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             Tulse
             ,
             Mayor
             .
          
           
             
               Martis
               4.
               die
               Junii
               ,
               1684.
               
               Annoque
               Regni
               Regis
               Caroli
               Secundi
               ,
               Angliae
               ,
               &c.
               xxxvi
               .
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Court
           doth
           desire
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Sprat
           ,
           Dean
           of
           Westminster
           ,
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           Bow-Church
           on
           the
           29
           th
           of
           May
           last
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Citizens
           of
           this
           City
           .
        
         
           
             Wagstaff
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           Sir
           Henry
           Tulse
           ,
           LORD
           MAYOR
           ,
           And
           the
           COURT
           of
           ALDERMEN
           ,
           And
           the
           CITIZENS
           of
           the
           CITY
           of
           LONDON
           ,
           On
           MAY
           the
           29
           th
           .
           1684.
           
           Being
           the
           Anniversary-day
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Birth
           ,
           and
           happy
           Return
           to
           his
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           By
           
             THO.
             SPRAT
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           Westminster
           ,
           One
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Chaplains
           in
           Ordinary
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Jacob
             Tonson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Judge's
             Head
          
           in
           Chancery-lane
           ,
           near
           Fleet-street
           .
           1684.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           May
           the
           29
           th
           .
           1684.
           
        
         
           
             PSALM
             130.
             4.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             mercy
             with
             thee
             :
             therefore
             shalt
             thou
             be
             feared
             .
             
               So
               our
               Old
               Translation
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             forgiveness
             with
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             be
             feared
             .
             
               So
               King
               James's
               Bible
               .
            
          
        
         
           BY
           comparing
           this
           twofold
           reading
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           we
           find
           ,
           the
           blessings
           of
           God
           declared
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           were
           very
           like
           the
           double
           benefit
           ,
           our
           Countrey
           received
           
           from
           Heaven
           on
           this
           day
           :
           both
           ways
           extraordinary
           ,
           and
           most
           auspicious
           :
           whether
           we
           consider
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           mercy
           ,
           in
           the
           King's
           Birth
           ;
           or
           as
           a
           forgiveness
           ,
           in
           his
           glorious
           return
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           to
           make
           this
           Scripture
           yet
           more
           applicable
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           ,
           the
           inspired
           Penman
           of
           this
           Psalm
           appears
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           in
           the
           same
           deplorable
           state
           ,
           these
           Nations
           were
           in
           for
           many
           years
           before
           the
           second
           of
           these
           two
           most
           happy
           days
           .
        
         
           
             Out
             of
             the
             depths
          
           he
           had
           
             cried
             to
             the
             Lord.
          
           
           Depths
           ,
           no
           doubt
           of
           the
           greatest
           Temporal
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           Spiritual
           desertions
           .
           Then
           he
           cried
           ,
           
             Lord
             hear
             my
             voice
             :
             Let
             thine
             ears
          
           
           
             be
             attentive
             to
             the
             voice
             of
             my
             supplications
             .
          
           Then
           ,
           with
           a
           deep
           sense
           of
           shame
           ,
           and
           remorse
           for
           what
           was
           past
           ,
           he
           acknowledg'd
           ,
           
             If
             thou
             Lord
             shouldst
             mark
             iniquities
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             who
             shall
             stand
          
           ?
           So
           devoutly
           he
           cried
           ,
           so
           passionately
           bewail'd
           his
           former
           rebellions
           against
           Heaven
           ,
           never
           ceasing
           to
           implore
           pardon
           for
           them
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           found
           by
           comfortable
           experience
           ,
           
             that
             there
             is
             mercy
             ,
             and
             forgiveness
          
           
           
             with
             God.
          
           
        
         
           A
           perfect
           image
           this
           of
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           calamities
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           of
           our
           guilt
           ,
           
           before
           this
           blessed
           day
           of
           Restoration
           ;
           and
           of
           our
           deliverance
           from
           the
           calamities
           ,
           our
           indempnity
           from
           the
           guilt
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           
             Out
             of
             our
             depths
          
           also
           we
           had
           cried
           to
           the
           Lord.
           Depths
           ,
           if
           ever
           any
           were
           ,
           of
           miseries
           ,
           and
           distractions
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           We
           then
           either
           did
           ,
           or
           should
           have
           confess'd
           ,
           that
           if
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           King
           
             had
             mark'd
             iniquities
          
           against
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           King
           ,
           few
           ,
           or
           none
           could
           have
           stood
           .
           When
           ,
           by
           an
           adorable
           Providence
           ,
           the
           remaining
           Loyal
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           who
           had
           long
           
             cried
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           for
           this
           day
           ,
           found
           inexpressible
           mercy
           upon
           it
           :
           nay
           the
           very
           disloyal
           part
           ,
           who
           had
           
             cried
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           too
           ,
           but
           against
           it
           ,
           even
           they
           enjoyed
           an
           unparallel'd
           forgiveness
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           far
           the
           Psalmist's
           case
           ,
           and
           ours
           were
           alike
           ;
           in
           our
           distresses
           ;
           in
           our
           recoveries
           .
           'T
           were
           well
           for
           us
           ,
           if
           the
           resemblance
           between
           him
           ,
           and
           us
           ,
           would
           hold
           out
           so
           to
           the
           end
           .
           For
           after
           he
           had
           been
           thus
           oppress'd
           on
           Earth
           ,
           and
           relieved
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           how
           did
           he
           behave
           himself
           ?
           He
           never
           forgot
           ,
           strove
           never
           to
           forfeit
           ,
           presently
           made
           the
           best
           use
           of
           all
           this
           mercy
           ,
           and
           forgiveness
           :
           declared
           not
           onely
           what
           was
           afterterwards
           
           said
           of
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
          
           ,
           that
           he
           
             loved
             much
          
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           fear'd
           much
           ,
           because
           much
           had
           been
           forgiven
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           thenceforth
           accordingly
           resolves
           ,
           that
           
             by
             waiting
             for
             the
             Lord
             ,
             with
             a
             stedfast
             hope
             in
          
           
           
             his
             word
             :
             by
             waiting
             for
             the
             Lord
             ,
             more
             than
             they
          
           
           
             that
             watch
             for
             the
             morning
          
           ;
           he
           will
           lay
           hold
           on
           
             the
             plenteous
             redemption
             ,
             that
             is
             with
             him
          
           ;
           
           who
           is
           not
           onely
           able
           to
           redeem
           ,
           but
           
             shall
             redeem
             Israel
             from
             all
             his
             iniquities
             :
          
           as
           ,
           with
           
           a
           full
           assurance
           of
           faith
           ,
           he
           concludes
           the
           Psalm
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           ,
           I
           doubt
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           melancholy
           inquiry
           ,
           an
           employment
           fitter
           for
           a
           a
           day
           of
           Humiliation
           ,
           than
           for
           so
           great
           a
           Festival
           :
           Should
           we
           go
           strictly
           to
           examine
           ,
           whether
           we
           ,
           the
           people
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           have
           made
           the
           Psalmist's
           practice
           our
           Example
           ?
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           our
           bounden
           duty
           so
           to
           doe
           :
           A
           duty
           incumbent
           on
           us
           all
           the
           days
           of
           our
           lives
           :
           especially
           on
           these
           days
           of
           our
           solemn
           Thanksgivings
           .
        
         
           Then
           ,
           my
           dear
           Brethren
           ,
           we
           rejoice
           the
           best
           way
           for
           mercy
           ,
           and
           forgiveness
           received
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           God's
           Representative
           the
           King
           ;
           when
           we
           embrace
           the
           forgiveness
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           more
           care
           of
           not
           offending
           in
           the
           
           like
           kind
           for
           the
           future
           :
           when
           we
           remember
           the
           mercies
           so
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           surfeit
           our selves
           with
           the
           fruits
           of
           them
           ;
           so
           ,
           as
           not
           onely
           to
           applaud
           the
           Divine
           Authour
           of
           them
           with
           empty
           words
           ,
           and
           praises
           :
           but
           when
           we
           make
           our
           joy
           solid
           ,
           and
           lasting
           ;
           when
           we
           mingle
           it
           not
           with
           levity
           ,
           or
           vanity
           ,
           too
           incident
           to
           those
           that
           are
           over-joy'd
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           cheerfull
           gravity
           ,
           the
           easie
           severity
           of
           a
           Christian
           life
           :
           And
           so
           we
           doe
           ,
           when
           we
           temper
           our
           joy
           with
           fear
           ,
           a
           true
           fear
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           have
           a
           plain
           meaning
           ,
           but
           a
           doubtfull
           expression
           ,
           both
           in
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           learned
           Languages
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           mercy
           ,
           or
           forgiveness
           ,
           
             with
             thee
          
           ,
           
           or
           in
           thee
           ,
           from
           thee
           ,
           round
           about
           thee
           :
           in
           his
           incomprehensible
           essence
           :
           in
           all
           the
           Attributes
           of
           his
           Divinity
           :
           in
           his
           very
           wrath
           there
           is
           a
           long-suffering
           :
           in
           his
           very
           revenge
           there
           is
           a
           forbearing
           mercy
           .
           So
           essential
           is
           mercy
           to
           him
           ;
           so
           widely
           spreading
           from
           him
           ;
           so
           ,
           upon
           all
           accounts
           ,
           with
           him
           ,
           not
           onely
           that
           he
           may
           be
           admired
           ,
           or
           worship'd
           ,
           much
           less
           that
           He
           may
           be
           neglected
           ,
           or
           presumed
           upon
           ,
           but
           
             that
             thou
             mayst
             be
             feared
          
           .
        
