might
               be
               cheap
               ,
               and
               their
               offices
               contemptible
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               God
               at
               that
               time
               seasonably
               sent
               his
               King
               to
               repair
               the
               breaches
               of
               our
               Sions
               Unity
               ,
               which
               she
               had
               so
               lost
               ,
               that
               she
               then
               exceeded
               all
               parallels
               of
               confusion
               .
               Here
               was
               Ephraim
               against
               Manasse
               ,
               and
               Manasse
               against
               Ephraim
               ,
               and
               both
               against
               Judah
               (
               Isa
               .
               9.
               21.
               )
               Here
               was
               I
               of
               Paul
               ,
               I
               of
               Apollos
               ,
               and
               I
               of
               Cephas
               ,
               (
               1
               Cor.
               1.
               12.
               )
               That
               the
               Church
               became
               like
               the
               Ephesian
               Tumult
               ,
               some
               were
               crying
               one
               thing
               ,
               some
               another
               ,
               till
               all
               our
               Assemblies
               were
               confounded
               (
               Act.
               19.
               32.
               )
               But
               to
               compleat
               our
               Sions
               misery
               ,
               she
               was
               not
               only
               broken
               in
               pieces
               ,
               but
               every
               divided
               Party
               was
               always
               dissolving
               into
               lesser
               subdivisions
               .
               The
               universal
               Fate
               of
               all
               Schismatical
               separations
               ,
               as
               S.
               Austin
               particularly
               observes
               of
               the
               Donatists
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               (
               
                 in
                 minutissimas
                 partes
                 concisi
              
               )
               minced
               into
               the
               smallest
               particles
               of
               Faction
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               God
               sent
               our
               King
               seasonably
               then
               to
               Sion
               ,
               to
               restore
               that
               faith
               to
               us
               ,
               which
               we
               profess
               to
               have
               been
               that
               ,
               which
               was
               once
               delivered
               to
               the
               Saints
               ,
               and
               that
               dares
               only
               stand
               the
               tryal
               of
               all
               the
               acknowledged
               Rules
               of
               Catholicism
               .
               Which
               at
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Restauration
               ,
               was
               so
               confounded
               with
               all
               the
               erroneous
               Doctrines
               that
               ever
               before
               had
               born
               the
               name
               of
               Heresie
               ,
               that
               had
               
                 Quod
                 vult
                 Deus
              
               lived
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               he
               might
               have
               spared
               S.
               Austins
               large
               enumeration
               ,
               by
               having
               them
               all
               (
               and
               more
               )
               in
               his
               view
               ,
               at
               one
               prospect
               .
               The
               good
               old
               way
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               ancient
               paths
               of
               Truth
               ,
               were
               
               now
               grown
               up
               and
               laid
               common
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               false
               Meteors
               were
               kindled
               up
               in
               every
               corner
               ,
               that
               the
               poor
               people
               stood
               at
               a
               gaze
               what
               way
               to
               take
               ,
               what
               light
               to
               follow
               .
            
          
        
         
           These
           be
           several
           instances
           of
           our
           Sions
           calamity
           and
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           the
           reasons
           of
           her
           present
           thankfulness
           .
           But
           now
           if
           any
           ungrateful
           person
           should
           go
           about
           to
           lessen
           our
           Joy
           ,
           and
           reclaim
           and
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           Expedient
           hath
           not
           throughly
           attained
           its
           end
           ;
           yet
           he
           must
           confess
           ,
           that
           God
           gave
           it
           as
           sufficient
           to
           do
           its
           full
           work
           ,
           and
           it
           certainly
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           if
           our
           demerit
           of
           such
           a
           mercy
           had
           not
           been
           too
           great
           ,
           and
           our
           improvement
           of
           it
           too
           little
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           because
           the
           obstinate
           Samaritans
           did
           disturb
           the
           work
           ,
           because
           they
           might
           not
           build
           with
           us
           after
           their
           own
           fashion
           ,
           and
           by
           false
           accusation
           obstructed
           the
           full
           completion
           of
           the
           building
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           old
           men
           began
           to
           cry
           and
           murmur
           ,
           that
           it
           fell
           short
           of
           the
           splendour
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           yet
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           good
           man
           but
           may
           see
           enough
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           enough
           ,
           as
           gratefully
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           the
           blessing
           of
           Gods
           setting
           his
           King
           our
           Soveraign
           
             upon
             his
             holy
             Hill
             of
             Sion
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           am
           acquitted
           of
           the
           third
           Head
           of
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           the
           Extent
           of
           Regal
           Government
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           am
           ingaged
           in
           the
        
         
           4.
           
           Fourth
           and
           last
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           mercy
           of
           Davids
           resettlement
           ,
           from
           the
           grand
           difficulties
           of
           the
           attainment
           ,
           
             Yet
             have
             I
             set
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           despite
           of
           the
           greatest
           opposition
           and
           the
           strongest
           improbabilities
           .
           For
           though
           the
           Heathen
           furiously
           raged
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           imagined
           a
           vain
           thing
           ,
           
           though
           the
           Kings
           and
           Rulers
           of
           the
           Earth
           opposed
           him
           with
           their
           power
           and
           counsel
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           though
           his
           Son
           Absolom
           and
           a
           considerable
           part
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           made
           a
           defection
           from
           him
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           Moabites
           ,
           King
           of
           Zabah
           ,
           the
           Syrians
           of
           Damascus
           ,
           the
           Amalekites
           and
           Ammonites
           sometimes
           opposed
           him
           abroad
           (
           2
           Kings
           8.
           )
           yet
           in
           contradiction
           to
           all
           these
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           after
           all
           these
           dangers
           did
           God
           
             set
             him
             upon
             his
             holy
             Hill
             of
             Sion
             .
          
        
         
           This
           was
           Davids
           Yet
           ,
           and
           can
           we
           not
           celebrate
           as
           great
           an
           one
           for
           our
           gracious
           Charles
           ?
           Yet
           certainly
           ,
           and
           by
           far
           every
           way
           a
           greater
           ;
           God
           brought
           him
           to
           his
           Throne
           through
           severer
           difficulties
           ,
           stronger
           opposition
           ,
           and
           upon
           far
           lesser
           hopes
           and
           probabilities
           .
           Who
           could
           believe
           that
           power
           less
           able
           to
           prevent
           the
           admission
           of
           the
           Son
           ,
           that
           was
           strong
           enough
           to
           bring
           so
           great
           and
           so
           good
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           as
           his
           Royal
           Father
           ,
           to
           the
           Scaffold
           ?
           Or
           can
           we
           think
           that
           those
           men
           should
           ever
           indulge
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Branch
           ,
           that
           had
           confidence
           and
           malice
           enough
           to
           destroy
           such
           a
           Body
           and
           Stock
           of
           Royalty
           ?
           But
           we
           may
           measure
           the
           difficulties
           and
           obstacles
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Restauration
           by
           these
           particular
           Rules
           of
           Observation
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               God
               restored
               him
               when
               the
               poor
               deluded
               Vulgar
               had
               been
               unweariedly
               taught
               ,
               that
               the
               War
               commenced
               against
               his
               Royal
               Father
               and
               his
               House
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               accounted
               
                 The
                 Cause
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Masters
               of
               the
               Plot
               (
               the
               better
               to
               secure
               their
               design
               )
               had
               wrought
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               people
               to
               a
               belief
               ,
               that
               there
               lay
               all
               obligations
               upon
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               to
               destroy
               every
               thing
               and
               person
               that
               stood
               a
               defence
               to
               his
               late
               Majesty
               and
               his
               Family
               .
               And
               we
               all
               know
               ,
               that
               those
               men
               will
               be
               hardly
               perswaded
               to
               change
               their
               mind
               ,
               that
               have
               once
               