         
         
           
             There
             is
             mercy
             with
             thee
          
           ,
           because
           of
           thy
           
           Name
           :
           So
           the
           Septuagint
           .
           His
           Nature
           is
           mercifull
           .
           His
           Name
           is
           agreeable
           to
           his
           Nature
           .
           He
           is
           
             a
             God
             of
             mercies
             ,
             and
             forgivenesses
             ,
             abundant
             in
             goodness
             ,
             as
             in
             truth
             ,
          
           in
           both
           insinite
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             mercy
             with
             thee
          
           ,
           because
           of
           thy
           
           Law
           :
           So
           another
           reading
           of
           the
           words
           .
           And
           it
           is
           well
           for
           us
           sinfull
           creatures
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           so
           :
           that
           God
           has
           a
           Mercy
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Law
           ;
           that
           he
           has
           forgiveness
           ,
           because
           of
           that
           Law
           :
           that
           the
           sweetness
           of
           his
           mercy
           is
           answerable
           to
           the
           exactness
           of
           his
           Law
           :
           that
           the
           tenderness
           of
           his
           forgiveness
           far
           exceeds
           all
           our
           obstinate
           breach
           of
           his
           Law
           ,
           else
           
             no
             flesh
             living
             could
             be
             justified
             in
             his
             sight
             .
          
        
         
           But
           both
           our
           Translations
           render
           it
           nearer
           the
           Original
           :
           
             That
             thou
             mayst
             be
             fear'd
          
           ;
           so
           the
           New
           :
           
             therefore
             shalt
             thou
             be
             fear'd
          
           ;
           so
           the
           Old
           Bible
           .
           The
           first
           signifying
           the
           Psalmist's
           unfeigned
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           duty
           :
           the
           second
           containing
           his
           firm
           intention
           ,
           and
           vow
           to
           perform
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           words
           thus
           explain'd
           may
           be
           summ'd
           up
           in
           two
           parts
           .
        
         
           1
           st
           ,
           The
           great
           foundation
           of
           this
           whole
           discourse
           :
           
             the
             mercy
             ,
             the
             forgiveness
          
           ,
           that
           is
           
             with
             God.
          
           
        
         
         
           2
           dly
           ,
           The
           great
           obligation
           of
           special
           dependence
           ,
           and
           service
           ,
           those
           mercies
           lay
           upon
           us
           ,
           to
           fear
           the
           onely
           Donor
           of
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           From
           which
           general
           Contemplation
           of
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           their
           principal
           design
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           our
           next
           business
           to
           bring
           our
           thoughts
           nearer
           home
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           end
           of
           this
           days
           particular
           mercy
           .
           Particular
           !
           it
           was
           an
           Universal
           mercy
           .
           And
           if
           we
           shall
           find
           it
           to
           have
           been
           so
           ;
           that
           the
           favour
           in
           it
           on
           God's
           part
           towards
           us
           ,
           was
           here
           at
           least
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           there
           it
           could
           be
           to
           the
           Psalmist
           :
           then
           what
           can
           we
           doe
           less
           on
           our
           part
           ;
           but
           to
           imitate
           his
           steady
           resolution
           of
           fearing
           God
           ?
           And
           in
           order
           to
           that
           ,
           continually
           
             to
             wait
             for
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             hope
             for
             him
          
           in
           his
           own
           way
           ,
           the
           way
           of
           his
           own
           Word
           ,
           and
           Church
           :
           to
           wait
           for
           him
           more
           than
           they
           that
           watch
           for
           the
           morning
           :
           even
           more
           than
           we
           once
           watch'd
           ,
           and
           wished
           for
           the
           morning
           of
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           My
           first
           particular
           is
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           Psalmist
           justly
           makes
           the
           ground
           of
           his
           whole
           argument
           :
           the
           
             mercy
             ,
             and
             forgiveness
          
           ,
           that
           is
           
             with
             God.
          
           
        
         
         
           The
           inexhaustible
           Love
           of
           God
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           chief
           subject
           of
           the
           written
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           end
           ,
           for
           which
           it
           was
           all
           written
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           that
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           New
           Testament
           especially
           ,
           and
           this
           Book
           of
           Psalms
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Gospel-like
           parts
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           does
           more
           vary
           its
           expressions
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           seems
           more
           delighted
           to
           enlarge
           it self
           ,
           than
           on
           any
           other
           divine
           matter
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Throughout
           the
           whole
           Bible
           ,
           we
           find
           it
           represented
           to
           us
           by
           many
           the
           most
           significant
           phrases
           ,
           similitudes
           ,
           and
           amplifications
           .
           It
           is
           often
           here
           resembled
           to
           the
           greatest
           degrees
           of
           kindness
           ,
           which
           we
           behold
           in
           the
           sublunary
           World.
           Sometimes
           it
           is
           compar'd
           to
           the
           natural
           tenderness
           for
           their
           young
           ,
           of
           those
           creatures
           ,
           that
           are
           onely
           guided
           by
           the
           motions
           ,
           and
           inclinations
           of
           Sense
           .
           Sometimes
           it
           is
           likened
           to
           the
           higher
           ,
           and
           better
           directed
           affections
           of
           Mankind
           :
           to
           the
           sympathy
           ,
           and
           endearments
           of
           a
           friend
           ,
           to
           the
           provident
           care
           ,
           and
           indulgence
           of
           a
           Father
           ,
           to
           the
           soft
           passions
           ,
           and
           yearnings
           of
           a
           Mother
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           these
           coming
           infinitely
           short
           ,
           as
           needs
           they
           must
           :
           For
           how
           can
           Earth
           ,
           or
           
           frail
           mortality
           supply
           examples
           ,
           or
           imaginations
           large
           ,
           or
           tender
           enough
           to
           set
           forth
           to
           us
           the
           heavenly
           compassions
           ?
           from
           thence
           the
           Scripture
           carries
           our
           thoughts
           into
           Heaven
           it self
           :
           there
           gives
           us
           a
           view
           of
           the
           highest
           ,
           and
           most
           excellent
           images
           of
           goodness
           :
           which
           are
           more
           than
           tongue
           can
           signifie
           ,
           or
           heart
           can
           conceive
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           in
           the
           divine
           Nature
           ;
           and
           are
           manifested
           to
           us
           in
           all
           the
           distinct
           Works
           of
           the
           ever-blessed
           Trinity
           :
           the
           undeserv'd
           favours
           of
           a
           Creator
           ,
           and
           Preserver
           ,
           the
           unspeakable
           Consolations
           of
           a
           Comforter
           ,
           the
           self-denying
           sufferings
           of
           a
           Saviour
           ;
           who
           took
           on
           himself
           our
           flesh
           ,
           and
           dyed
           in
           the
           flesh
           to
           save
           us
           .
        
         
           Now
           of
           all
           this
           bottomless
           treasure
           of
           Eloquence
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           riches
           of
           God's
           goodness
           are
           set
           off
           to
           us
           in
           holy
           Writ
           ,
           this
           in
           my
           Text
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           affectionate
           words
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           proportionably
           effectual
           on
           our
           practice
           .
           It
           is
           not
           onely
           mercy
           ,
           but
           forgiveness
           .
           That
           with
           God
           ,
           
           who
           is
           infinitely
           above
           us
           in
           power
           ,
           was
           infinitely
           offended
           by
           our
           sins
           ,
           with
           him
           however
           there
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           common
           favour
           ,
           or
           a
           daily
           support
           of
           ,
           or
           a
           continued
           bounty
           towards
           us
           ;
           not
           onely
           gentleness
           to
           inferiours
           ,
           
           or
           liberality
           to
           those
           that
           most
           need
           it
           ,
           or
           beneficence
           to
           those
           that
           never
           merited
           it
           :
           but
           that
           with
           him
           there
           is
           forgiveness
           ,
           peace
           with
           Enemies
           ,
           reconciliation
           with
           Rebels
           ,
           the
           requital
           of
           the
           freest
           grace
           for
           the
           highest
           provocations
           :
           that
           after
           all
           his
           other
           mercies
           of
           kindness
           had
           been
           so
           often
           abused
           by
           us
           ,
           yet
           with
           him
           however
           still
           there
           is
           a
           mercy
           of
           pity
           ,
           and
           commiseration
           :
           which
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           very
           Crown
           of
           all
           the
           blessed
           Attributes
           in
           the
           eternal
           power
           ,
           and
           Godhead
           ;
           so
           ,
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           most
           God-like
           perfection
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           is
           capable
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           attempt
           to
           reckon
           up
           an
           exact
           particular
           of
           all
           the
           divine
           mercies
           ,
           and
           forgivenesses
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           all
           stand
           engaged
           to
           the
           divine
           benignity
           .
           If
           they
           could
           be
           so
           soon
           reckon'd
           up
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           so
           divine
           as
           they
           are
           .
           If
           they
           could
           be
           spread
           before
           us
           in
           one
           view
           ,
           would
           it
           not
           be
           a
           severe
           objection
           ,
           a
           just
           cause
           of
           sorrow
           to
           the
           best
           of
           us
           ,
           to
           behold
           so
           immense
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           our
           obligations
           ?
           whereof
           the
           far
           greater
           part
           is
           left
           wilfully
           uncancell'd
           by
           us
           ,
           because
           of
           our
           ingratitude
           .
           And
           alas
           !
           doe
           what
           we
           our selves
           can
           ,
           very
           much
           of
           it
           will
           be
           always
           unpay'd
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           inability
           .
        
         
         
           Of
           God's
           mercy
           to
           all
           his
           creatures
           ,
           of
           his
           forgiveness
           moreover
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           may
           not
           the
           same
           be
           truly
           affirm'd
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           his
           presence
           ?
           wherever
           he
           is
           ,
           he
           is
           mercifull
           :
           he
           has
           matter
           to
           forgive
           ;
           he
           is
           willing
           to
           forgive
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           every
           where
           .
        
         
           Which
           way
           soever
           we
           turn
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           whether
           we
           regard
           the
           present
           life
           ,
           or
           the
           future
           :
           whether
           we
           consider
           our selves
           as
           the
           Works
           of
           his
           hands
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           men
           ;
           or
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           Christians
           ;
           or
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           as
           the
           works
           of
           our
           own
           hands
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           sinners
           :
           if
           we
           observe
           from
           how
           many
           terms
           of
           enmity
           ,
           and
           distance
           God
           has
           freed
           us
           ;
           with
           how
           many
           titles
           of
           nearness
           ,
           and
           relation
           he
           has
           endear'd
           us
           :
           if
           we
           recollect
           ,
           how
           absolute
           our
           dependence
           is
           upon
           him
           ;
           how
           universal
           our
           receipts
           are
           from
           him
           :
           which
           way
           soever
           we
           look
           ,
           his
           mercies
           are
           so
           far
           beyond
           our
           repaying
           by
           deeds
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           far
           above
           our
           acknowledgment
           by
           words
           ;
           nay
           beyond
           the
           very
           conceptions
           of
           our
           hearts
           .
           We
           may
           as
           well
           undertake
           to
           comprehend
           God
           himself
           ,
           who
           is
           certainly
           incomprehensible
           .
           For
           among
           all
           the
           mercies
           ,
           he
           bestows
           on
           the
           sons
           of
           men
           ,
           one
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           chief
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           forgives
           us
           our selves
           ,
           so
           he
           gives
           us
           himself
           .
        
         
         
           Yet
           though
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           are
           so
           far
           beyond
           our
           recompencing
           ,
           that
           ,
           not
           onely
           our
           thanks
           ,
           but
           we
           our selves
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             less
             than
             the
             least
             of
             them
             :
          
           this
           does
           not
           at
           all
           acquit
           us
           of
           our
           duty
           :
           rather
           the
           greatest
           bonds
           are
           laid
           upon
           us
           thereby
           .
           We
           see
           the
           Psalmist
           does
           not
           onely
           here
           present
           us
           with
           a
           pleasant
           prospect
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           serious
           view
           of
           God's
           mercies
           :
           he
           shews
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           therefore
           ty'd
           to
           some
           special
           ,
           and
           irrevocable
           obligations
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           to
           doe
           ?
           what
           retribution
           to
           make
           ?
           All
           benefits
           receiv'd
           should
           be
           answer'd
           by
           a
           greater
           requital
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           or
           by
           an
           equal
           ,
           by
           an
           equal
           good
           will
           at
           least
           .
           Now
           for
           us
           men
           to
           think
           of
           making
           a
           greater
           ,
           or
           an
           equal
           return
           to
           Heaven
           were
           impiety
           .
           How
           indeed
           can
           we
           ,
           upon
           our
           own
           strength
           ,
           hope
           to
           make
           any
           ?
           since
           all
           the
           return
           ,
           we
           can
           make
           to
           God
           ,
           is
           of
           no
           value
           at
           all
           of
           it self
           :
           but
           onely
           according
           to
           the
           price
           ,
           which
           his
           pity
           ,
           not
           his
           justice
           ,
           puts
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           our
           most
           gracious
           Benefactor
           has
           prescribed
           the
           proportion
           of
           our
           requital
           ,
           not
           at
           all
           according
           to
           the
           vastness
           of
           our
           receipts
           ,
           but
           rather
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           scanty
           measure
           of
           our
           weak
           abilities
           ,
           and
           
           that
           accepted
           by
           his
           grace
           ,
           which
           is
           without
           measure
           .
           So
           that
           the
           very
           return
           of
           thanks
           for
           his
           mercies
           ,
           which
           God
           has
           injoin'd
           us
           ,
           is
           so
           manag'd
           by
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           become
           a
           new
           degree
           of
           mercy
           to
           us
           .
           For
           the
           most
           perfect
           return
           of
           thanks
           ,
           that
           God
           requires
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           can
           make
           ,
           yet
           not
           without
           his
           help
           neither
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           we
           of
           all
           things
           ought
           most
           to
           desire
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           this
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           that
           because
           there
           is
           
             mercy
             ,
             and
             forgiveness
             with
             God
             ,
          
           therefore
           we
           should
           fear
           him
           ;
           which
           is
           my
           second
           particular
           .
        
         
           By
           fear
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           is
           not
           at
           all
           meant
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           Philosopher
           describes
           to
           be
           ●
           passion
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           by
           which
           men
           that
           are
           weaker
           strive
           to
           scape
           the
           force
           of
           the
           stronger
           ,
           and
           to
           fly
           from
           all
           things
           ,
           that
           have
           a
           power
           of
           doing
           them
           hurt
           .
           Not
           that
           fear
           .
           For
           so
           good
           men
           may
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           fear
           the
           Devil
           :
           so
           the
           Devils
           themselves
           do
           fear
           God
           ,
           when
           they
           
             believe
             ,
             and
             tremble
          
           .
           And
           so
           may
           the
           King
           's
           irreconcileable
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           next
           to
           the
           Infernal
           Fiends
           ,
           must
           be
           one
           of
           the
           vilest
           parts
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           so
           may
           they
           always
           fear
           the
           punishment
           due
           to
           so
           horrid
           an
           impenitency
           .
        
         
           Nor
           by
           fearing
           God
           is
           here
           intended
           any
           servile
           dread
           ,
           or
           abject
           awe
           of
           his
           uncontrollable
           
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           terrible
           Majesty
           ;
           as
           he
           is
           the
           great
           Judge
           ,
           and
           avenger
           of
           all
           sin
           .
           Not
           that
           fear
           .
           For
           so
           the
           damned
           spirits
           in
           Hell
           do
           fear
           God
           :
           whilst
           they
           suffer
           the
           extremity
           of
           his
           wrath
           for
           having
           rejected
           his
           mercy
           .
           So
           irreparably
           wretched
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           all
           wicked
           men
           ,
           all
           Rebels
           against
           God
           ,
           all
           that
           are
           impenitently
           so
           ;
           and
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           Rebellion
           is
           in
           this
           sense
           also
           as
           the
           sin
           of
           Witchcraft
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           too
           generally
           accompanied
           with
           impenitency
           .
           Wherefore
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           peculiar
           curse
           ,
           whilst
           they
           are
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           
             fear
             ,
             where
             no
             fear
             is
             .
          
           In
           the
           next
           world
           they
           shall
           fear
           too
           ,
           but
           after
           another
           manner
           .
           There
           they
           shall
           have
           but
           too
           just
           a
           cause
           for
           fear
           ,
           which
           they
           shall
           never
           be
           able
           either
           by
           strength
           ,
           or
           art
           to
           avoid
           ,
           or
           by
           intreaties
           to
           deprecate
           :
           though
           God
           himself
           had
           often
           before
           most
           passionately
           intreated
           them
           to
           avoid
           it
           .
        
         
           Nor
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           by
           fearing
           God
           is
           here
           onely
           signified
           some
           blind
           reverence
           ,
           or
           confused
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           Omnipotence
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           Sovereign
           Lord
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           Neither
           this
           fear
           .
           For
           so
           a
           carnal
           man
           without
           grace
           (
           without
           real
           grace
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           not
           the
           counterfeit
           )
           so
           a
           man
           that
           
             is
             without
             God
             
             in
             the
             world
             ,
          
           may
           ,
           in
           some
           imperfect
           sense
           ,
           fear
           God
           :
           may
           sometimes
           revere
           his
           power
           ,
           may
           tremble
           at
           his
           thunder
           ,
           may
           be
           somewhat
           startled
           at
           his
           apparent
           judgments
           ,
           and
           melted
           a
           little
           by
           his
           undeserved
           mercies
           :
           and
           yet
           at
           last
           have
           no
           share
           in
           his
           forgiveness
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           
             plenteous
             salvation
          
           ,
           that
           is
           with
           him
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           plenteous
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           are
           all
           narrow
           ,
           ignoble
           ,
           legal
           interpretations
           of
           fearing
           God.
           The
           fear
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           we
           find
           does
           onely
           proceed
           from
           a
           sense
           of
           God's
           forgiveness
           ,
           and
           so
           can
           onely
           be
           found
           ,
           in
           those
           whom
           he
           will
           forgive
           ,
           whom
           he
           has
           forgiven
           .
           Wherefore
           the
           phrase
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           the
           most
           comfortable
           ,
           and
           Evangelical
           meaning
           .
           As
           the
           
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             the
             beginning
             ,
          
           and
           the
           perfection
           too
           
             of
             all
             wisedom
          
           :
           as
           it
           is
           most
           usually
           understood
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           comprize
           the
           principal
           acts
           of
           all
           true
           faith
           ,
           devotion
           ,
           and
           holiness
           ;
           including
           the
           whole
           compass
           of
           all
           sincere
           ,
           and
           undefiled
           Religion
           :
           such
           a
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           will
           teach
           us
           to
           praise
           him
           openly
           ,
           and
           worship
           him
           outwardly
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           love
           him
           inwardly
           ;
           and
           so
           as
           both
           inwardly
           ,
           and
           outwardly
           to
           obey
           him
           :
           and
           all
           this
           most
           reasonably
           ,
           because
           
           of
           the
           mercy
           ,
           and
           forgiveness
           that
           is
           
             with
             him
          
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           praise
           ,
           and
           adore
           him
           publickly
           for
           his
           mercies
           .
           A
           work
           most
           becoming
           the
           Children
           of
           men
           .
           Of
           all
           the
           creatures
           ,
           are
           not
           we
           most
           fitted
           for
           it
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           greater
           mercies
           receiv'd
           ?
           our
           greater
           capacities
           to
           understand
           ,
           and
           declare
           our
           reception
           of
           them
           ?
           And
           are
           we
           not
           therefore
           most
           obliged
           to
           it
           for
           the
           same
           reasons
           ?
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           should
           be
           ,
           not
           onely
           so
           irreligious
           ,
           but
           so
           unmanly
           as
           to
           neglect
           it
           ,
           and
           be
           silent
           :
           if
           contrary
           to
           our
           very
           nature
           ,
           we
           should
           look
           downward
           ,
           and
           not
           rather
           upward
           ,
           to
           
             the
             day
             spring
             from
             on
             high
             ,
             that
             has
             visited
             us
             ,
          
           yet
           still
           God
           has
           not
           left
           himself
           without
           witness
           :
           even
           all
           the
           other
           works
           of
           his
           hands
           ,
           all
           ranks
           of
           Beings
           ,
           all
           orders
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           would
           proclaim
           the
           Providence
           ,
           and
           make
           out
           the
           goodness
           of
           their
           Creatour
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           do
           all
           the
           inferiour
           Creatures
           .
           And
           how
           infinitely
           is
           their
           account
           of
           mercies
           receiv'd
           short
           of
           ours
           ?
           So
           short
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Creation
           was
           not
           made
           so
           much
           to
           enjoy
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           that
           enjoyment
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           
           mercies
           to
           us
           .
           What
           heinous
           forgetfulness
           ,
           and
           sin
           would
           it
           then
           be
           in
           us
           ,
           when
           even
           the
           inanimate
           ,
           and
           irrational
           beings
           ,
           that
           were
           made
           for
           our
           sakes
           ,
           shall
           all
           contribute
           to
           the
           praise
           of
           their
           Maker's
           bounty
           :
           if
           we
           alone
           shall
           be
           insensible
           of
           his
           bounty
           ,
           or
           negligent
           of
           his
           praise
           ;
           we
           ,
           for
           whose
           sakes
           they
           were
           made
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           service
           they
           were
           ordained
           by
           him
           !
        
         
           Wherefore
           the
           praising
           God
           for
           his
           mercy
           ,
           for
           his
           forgiveness
           ,
           is
           the
           peculiar
           duty
           of
           Mankind
           :
           As
           forgiveness
           is
           the
           proper
           act
           of
           his
           mercy
           to
           us
           .
           All
           other
           kinds
           of
           creatures
           never
           did
           partake
           of
           it
           .
           All
           below
           Mankind
           are
           not
           the
           proper
           object
           of
           it
           .
           All
           above
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           Angels
           ,
           when
           they
           offended
           ,
           could
           never
           obtain
           it
           .
           With
           his
           praises
           then
           our
           hearts
           should
           be
           always
           full
           ,
           our
           tongues
           often
           sounding
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           is
           not
           all
           .
           The
           truest
           way
           of
           praising
           God
           is
           not
           onely
           perform'd
           by
           a
           bare
           praising
           him
           .
           It
           is
           indeed
           a
           pleasant
           thing
           to
           tell
           ,
           how
           good
           ,
           and
           gracious
           the
           Lord
           is
           .
           Yet
           it
           is
           not
           onely
           merely
           pleasant
           to
           tell
           .
           There
           is
           much
           work
           ,
           and
           real
           labour
           ,
           and
           diligent
           service
           ,
           that
           must
           ensue
           .
           Though
           't
           is
           true
           that
           work
           it self
           ,
           if
           rightly
           
           perform'd
           ,
           will
           be
           also
           pleasant
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           and
           that
           
             service
             a
             perfect
             freedom
          
           .
        
         
           However
           there
           is
           first
           much
           work
           required
           on
           our
           parts
           .
           Though
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           is
           sweet
           in
           its
           Contemplation
           ,
           yet
           it
           cannot
           be
           so
           to
           any
           purpose
           to
           us
           ,
           except
           it
           produce
           in
           us
           answerable
           effects
           .
           Else
           the
           fruitless
           Contemplation
           of
           it
           were
           most
           uncomfortable
           .
           For
           it
           would
           the
           more
           accuse
           us
           of
           
             neglecting
             so
             great
             a
             salvation
          
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           most
           properly
           speaks
           my
           Text
           ,
           
             There
             is
             mercy
             with
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             be
             fear'd
             .
          
           Mercy
           with
           God
           that
           he
           may
           be
           fear'd
           !
           why
           not
           rather
           that
           he
           may
           be
           loved
           ?
           yes
           ,
           that
           without
           all
           question
           .
           The
           mercies
           of
           God
           towards
           us
           ,
           as
           they
           onely
           flow
           from
           his
           Love
           ,
           so
           they
           ought
           to
           produce
           Love
           in
           us
           :
           yet
           not
           onely
           Love
           ,
           but
           Fear
           :
           such
           a
           fear
           ,
           as
           can
           never
           be
           divided
           from
           love
           ;
           such
           a
           love
           ,
           as
           is
           always
           join'd
           with
           a
           dread
           of
           offending
           ,
           a
           jealousie
           of
           displeasing
           the
           person
           beloved
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           a
           true
           Gospel-love
           ;
           such
           is
           a
           true
           filial
           fear
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           What
           I
           have
           said
           on
           the
           general
           part
           of
           my
           method
           proposed
           ,
           the
           mercy
           ,
           and
           forgiveness
           ,
           that
           is
           
             with
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           principal
           
           reason
           ,
           why
           it
           is
           with
           him
           ;
           this
           ,
           I
           have
           premised
           ,
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           in
           so
           weighty
           and
           copious
           an
           argument
           ,
           as
           a
           necessary
           introduction
           ,
           for
           th'
           applying
           my
           text
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           glorious
           day
           of
           mercy
           ,
           and
           forgiveness
           .
        
         
           A
           day
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           amongst
           its
           many
           other
           felicities
           ,
           this
           is
           none
           of
           the
           least
           ,
           that
           ,
           do
           what
           we
           our selves
           could
           ,
           not
           to
           deserve
           any
           more
           of
           these
           days
           ;
           do
           what
           our
           worst
           adversaries
           could
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           have
           no
           more
           of
           them
           :
           yet
           neither
           our
           sins
           ,
           nor
           their
           malice
           have
           prevail'd
           .
           But
           we
           are
           still
           met
           in
           the
           house
           of
           God
           ;
           in
           a
           Congregation
           of
           true
           ,
           and
           dutifull
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           this
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           's
           always
           best-beloved
           ,
           now
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           most
           deservedly
           beloved
           City
           :
           here
           we
           are
           met
           once
           again
           to
           solemnize
           this
           day
           ;
           and
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           as
           joyfully
           as
           we
           did
           at
           first
           ;
           nay
           more
           ,
           if
           possible
           :
           Since
           now
           by
           the
           late
           defeat
           of
           the
           new
           Conspiracies
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           old
           ,
           and
           new
           Enemies
           ;
           though
           it
           is
           prodigious
           he
           should
           have
           any
           new
           ones
           ;
           however
           now
           by
           the
           blessed
           prospect
           of
           Peace
           maintain'd
           ,
           and
           Justice
           restored
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           once
           more
           destroy'd
           by
           its
           own
           arts
           ;
           now
           by
           the
           renew'd
           affections
           ,
           
           and
           united
           acclamations
           of
           all
           good
           men
           from
           all
           quarters
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           by
           the
           joint
           consent
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Earth
           :
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           which
           we
           have
           been
           told
           is
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           :
           The
           voice
           not
           of
           the
           unruly
           tumult
           ,
           and
           giddy
           populace
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           good
           ,
           loyal
           ,
           and
           peaceably-devout
           People
           ,
           that
           is
           as
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           :
           and
           by
           all
           these
           methinks
           I
           am
           incouraged
           to
           call
           this
           day
           a
           new
           resurrection
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           of
           that
           great
           Nine
           and
           twentieth
           of
           May
           ,
           and
           this
           year
           the
           very
           Restoration
           of
           the
           King's
           Restoration
           .
        
         
           So
           perpetually
           fresh
           ,
           and
           triumphant
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           venture
           to
           presage
           ,
           will
           be
           in
           all
           ages
           to
           come
           ,
           the
           precious
           memory
           of
           this
           day
           :
           whereof
           it
           may
           be
           justly
           affirm'd
           ,
           that
           except
           the
           general
           redemption
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           on
           a
           day
           of
           all
           others
           the
           most
           memorable
           ;
           that
           day
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           fountain
           of
           all
           the
           good
           things
           we
           obtain'd
           on
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           day
           :
           but
           except
           that
           ,
           on
           this
           day
           we
           had
           heap'd
           on
           us
           the
           greatest
           blessings
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           ever
           any
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           receiv'd
           from
           it
           on
           any
           one
           day
           .
        
         
           To
           God
           alone
           be
           the
           glory
           of
           all
           .
           For
           
           what
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           can
           be
           said
           less
           of
           a
           day
           ,
           whose
           mercy
           was
           so
           diffusive
           ,
           that
           it
           extended
           to
           its
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Friends
           ?
           Laid
           good
           and
           sure
           foundations
           ,
           if
           they
           ,
           and
           we
           ,
           had
           but
           built
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           ,
           and
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           come
           after
           us
           happy
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           great
           interests
           ,
           whether
           temporal
           ,
           or
           spiritual
           .
        
         
           To
           you
           the
           ancient
           Friends
           ,
           and
           well-wishers
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           the
           old
           Loyal
           party
           I
           mean
           ,
           for
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           to
           many
           such
           I
           speak
           ;
           you
           especially
           who
           endured
           the
           loss
           of
           your
           Countrey
           ,
           in
           hope
           of
           returning
           on
           this
           day
           ;
           you
           who
           so
           many
           years
           preferr'd
           an
           honourable
           Exile
           ,
           before
           the
           injoying
           such
           a
           Countrey
           without
           the
           King
           ;
           To
           you
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           this
           was
           a
           day
           of
           mercy
           ,
           onely
           because
           you
           were
           restor'd
           to
           your
           estates
           ,
           and
           possessions
           by
           it
           .
           Those
           you
           had
           sufficiently
           shewn
           ,
           you
           never
           esteem'd
           as
           your
           chief
           goods
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           not
           reckon
           them
           as
           the
           principal
           blessings
           ,
           you
           reapt
           on
           this
           day
           :
           But
           to
           you
           this
           was
           a
           mercy
           worthy
           of
           your
           perseverance
           in
           such
           a
           cause
           ,
           to
           behold
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           ,
           and
           your
           beloved
           Church
           of
           England
           restor'd
           .
           The
           Church
           ,
           which
           was
           all
           
           the
           while
           your
           constant
           companion
           ,
           your
           chief
           delight
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           almost
           your
           onely
           comforter
           .
           This
           Church
           you
           beheld
           ,
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           decently
           re-establish'd
           in
           its
           own
           Temples
           ,
           whose
           Tabernacle
           you
           had
           so
           long
           followed
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           .
        
         
           Thus
           was
           it
           to
           you
           a
           mercy
           .
           How
           much
           more
           was
           it
           so
           to
           those
           of
           us
           ,
           who
           ,
           by
           an
           unhappy
           fate
           ,
           were
           either
           born
           or
           bred
           up
           in
           those
           miserable
           times
           ;
           who
           had
           not
           the
           honour
           of
           such
           a
           Banishment
           abroad
           ,
           but
           had
           the
           necessity
           of
           an
           inglorious
           Confinement
           home
           ;
           how
           much
           ,
           on
           all
           accounts
           to
           us
           ,
           was
           this
           a
           day
           of
           mercy
           !
        
         
           A
           day
           ,
           which
           in
           exchange
           of
           an
           unlawfull
           yoke
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           of
           Tyrannies
           ,
           imposed
           on
           us
           by
           our
           fellow
           Subjects
           :
           return'd
           to
           us
           the
           easie
           ,
           and
           blessed
           Government
           of
           our
           Lawfull
           Prince
           .
           A
           day
           ,
           that
           secur'd
           to
           us
           a
           lasting
           ,
           safe
           ,
           and
           innocent
           peace
           ,
           not
           a
           false
           ,
           or
           slavish
           peace
           ,
           like
           that
           we
           had
           before
           ,
           worse
           than
           the
           very
           state
           of
           War.
           A
           day
           ,
           which
           gave
           us
           to
           know
           ,
           what
           a
           true
           liberty
           of
           Conscience
           is
           instead
           of
           a
           Licentiousness
           .
           A
           day
           ,
           which
           restor'd
           our
           King
           to
           his
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Prerogatives
           ,
           our
           Countrey
           to
           its
           Privileges
           and
           
           Laws
           ;
           for
           the
           false
           shews
           of
           which
           things
           it
           had
           so
           bitterly
           suffer'd
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           need
           I
           prove
           that
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           us
           this
           was
           a
           day
           of
           mercy
           ?
           when
           it
           was
           mercy
           ,
           and
           forgiveness
           to
           its
           implacable
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           To
           some
           of
           them
           it
           was
           the
           first
           innocent
           day
           of
           their
           whole
           lives
           .
           O!
           had
           it
           not
           been
           the
           last
           .
           To
           them
           it
           was
           a
           forgiveness
           on
           Earth
           of
           all
           their
           past
           crimes
           :
           and
           might
           have
           been
           so
           in
           Heaven
           too
           ,
           if
           once
           they
           would
           but
           have
           learn't
           to
           be
           less
           familiar
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           fear
           him
           .
           However
           to
           them
           it
           was
           a
           mercy
           ,
           that
           it
           made
           them
           for
           a
           time
           quiet
           ,
           and
           harmless
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           or
           no
           :
           that
           without
           their
           own
           personal
           ruine
           ,
           it
           ruin'd
           their
           usurped
           Powers
           ,
           which
           had
           render'd
           them
           so
           guilty
           towards
           God
           ,
           so
           factious
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           so
           hated
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           of
           all
           mankind
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           one
           day
           most
           seasonably
           took
           from
           them
           the
           opportunities
           of
           destroying
           themselves
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           numberless
           confusions
           ,
           and
           phrensies
           of
           Enthusiastick
           zeal
           .
           This
           day
           gently
           deprived
           them
           of
           those
           wretched
           arms
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           had
           
           been
           so
           long
           successfull
           against
           truth
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Religion
           ;
           which
           to
           be
           is
           really
           the
           greatest
           of
           miseries
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           to
           the
           whole
           English
           Name
           ,
           and
           Nation
           was
           this
           a
           day
           of
           mercy
           .
           By
           this
           day
           our
           age
           has
           been
           inrich'd
           with
           all
           the
           blessings
           of
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           left
           .
           By
           this
           we
           were
           taught
           Precepts
           ,
           and
           Examples
           sufficient
           to
           transmit
           those
           blessings
           entire
           to
           all
           posterity
           .
           By
           this
           the
           true
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           for
           ever
           vindicated
           by
           divine
           Providence
           ,
           against
           the
           false
           cause
           .
           By
           this
           divine
           Providence
           it self
           was
           vindicated
           :
           clear'd
           from
           the
           twenty
           years
           mischiefs
           ,
           and
           desolations
           ,
           which
           their
           deluded
           Authours
           were
           wont
           most
           arrogantly
           to
           impute
           to
           the
           special
           favour
           ,
           and
           indulgence
           of
           divine
           Providence
           .
        
         
           But
           on
           this
           day
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           in
           the
           State
           found
           ,
           or
           should
           have
           found
           ,
           its
           fatal
           period
           .
           Now
           it
           might
           have
           learn't
           ,
           that
           although
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           perniciously
           victorious
           ,
           yet
           it
           can
           never
           be
           quietly
           setled
           in
           peace
           :
           that
           although
           God
           may
           sometimes
           in
           wrath
           permit
           ,
           yet
           he
           never
           in
           kindness
           incourages
           prosperous
           wickedness
           .
        
         
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           Schism
           and
           Sacriledge
           in
           the
           Church
           were
           abundantly
           confounded
           ,
           and
           should
           once
           for
           all
           have
           been
           convinc'd
           ,
           that
           no
           real
           arm
           of
           flesh
           ,
           which
           for
           a
           time
           they
           had
           ,
           no
           counterfeit
           assistance
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           they
           pretended
           to
           ,
           can
           alwayes
           ,
           can
           long
           protect
           them
           against
           the
           true
           celestial
           arms
           of
           the
           unity
           ,
           order
           ,
           truth
           ,
           and
           charity
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           divine
           power
           of
           its
           piety
           ,
           the
           invincible
           spirit
           of
           its
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           This
           therefore
           also
           is
           the
           day
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           has
           made
           .
           He
           made
           it
           by
           his
           allwise
           counsel
           ,
           by
           his
           outstretched
           arm
           ;
           by
           a
           way
           indeed
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           the
           most
           divine
           ,
           by
           his
           counsel
           more
           than
           by
           his
           Arm.
           By
           the
           admirable
           conduct
           of
           a
           brave
           General
           ,
           whose
           name
           shall
           ever
           flourish
           with
           this
           day
           .
           Yet
           not
           so
           much
           by
           his
           undaunted
           valour
           ,
           or
           conquering
           hand
           ,
           as
           by
           his
           deep
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           peaceful
           arts
           .
           We
           admir'd
           the
           Heroick
           courage
           of
           his
           undertaking
           the
           design
           .
           But
           more
           ,
           we
           loved
           ,
           we
           blessed
           the
           calm
           prudence
           of
           its
           management
           ,
           the
           easie
           gentleness
           of
           its
           execution
           .
           Scarce
           a
           sword
           
           all
           the
           while
           then
           drawn
           ,
           amidst
           so
           many
           armies
           ;
           yet
           all
           contending
           for
           so
           much
           more
           than
           for
           one
           single
           victory
           .
           Scarce
           a
           drop
           of
           blood
           spilt
           ,
           till
           Justice
           came
           to
           draw
           its
           sword
           ,
           which
           too
           was
           sheath'd
           almost
           as
           soon
           as
           drawn
           .
           So
           it
           was
           fit
           ,
           that
           a
           mild
           and
           peaceful
           Reign
           should
           be
           introduced
           only
           by
           the
           methods
           of
           mildness
           and
           peace
           .
        
         
           We
           behold
           ,
           my
           dear
           Brethren
           ,
           how
           manifold
           was
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           to
           us
           on
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           If
           either
           the
           time
           ,
           or
           your
           patience
           ,
           or
           my
           voice
           would
           permit
           ,
           't
           would
           be
           well
           worth
           our
           while
           to
           consider
           yet
           farther
           ,
           by
           how
           many
           marvellous
           degrees
           of
           multiplied
           preservations
           ,
           and
           unexpected
           protections
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Life
           ,
           and
           Crowns
           ,
           God
           has
           ever
           since
           taken
           care
           to
           guard
           ,
           and
           defend
           his
           own
           gracious
           gift
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           now
           after
           four
           and
           twenty
           years
           ,
           has
           deliver'd
           down
           to
           us
           the
           mercy
           of
           it
           safe
           ,
           and
           secure
           ,
           and
           even
           augmented
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           many
           other
           instances
           of
           this
           kind
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           there
           is
           one
           signal
           ,
           and
           
           extraordinary
           Providence
           ,
           which
           being
           freshest
           in
           our
           memories
           ,
           methinks
           cannot
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           without
           injustice
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           man
           ,
           be
           wholly
           passed
           by
           in
           silence
           :
           I
           mean
           the
           most
           astonishing
           deliverance
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Kingdom
           from
           the
           late
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Earth
           knows
           ,
           that
           the
           hellish
           design
           was
           spread
           into
           two
           most
           villainous
           enterprises
           :
           One
           ,
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           Kings
           Government
           ,
           by
           an
           open
           insurrection
           against
           him
           in
           his
           politick
           capacity
           :
           The
           other
           ,
           the
           Murder
           of
           his
           sacred
           person
           :
           which
           two
           ,
           the
           Rebellious
           principles
           of
           the
           late
           Wars
           taught
           Rebels
           to
           distinguish
           in
           order
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           both
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Rebellion
           design'd
           ;
           heats
           ,
           stirs
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           pleased
           to
           complement
           it
           :
           But
           of
           that
           no
           honest
           English
           man
           can
           either
           speak
           or
           think
           without
           extream
           detestation
           ;
           if
           we
           either
           reflect
           on
           the
           plenty
           ,
           and
           tranquillity
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           our
           Enemies
           would
           have
           overthrown
           ;
           that
           we
           were
           and
           are
           the
           happiest
           people
           in
           Europe
           ,
           did
           we
           but
           equally
           understand
           ,
           and
           value
           our
           own
           happiness
           :
           
           or
           if
           we
           shall
           recollect
           ,
           not
           only
           what
           we
           had
           lost
           ,
           had
           the
           detestable
           Conspiracy
           succeeded
           ,
           but
           also
           from
           whom
           ,
           from
           what
           kind
           of
           Enemies
           we
           were
           deliver'd
           by
           its
           wonderful
           defeat
           .
        
         
           Were
           they
           not
           either
           disciples
           of
           the
           very
           same
           ill
           parties
           ,
           and
           Sects
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           many
           of
           them
           the
           very
           same
           men
           ,
           who
           had
           once
           before
           ruin'd
           us
           by
           the
           same
           popular
           pretences
           and
           ill
           applied
           names
           of
           things
           they
           never
           meant
           ,
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           Property
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           ?
        
         
           For
           did
           we
           not
           all
           the
           while
           know
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           men
           themselves
           ,
           to
           be
           Atheists
           in
           Religion
           ,
           to
           whom
           nothing
           was
           sacred
           ,
           who
           made
           all
           things
           prophane
           ?
           Monsters
           in
           morality
           ,
           to
           whom
           nothing
           was
           unlawful
           ,
           all
           things
           common
           ?
           Republicans
           in
           opinion
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           easiest
           Laws
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           seem'd
           oppression
           ,
           the
           mildest
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           world
           tyranny
           ?
           Men
           whose
           black
           designs
           required
           them
           to
           be
           close
           ,
           and
           hypocritical
           :
           but
           their
           Lives
           proved
           them
           to
           be
           loose
           ,
           and
           debauch'd
           .
           Men
           either
           of
           desperate
           fortunes
           ,
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           in
           plentiful
           fortunes
           ,
           of
           desperate
           principles
           .
           
           Men
           fierce
           ,
           cruel
           ,
           Religiously
           cruel
           towards
           others
           ,
           boldly
           irreligious
           themselves
           .
           Men
           whom
           Rebellion
           once
           prosperous
           had
           taught
           to
           be
           Rebellious
           ,
           but
           Rebellion
           often
           forgiven
           could
           never
           teach
           them
           either
           gratitude
           ,
           or
           quiet
           .
        
         
           Such
           had
           been
           the
           blessed
           Reformers
           ,
           and
           Restorers
           of
           your
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Laws
           ,
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           Consciences
           ,
           by
           the
           desperate
           insurrection
           intended
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           miraculously
           prevented
           it
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           diabolical
           Plot
           ,
           the
           cruel
           Assassination
           of
           his
           Majesties
           ,
           and
           his
           Royal
           Highnesses
           Persons
           ,
           at
           the
           Rye
           ;
           of
           that
           I
           know
           you
           cannot
           but
           on
           the
           oneside
           ,
           with
           the
           highest
           indignation
           ;
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           with
           an
           extasie
           of
           joy
           ,
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           as
           all
           the
           most
           mysterious
           subtilties
           ,
           and
           masterly
           strokes
           of
           hells
           malice
           were
           joyn'd
           in
           its
           secret
           contrivance
           :
           So
           the
           wisest
           ,
           and
           most
           gracious
           arts
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           call
           them
           ,
           of
           the
           divine
           favour
           were
           visibly
           practiced
           in
           its
           disappointment
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           place
           ,
           where
           this
           abominable
           Scene
           was
           laid
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           you
           ,
           as
           know
           it
           ,
           
           must
           confess
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           spot
           of
           ground
           ,
           the
           fittest
           in
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           for
           the
           attempting
           such
           an
           execrable
           parricide
           .
           A
           retyr'd
           passage
           out
           of
           the
           publick
           road
           ;
           easie
           to
           be
           defended
           by
           those
           within
           ,
           hard
           to
           be
           approach'd
           from
           without
           .
           A
           House
           solitary
           ,
           and
           ruinous
           ;
           a
           seat
           of
           melancholy
           ,
           and
           horror
           :
           a
           fit
           Emblem
           of
           the
           furious
           intent
           of
           the
           wretched
           possessors
           mind
           .
        
         
           There
           the
           anointed
           of
           the
           Lord
           had
           been
           taken
           in
           a
           snare
           .
           I
           could
           not
           have
           utterd
           these
           words
           ,
           but
           that
           now
           I
           can
           say
           ,
           the
           snare
           is
           broken
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           escap't
           .
           There
           however
           had
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           ,
           the
           breath
           of
           our
           nostrils
           ,
           been
           excluded
           from
           the
           assistance
           of
           his
           few
           Guards
           ,
           whom
           the
           consciousness
           of
           his
           own
           innocence
           had
           made
           few
           ;
           there
           ,
           he
           passing
           by
           secure
           ;
           as
           he
           might
           well
           think
           himself
           secure
           in
           the
           settled
           peace
           of
           all
           his
           other
           Dominions
           ;
           secure
           in
           the
           company
           of
           a
           valiant
           ,
           and
           invincible
           Brother
           sitting
           by
           his
           side
           ;
           secure
           in
           the
           eminent
           Loyalty
           of
           that
           particular
           County
           ;
           but
           above
           all
           ;
           secure
           in
           his
           own
           unequal'd
           mercy
           to
           all
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           to
           
           whom
           he
           had
           done
           as
           much
           as
           King
           ,
           or
           man
           could
           do
           to
           make
           them
           his
           Friends
           :
           However
           there
           had
           the
           King
           been
           on
           a
           sudden
           assaulted
           by
           unseen
           treacherous
           subjects
           ,
           armed
           Villains
           ,
           chosen
           Assassinates
           ,
           Veteranes
           in
           mischeif
           and
           slaughter
           ,
           Men
           kept
           alive
           only
           by
           his
           forgiveness
           :
           Yet
           there
           exposed
           ,
           defenceless
           ,
           unarm'd
           ,
           unforewarn'd
           ,
           had
           the
           King
           —
           I
           can
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           God
           for
           ever
           be
           glorified
           ,
           our
           enemies
           can
           say
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           For
           then
           God
           from
           on
           high
           interposed
           .
           God
           had
           seen
           the
           whole
           preparation
           of
           the
           villany
           ,
           he
           saw
           all
           their
           closest
           Cabals
           ,
           and
           most
           daring
           resolutions
           .
           He
           saw
           them
           ,
           and
           frown'd
           with
           disdain
           at
           the
           fury
           of
           their
           wrath
           :
           Smiled
           with
           contempt
           at
           the
           folly
           of
           their
           malice
           .
           God
           knew
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           time
           for
           him
           to
           appear
           ;
           when
           a
           Kings
           rescue
           would
           become
           a
           work
           worthy
           of
           Gods
           omnipotence
           .
        
         
           He
           knew
           ,
           and
           he
           appear'd
           ,
           he
           appear'd
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           immediate
           presence
           unquestionable
           ,
           God
           wrought
           not
           then
           by
           the
           slow
           methods
           of
           his
           common
           providence
           :
           
           Not
           then
           by
           bare
           natural
           signs
           ,
           or
           obscure
           presages
           ,
           or
           doubtful
           tokens
           of
           his
           pleasure
           :
           but
           by
           a
           flaming
           hand
           lift
           up
           on
           high
           ,
           by
           a
           dreadful
           Fire
           :
           That
           being
           made
           the
           prodigious
           occasion
           of
           so
           great
           a
           mercy
           ,
           which
           is
           otherwise
           esteem'd
           a
           dismal
           judgement
           .
        
         
           That
           surprizing
           Fire
           of
           New-Market
           only
           chance
           ,
           or
           negligence
           then
           seem'd
           to
           have
           kindled
           .
           But
           the
           event
           shews
           ,
           it
           came
           from
           a
           higher
           ,
           and
           a
           better
           cause
           .
           By
           that
           was
           the
           good
           King
           rouz'd
           on
           a
           sudden
           ,
           driven
           first
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Lodgings
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           smoak
           ,
           and
           ashes
           of
           it
           pursued
           out
           of
           Town
           ;
           so
           forc'd
           thence
           home
           to
           Whitehall
           ,
           before
           his
           appointed
           time
           ,
           and
           his
           Enemies
           black
           hour
           prefix'd
           .
        
         
           Thus
           God
           conducted
           him
           hither
           safe
           ,
           and
           untouch'd
           ,
           passing
           just
           by
           that
           Same
           infamous
           Rye
           :
           which
           was
           then
           innocent
           ,
           because
           then
           unprovided
           ;
           that
           otherwise
           might
           have
           been
           the
           fatal
           womb
           of
           so
           many
           unspeakable
           mischiefs
           .
        
         
           But
           hitherto
           ,
           and
           for
           some
           months
           after
           ,
           you
           may
           remember
           ,
           the
           King
           suspected
           nothing
           of
           his
           danger
           :
           imagined
           
           nothing
           of
           his
           escape
           after
           he
           was
           escap'd
           :
           perceiv'd
           not
           as
           yet
           the
           heavenly
           protection
           that
           had
           cover'd
           his
           head
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           in
           the
           day
           of
           battel
           ,
           but
           of
           his
           ordinary
           travelling
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           proved
           to
           him
           more
           dangerous
           than
           the
           fiercest
           Battel
           .
           As
           yet
           ,
           the
           wicked
           conspiracy
           was
           not
           dissolv'd
           ,
           nor
           as
           yet
           were
           all
           their
           merciless
           hopes
           lost
           :
           The
           same
           wretches
           ,
           tho
           somewhat
           struck
           with
           so
           great
           a
           disappointment
           ,
           yet
           still
           met
           ,
           and
           combin'd
           ,
           still
           contrived
           new
           places
           ,
           provided
           new
           weapons
           ,
           sought
           out
           new
           opportunities
           to
           perpetrate
           the
           same
           deed
           .
           Still
           some
           of
           them
           thought
           ,
           what
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           accursed
           Ferguson
           had
           impudence
           enough
           to
           say
           ;
           that
           by
           this
           accident
           ,
           the
           King
           was
           not
           so
           much
           delivered
           as
           reserved
           for
           some
           greater
           judgment
           .
        
         
           When
           Lo
           !
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           our
           profound
           security
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           cheif
           partakers
           in
           the
           dire
           Conspiracy
           ,
           being
           himself
           not
           suspected
           ,
           not
           invited
           ,
           not
           tempted
           by
           promises
           ,
           not
           frighted
           by
           threatnings
           ,
           but
           only
           those
           of
           his
           own
           conscience
           ,
           then
           he
           in
           meer
           remorse
           ,
           and
           dread
           of
           his
           guilt
           ,
           came
           voluntarily
           in
           ,
           and
           revealed
           
           the
           hidden
           work
           of
           darkness
           .
        
         
           And
           God
           soon
           seconded
           his
           own
           favour
           so
           well
           begun
           .
           By
           swift
           degrees
           ,
           so
           many
           new
           discoveries
           were
           made
           :
           So
           many
           sensible
           concurring
           proofs
           strengthened
           each
           other
           :
           So
           many
           undeniable
           demonstrations
           of
           all
           circumstances
           confirm'd
           all
           :
           So
           many
           confessions
           of
           the
           principal
           ,
           both
           living
           and
           dying
           Plotters
           broke
           forth
           :
           And
           they
           were
           plain
           confessions
           even
           when
           they
           were
           taught
           most
           to
           prevaricate
           ,
           and
           most
           cunningly
           to
           equivocate
           :
           For
           of
           those
           impious
           arts
           the
           Jesuits
           are
           not
           now
           the
           only
           Masters
           :
           But
           so
           many
           ,
           and
           so
           clear
           evidences
           did
           on
           a
           sudden
           surround
           and
           illustrate
           the
           whole
           matter
           of
           fact
           :
           One
           particularly
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           loath
           to
           mention
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           mention
           it
           but
           with
           pity
           as
           well
           as
           horror
           ;
           that
           lamentable
           self
           Murder
           ,
           I
           mean
           which
           yet
           was
           a
           much
           stronger
           proof
           than
           many
           living
           witnesses
           could
           have
           been
           :
           All
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           meeting
           together
           ,
           to
           convince
           the
           whole
           world
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           this
           Conspiracy
           :
           I
           dare
           now
           pronounce
           ,
           that
           next
           the
           having
           a
           share
           in
           the
           detested
           Treason
           it self
           ,
           the
           next
           crime
           is
           the
           not
           believing
           it
           .
           I
           mean
           the
           
           seeming
           not
           to
           believe
           it
           .
           For
           our
           Enemies
           themselves
           cannot
           but
           believe
           it
           .
           And
           most
           certainly
           ,
           whoever
           shall
           now
           pretend
           not
           to
           believe
           that
           this
           Plot
           was
           real
           ,
           it
           may
           justly
           be
           concluded
           ,
           the
           the
           same
           men
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           do
           desire
           it
           had
           taken
           but
           too
           real
           an
           effect
           .
           But
           I
           forbear
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           heard
           what
           inestimable
           mercy
           there
           was
           with
           God
           for
           us
           ;
           first
           by
           so
           miraculously
           giving
           us
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           an
           equally
           miraculous
           course
           of
           Providence
           ,
           by
           continuing
           to
           us
           the
           mercy
           of
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           what
           purpose
           ,
           think
           we
           ,
           was
           all
           this
           mercy
           with
           God
           for
           us
           ?
           Only
           that
           it
           might
           be
           thus
           faintly
           repeated
           ,
           and
           imperfectly
           rejoyced
           in
           once
           a
           year
           ?
           That
           cannot
           be
           sufficient
           .
           The
           greatest
           ,
           and
           most
           durable
           end
           of
           this
           dayes
           mercy
           is
           undoubtedly
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           we
           find
           in
           my
           Text
           to
           be
           the
           chief
           intention
           of
           all
           Gods
           mercies
           :
           that
           therefore
           the
           divine
           Majesty
           should
           be
           the
           more
           fear'd
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           all
           Gods
           mercies
           do
           exact
           from
           us
           a
           sutable
           return
           of
           some
           kind
           of
           fear
           :
           Yet
           some
           more
           than
           others
           .
           Those
           his
           mercies
           ,
           that
           flow
           gently
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           calmly
           falling
           on
           all
           our
           heads
           
           every
           day
           ,
           in
           blessed
           influences
           relating
           to
           this
           life
           ,
           or
           the
           next
           ,
           but
           without
           any
           great
           noise
           ,
           or
           astonishing
           circumstances
           :
           They
           require
           all
           our
           Love
           ,
           all
           our
           thanks
           ,
           and
           some
           fear
           too
           mingled
           with
           them
           :
           A
           fear
           of
           vilifying
           them
           by
           neglect
           ,
           or
           forfeiting
           them
           by
           abuse
           .
        
         
           But
           such
           mercies
           ,
           as
           these
           before
           us
           ,
           preservations
           of
           Crown'd
           heads
           ,
           and
           Royal
           Families
           ,
           devastations
           of
           Kingdoms
           prevented
           ,
           mighty
           Nations
           freed
           from
           slavery
           :
           these
           come
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           with
           a
           greaterforce
           ,
           and
           concussion
           of
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           tho
           with
           a
           delightful
           ,
           yet
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           it
           ,
           with
           a
           formidable
           train
           of
           terrible
           delights
           .
           These
           mercies
           therefore
           ;
           as
           they
           expect
           from
           us
           our
           equal
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           well
           demand
           our
           greater
           fear
           of
           him
           :
           more
           of
           our
           submission
           to
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           reliance
           on
           his
           will
           ;
           more
           of
           our
           adoration
           of
           his
           unsearchable
           counsels
           ;
           and
           of
           our
           humble
           thankfulness
           for
           his
           declared
           goodness
           .
        
         
           Thus
           most
           solemnly
           does
           this
           mercy
           call
           for
           our
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           all
           the
           interpretations
           of
           the
           Word
           :
           That
           we
           fear
           him
           so
           as
           to
           reverence
           him
           for
           all
           
           the
           secret
           degrees
           of
           ripening
           this
           mercy
           foregoing
           this
           day
           :
           that
           we
           fear
           him
           so
           as
           to
           bless
           him
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           ensuing
           happy
           dayes
           we
           have
           ever
           since
           injoy'd
           ,
           as
           a
           consequence
           of
           this
           :
           That
           we
           fear
           him
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           
             stand
             in
             aw
          
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           to
           
             sin
             no
             more
          
           :
           That
           with
           a
           careful
           diligence
           ,
           in
           our
           particular
           duties
           ,
           with
           a
           zealous
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           an
           unwearied
           vigilance
           over
           our selves
           ,
           with
           a
           dutiful
           watchfulness
           for
           our
           King
           too
           in
           our
           several
           stations
           ,
           we
           dread
           ,
           and
           revere
           God
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           other
           mercies
           ,
           least
           we
           be
           forc'd
           to
           do
           so
           for
           his
           Judgments
           :
           Since
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           who
           has
           thus
           bestow'd
           on
           us
           the
           greatest
           of
           mercies
           ,
           is
           also
           able
           to
           inflict
           Judgments
           as
           great
           .
        
         
           That
           is
           evidently
           one
           part
           of
           our
           duty
           rising
           from
           the
           contemplation
           of
           this
           dayes
           mercy
           ,
           for
           this
           undeniable
           reason
           ,
           we
           should
           all
           be
           induced
           not
           to
           disobey
           ,
           or
           dishonour
           ,
           but
           
             to
             fear
             God.
          
           
        
         
           There
           is
           still
           behind
           another
           very
           considerable
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           respects
           God
           too
           ,
           tho
           it
           seems
           more
           immediately
           to
           concern
           the
           King.
           It
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           the
           forgiveness
           which
           
           God
           put
           into
           the
           Kings
           heart
           ,
           to
           be
           willing
           ,
           into
           his
           hands
           to
           be
           able
           to
           dispense
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           this
           should
           lead
           us
           all
           to
           fear
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           Scripture
           Language
           ,
           to
           
             honour
             the
             King.
          
           
        
         
           But
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           else
           where
           is
           the
           most
           proper
           subject
           of
           this
           days
           solemnity
           ,
           I
           thank
           God
           ,
           in
           this
           Assembly
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           spend
           time
           to
           inforce
           .
           Your
           known
           ,
           and
           steady
           Loyalty
           has
           saved
           me
           that
           labour
           .
           Yet
           ,
           what
           it
           were
           superfluous
           to
           advise
           the
           Kings
           friends
           ,
           is
           ,
           God
           knows
           ,
           but
           too
           seasonable
           to
           wish
           his
           Enemies
           would
           do
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           therefore
           be
           the
           fervent
           ,
           charitable
           prayer
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           Loyal
           minds
           on
           this
           day
           :
           and
           true
           Loyalty
           is
           most
           generally
           accompanied
           with
           true
           Charity
           :
           That
           God
           at
           last
           would
           turn
           the
           Kings
           Enemies
           
             hearts
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             shall
             be
             turn'd
             .
          
           From
           what
           ,
           less
           than
           Gods
           mercy
           can
           we
           expect
           so
           great
           a
           change
           ,
           since
           all
           the
           Kings
           mercy
           has
           not
           been
           able
           to
           effect
           it
           ?
           But
           O!
           that
           now
           in
           this
           our
           day
           ,
           their
           day
           too
           once
           it
           was
           ,
           as
           properly
           as
           ours
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           so
           again
           by
           their
           amendment
           :
           O!
           that
           now
           they
           
           would
           
             mind
             the
             things
             ,
             that
             belong
             to
             all
             our
             Peace
             .
          
           O!
           that
           now
           they
           would
           understand
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           only
           lawful
           way
           to
           preserve
           the
           Reformed
           .
           Religion
           amongst
           us
           ,
           is
           to
           defend
           it
           only
           its
           own
           way
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           practising
           its
           very
           Enemies
           principles
           .
           O!
           that
           now
           they
           would
           reflect
           with
           grief
           on
           all
           their
           fresh
           contrivances
           against
           his
           Majesties
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           :
           And
           if
           for
           no
           other
           ,
           yet
           for
           this
           reason
           they
           would
           seriously
           repent
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           was
           so
           ready
           to
           forgive
           all
           their
           old
           offenses
           ,
           without
           so
           much
           as
           staying
           for
           their
           repentance
           .
           O!
           that
           now
           at
           length
           they
           would
           begin
           to
           fear
           the
           King
           for
           his
           mercy
           :
           Since
           amidst
           all
           his
           power
           hitherto
           ,
           they
           have
           never
           had
           any
           other
           just
           cause
           imaginable
           to
           fear
           him
           .
           O!
           that
           henceforth
           they
           would
           forbear
           ,
           upon
           any
           more
           pretences
           of
           Reforming
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           to
           violate
           that
           Royal
           goodness
           ,
           which
           when
           all
           was
           done
           ,
           was
           next
           under
           God
           ,
           only
           able
           to
           heal
           the
           breaches
           ,
           and
           compose
           the
           distractions
           ,
           they
           had
           caus'd
           once
           before
           under
           the
           disguise
           of
           such
           Reformations
           .
        
         
         
           God
           ,
           of
           his
           infinite
           compassions
           grant
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           converted
           ,
           and
           we
           united
           ;
           that
           without
           any
           other
           fear
           ,
           but
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           we
           may
           serve
           God
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           our
           lives
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           long
           enjoy
           the
           Kings
           mercies
           ,
           and
           they
           may
           have
           no
           more
           such
           need
           of
           his
           forgiveness
           ,
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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             5.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             6.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             7.
             
          
           
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             8.
             
          
           
             
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