               made
               it
               their
               Religion
               to
               continue
               in
               their
               opinion
               .
               And
               whose
               life
               can
               be
               safe
               against
               him
               ,
               who
               can
               think
               he
               does
               God
               good
               service
               to
               murther
               him
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               God
               restored
               him
               after
               his
               Enemies
               had
               had
               a
               considerable
               time
               (
               twelve
               years
               from
               the
               day
               of
               his
               Right
               )
               to
               settle
               themselves
               in
               their
               Usurpations
               ,
               by
               trying
               all
               kinds
               and
               modes
               of
               Parliamenting
               ,
               and
               by
               experimenting
               all
               Models
               of
               governing
               ,
               and
               accomodating
               all
               their
               Tyrannies
               with
               such
               softning
               names
               ,
               as
               might
               best
               court
               the
               people
               into
               an
               acceptance
               of
               them
               .
               And
               so
               sometimes
               they
               were
               Keepers
               of
               their
               Liberty
               ,
               at
               another
               time
               they
               were
               a
               Committee
               of
               Safety
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               it
               was
               a
               Protectorship
               of
               their
               Priviledges
               .
               But
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               the
               poor
               banished
               King
               was
               to
               be
               believed
               ,
               first
               an
               Alien
               ,
               and
               then
               an
               Enemy
               to
               their
               concerns
               ;
               and
               by
               all
               possible
               Arts
               of
               Malice
               to
               be
               made
               odious
               and
               unacceptable
               to
               the
               Nation
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               God
               then
               restored
               him
               ,
               when
               he
               had
               never
               a
               Foreign
               Prince
               or
               State
               effectually
               to
               espouse
               his
               Interest
               .
               And
               when
               the
               Usurpers
               were
               grown
               so
               considerable
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               courted
               and
               addressed
               to
               ,
               by
               several
               neighbouring
               Princes
               :
               among
               which
               ,
               if
               any
               one
               was
               suspected
               to
               afford
               his
               exiled
               Majesty
               any
               aid
               or
               favour
               ,
               they
               found
               other
               Princes
               as
               considerable
               ,
               to
               balance
               him
               against
               all
               attempts
               of
               succour
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               in
               contradiction
               to
               the
               Nations
               publick
               interest
               ,
               and
               its
               common
               safety
               :
               so
               that
               it
               might
               be
               then
               said
               of
               his
               Majesty
               as
               his
               Example
               David
               said
               of
               himself
               ,
               that
               his
               very
               acquaintance
               were
               afraid
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               conveighed
               themselves
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               that
               no
               man
               cared
               for
               his
               Soul.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               Fourthly
               and
               lastly
               ,
               God
               then
               restored
               him
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               at
               the
               lowest
               hopes
               and
               expectations
               of
               any
               relief
               or
               help
               from
               his
               Loyal
               Friends
               at
               home
               .
               They
               had
               attempted
               
               to
               the
               last
               shift
               for
               his
               deliverance
               .
               They
               had
               moved
               every
               stone
               ,
               and
               turned
               all
               possibilities
               ,
               but
               their
               endeavours
               had
               been
               always
               baffled
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               so
               perfectly
               defeated
               ,
               that
               their
               persons
               were
               exposed
               to
               the
               watchful
               malice
               of
               their
               implacable
               enemies
               ,
               to
               murther
               ,
               banish
               ,
               or
               imprison
               them
               as
               they
               pleased
               .
               And
               their
               Fortunes
               either
               so
               altogether
               ruined
               ,
               or
               miserably
               harassed
               ,
               that
               whereas
               before
               those
               Loyal
               Souls
               had
               furnished
               his
               Majesty
               with
               considerable
               sums
               for
               his
               relief
               ,
               they
               were
               now
               so
               disabled
               and
               desperately
               discouraged
               ,
               that
               they
               either
               could
               not
               ,
               or
               durst
               not
               afford
               him
               a
               sufficiency
               for
               his
               ordinary
               support
               .
            
          
        
         
           These
           were
           the
           difficulties
           and
           obstacles
           of
           his
           Majesties
           happy
           Restauration
           ,
           than
           which
           in
           the
           prospect
           of
           humane
           judgment
           ,
           none
           could
           be
           imagined
           more
           obstinate
           or
           insuperable
           ,
           or
           render
           his
           condition
           more
           hopeless
           and
           desperate
           .
           But
           then
           God
           took
           the
           matter
           into
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           and
           himself
           (
           as
           he
           had
           done
           for
           David
           before
           )
           sent
           down
           from
           on
           high
           to
           fetch
           him
           home
           (
           Psal
           .
           18.
           16
           
           )
           He
           divided
           the
           waters
           of
           strife
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           and
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           his
           passage
           ,
           and
           proclaimed
           to
           the
           World
           (
           to
           his
           own
           Honour
           and
           our
           Joy
           )
           that
           in
           defiance
           to
           all
           his
           Enemies
           power
           and
           greatness
           ,
           malice
           and
           contrivements
           at
           home
           ,
           in
           despite
           of
           all
           the
           compliances
           of
           his
           false
           friends
           abroad
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           incapacities
           and
           despondencies
           of
           them
           that
           loved
           him
           here
           at
           home
           ,
           
             Yet
             have
             I
             set
             my
             King
             ,
             my
             Charles
             ,
             upon
             my
             holy
             Hill
             of
             Sion
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           thus
           discoursed
           what
           conquest
           God
           made
           upon
           the
           obstacles
           and
           difficulties
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Restauration
           ,
           and
           how
           he
           helped
           his
           Anointed
           with
           the
           wholsome
           strength
           of
           his
           own
           right
           hand
           (
           Psal
           .
           20.
           )
           as
           we
           must
           first
           give
           to
           God
           the
           honour
           due
           to
           his
           own
           great
           
           Name
           ,
           so
           also
           let
           us
           oblige
           our selves
           to
           the
           strictest
           regard
           to
           his
           Majesties
           preservation
           and
           safety
           ,
           lest
           we
           defame
           our
           present
           profession
           of
           Gods
           especial
           favour
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           exposing
           him
           to
           the
           same
           difficulties
           to
           preserve
           his
           Throne
           ,
           that
           he
           met
           with
           to
           attain
           it
           .
        
         
           Hath
           God
           given
           him
           to
           us
           by
           the
           complicated
           Right
           of
           his
           Birth
           and
           Restauration
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           we
           preserve
           him
           now
           we
           have
           him
           by
           the
           tenderest
           Love
           and
           Loyalty
           we
           can
           possibly
           express
           ?
           Can
           any
           ingratitude
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           any
           disloyalty
           so
           enormous
           ,
           as
           so
           to
           confront
           such
           a
           great
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           must
           seem
           to
           reproach
           the
           very
           instances
           of
           its
           execution
           for
           his
           preservation
           ?
           Did
           God
           bring
           him
           home
           from
           an
           Exile
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           abet
           those
           persons
           and
           their
           contrivements
           ,
           that
           tend
           directly
           to
           the
           carrying
           him
           back
           to
           the
           same
           unhappy
           state
           ?
           Did
           God
           allow
           him
           an
           Oak
           to
           cover
           him
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           turn
           it
           into
           a
           Cross
           to
           crucifie
           him
           ?
           Were
           men
           of
           a
           different
           perswasion
           made
           instrumental
           to
           his
           safety
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           that
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           endanger
           it
           by
           our
           bold
           separations
           and
           unsatiable
           desires
           of
           change
           ?
        
         
           Especially
           let
           us
           guard
           his
           Throne
           with
           the
           Militia
           of
           our
           devoutest
           Prayers
           ,
           whose
           keen
           earnestness
           may
           wound
           his
           Enemies
           in
           the
           fifth
           rib
           every
           day
           .
           Let
           us
           pray
           that
           a
           Colony
           of
           Angels
           may
           garrison
           his
           habitation
           ,
           and
           a
           Wall
           of
           his
           Subjects
           Love
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Loyalty
           secure
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           from
           every
           Invasion
           upon
           his
           Peace
           or
           Honour
           .
        
         
           O
           let
           us
           beg
           for
           the
           longest
           thred
           of
           time
           that
           mortality
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           that
           may
           not
           only
           carry
           him
           to
           an
           ordinary
           old
           age
           ,
           but
           may
           lengthen
           out
           his
           life
           to
           such
           an
           unusual
           duration
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           pay
           us
           back
           again
           the
           many
           years
           his
           Exile
           lost
           us
           .
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           
           sure
           to
           secure
           his
           Throne
           with
           vertuous
           and
           religious
           lives
           .
           There
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Treason
           in
           sin
           :
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           which
           it
           was
           once
           threatned
           ,
           that
           ye
           shall
           perish
           ye
           and
           your
           King.
           And
           Ezra
           penitently
           acknowledged
           to
           God
           ,
           
             That
             for
             our
             iniquities
             we
             and
             our
             King
             and
             Priests
             have
             been
             delivered
             up
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           (
           Ezr.
           8.
           )
           O
           let
           therefore
           the
           vertuous
           and
           exemplary
           lives
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Friends
           cloath
           his
           Enemies
           with
           shame
           ,
           baffle
           all
           their
           Pretensions
           to
           better
           Manners
           ,
           and
           perfectly
           silence
           their
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           unjust
           )
           declamations
           against
           the
           irregularities
           of
           the
           Loyal
           ;
           that
           so
           every
           good
           Subject
           may
           think
           and
           testifie
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           proclaim
           and
           say
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           live
        
         
           God
           save
           the
           King.
           
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .