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             A sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor and court of Aldermen in the church of St. Mary le Bow, on Thursday the 26th of November, being the day of the publick thanksgiving William Wake ...
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           STAMP
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           
             
               Curia
               Tent.
               Jovis
               tertio
               die
               Decembris
               1691.
               
               Annoque
               Regni
               Regis
               &
               Reginae
               Willielmi
               &
               Mariae
               ,
               Angl.
               &c.
               Tertio
               .
            
          
           Ordered
           ,
        
         
           THAT
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           Court
           be
           return'd
           to
           Dr.
           Wake
           ,
           for
           his
           Sermon
           preach'd
           at
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
          
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord-Mayor
           ,
           Aldermen
           and
           Citizens
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           on
           Thursday
           the
           26th
           of
           November
           last
           ,
           being
           the
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           Persons
           ,
           the
           Success
           of
           their
           Forces
           in
           the
           Reducing
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           for
           His
           Majesty's
           Safe
           Return
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           be
           desired
           to
           Print
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             Goodfellow
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           LORD-MAYOR
           AND
           
             Court
             of
             Aldermen
          
           ,
           IN
           THE
           Church
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
          
           ;
           On
           Thursday
           the
           26
           th
           of
           November
           ,
           BEING
           THE
           Day
           of
           the
           Publick
           Thanksgiving
           .
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             WAKE
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           Their
           Majesties
           ,
           and
           Preacher
           to
           the
           Honourable
           Society
           of
           GRAYS-INN
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Sare
          
           at
           Grays-Inn-Gate
           next
           Holbourn
           ,
           1691.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             Psalm
             Cxliv
             .
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             
               9.
               
               I
               will
               sing
               a
               new
               Song
               unto
               Thee
               O
               God
               ;
               upon
               a
               Psaltery
               and
               Instrument
               of
               Ten
               Strings
               will
               I
               sing
               Praises
               unto
               Thee
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               It
               is
               He
               that
               giveth
               Salvation
               to
               Kings
               ,
               who
               delivereth
               David
               his
               Servant
               from
               the
               hurtful
               Sword.
               
            
             
               11.
               
               Rid
               me
               and
               deliver
               me
               from
               the
               Hand
               of
               Strange
               Children
               ,
               whose
               Mouth
               speaketh
               Vanity
               ,
               and
               their
               right
               hand
               is
               a
               right
               Hand
               of
               Falshood
               .
            
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           but
           a
           very
           little
           while
           since
           we
           were
           wont
           to
           meet
           together
           in
           this
           Place
           ,
           to
           implore
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           
             Majesties
             Persons
          
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             Good
             Success
          
           of
           their
           Arms
           in
           those
           Great
           Enterprizes
           they
           were
           pleased
           so
           generously
           to
           undertake
           ,
           for
           the
           necessary
           Defence
           of
           our
           Country
           ;
           the
           Preservation
           of
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           ;
           and
           to
           put
           a
           quicker
           End
           to
           those
           unhappy
           Confusions
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           so
           long
           and
           dangerously
           exposed
           to
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           now
           Assembled
           with
           all
           possible
           Thankfulness
           to
           acknowledge
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           in
           the
           Gracious
           Return
           which
           he
           has
           vouchsafed
           to
           make
           to
           these
           our
           Requests
           .
           That
           He
           has
           Preserved
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           Prosper'd
           his
           Enterprizes
           ;
           and
           given
           a
           Success
           to
           our
           Arms
           ,
           if
           not
           equal
           to
           what
           perhaps
           some
           would
           have
           wish'd
           ,
           
           yet
           I
           am
           sure
           beyond
           what
           
             any
             of
             us
          
           could
           reasonably
           have
           expected
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           being
           the
           Design
           of
           this
           
             days
             Solemnity
          
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           how
           I
           could
           better
           entertain
           your
           Devotion
           than
           in
           offering
           you
           some
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Words
           before
           us
           .
           In
           which
           we
           have
           the
           Thanksgiving
           and
           Prayer
           of
           a
           King
           :
           A
           
             Gratulatory
             Acknowledgment
          
           of
           
             God's
             Mercy
          
           to
           Him
           in
           his
           
             past
             Deliverances
          
           ,
           and
           an
           earnest
           Request
           that
           He
           would
           still
           continue
           to
           deliver
           him
           both
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Malice
           of
           his
           false
           and
           
             treacherous
             Enemies
          
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           Psalm
           was
           composed
           by
           
             King
             David
          
           the
           †
           Inscription
           of
           it
           will
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           doubt
           .
           And
           that
           he
           composed
           it
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           some
           great
           Deliverance
           which
           God
           had
           given
           him
           ,
           from
           a
           
             Personal
             danger
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           some
           Great
           Victory
           which
           He
           had
           obtain'd
           against
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           sufficiently
           demonstrate
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           what
           that
           Deliverance
           in
           particular
           was
           which
           he
           here
           acknowledges
           with
           so
           much
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           promises
           God
           He
           would
           ever
           celebrate
           with
           the
           most
           pious
           Resentments
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           most
           solemn
           manner
           that
           He
           was
           able
           ,
           we
           are
           no
           where
           told
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           perhaps
           an
           easy
           matter
           to
           determine
           any
           thing
           certainly
           concerning
           it
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           were
           the
           Title
           which
           the
           Septuagint
           praefix
           to
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           of
           such
           Authority
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           securely
           rely
           upon
           the
           Credit
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           should
           then
           soon
           come
           to
           a
           Resolution
           of
           this
           Point
           .
           The
           Danger
           which
           the
           Psalmist
           here
           refers
           to
           ,
           being
           ‖
           therein
           expresly
           said
           to
           have
           been
           that
           which
           he
           underwent
           when
           he
           encountred
           singly
           with
           
             Goliah
             ,
             1
             Sam.
          
           XVII
           .
           and
           from
           whose
           Sword
           the
           †
           
             Chaldee
             Paraphrast
          
           on
           the
           Text
           tells
           us
           he
           here
           
             blesses
             God
          
           for
           delivering
           of
           Him.
           
        
         
         
           But
           as
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           this
           Inscription
           is
           not
           now
           to
           be
           found
           in
           any
           of
           the
           
             Hebrew
             Copies
          
           at
           this
           Day
           ,
           so
           †
           Theodoret
           assures
           us
           that
           neither
           could
           He
           in
           his
           time
           meet
           with
           it
           in
           any
           .
           And
           the
           expressions
           of
           this
           Psalm
           both
           in
           the
           2d
           and
           10th
           Verses
           ,
           plainly
           shew
           that
           when
           he
           composed
           it
           he
           was
           not
           only
           King
           of
           Israel
           ,
           but
           
             throughly
             Established
             in
             the
             Throne
          
           .
           For
           so
           those
           Words
           must
           be
           understood
           
             V.
             2.
             
             Blessed
          
           
           
             be
             the
             Lord
             my
             strength
             who
             teacheth
             my
             Hands
             to
             War
             and
             my
             fingers
             to
             fight
             :
             My
             Goodness
             and
             my
             Fortress
             ,
             my
             High
             Tower
             and
             my
             Deliverer
             ,
             my
             sheild
             ,
             and
             He
             in
             whom
             I
             trust
             ,
             who
             subdueth
             my
             People
             under
             me
             :
          
           i.
           e.
           Who
           after
           all
           the
           Contests
           that
           have
           been
           raised
           
             against
             me
          
           to
           oppose
           my
           Authority
           ,
           has
           at
           last
           fully
           establish'd
           me
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           brought
           
             All
             Israel
          
           to
           submit
           themselves
           unto
           Me.
           
        
         
           Now
           this
           has
           made
           Others
           suppose
           that
           the
           Sword
           
           from
           which
           God
           had
           
             delivered
             David
          
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           he
           here
           offers
           this
           
             Eucharistical
             return
          
           to
           Him
           ,
           was
           the
           Sword
           of
           Saul
           ,
           who
           so
           eagerly
           sought
           after
           his
           Life
           ;
           and
           from
           whose
           hand
           he
           could
           never
           have
           escaped
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           same
           Providence
           which
           before
           design'd
           him
           for
           the
           Throne
           ,
           in
           a
           wonderful
           manner
           preserved
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           confirm'd
           him
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           deny'd
           but
           that
           this
           is
           a
           Conjecture
           agreeable
           enough
           to
           one
           part
           at
           least
           of
           the
           business
           of
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           
             return
             Thanks
          
           to
           God
           for
           putting
           an
           End
           to
           those
           Oppositions
           that
           had
           been
           raised
           against
           him
           by
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Saul
           ;
           and
           bringing
           all
           Israel
           to
           receive
           him
           as
           their
           King.
           
        
         
           But
           tho'
           I
           shall
           not
           therefore
           exclude
           this
           from
           being
           a
           Part
           of
           what
           the
           Psalmist
           here
           intended
           to
           
             Bless
             God
          
           for
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           think
           that
           this
           comes
           up
           
           to
           the
           full
           meaning
           of
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Text.
           For
           if
           we
           look
           more
           narrowly
           into
           the
           Expressions
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           good
           grounds
           to
           believe
           that
           David
           not
           only
           composed
           this
           Psalm
           after
           he
           was
           come
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           but
           do's
           more
           especially
           refer
           to
           some
           Deliverance
           which
           he
           had
           received
           after
           his
           Coming
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           consequence
           after
           all
           his
           Dangers
           from
           the
           House
           of
           Saul
           were
           at
           an
           End.
           For
           having
           first
           vow'd
           a
           Thanksgiving
           to
           God
           ,
           Vs.
           9.
           
           
             I
             will
             sing
             a
             new
             Song
             unto
             thee
             O
             God
             :
             upon
             a
             Psaltery
             and
             Instrument
             of
             Ten
             strings
             will
             I
             sing
             Praises
             unto
             thee
             .
          
           He
           tells
           us
           Vs.
           10.
           
           That
           the
           subject
           of
           his
           Hymn
           should
           be
           this
           ,
           
             It
             is
             he
             that
             giveth
             Salvation
             unto
             KINGS
             ,
             that
             has
             deliver'd
             David
             his
             servant
             from
             the
             Hurtful
             Sword
             :
          
           i.
           e.
           as
           the
           Connexion
           plainly
           shews
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           a
           King
           ;
           and
           as
           such
           received
           Salvation
           from
           Him.
           
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           As
           the
           Passage
           I
           have
           now
           mentioned
           does
           I
           think
           plainly
           enough
           argue
           that
           this
           Psalm
           was
           a
           Thanksgiving
           for
           some
           Deliverance
           which
           God
           had
           vouchsafed
           to
           him
           since
           he
           was
           King
           of
           Israel
           ;
           so
           we
           may
           reasonably
           conclude
           from
           the
           Acknowledgment
           
           which
           he
           makes
           in
           the
           Beginning
           of
           it
           ,
           of
           his
           being
           at
           last
           
             Peaceably
             Settled
          
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           as
           a
           Blessing
           which
           He
           had
           but
           newly
           received
           of
           Him
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Deliverance
           from
           some
           Danger
           which
           befell
           him
           not
           long
           after
           his
           solemn
           Inauguration
           at
           
             Hebron
             ,
             2
             Sam.
          
           V.
           And
           the
           Character
           which
           he
           gives
           us
           of
           his
           Enemies
           in
           two
           places
           of
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           that
           They
           were
           Strange
           
           
             Children
             ,
             whose
             mouth
             did
             speak
             Vanity
             ;
             and
             their
             Right
             hand
             was
             a
             Right
             hand
             of
             falshood
             ,
          
           farther
           shews
           that
           They
           were
           some
           of
           the
           
             Idolatrous
             Nations
          
           round
           about
           Him
           that
           rose
           up
           against
           Him
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           in
           that
           Hazard
           out
           of
           which
           God
           had
           in
           a
           singular
           Manner
           delivered
           Him.
           
        
         
         
           Now
           this
           will
           lead
           us
           to
           a
           very
           probable
           Account
           of
           the
           Occasion
           and
           Design
           of
           the
           Psalm
           before
           Us.
           For
           in
           the
           second
           of
           Sam.
           V.
           17.
           we
           read
           that
           no
           sooner
           had
           the
           
             Philistines
             heard
             that
             they
             had
             anointed
             David
             King
             over
             Israel
             ,
          
           but
           they
           immediately
           Armed
           themselves
           against
           Him
           ,
           in
           Hopes
           that
           whilst
           He
           was
           yet
           scarce
           
             well
             setled
          
           in
           his
           Government
           they
           might
           be
           able
           to
           deal
           with
           Him
           ;
           least
           if
           they
           tarried
           till
           mens
           Affections
           were
           wholly
           engaged
           to
           Him
           ,
           He
           should
           then
           Grow
           too
           Strong
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           God
           who
           had
           in
           so
           wonderful
           a
           
             manner
             brought
          
           him
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           now
           no
           less
           
             miraculously
             preserved
          
           him
           in
           it
           .
           He
           went
           forth
           Himself
           into
           the
           
             Battle
             to
             smite
             the
             Host
             of
             the
             Philistines
          
           ;
           He
           directed
           
           Him
           both
           when
           and
           How
           to
           fall
           upon
           Them.
           And
           having
           thus
           discomfited
           them
           in
           
             two
             Battles
          
           ;
           and
           tho'
           not
           
             utterly
             destroy'd
          
           them
           ,
           yet
           obtained
           a
           
             Considerable
             Advantage
          
           against
           Them
           ;
           He
           composed
           this
           Psalm
           ,
           as
           a
           Solemn
           Thanksgiving
           and
           Prayer
           to
           
             God
             Almighty
          
           ;
           both
           to
           Bless
           him
           for
           that
           Success
           he
           had
           already
           obtain'd
           ,
           and
           to
           implore
           his
           Favour
           in
           the
           
             utter
             Subversion
          
           of
           these
           his
           Treacherous
           and
           
             Idolatrous
             Enemies
          
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           before
           observed
           that
           this
           Psalm
           consists
           of
           
             two
             principal
             Parts
          
           ;
           viz.
           1st
           .
           A
           Thanksgiving
           for
           that
           Great
           Deliverance
           which
           God
           had
           already
           given
           him
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Philistines
           :
           And
           2ly
           .
           A
           Prayer
           for
           the
           Continuance
           of
           his
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           ;
           that
           He
           would
           still
           go
           on
           to
           save
           him
           from
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           bless
           his
           Government
           with
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           :
           And
           my
           Text
           leads
           Me
           to
           consider
           both
           of
           them
           ;
        
         
           I
           st
           .
           The
           THANKSGIVING
           ,
           Vss.
           9.
           10.
           
           
             I
             will
             sing
             a
             new
             Song
             unto
             Thee
             O
             God!
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           
             II
             dly
             .
             The
          
           PRAYER
           ,
           Vs.
           11.
           
           Rid
           me
           and
           deliver
           me
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           strange
           Children
           ,
           whose
           Mouth
           talketh
           Vanity
           ,
           and
           their
           right
           hand
           is
           a
           right
           hand
           of
           falshood
           .
        
         
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           former
           of
           these
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           which
           David
           here
           made
           to
           
             God
             Almighty
          
           for
           preserving
           him
           from
           the
           Sword
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             Good
             Success
          
           he
           had
           met
           with
           in
           his
           Enterprizes
           against
           Them.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           Part
           of
           that
           Religion
           which
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           taught
           the
           very
           Gentiles
           themselves
           ,
           as
           to
           
           implore
           the
           help
           of
           their
           Gods
           in
           times
           of
           Danger
           and
           Distress
           ;
           so
           to
           make
           their
           Solemn
           returns
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           they
           escaped
           with
           Safety
           out
           of
           it
           .
           The
           same
           Reason
           which
           forced
           them
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           God
           in
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           carrying
           them
           on
           to
           confess
           the
           Interest
           he
           had
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           it
           :
           And
           that
           it
           was
           to
           his
           Providence
           therefore
           they
           ought
           both
           to
           recommend
           Themselves
           in
           All
           their
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           the
           Praise
           of
           whatsoever
           Success
           they
           met
           with
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           Hence
           we
           find
           so
           many
           a
           Titles
           given
           to
           them
           almost
           upon
           every
           Occasion
           of
           their
           Saviours
           and
           Deliverers
           :
           So
           many
           b
           Trophies
           and
           Monuments
           set
           up
           to
           perpetuate
           the
           Memory
           of
           their
           Blessings
           to
           Posterity
           :
           
           So
           many
           publick
           c
           Festivals
           appointed
           ,
           wherein
           to
           commemorate
           their
           Favours
           :
           So
           many
           d
           Shews
           ,
           and
           Games
           ,
           and
           Spectacles
           set
           forth
           in
           Honour
           of
           their
           Benefactions
           :
           And
           to
           come
           yet
           nearer
           to
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           so
           many
           Sacred
           e
           Hymns
           composed
           ,
           to
           declare
           the
           Greatness
           of
           their
           Love
           and
           Kindness
           to
           Mankind
           .
           The
           very
           f
           Triumphs
           of
           their
           Generals
           were
           no
           less
           design'd
           in
           Honour
           of
           their
           Gods
           ,
           than
           for
           the
           Praise
           and
           Glory
           of
           their
           Commanders
           ;
           Who
           esteem'd
           it
           a
           sufficient
           reward
           for
           all
           their
           Dangers
           ,
           to
           go
           with
           Pomp
           and
           Majesty
           to
           their
           Temples
           ;
           and
           there
           with
           the
           
             publick
             Acclamations
          
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           present
           the
           Spoils
           of
           their
           Enemies
           before
           them
           ;
           and
           confess
           it
           was
           by
           their
           help
           
           that
           they
           were
           return'd
           from
           the
           Field
           with
           Safety
           and
           Success
           .
           And
           from
           all
           which
           no
           other
           Conclusion
           can
           be
           drawn
           than
           this
           ;
           That
           as
           they
           were
           sensible
           their
           Help
           came
           to
           them
           from
           above
           ,
           so
           they
           thought
           it
           their
           Duty
           by
           all
           possible
           means
           to
           express
           their
           
             Grateful
             Resentments
          
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           if
           to
           be
           Insensible
           of
           the
           Favours
           which
           one
           of
           our
           Fellow-Creatures
           bestows
           upon
           us
           ,
           has
           ever
           been
           Esteem'd
           enough
           to
           fix
           one
           of
           the
           
             blackest
             Imputations
          
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           we
           all
           of
           us
           account
           that
           of
           Ingratitude
           to
           be
           )
           upon
           such
           a
           One
           :
           How
           much
           more
           both
           Wicked
           and
           Ungrateful
           must
           he
           be
           judged
           who
           neglects
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           those
           Blessings
           which
           his
           bountiful
           Providence
           showers
           down
           upon
           Him
           ?
        
         
         
           But
           there
           is
           yet
           much
           more
           to
           be
           consider'd
           by
           Us
           as
           to
           this
           Matter
           :
           For
           not
           only
           our
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           
             grateful
             Sense
          
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           of
           his
           Mercies
           to
           us
           ,
           oblige
           us
           thus
           to
           return
           our
           Thanks
           for
           them
           ;
           but
           our
           very
           Interest
           too
           concurs
           to
           engage
           us
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           He
           who
           neglects
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           Kindness
           of
           One
           of
           his
           Fellow-Creatures
           ,
           and
           thereby
           forfeits
           all
           Pretence
           to
           any
           
             farther
             Favours
          
           from
           Him
           ;
           runs
           only
           the
           Hazard
           of
           being
           deprived
           of
           that
           
             little
             Help
          
           which
           such
           a
           One
           might
           otherwise
           have
           afforded
           Him
           some
           Other
           Time
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           perhaps
           He
           may
           never
           find
           any
           great
           Want.
           To
           be
           sure
           the
           most
           we
           can
           suppose
           he
           could
           lose
           by
           it
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           become
           thereby
           Exposed
           to
           the
           Resentments
           of
           a
           Man
           whom
           he
           needs
           not
           much
           fear
           ,
           and
           against
           Whom
           he
           may
           find
           out
           many
           ways
           to
           defend
           Himself
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           so
           with
           relation
           to
           God-Almighty
           :
           His
           Providence
           is
           always
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           subsist
           the
           least
           Moment
           of
           
             our
             Lives
          
           without
           it
           .
           In
           
           
             him
             we
             live
             ,
             and
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             our
             Being
             .
          
           The
           very
           Breath
           that
           we
           draw
           in
           ,
           the
           World
           in
           which
           we
           dwell
           ,
           Our
           Health
           and
           Strength
           ,
           Our
           Food
           and
           
           Raiment
           ;
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           Our
           Lives
           and
           all
           the
           Comforts
           of
           them
           ,
           are
           All
           of
           them
           the
           Effects
           of
           his
           
             continued
             Bounty
          
           to
           us
           .
           And
           should
           we
           by
           our
           Ingratitude
           provoke
           Him
           to
           withdraw
           His
           Favour
           from
           us
           ,
           we
           should
           then
           become
           Destitute
           indeed
           ,
           for
           ever
           lost
           to
           all
           the
           Hopes
           both
           of
           
             this
             World
          
           and
           of
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           
             only
             Acknowledgment
          
           we
           can
           make
           to
           God
           for
           all
           his
           Mercies
           to
           us
           ,
           is
           this
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           .
           He
           is
           above
           receiving
           any
           Other
           Returns
           from
           Us.
           Whasotever
           we
           have
           besides
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           of
           
           his
           Bounty
           to
           us
           ,
           nor
           can
           he
           at
           all
           be
           profited
           by
           it
           .
           
           And
           sure
           when
           God
           bestows
           so
           many
           Blessings
           upon
           Us
           ,
           and
           expects
           only
           this
           little
           Tribute
           to
           be
           paid
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           own
           them
           to
           be
           his
           Gift
           ,
           and
           celebrate
           his
           Mercy
           for
           the
           Giving
           of
           them
           :
           We
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           inexcusable
           indeed
           ,
           if
           we
           neglect
           to
           return
           this
           to
           Him
           ;
           and
           more
           insensible
           than
           the
           very
           †
           Gentiles
           themselves
           ;
           who
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           before
           observed
           ,
           never
           fail'd
           in
           the
           most
           solemn
           manner
           they
           were
           able
           ,
           so
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           Such
           then
           was
           the
           Justice
           and
           Reasonableness
           of
           that
           Acknowledgment
           which
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           here
           engaged
           himself
           to
           make
           to
           
             God
             Almighty
          
           ,
           for
           delivering
           Him
           out
           of
           those
           
             imminent
             Dangers
          
           to
           which
           He
           had
           been
           Exposed
           .
           
             I
             will
             sing
             a
             New-song
             unto
             Thee
             O
             God!
             upon
             a
             Psaltry
             and
             Instrument
             of
             ten
             strings
             Will
             I
             sing
             Praises
             unto
             Thee
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           supposed
           by
           some
           that
           the
           very
           next
           Psalm
           to
           this
           ,
           was
           that
           Hymn
           which
           he
           composed
           in
           pursuance
           of
           this
           Vow
           :
           And
           in
           which
           with
           all
           the
           heighth
           of
           Poetry
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           most
           
             exquisite
             Form
          
           that
           Art
           and
           Piety
           joyn'd
           together
           and
           assisting
           one
           another
           could
           produce
           ;
           He
           sets
           forth
           the
           
             Glorious
             Goodness
          
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           Whole
           World
           ,
           but
           especially
           to
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           among
           them
           more
           particularly
           to
           such
           as
           duly
           serve
           him
           ,
           and
           put
           their
           Trust
           and
           Confidence
           in
           his
           Mercy
           .
           And
           in
           conformity
           to
           whose
           Example
           it
           will
           behove
           every
           One
           of
           us
           this
           day
           to
           lift
           up
           our
           Hearts
           to
           Heaven
           in
           
             Songs
             of
             Praise
          
           to
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           has
           now
           again
           in
           our
           Case
           ,
           as
           He
           did
           heretofore
           in
           Davids
           ,
           in
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           manner
           made
           Good
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Text
           to
           us
           ;
           
             It
             is
             He
             that
             Giveth
             Salvation
             unto
             Kings
             ,
             that
             hath
             delivered
             David
             his
             Servant
             from
             the
             hurtful
             Sword.
             
          
        
         
         
           But
           of
           our
           own
           concern
           in
           this
           Duty
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           Occasion
           to
           speak
           more
           particularly
           hereafter
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           having
           thus
           briefly
           consider'd
           in
           the
           General
           ,
           What
           those
           Grounds
           were
           upon
           which
           the
           
             Holy
             Psalmist
          
           took
           up
           the
           Resolution
           you
           have
           seen
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           
             Text
             ,
             I
             will
             sing
             a
             new-song
             unto
             Thee
             O
             God
             :
          
           Let
           us
           for
           our
           further
           Direction
           in
           the
           Duty
           before
           Us
           ,
           enquire
           more
           expresly
           ,
           What
           the
           Subject
           of
           
             his
             Praise
          
           was
           ,
           and
           what
           Ours
           ought
           at
           this
           Time
           to
           be
           ?
        
         
           Now
           this
           He
           tells
           Us
           in
           the
           next
           Verse
           ;
           viz.
           that
           it
           should
           consist
           in
           a
           
             Grateful
             Acknowledgment
          
           of
           
             Gods
             particular
             Providence
          
           .
        
         
           (
           1st
           .
           )
           Over
           ‖
           All
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           whatsoever
           ,
           more
           than
           over
           other
           
             Men
             :
             It
             is
             He
             that
             giveth
             Salvation
             unto
             Kings
             .
          
        
         
           (
           2
           dly
           .
           )
           Among
           Them
           in
           a
           more
           especial
           manner
           over
           Himself
           ,
           more
           than
           any
           Other
           King
           besides
           :
           
             It
             is
             he
             that
             giveth
             Salvation
             unto
             Kings
             ;
             and
             delivereth
             David
             his
             Servant
             from
             the
             hurtful
             Sword.
             
          
        
         
           And
           (
           1
           st
           .
           )
           That
           we
           ought
           to
           
             bless
             God
          
           for
           that
           
             particular
             Providence
          
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           exercise
           over
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           beyond
           what
           he
           usually
           does
           over
           other
           
             Ordinary
             Persons
          
           .
           ‖
        
         
           For
           let
           not
           the
           Greatest
           Monarchs
           mistake
           themselves
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           their
           own
           Power
           or
           Conduct
           that
           secured
           them
           against
           those
           many
           and
           imminent
           Dangers
           to
           which
           their
           very
           Place
           and
           Station
           
           continually
           exposes
           them
           .
           But
           rather
           let
           them
           consider
           ,
           ‖
           What
           would
           all
           their
           Guards
           and
           their
           Attendants
           ,
           all
           their
           mighty
           Power
           and
           Forces
           avail
           Them
           ,
           were
           there
           not
           a
           superiour
           Eye
           of
           Providence
           continually
           watching
           over
           them
           ,
           to
           protect
           and
           preserve
           them
           ?
        
         
           That
           a
           
             whole
             Nation
          
           should
           stand
           in
           awe
           of
           
             one
             single
             Person
          
           ,
           whom
           they
           all
           know
           to
           be
           but
           a
           Man
           like
           unto
           themselves
           ;
           That
           they
           should
           obey
           his
           Commands
           ,
           and
           tremble
           at
           his
           Justice
           :
           That
           those
           who
           oftentimes
           despise
           their
           
             own
             Lives
          
           ,
           should
           yet
           not
           dare
           to
           strike
           at
           His
           ;
           but
           startle
           at
           the
           very
           Thought
           of
           doing
           him
           a
           Mischief
           :
           'T
           is
           not
           their
           own
           Wisdom
           ,
           or
           Power
           or
           Resolution
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           the
           Name
           or
           Ensigns
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           than
           can
           be
           thought
           sufficient
           to
           work
           such
           a
           Restraint
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Providence
           of
           that
           God
           by
           whom
           
             Kings
             reign
             ,
             and
             Princes
             decree
          
           
           Justice
           ,
           that
           alone
           is
           able
           to
           give
           such
           a
           Reverence
           and
           Security
           to
           them
           .
           He
           has
           set
           his
           Stamp
           of
           Majesty
           upon
           them
           ;
           He
           has
           declared
           them
           to
           be
           his
           Ministers
           :
           and
           this
           forces
           even
           the
           most
           
             Violent
             Men
          
           
           to
           have
           such
           a
           regard
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           nothing
           but
           this
           could
           ever
           engage
           them
           to
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           say
           ought
           at
           
             all
             times
          
           ,
           but
           especially
           on
           such
           
             Solemn
             Occasions
          
           as
           these
           ,
           to
           be
           esteem'd
           a
           Matter
           of
           especial
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           to
           God
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           were
           it
           not
           for
           such
           a
           Restraint
           as
           that
           we
           
           have
           now
           been
           speaking
           of
           ,
           What
           would
           become
           of
           All
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Order
           ,
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           
             World
             ?
             Kings
          
           might
           
             enact
             Laws
          
           ;
           they
           might
           settle
           our
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           at
           Home
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           Leagues
           of
           Peace
           and
           Commerce
           Abroad
           :
           But
           alas
           !
           What
           precarious
           things
           would
           All
           these
           be
           ,
           were
           
           they
           left
           open
           by
           God
           to
           the
           Violence
           and
           Fury
           of
           every
           bold
           Invader
           ;
           and
           no
           longer
           to
           be
           of
           any
           Force
           ,
           than
           till
           some
           desperate
           and
           turbulent
           Spirits
           should
           be
           found
           to
           run
           All
           things
           into
           Disorder
           and
           Confusion
           ?
        
         
           But
           Blessed
           be
           God!
           who
           has
           not
           given
           Us
           up
           to
           the
           
             Wild
             Passions
          
           ,
           and
           
             ungovern'd
             Appetites
          
           of
           Wicked
           and
           
             Violent
             Men.
          
           But
           as
           he
           has
           laid
           the
           strongest
           Obligations
           upon
           Us
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           the
           
             higher
             Powers
          
           ,
           not
           
             only
             for
             Wrath
             but
             also
             for
             Conscience
          
           
           sake
           ;
           to
           obey
           their
           Laws
           ,
           and
           support
           their
           Government
           ;
           to
           bear
           with
           their
           Infirmities
           ,
           and
           if
           Occasion
           be
           ,
           even
           Suffer
           too
           rather
           than
           dare
           to
           resist
           their
           Authority
           :
           So
           has
           he
           impress'd
           on
           our
           Minds
           a
           certain
           Awe
           of
           that
           Power
           which
           he
           has
           put
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           permit
           us
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           our
           very
           Hearts
           to
           despise
           or
           disregard
           them
           ;
           and
           by
           
             frequent
             Instances
          
           of
           his
           Vengeance
           has
           effectually
           assured
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           
             Singular
             Eye
          
           of
           Providence
           that
           overlooks
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           One
           shall
           
           
             lift
             up
             his
             hand
             against
             them
             and
             go
             unpunish'd
             .
          
        
         
           This
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Great
           Security
           of
           all
           the
           Peace
           and
           Quiet
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Happiness
           and
           Prosperity
           which
           we
           Enjoy
           ;
           So
           ought
           we
           upon
           
             all
             Occasions
          
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           declare
           our
           Sense
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           our
           
             grateful
             Acknowledgments
          
           to
           God
           for
           it
           .
           But
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           had
           a
           yet
           more
           particular
           Subject
           for
           his
           Praise
           than
           this
           .
           For
        
         
           (
           2
           dly
           .
           )
           This
           God
           who
           has
           such
           a
           near
           and
           
             tender
             regard
          
           for
           All
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           whatsoever
           ,
           above
           
             Other
             Men
          
           ;
           did
           in
           a
           
             Singular
             Manner
          
           shew
           his
           Concern
           for
           Him
           ,
           more
           than
           for
           any
           Other
           Prince
           that
           then
           lived
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
         
           If
           we
           consider
           Him
           before
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Throne
           ;
           From
           how
           many
           Dangers
           did
           it
           even
           then
           please
           God
           to
           save
           and
           deliver
           Him
           ?
           Let
           the
           Hazards
           which
           he
           run
           with
           the
           Lion
           and
           the
           Bear
           ;
           His
           
           Encounters
           with
           Goliah
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           with
           whole
        
         
           Armies
           of
           the
           Philistines
           :
           His
           
             narrow
             escape
          
           from
           
           the
           †
           Javelin
           of
           Saul
           ;
           and
           his
           yet
           more
           
             narrow
             escape
          
           from
           the
           Hands
           of
           those
           *
           Murderers
           whom
           he
           sent
           on
           purpose
           to
           slay
           him
           :
           Let
           the
           Perils
           he
           underwent
           when
           ‖
           Saul
           with
           his
           Army
           hunted
           him
           up
           and
           down
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ;
           forced
           Him
           to
           flee
           sometimes
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           among
           the
           
             Wild
             Beasts
          
           for
           Refuge
           ;
           at
           other
           times
           into
           the
           
             Enemies
             Country
          
           ,
           to
           those
           very
           †
           Philistines
           whom
           he
           had
           so
           much
           enraged
           by
           his
           frequent
           Encounters
           against
           them
           ;
           not
           to
           mention
           any
           more
           Particulars
           ,
           declare
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           Nor
           were
           those
           he
           underwent
           ,
           2
           dly
           ,
           after
           he
           
           came
           to
           the
           Throne
           any
           less
           remarkable
           :
           Whilst
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           yet
           divided
           against
           Him
           ,
           and
           but
           one
           of
           all
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           stuck
           firm
           to
           Him
           ,
           
           and
           own'd
           his
           Authority
           for
           above
           Seven
           years
           .
           And
           when
           at
           last
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           unite
           the
           
             whole
             People
          
           under
           him
           ;
           no
           sooner
           was
           He
           free
           from
           those
           
             Civil
             Disturbances
          
           at
           Home
           ,
           but
           a
           Forreign
           
           Enemy
           forthwith
           invaded
           him
           
             from
             Abroad
          
           ,
           and
           again
           exposed
           him
           to
           
             New
             Dangers
          
           .
        
         
           〈◊〉
           out
           of
           all
           these
           Difficulties
           God
           deliver'd
           him
           ;
           and
           were
           it
           necessary
           for
           me
           to
           go
           on
           to
           the
           
             following
             parts
          
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           we
           might
           find
           yet
           greater
           Instances
           than
           these
           of
           his
           Wonderful
           Preservations
           of
           him
           .
           And
           as
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           no
           One
           ever
           took
           more
           Care
           to
           magnify
           the
           Mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           David
           did
           ;
           So
           I
           may
           say
           that
           never
           had
           any
           Prince
           
           greater
           reason
           than
           He
           had
           so
           to
           do
           :
           Who
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           chosen
           by
           God
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           shew
           what
           a
           tender
           regard
           the
           Almighty
           has
           to
           his
           own
           Ministers
           ,
           whilst
           they
           take
           care
           to
           
             live
             well
          
           ,
           and
           to
           demean
           themselves
           as
           becomes
           that
           Place
           ,
           and
           Character
           which
           he
           has
           bestow'd
           upon
           Them.
           
        
         
           This
           then
           was
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           ,
           when
           he
           resolved
           upon
           that
           Song
           of
           Eucharist
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Text
           speaks
           ,
           in
           acknowledgment
           of
           all
           those
           Blessings
           which
           God
           had
           Vouchsafed
           to
           Him.
           And
           if
           we
           Enquire
           into
           the
           Reason
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           What
           it
           was
           that
           moved
           God
           to
           shew
           such
           a
           particular
           regard
           to
           this
           
             Great
             Man
          
           ;
           I
           think
           we
           may
           give
           these
           two
           Accounts
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1
           st
           .
           That
           He
           was
           King
           of
           Gods
           own
           
             peculiar
             People
          
           ;
           that
           People
           which
           he
           had
           chosen
           out
           of
           all
           
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Earth
           to
           be
           his
           
             own
             Inheritance
          
           .
           To
           whom
           alone
           of
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           World
           he
           had
           Declared
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           given
           many
           
             noble
             Discoveries
          
           of
           himself
           ;
           whilst
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           lay
           in
           a
           miserable
           State
           of
           Darkness
           and
           Idolatry
           :
           And
           of
           whom
           therefore
           he
           took
           a
           
             singular
             Care
          
           ,
           more
           than
           of
           any
           Other
           People
           or
           Country
           besides
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           God
           had
           an
           
             especial
             regard
          
           to
           the
           
             Jewish
             Nation
          
           more
           than
           to
           
             any
             Other
          
           ;
           If
           he
           kept
           as
           it
           
           were
           his
           
             peculiar
             Residence
          
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           maintain'd
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Communication
           in
           all
           other
           respects
           with
           them
           :
           It
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           ,
           If
           we
           find
           him
           in
           a
           singular
           manner
           watching
           over
           their
           King
           too
           ,
           more
           than
           over
           those
           of
           any
           Other
           People
           or
           Nation
           besides
           ,
           and
           in
           an
           
           extraordinary
           manner
           careful
           to
           save
           and
           desend
           Him.
           
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           yet
           All
           :
           For
           if
           we
           look
           into
           the
           History
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             David
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           God
           did
           not
           only
           favour
           Him
           more
           than
           any
           King
           of
           all
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           Him
           ,
           but
           more
           than
           any
           other
           King
           ,
           even
           of
           Israel
           its
           self
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           add
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           That
           this
           Great
           Man
           was
           not
           only
           King
           of
           
             God's
             own
             peculiar
             People
          
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           the
           Guardian
           of
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Supporter
           of
           his
           Worship
           :
           But
           he
           was
           moreover
           Himself
           a
           most
           
             excellent
             Person
          
           too
           ,
           A
           
             Man
             after
             God's
             own
             Heart
          
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           own
           
           Piety
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           by
           his
           place
           and
           Character
           in
           a
           more
           particular
           manner
           intituled
           to
           the
           
             Divine
             Care
          
           and
           Protection
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           what
           I
           take
           to
           be
           implied
           in
           that
           Expression
           of
           the
           Text
           where
           He
           calls
           himself
           
             God's
             Servant
             ;
             It
             is
             He
             that
             giveth
             Salvation
             unto
          
           Kings
           ,
           
             who
             delivereth
          
           David
           his
           Servant
           
             from
             the
             Hurtful
             Sword.
          
           ‖
           Intimating
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           This
           Relation
           in
           which
           he
           stood
           to
           God
           above
           all
           other
           Kings
           ,
           and
           indeed
           almost
           beyond
           all
           Other
           Men
           that
           ever
           lived
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           of
           being
           Zealous
           and
           Faithful
           in
           his
           Service
           ,
           that
           Engaged
           his
           Providence
           to
           such
           an
           
             extraordinary
             Concern
          
           for
           Him.
           
        
         
           And
           if
           we
           look
           into
           all
           the
           following
           Reigns
           we
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           according
           as
           any
           of
           his
           Successors
           shew'd
           themselves
           either
           ‖
           careful
           for
           
             Gods
             Service
          
           ,
           or
           *
           negligligent
           
           of
           it
           ;
           Accordingly
           God
           appear'd
           to
           be
           more
           or
           less
           careful
           to
           prosper
           and
           protect
           them
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           Solomon
           continu'd
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           Steps
           
           of
           his
           
             Father
             David
          
           ,
           never
           was
           any
           Prince
           more
           Great
           or
           Honourable
           than
           He
           was
           .
           But
           when
           Peace
           and
           
           Plenty
           ,
           His
           Wives
           and
           his
           Pleasures
           corrupted
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           made
           Him
           halt
           between
           God
           and
           Baal
           ,
           the
           Temple
           and
           the
           Groves
           :
           tho'
           for
           his
           
             Father
             David's
          
           sake
           God
           would
           not
           rend
           the
           Kingdom
           
           from
           Him
           in
           his
           own
           time
           ,
           yet
           He
           threatned
           to
           deprive
           his
           Son
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           raised
           up
           many
           Dangers
           and
           Troubles
           against
           him
           ,
           to
           disturb
           his
           Peace
           ,
           and
           diminish
           his
           Glory
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           we
           are
           told
           of
           Hezekiah
           ,
           2
           Kings
           xviii
           .
           5.
           
           
             That
             after
             Him
             was
             none
             like
             Him
             of
             all
             the
          
           Kings
           of
           Judah
           ,
           
             nor
             any
             that
             were
             before
             Him.
             For
             he
             clave
             to
             the
             LORD
             and
             departed
             not
             from
             following
             Him
             ,
             but
             kept
             his
             Commandments
             which
             the
             LORD
             commanded
          
           Moses
           .
           And
           what
           the
           Consequence
           of
           his
           Piety
           was
           we
           read
           in
           the
           very
           next
           
             Verse
             ;
             And
             the
             LORD
             was
             with
             Him
             ,
             and
             he
             prospered
             whithersoever
             he
             went
             forth
             .
          
        
         
           It
           were
           an
           Easie
           matter
           to
           add
           many
           more
           Examples
           in
           proof
           of
           this
           Remark
           ,
           were
           it
           at
           all
           necessary
           to
           insist
           upon
           it
           .
           The
           Summ
           of
           all
           is
           this
           ;
           That
           as
           God
           do's
           in
           a
           particular
           Manner
           Exercise
           his
           Providence
           in
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           above
           other
           Men
           ;
           so
           among
           them
           he
           is
           yet
           more
           especially
           careful
           to
           prosper
           and
           protect
           Those
           who
           profess
           his
           
             true
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           take
           care
           both
           to
           
             Live
             themselves
          
           ,
           and
           as
           far
           as
           they
           are
           able
           ,
           to
           engage
           their
           People
           too
           to
           live
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Indeed
           there
           are
           Certain
           Seasons
           when
           God
           suffers
           the
           
             Best
             Princes
          
           not
           only
           to
           fall
           into
           some
           
           lesser
           Dangers
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           be
           utterly
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           by
           Wicked
           and
           
             Violent
             Hands
          
           .
           When
           the
           Sins
           of
           a
           Nation
           are
           come
           to
           their
           full
           Period
           ,
           So
           that
           all
           the
           Piety
           and
           Prudence
           of
           their
           Governours
           are
           neither
           able
           to
           reclaim
           them
           from
           their
           
             Evil
             ways
          
           ,
           
           nor
           to
           intercede
           with
           God
           for
           a
           longer
           Forbearance
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Such
           was
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           ‖
           Jews
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             King
             Josiah
          
           ;
           a
           better
           Prince
           than
           whom
           never
           sate
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           David
           .
           Yet
           God
           suffer'd
           him
           to
           fall
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           †
           
             Pharaoh-Necho
             King
          
           os
           Egypt
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           might
           not
           survive
           the
           ‖
           Fortunes
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           nor
           see
           the
           Evil
           which
           was
           then
           just
           ready
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           when
           Schism
           and
           Faction
           ,
           when
           
             Base
             Designs
          
           ,
           and
           
             Open
             Immoralities
          
           had
           in
           like
           manner
           prepared
           Us
           of
           this
           Country
           for
           some
           great
           Destruction
           :
           We
           know
           how
           it
           pleased
           God
           from
           small
           Beginnings
           ,
           and
           unforeseen
           Accidents
           ,
           to
           throw
           us
           into
           a
           
             miserable
             State
             of
             War
          
           and
           Confesion
           ;
           and
           to
           deprive
           us
           at
           once
           both
           of
           an
           Excellent
           Prince
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           Monarchy
           too
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           even
           this
           God
           appoints
           in
           Mercy
           to
           
           them
           ,
           when
           it
           would
           really
           be
           more
           Grievous
           to
           them
           to
           Live
           than
           to
           Die
           :
           And
           the
           Misfortune
           generally
           is
           not
           so
           much
           theirs
           ,
           as
           the
           Country's
           or
           Nation
           's
           from
           which
           they
           are
           taken
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           on
           the
           Other
           hand
           ,
           There
           is
           a
           time
           when
           the
           
             Worst
             Princes
          
           are
           strangely
           preserved
           ;
           tho'
           
           yet
           even
           then
           we
           may
           observe
           that
           for
           the
           most
           part
           they
           perish
           miserably
           in
           the
           End.
           When
           God
           raises
           them
           up
           to
           be
           the
           Scourge
           and
           Plague
           of
           a
           
           
             wicked
             World
          
           ;
           and
           makes
           use
           of
           them
           as
           he
           did
           
           sometimes
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           Egypt
           and
           Babylon
           heretofore
           ,
           to
           punish
           the
           People
           and
           Kingdoms
           round
           about
           Them.
           
        
         
           But
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           believe
           it
           will
           generally
           be
           found
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           Careful
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           is
           to
           
             live
             well
          
           ,
           and
           
             govern
             justly
          
           ,
           and
           do
           what
           in
           Him
           lies
           to
           propagate
           a
           true
           Sense
           of
           Piety
           among
           his
           People
           ,
           the
           Happier
           He
           proves
           ;
           and
           is
           the
           more
           
             Eminently
             preserved
          
           by
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           certainly
           the
           more
           
             dearly
             Beloved
          
           by
           Him.
           
        
         
           And
           good
           reason
           there
           is
           why
           God
           should
           observe
           this
           Method
           with
           them
           :
           For
        
         
           [
           1
           st
           .
           ]
           This
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           ,
           will
           lay
           the
           
             Strongest
             Obligations
          
           upon
           such
           Persons
           to
           be
           Very
           careful
           to
           support
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Credit
           of
           Religion
           :
           When
           once
           they
           shall
           perceive
           that
           their
           Welfare
           in
           this
           
             present
             World
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           
             final
             Happiness
          
           in
           the
           Other
           ,
           depends
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           what
           a
           mighty
           Advantage
           this
           must
           needs
           bring
           to
           Vertue
           and
           Piety
           ;
           To
           find
           not
           only
           a
           Refuge
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           ,
           
           but
           a
           Respect
           and
           Encouragement
           too
           :
           And
           be
           countenanced
           by
           those
           whose
           very
           Examples
           are
           Influential
           ,
           and
           will
           contribute
           more
           to
           the
           promoting
           a
           Sense
           of
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Motives
           or
           Arguments
           that
           we
           can
           urge
           ,
           will
           ever
           be
           able
           to
           do
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           [
           2
           dly
           .
           ]
           Such
           a
           Procedure
           as
           this
           gives
           a
           Great
           Justification
           to
           the
           ways
           of
           Providence
           ,
           in
           the
           Menagement
           of
           
             Affairs
             here
             below
          
           .
           It
           shews
           that
           
             there
             is
             a
             God
             who
             judgeth
             in
             the
             Earth
             :
          
           That
           he
           do's
           
           
           not
           look
           on
           as
           an
           unconcern'd
           Spectator
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Men
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           sees
           Occasion
           ,
           both
           can
           and
           do's
           interpose
           too
           ,
           and
           reward
           or
           punish
           the
           Greatest
           Persons
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Works
           .
        
         
           The
           Fortunes
           of
           Princes
           as
           they
           are
           placed
           in
           a
           much
           
             Higher
             Sphere
          
           
           than
           those
           of
           Other
           Men
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           by
           consequence
           more
           Conspicuous
           too
           ;
           and
           lie
           open
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           to
           
             publick
             Observation
          
           .
           And
           when
           once
           it
           shall
           be
           remark'd
           that
           they
           flourish
           or
           decay
           ,
           are
           either
           Exalted
           or
           
             Cast
             down
          
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           live
           or
           not
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Piety
           :
           This
           will
           effectually
           silence
           all
           the
           Cavils
           of
           the
           Greatest
           Sceptick
           in
           his
           Disputes
           against
           a
           Providence
           ;
           and
           force
           him
           whether
           he
           will
           or
           no
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           
             Verily
             there
             is
             a
             reward
             for
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             doubtless
             there
             is
             a
             God
          
           who
           observes
           whatsoever
           is
           done
           by
           us
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           suffer
           the
           Wicked
           always
           to
           go
           unpunish'd
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           [
           3
           dly
           .
           ]
           It
           is
           commonly
           alledged
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           very
           truly
           too
           ,
           that
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           ,
           are
           therefore
           either
           rewarded
           or
           punish'd
           in
           
             this
             World
          
           ,
           because
           they
           shall
           not
           as
           such
           be
           judg'd
           in
           the
           Other
           .
           And
           the
           same
           may
           be
           said
           of
           their
           Rulers
           too
           :
           When
           the
           Greatest
           Monarch
           goes
           down
           into
           the
           Grave
           ,
           all
           his
           Pomp
           and
           Power
           ;
           His
           Titles
           and
           Majesty
           perish
           together
           with
           him
           .
           And
           he
           shall
           stand
           in
           Judgment
           in
           the
           same
           undistinguish'd
           Rank
           with
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Whatsoever
           Reward
           therefore
           God
           shall
           please
           to
           give
           to
           such
           an
           One
           
             as
             a
             King
          
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           all
           in
           this
           
             present
             Life
          
           .
           Now
           tho'
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           that
           those
           who
           employ
           their
           Power
           and
           Authority
           which
           
           God
           has
           committed
           to
           them
           to
           the
           Ends
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           ;
           to
           promote
           the
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           as
           far
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           to
           procure
           the
           Happiness
           of
           all
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           them
           ;
           both
           may
           receive
           a
           
             super-abundant
             reward
          
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           shall
           receive
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Retribution
           in
           the
           
             Other
             World
          
           :
           Yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           there
           may
           be
           some
           reason
           too
           ,
           why
           they
           should
           meet
           with
           some
           part
           of
           their
           Recompense
           in
           this
           .
           And
           since
           to
           their
           
             private
             Piety
          
           as
           they
           are
           Christians
           ,
           they
           add
           a
           
             publick
             Concern
          
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           World
           as
           they
           are
           Princes
           :
           Tho'
           I
           dare
           not
           say
           that
           God
           in
           Justice
           ought
           ,
           yet
           I
           think
           we
           may
           affirm
           that
           't
           is
           not
           without
           good
           reason
           that
           he
           do's
           vouchsafe
           in
           a
           singular
           manner
           to
           watch
           over
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           
             common
             Blessing
          
           to
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           prosper
           their
           Endeavours
           in
           what
           tends
           so
           much
           to
           the
           
             noblest
             Ends
          
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           to
           his
           own
           Honour
           ,
           to
           the
           Interest
           and
           Reputation
           of
           his
           Religion
           ;
           and
           in
           one
           word
           ,
           to
           the
           
             publick
             Advantage
          
           both
           of
           M●ns
           Peace
           and
           Tranquility
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           
             Everlasting
             Happiness
          
           and
           Salvation
           in
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           
             first
             thing
          
           I
           propo●d
           to
           speak
           to
           ,
           Of
           the
           
             General
             Obligation
          
           which
           ●…y
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           thus
           to
           praise
           God
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           
             particular
             manner
          
           wherein
           he
           engaged
           to
           do
           it
           .
           I
           shall
           add
           but
           very
           little
           as
           to
           the
           Other
           Consideration
           ,
        
         
         
           II
           dly
           .
           Of
           the
           Prayer
           with
           which
           he
           closed
           up
           his
           
             Thanksgiving
             :
             Save
             me
             and
             deliver
             Me
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             strange
             Children
             ,
             whose
             Mouth
             speaketh
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right
             hand
             is
             a
             right
             hand
             of
             falshood
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           before
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           Enemies
           against
           Whom
           David
           here
           prays
           ;
           and
           whom
           he
           brands
           with
           the
           Ignominious
           Character
           ,
           of
           a
           
             Vain
             ,
             Idolatrous
          
           ,
           and
           
             Perfidious
             People
          
           ,
           were
           the
           Philistines
           ,
           who
           declared
           
           War
           against
           him
           ,
           immediately
           upon
           his
           being
           
             Anointed
             King
          
           in
           Hebron
           .
           Now
           tho'
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           he
           had
           already
           obtain'd
           two
           considerable
           Victories
           over
           them
           ,
           whereby
           he
           was
           for
           the
           present
           at
           Ease
           from
           them
           :
           Yet
           he
           knew
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           assistance
           which
           the
           
           
             Neighbouring
             Countries
          
           were
           all
           ready
           to
           lend
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           again
           be
           in
           a
           Condition
           in
           a
           little
           while
           to
           make
           Head
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           doubted
           not
           but
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           able
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           Treacherous
           enough
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           was
           upon
           this
           Apprehension
           ,
           that
           having
           first
           given
           Thanks
           to
           God
           for
           his
           
             present
             Deliverance
          
           ,
           he
           in
           the
           next
           place
           subjoyn'd
           his
           earnest
           Request
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           in
           like
           manner
           preserve
           him
           from
           their
           Attempts
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
           And
           how
           necessary
           such
           a
           Prayer
           was
           ,
           the
           Event
           shew'd
           .
           For
           it
           was
           not
           very
           long
           before
           he
           was
           again
           engaged
           with
           them
           :
           And
           then
           God
           
           remembred
           his
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           deliver'd
           him
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           ;
           but
           strengthen'd
           him
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           after
           many
           Encounters
           .
           He
           utterly
           disabled
           them
           from
           giving
           any
           farther
           Trouble
           to
           Him.
           
        
         
           But
           I
           insist
           too
           long
           upon
           the
           Consideration
           of
           these
           Words
           as
           they
           lie
           before
           me
           in
           this
           Psalm
           :
           And
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           this
           Day
           calls
           me
           off
           to
           another
           Application
           
           of
           them
           .
           And
           tho'
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           have
           in
           a
           great
           Measure
           prevented
           Me
           in
           your
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           foregoing
           Parts
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ;
           yet
           I
           cannot
           conclude
           without
           pointing
           out
           to
           you
           somewhat
           more
           plainly
           ,
           how
           great
           an
           Interest
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Subject
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           st
           .
           As
           to
           what
           concerns
           the
           
             Eucharistical
             part
          
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           never
           had
           any
           People
           greater
           Reason
           to
           joyn
           with
           
             Holy
             David
          
           in
           his
           
             Thanksgiving
             to
             God
          
           ,
           than
           We
           of
           this
           Nation
           at
           this
           Time
           have
           .
        
         
           For
           indeed
           ,
           when
           did
           God
           ever
           more
           eminently
           shew
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           
             Saviour
             of
             Kings
          
           ,
           than
           in
           those
           frequent
           and
           
             signal
             Deliverances
          
           which
           he
           has
           afforded
           to
           our
           own
           
             Royal
             Soveraign
          
           from
           the
           
             Hurtful
             Sword
          
           ?
        
         
           If
           (
           1
           st
           )
           We
           consider
           his
           
             Personal
             Deliverances
          
           ;
           I
           may
           venture
           to
           affirm
           ,
           That
           never
           did
           any
           Prince
           more
           generously
           expose
           himself
           for
           any
           People
           ,
           than
           his
           Majesty
           in
           these
           late
           Years
           has
           done
           for
           Us
           ;
           nor
           I
           think
           ever
           did
           any
           more
           narrowly
           escape
           with
           Safety
           out
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           not
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           
             Common
             Hazards
          
           of
           War
           ;
           tho'
           perhaps
           no
           Prince
           either
           undertook
           more
           Expeditions
           ,
           or
           carried
           them
           on
           with
           greater
           Diligence
           ,
           or
           appeard
           in
           them
           with
           more
           Courage
           ;
           or
           Ended
           them
           with
           better
           Success
           ;
           or
           less
           consider'd
           His
           own
           Safety
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           
             publick
             Good
          
           ,
           than
           our
           
             Royal
             Master
          
           has
           done
           ,
           since
           the
           time
           of
           Him
           of
           whom
           our
           Text
           speaks
           .
           I
           can
           scarce
           yet
           without
           Astonishment
           remember
           ,
           How
           near
           the
           
             Fatal
             Blow
          
           
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           the
           watchful
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           sure
           nothing
           else
           could
           have
           done
           it
           ,
           prevented
           ,
           must
           for
           .
           Ever
           have
           
             quench'd
             the
             Light
             of
          
           our
           
           Israel
           ;
           and
           have
           at
           once
           put
           a
           
             final
             period
          
           both
           to
           his
           
           Life
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           to
           all
           our
           Hopes
           .
           But
           that
           God
           who
           raised
           him
           up
           to
           assert
           his
           Cause
           ,
           and
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Liberty
           not
           of
           this
           Country
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           from
           the
           Rage
           and
           Power
           of
           its
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           and
           Oppressor
           ,
           had
           yet
           more
           Victories
           for
           him
           to
           obtain
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           heard
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           
             cover'd
             his
             Head
             in
             that
             Day
             of
             Battle
          
           ;
           and
           sent
           him
           back
           to
           us
           with
           so
           much
           the
           
             Greater
             Joy
          
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           nearer
           we
           were
           to
           have
           been
           
             utterly
             deprived
          
           of
           Him.
           
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           ought
           yet
           more
           to
           be
           consider'd
           by
           Us
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           up
           our
           Souls
           to
           a
           still
           greater
           heighth
           of
           Thanksgiving
           for
           this
           Deliverance
           is
           ;
           that
           as
           his
           Danger
           was
           Imminent
           ,
           so
           was
           it
           of
           such
           a
           Nature
           too
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           the
           same
           God
           who
           preserved
           David
           heretofore
           from
           the
           
             Hurtful
             Sword
          
           ,
           could
           have
           delivered
           our
           King
           from
           the
           Stroak
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Here
           was
           no
           room
           for
           Counsel
           or
           Advice
           ;
           No
           Opportunity
           for
           any
           
             Humane
             Means
          
           to
           have
           interposed
           for
           his
           Preservation
           .
           Neither
           the
           Courage
           of
           his
           Bravest
           ,
           nor
           the
           Conduct
           of
           his
           
             Wisest
             Servants
          
           ,
           could
           have
           stood
           him
           in
           any
           Stead
           .
           No
           ;
           it
           was
           that
           God
           who
           did
           Deliver
           Him
           ,
           that
           alone
           was
           capable
           of
           doing
           of
           it
           :
           
             And
             therefore
             not
             unto
             Us
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             but
          
           
           
             unto
             thy
             Name
             be
             the
             Glory
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           And
           these
           are
           such
           Circumstances
           as
           would
           at
           
             any
             time
          
           have
           engaged
           us
           to
           a
           
             lively
             Sense
          
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Deliverance
           :
           But
           at
           such
           a
           time
           as
           that
           was
           ,
           in
           which
           God
           was
           pleased
           thus
           wonderfully
           to
           preserve
           him
           ,
           to
           restore
           him
           again
           to
           us
           ;
           this
           is
           what
           gives
           a
           singular
           Addition
           to
           the
           Blessing
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           a
           Nation
           to
           be
           deprived
           of
           a
           
             Good
             Prince
          
           ,
           a
           King
           endued
           with
           all
           those
           
             Royal
             Vertues
          
           ,
           which
           even
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           
             Great
             Soveraign
          
           cannot
           deny
           to
           be
           most
           Conspicuous
           in
           Him
           ;
           must
           certainly
           at
           any
           time
           have
           been
           a
           very
           great
           Calamity
           ,
           and
           what
           would
           
           have
           call'd
           for
           the
           Lamentations
           of
           all
           that
           truly
           valued
           either
           the
           Honour
           or
           Welfare
           of
           their
           Country
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           have
           been
           deprived
           of
           such
           a
           Prince
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Trouble
           and
           Difficulty
           ;
           when
           nothing
           but
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           his
           Courage
           and
           Reputation
           could
           possibly
           have
           prevented
           Us
           from
           an
           utter
           Ruin
           and
           Confusion
           :
           I
           want
           words
           to
           express
           how
           Fatal
           the
           Consequence
           must
           have
           been
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           this
           ,
           or
           rather
           if
           possible
           ,
           somewhat
           beyond
           all
           this
           was
           our
           Case
           ,
           when
           God
           sent
           us
           this
           
             great
             Deliverance
          
           .
        
         
           Our
           Enemies
           defied
           us
           from
           Abroad
           ;
           They
           threatned
           us
           even
           there
           where
           we
           thought
           our selves
           the
           most
           Secure
           against
           Them
           :
           Where
           we
           were
           wont
           till
           now
           
             to
             give
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           strike
           Terrour
           into
           all
           other
           Nations
           besides
           .
           And
           had
           they
           obtain'd
           this
           farther
           Advantage
           against
           us
           ;
           What
           could
           have
           hindred
           but
           that
           our
           very
           Name
           and
           Nation
           ,
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Religion
           ,
           must
           for
           ever
           have
           been
           buried
           in
           Reproach
           ,
           and
           Desolation
           ?
        
         
           Nor
           was
           the
           Insolence
           of
           
             Those
             within
          
           any
           less
           .
           They
           began
           already
           to
           devour
           us
           again
           in
           their
           Hopes
           ;
           and
           expected
           only
           when
           the
           
             Happy
             Minute
          
           should
           come
           ,
           that
           would
           again
           have
           put
           them
           in
           a
           Condition
           to
           have
           accomplish'd
           their
           
             Wicked
             Designs
          
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           Thus
           did
           all
           things
           seem
           manifestly
           to
           threaten
           us
           with
           Rain
           and
           Confusion
           .
           Nothing
           now
           remain'd
           but
           the
           Dread
           of
           our
           absent
           Prince
           ;
           and
           whom
           tho'
           at
           the
           Greatest
           Distance
           they
           cannot
           but
           tremble
           at
           ,
           to
           rescue
           us
           from
           these
           Dangers
           .
           And
           we
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Reputation
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           that
           then
           kept
           us
           in
           Peace
           and
           Quiet
           ,
           when
           We
           justly
           fear'd
           that
           all
           was
           running
           into
           War
           and
           Tumults
           .
           And
           had
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           then
           fais'd
           him
           ;
           had
           not
           the
           Almighty
           in
           a
           most
           wonderful
           manner
           
           preserved
           Him
           ;
           and
           given
           him
           a
           more
           than
           Ordinary
           Success
           in
           his
           Undertakings
           :
           We
           should
           now
           have
           been
           perhaps
           One
           of
           the
           most
           Miserable
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Slavish
           and
           
             Contemptible
             Nations
          
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           I
           should
           much
           exceed
           the
           Bounds
           of
           such
           a
           Discourse
           as
           this
           ,
           should
           I
           go
           on
           particularly
           to
           recount
           to
           you
           what
           mighty
           Deliverances
           God
           has
           again
           vouchsafed
           to
           Him
           ,
           since
           that
           of
           which
           I
           have
           been
           hitherto
           speaking
           .
           To
           what
           Dangers
           he
           has
           been
           exposed
           in
           an
           Element
           that
           of
           All
           Others
           has
           ever
           been
           the
           most
           Contrary
           to
           Him
           ?
           What
           new
           Hazards
           he
           has
           again
           encountred
           in
           the
           Field
           ?
           And
           all
           this
           for
           our
           sakes
           ,
           to
           promote
           our
           Welfare
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           secure
           it
           to
           
             all
             Succeding
             Generations
          
           .
        
         
           Blessed
           be
           God!
           Who
           has
           again
           brought
           Him
           back
           to
           Us
           in
           Health
           and
           Safety
           ,
           and
           Crown'd
           him
           yet
           once
           more
           with
           Honour
           and
           Victory
           .
           That
           has
           turn'd
           those
           Dangers
           we
           before
           lay
           under
           ,
           into
           some
           Hopes
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           say
           into
           a
           fair
           Prospect
           of
           Peace
           and
           Security
           .
           That
           has
           restor'd
           our
           Country
           its
           King
           ,
           Our
           Church
           its
           Defender
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           us
           Our
           
             publick
             Welfare
          
           and
           Security
           .
           And
           who
           if
           We
           be
           not
           our selves
           wanting
           to
           his
           Desires
           ,
           shall
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           save
           us
           from
           Ruin
           ,
           but
           repair
           our
           Credit
           ,
           and
           revive
           that
           Spirit
           amongst
           us
           which
           enabled
           our
           Ancestors
           so
           Gloriously
           to
           Triumph
           over
           their
           Enemies
           heretofore
           :
           And
           shew
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           vain
           We
           either
           bear
           the
           Arms
           of
           France
           ,
           or
           pretend
           a
           Right
           and
           Title
           to
           it
           .
           That
           Our
           Nation
           is
           still
           the
           same
           it
           ever
           was
           ,
           and
           has
           only
           wanted
           a
           Prince
           to
           lead
           it
           on
           .
           And
           having
           now
           at
           last
           met
           with
           such
           a
           One
           ,
           who
           can
           tell
           but
           we
           may
           yet
           see
           that
           
             Proud
             Monarch
          
           at
           last
           shewn
           no
           longer
           to
           be
           Invincible
           ?
           But
           that
           a
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           supported
           by
           the
           Favour
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Justice
           of
           his
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           ●●●●age
           and
           Affections
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           is
           still
           able
           to
           give
           
           a
           Check
           to
           his
           Carier
           ;
           And
           deliver
           Europe
           from
           the
           Insolence
           of
           a
           Power
           which
           it
           had
           never
           fear'd
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           
             Pacifick
             Temper
          
           of
           our
           late
           Princes
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Help
           of
           our
           Arms
           unhappily
           raised
           it
           to
           too
           Great
           a
           heighth
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           
             Common
             Peace
          
           ,
           or
           our
           
             own
             Security
          
           .
        
         
           Which
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           that
           
             Other
             sort
          
           of
           Deliverances
           which
           God
           has
           vouchsafed
           to
           our
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           David
           heretofore
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           From
           the
           Force
           and
           Power
           of
           his
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           again
           carries
           me
           into
           a
           new
           Field
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           ministers
           another
           large
           and
           
             noble
             Subject
          
           to
           us
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           but
           a
           little
           while
           since
           we
           seem'd
           to
           have
           been
           a
           
             Nation
             mark'd
          
           out
           by
           Heaven
           for
           Ruin
           and
           Destruction
           .
           †
           Our
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           were
           begun
           to
           be
           both
           equally
           trampled
           under
           foot
           .
           Our
           Laws
           were
           over-ruled
           ,
           and
           become
           no
           longer
           of
           any
           Use
           to
           us
           :
           The
           very
           
             Legis-lative
             Power
          
           its
           self
           ,
           ‖
           contrived
           by
           our
           Ancestors
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           to
           be
           the
           Great
           Security
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           Barrier
           against
           the
           Arbitrary
           and
           
             unbounded
             Power
          
           of
           the
           Prince
           ;
           by
           †
           
             Secret
             Practices
          
           ,
           and
           
             unwarrantable
             Attempts
          
           endeavour'd
           to
           be
           turn'd
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           very
           Means
           of
           running
           us
           into
           Slavery
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           this
           Distress
           ,
           God
           raised
           up
           a
           mighty
           and
           unexpected
           Salvation
           for
           us
           .
           A
           Prince
           not
           less
           injured
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           able
           to
           assert
           his
           Rights
           ,
           and
           exact
           a
           Satisfaction
           than
           We
           were
           .
           And
           God
           prosper'd
           his
           Enterprize
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           is
           not
           to
           be
           parallell'd
           in
           Story
           ,
           nor
           will
           Posterity
           perhaps
           believe
           it
           .
           That
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Conquest
           without
           a
           Battle
           :
           A
           Kingdom
           peaceably
           
           Deliver'd
           up
           by
           a
           Prince
           to
           his
           
             greatest
             Enemy
          
           ;
           who
           had
           at
           the
           
           same
           time
           to
           all
           Appearance
           a
           better
           Force
           actually
           in
           the
           Field
           to
           defend
           it
           ,
           than
           the
           Other
           had
           to
           force
           him
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           can
           be
           done
           ,
           when
           God
           infatuates
           Mens
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           strikes
           a
           Terror
           upon
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           suffer
           them
           bravely
           to
           defend
           ,
           what
           they
           have
           
             Vainly
             undertaken
          
           ?
           And
           tho'
           Subjects
           for
           
             Conscience
             sake
          
           may
           submit
           to
           the
           most
           
             unjust
             Usurpations
          
           ,
           and
           not
           dare
           by
           Force
           to
           Right
           themselves
           :
           Yet
           I
           think
           few
           have
           ever
           been
           so
           delicate
           in
           their
           Obedience
           ,
           as
           to
           esteem
           themselves
           under
           any
           Obligation
           to
           fight
           themselves
           into
           Slavery
           ;
           and
           contend
           for
           their
           Chains
           ,
           with
           those
           who
           would
           set
           them
           at
           Liberty
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           Thus
           did
           God
           begin
           to
           Save
           us
           from
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           
             from
             the
             Hands
             of
             those
             that
             Hate
             us
          
           ;
           Or
           rather
           in
           
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Text
             ,
             from
             the
             hands
             of
          
           strange
           Children
           ;
           
             whose
             Mouth
             speaketh
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right
             hand
             is
             a
             right
             hand
             of
             Falshood
             .
          
           But
           we
           have
           yet
           more
           than
           this
           to
           fill
           out
           our
           
             Hymns
             of
             Praise
          
           and
           Thanksgiving
           .
           God
           has
           not
           only
           saved
           Us
           from
           this
           Danger
           within
           ,
           but
           has
           preserved
           us
           too
           from
           that
           which
           was
           the
           natural
           Consequence
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           
             Fury
             of
             War-Abroad
          
           :
           And
           given
           such
           a
           Success
           to
           our
           Arms
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           perswaded
           the
           most
           Sanguine
           amongst
           us
           ,
           could
           hardly
           have
           flattered
           Himself
           withall
           .
        
         
           When
           was
           it
           ever
           heard
           before
           ,
           that
           a
           little
           weak
           Town
           ,
           and
           a
           few
           
             undisciplined
             Men
          
           ,
           baffled
           all
           the
           Attacks
           of
           a
           numerous
           Army
           ,
           provided
           with
           all
           things
           necessary
           for
           the
           reducing
           of
           it
           :
           And
           at
           last
           forced
           them
           ,
           after
           a
           Siege
           of
           
             Fifteen
             Weeks
          
           ,
           to
           quit
           their
           Attempt
           as
           Vain
           and
           Unpracticable
           ?
        
         
           That
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           fenced
           by
           Nature
           to
           a
           degree
           of
           being
           almost
           impregnable
           ;
           supported
           by
           Men
           every
           way
           engaged
           both
           by
           Interest
           and
           Religion
           ,
           by
           all
           their
           Hopes
           of
           
             this
             World
          
           and
           the
           Other
           ,
           to
           do
           their
           utmost
           
           to
           Defend
           it
           ;
           Assisted
           by
           a
           Powerful
           Force
           from
           Abroad
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           this
           ,
           animated
           with
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Hatred
           and
           Revenge
           ;
           should
           yet
           in
           
             two
             years
             time
          
           be
           reduced
           to
           that
           Degree
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           let
           the
           least
           corner
           of
           it
           remain
           Unconquer'd
           ?
        
         
           Where
           can
           we
           find
           any
           Instances
           that
           may
           serve
           to
           parallel
           the
           Battles
           that
           have
           been
           fought
           ,
           and
           the
           Attempts
           that
           have
           been
           made
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           ?
           Scarce
           did
           ever
           Despair
           its
           self
           oblige
           Men
           to
           run
           such
           Hazards
           as
           our
           Forces
           have
           freely
           done
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           the
           wonderful
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           Success
           too
           .
        
         
           Nor
           let
           any
           here
           Object
           either
           the
           Treachery
           or
           Cowardise
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           to
           those
           we
           ought
           to
           ascribe
           a
           great
           part
           of
           that
           Success
           we
           have
           had
           against
           them
           .
           But
           rather
           let
           us
           attribute
           these
           Blessings
           ,
           as
           most
           certainly
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           the
           Favour
           of
           God
           ;
           to
           the
           Justice
           of
           our
           Cause
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Fortunes
           and
           Bravery
           of
           our
           Princes
           ;
           dear
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           raised
           up
           by
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Instruments
           of
           Providence
           ,
           in
           reforming
           the
           Manners
           ,
           and
           redressing
           the
           Oppressions
           of
           an
           injured
           and
           groaning
           World
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           to
           the
           Help
           of
           that
           Hand
           which
           has
           so
           plainly
           shewn
           its
           self
           in
           all
           this
           Deliverance
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           with
           Assurance
           cry
           out
           with
           the
           
             Holy
             Man
          
           in
           our
           
             Text
             ;
             It
             is
             the
             LORD
             who
             Giveth
             Victory
             unto
             Kings
             ;
             that
             hath
             delivered
          
           David
           
             his
             Servant
             from
             the
             Hurtful
             Sword.
             
          
        
         
           And
           having
           thus
           fulfill'd
           this
           
             first
             part
          
           of
           the
           Duty
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           let
           us
           now
           to
           our
           Tribute
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           add
           ,
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           Our
           Prayers
           too
           ,
           that
           He
           would
           vouchsafe
           to
           Accomplish
           what
           He
           has
           thus
           graciously
           begun
           for
           Us
           ;
           and
           not
           cease
           to
           protect
           our
           King
           and
           Prosper
           his
           Arms
           ,
           till
           he
           shall
           have
           finally
           deliver'd
           us
           out
           of
           all
           our
           Dangers
           .
        
         
         
           It
           was
           the
           great
           Complaint
           of
           David
           heretofore
           ,
           and
           what
           made
           him
           so
           much
           the
           more
           Earnest
           in
           his
           Requests
           to
           God
           for
           his
           Assistance
           ;
           that
           his
           Enemies
           were
           Men
           of
           no
           Religion
           ,
           neither
           whose
           Faith
           could
           be
           rely'd
           on
           ,
           nor
           could
           any
           thing
           keep
           them
           from
           doing
           him
           a
           Mischief
           ,
           but
           only
           their
           being
           reduced
           into
           such
           a
           State
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           have
           it
           in
           their
           Power
           to
           hurt
           Him.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Character
           which
           He
           gives
           Us
           of
           Them
           in
           the
           Text
           :
           And
           what
           a
           deep
           Impression
           the
           Consideration
           hereof
           made
           upon
           his
           Mind
           we
           may
           see
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           not
           only
           insists
           upon
           it
           ,
           in
           his
           Prayer
           to
           God
           against
           Them
           ,
           as
           one
           great
           Motive
           to
           implore
           his
           Help
           for
           the
           
             utter
             Destruction
          
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           repeats
           it
           again
           and
           
             again
             :
             Send
             thine
             hand
             from
             above
             ,
          
           says
           He
           ,
           
             rid
             me
             and
             deliver
             Me
             out
             of
             the
             Great
             Waters
             ,
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             strange
             Children
             ,
             Whose
             Mouth
             speaketh
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right-hand
             is
             a
             right-hand
             of
             Falshood
             ,
          
           Vss.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           And
           again
           ,
           Vs.
           11.
           
           
             Rid
             me
             and
             deliver
             me
             from
             the
             Hand
             of
             strange
             Children
             ,
             whose
             Mouth
             speaketh
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right-hand
             is
             a
             right-hand
             of
             Falsehood
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           then
           if
           We
           would
           know
           how
           far
           we
           are
           concern'd
           to
           joyn
           with
           David
           in
           the
           Prayer
           before
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           stop
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           consider
           how
           nearly
           
             our
             Enemies
          
           resemble
           his
           .
           And
           if
           upon
           the
           Enquiry
           it
           shall
           appear
           that
           they
           come
           up
           in
           every
           particular
           to
           the
           full
           Character
           of
           those
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           If
           it
           shall
           be
           found
           that
           We
           have
           now
           to
           do
           with
           the
           same
           
             Strange
             Children
          
           that
           he
           had
           heretofore
           ,
           
             Whose
             Mouth
             speaketh
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right
             hand
             is
             a
             right
             hand
             of
             Falsehood
             :
          
           Then
           doubtless
           it
           must
           remain
           that
           we
           ought
           also
           to
           pray
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           
             rid
             us
          
           and
           
             deliver
             us
          
           out
           of
           their
           Hands
           .
        
         
           And
           1
           st
           .
           As
           to
           what
           concerns
           the
           Point
           of
           Religion
           ;
           they
           are
           in
           the
           utmost
           import
           of
           the
           
             Phrase
             ,
             Strange
             Children
          
           .
           They
           not
           only
           differ
           from
           us
           both
           in
           their
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           ;
           but
           they
           do
           what
           in
           them
           lies
           to
           Destroy
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           even
           Our selves
           for
           
             its
             sake
          
           .
        
         
         
           How
           many
           a
           
             Protestant
             Churches
          
           have
           within
           these
           few
           Years
           been
           Demolish'd
           by
           them
           ?
           What
           b
           Multitudes
           of
           our
           Brethren
           have
           they
           Persecuted
           even
           into
           
             strange
             Countries
          
           ?
           And
           with
           what
           unheard
           of
           c
           Cruelty
           have
           they
           treated
           such
           as
           could
           not
           escape
           out
           of
           their
           Hands
           ?
        
         
           Nor
           did
           their
           Fury
           stop
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           :
           It
           reach'd
           even
           into
           
             Forreign
             Lands
          
           ?
           And
           they
           did
           what
           in
           them
           lay
           to
           promote
           the
           same
           Treatment
           to
           them
           all
           the
           World
           over
           .
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           by
           whose
           means
           the
           Ancient
           d
           Churches
           of
           the
           Valleys
           were
           almost
           totally
           extirpated
           .
           And
           how
           fast
           the
           same
           Design
           was
           carrying
           on
           in
           our
           own
           Country
           ,
           you
           all
           very
           well
           know
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Decree
           for
           revoking
           the
           once
           supposed
           
             Irrevocable
             Edict
          
           of
           Nantes
           was
           resolved
           on
           ;
           It
           was
           not
           thought
           sufficient
           to
           extend
           the
           Fury
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           only
           ,
           but
           they
           struck
           even
           at
           Forreigners
           too
           .
           e
           And
           all
           the
           Grace
           that
           could
           be
           allow'd
           them
           was
           that
           they
           might
           live
           ,
           and
           Traffick
           in
           that
           Country
           ,
           but
           then
           they
           must
           not
           Exercise
           any
           Act
           of
           Religion
           within
           its
           Territories
           .
        
         
           Nay
           but
           this
           was
           yet
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           therefore
           another
           f
           Edict
           was
           sent
           out
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           I
           believe
           was
           scarcely
           ever
           heard
           of
           before
           ;
           forbidding
           all
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           
             well
             Strangers
          
           as
           French
           ,
           to
           come
           into
           that
           Kingdom
           upon
           any
           account
           whatsoever
           ,
           upon
           Pain
           of
           Death
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           enquire
           how
           consistent
           such
           Decrees
           
           as
           these
           are
           with
           the
           
             Common
             Laws
          
           of
           Nations
           ;
           Or
           whether
           it
           ought
           not
           justly
           to
           excite
           all
           other
           Princes
           to
           rise
           up
           and
           unite
           against
           Him
           as
           their
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           ,
           who
           thus
           sets
           himself
           up
           ,
           *
           ‖
           As
           if
           he
           were
           indeed
           ,
           what
           some
           of
           his
           Flatterers
           doubt
           not
           to
           represent
           Him
           ,
           the
           
             Universal
             Monarch
          
           ;
           and
           all
           other
           Princes
           but
           as
           so
           many
           Slaves
           and
           Vassals
           to
           Him.
           But
           sure
           I
           am
           that
           our
           Prayers
           cannot
           but
           be
           Seasonable
           and
           even
           Pious
           against
           such
           an
           Enemy
           ;
           who
           is
           not
           only
           a
           Stranger
           to
           the
           
             True
             Religion
          
           ,
           but
           one
           of
           the
           
             Greatest
             Persecutors
          
           of
           it
           that
           ever
           was
           ;
           and
           as
           such
           may
           well
           be
           look'd
           upon
           by
           us
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Gods
             Enemy
          
           no
           less
           than
           Ours
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           2
           dly
           .
           And
           to
           carry
           the
           Parallel
           yet
           higher
           :
           We
           have
           to
           do
           not
           only
           with
           
             Strange
             Children
          
           ,
           as
           David
           also
           had
           ;
           but
           with
           such
           whose
           
             Mouths
             also
             speak
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right
             hand
             is
             a
             right
             hand
             of
             Falsehood
             .
          
           That
           is
           in
           other
           words
           with
           such
           as
           can
           never
           securely
           be
           trusted
           by
           Us
           ,
           whilst
           they
           are
           in
           a
           Condition
           to
           do
           us
           a
           Mischief
           .
        
         
           A
           sufficient
           Argument
           of
           which
           may
           I
           think
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           Consideration
           of
           those
           Measures
           by
           which
           they
           have
           acted
           in
           this
           
             last
             Reign
          
           ;
           and
           grown
           up
           to
           that
           Power
           which
           is
           now
           become
           so
           formidable
           to
           all
           Europe
           .
           For
           give
           me
           leave
           freely
           to
           remonstrate
           it
           to
           you
           :
           When
           did
           they
           ever
           neglect
           by
           any
           
           means
           to
           enlarge
           their
           Borders
           ,
           and
           encroach
           upon
           all
           
           their
           Neighbours
           round
           about
           them
           ?
           What
           little
           Pretences
           have
           many
           times
           served
           them
           so
           to
           do
           ?
           And
           why
           then
           should
           it
           be
           thought
           that
           they
           will
           be
           more
           careful
           to
           repress
           their
           Violences
           and
           keep
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Equity
           and
           Moderation
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           been
           to
           observe
           any
           such
           kind
           of
           Measures
           hitherto
           ?
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           when
           I
           consider
           with
           what
           gross
           Injustice
           the
           many
           Treaties
           of
           Pacification
           confirmed
           by
           ‖
           
             Five
             Successive
             Kings
          
           to
           those
           of
           the
           
             Reform'd
             Religion
          
           ,
           have
           all
           been
           broken
           ;
           How
           the
           Great
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           its
           self
           ,
           not
           only
           call'd
           Perpetual
           and
           Irrevocable
           ,
           but
           with
           all
           possible
           care
           endeavour'd
           to
           have
           been
           †
           made
           so
           too
           ;
           Confirm'd
           
             '
             twice
          
           by
           that
           very
           Prince
           ,
           who
           has
           since
           revoked
           it
           ;
           has
           nevertheless
           been
           violated
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Express
           Intention
           of
           it
           ,
           their
           Religion
           prohibited
           ,
           their
           Estates
           Confiscated
           ,
           themselves
           Banish'd
           ,
           or
           else
           forced
           either
           to
           Rot
           in
           their
           Prisons
           ,
           or
           be
           made
           Slaves
           in
           their
           Galleys
           :
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           certainly
           that
           Maxim
           so
           often
           charged
           upon
           those
           of
           the
           
             Other
             Communion
          
           ‖
           That
           Faith
           is
           not
           to
           be
           kept
           with
           Hereticks
           ,
           is
           much
           more
           Catholick
           than
           they
           would
           have
           it
           believed
           to
           be
           ;
           but
           especially
           in
           those
           places
           where
           that
           Society
           prevails
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           all
           others
           the
           most
           deservedly
           Scandalous
           ,
           for
           being
           the
           Great
           Supporters
           of
           such
           kind
           of
           Tricks
           and
           Devices
           .
        
         
           And
           should
           this
           be
           the
           Case
           ;
           then
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           may
           here
           also
           have
           again
           another
           Reason
           both
           to
           look
           
           to
           our selves
           ;
           and
           to
           pray
           with
           the
           
             Holy
             Psalmist
          
           that
           God
           would
           deliver
           us
           from
           such
           Enemies
           ,
           whose
           
             Mouth
             speaketh
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right
             hand
             is
             a
             right
             hand
             of
             falsehood
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           now
           go
           yet
           farther
           ;
           and
           offer
           you
           another
           Reflection
           ,
           which
           will
           shew
           us
           to
           have
           still
           more
           Reason
           than
           ever
           He
           had
           to
           pray
           against
           our
           Enemies
           .
           And
           that
           is
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           that
           Ruin
           and
           Destruction
           which
           they
           carry
           wherever
           they
           come
           almost
           beyond
           whatever
           any
           
             People
             in
             the
             World
             ever
             did
          
           before
           .
        
         
           For
           however
           the
           Misfortunes
           of
           War
           are
           always
           very
           deplorable
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           are
           esteem'd
           the
           most
           moderate
           nevertheless
           allow
           themselves
           a
           great
           Liberty
           to
           Wast
           and
           Destroy
           ;
           yet
           I
           think
           it
           has
           been
           ever
           judged
           by
           all
           
             civiliz'd
             Nations
          
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           †
           Moderation
           to
           be
           observed
           even
           against
           an
           Enemy
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Laws
           both
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Nations
           require
           it
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           this
           that
           has
           prevail'd
           with
           the
           
             Greatest
             Generals
          
           
           heretofore
           to
           spare
           the
           Country
           of
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           might
           be
           done
           without
           Injury
           to
           their
           own
           Cause
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           Our
           Adversaries
           are
           above
           such
           Menagements
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           their
           delight
           is
           to
           Ruin
           what
           they
           cannot
           Conquer
           ;
           and
           according
           to
           One
           of
           their
           own
           ‖
           Emblems
           ,
           to
           ravage
           and
           destroy
           all
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           How
           many
           †
           Noble
           and
           Antient
           Cities
           have
           they
           
           but
           very
           lately
           left
           in
           Flames
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           the
           least
           Reason
           ,
           that
           should
           have
           moved
           them
           so
           〈◊〉
           do
           ?
           ‖
           Even
           the
           Houses
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Sepulchres
           of
           the
           Dead
           ;
           which
           the
           most
           barbarous
           People
           were
           wont
           to
           regard
           with
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           thought
           it
           a
           Sacriledge
           to
           violate
           ;
           have
           all
           Partaken
           in
           their
           undistinguishing
           ,
           and
           unrelenting
           Fury
           .
        
         
         
           When
           the
           Great
           Emperour
           of
           Persia
           declar'd
           War
           
           against
           the
           Assyrians
           ,
           the
           Historian
           tells
           us
           it
           was
           agreed
           between
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Husband-men
           and
           Common-people
           should
           on
           both
           sides
           be
           secure
           ;
           and
           the
           War
           extend
           ,
           only
           to
           those
           who
           were
           arm'd
           for
           it
           .
           And
           we
           read
           
           that
           it
           was
           a
           
             Constant
             Law
          
           among
           others
           in
           those
           
             Eastern
             Countries
          
           to
           observe
           the
           same
           Measures
           .
           But
           now
           we
           see
           even
           these
           
             miserable
             disarm'd
             People
          
           ,
           not
           only
           spoil'd
           of
           all
           they
           have
           ,
           but
           contrary
           to
           their
           own
           Agreements
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Common-Humanity
           ,
           put
           often-times
           under
           the
           
             severest
             Execution
          
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           nothing
           but
           their
           Lives
           left
           them
           to
           lose
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           such
           is
           the
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           Fury
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           Certainly
           we
           ought
           to
           pray
           with
           all
           Earnestness
           to
           God
           against
           Them
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           do
           against
           some
           
             devouring
             Fire
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             raging
             Pestilence
          
           :
           And
           beseech
           him
           that
           He
           would
           still
           continue
           to
           
             deliver
             us
          
           out
           of
           their
           Hands
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           bless
           him
           that
           he
           has
           hitherto
           
             preserved
             us
          
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           Nor
           let
           us
           look
           upon
           our selves
           to
           be
           ever
           the
           less
           concern'd
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           because
           we
           do
           not
           lie
           so
           much
           expos'd
           to
           their
           Assaults
           ,
           as
           some
           others
           may
           seem
           to
           do
           .
           It
           is
           indeed
           the
           singular
           Happiness
           of
           our
           Situation
           ,
           ‖
           that
           We
           cannot
           presently
           be
           surpris'd
           by
           Them
           :
           But
           yet
           if
           we
           do
           not
           timely
           prevent
           it
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           Conquered
           .
           They
           who
           from
           either
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           but
           a
           very
           small
           Power
           at
           Sea
           ,
           are
           already
           grown
           up
           to
           such
           a
           Pitch
           as
           to
           dispute
           with
           us
           for
           Victory
           ;
           may
           perhaps
           ,
           if
           not
           prevented
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           time
           become
           able
           indeed
           to
           
             give
             Laws
          
           to
           us
           .
           And
           what
           the
           Consequences
           of
           that
           must
           be
           ,
           I
           cannot
           without
           Horrour
           consider
           .
        
         
           But
           God
           forbid
           !
           We
           should
           ever
           be
           so
           unhappy
           as
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           whose
           usage
           of
           their
           own
           Country-men
           too
           plainly
           shew
           what
           all
           others
           are
           to
           expect
           from
           them
           .
           Rather
           let
           it
           be
           the
           Great
           Business
           both
           of
           our
           Prayers
           and
           of
           our
           Endeavours
           ,
           now
           that
           
           God
           seems
           again
           to
           offer
           us
           a
           fair
           Opportunity
           of
           securing
           our
           selves
           and
           Country
           ,
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           against
           their
           Devices
           ,
           effectually
           so
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           Consideration
           of
           that
           Success
           which
           he
           has
           already
           given
           to
           our
           Arms
           ,
           encourage
           Us
           to
           go
           on
           with
           the
           greater
           diligence
           to
           our
           Common
           Preservation
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           Unite
           our
           Minds
           ,
           and
           Quicken
           our
           Preparations
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           not
           fail
           in
           the
           
             Last
             Act
          
           ;
           nor
           fall
           at
           once
           both
           under
           the
           Reproach
           and
           the
           Concern
           of
           being
           ruin'd
           by
           our
           own
           Fault
           ,
           when
           hardly
           any
           thing
           else
           could
           have
           done
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           God
           may
           continue
           to
           bless
           us
           in
           these
           our
           Great
           Undertakings
           ;
           let
           us
           to
           our
           Care
           for
           our
           own
           and
           our
           
             Countries
             Welfare
          
           ,
           add
           also
           our
           hearty
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Promotion
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Piety
           among
           Us.
           
        
         
           Let
           us
           do
           what
           in
           Us
           lies
           to
           imitate
           the
           Examples
           ;
           and
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           
             Pious
             Care
          
           and
           Endeavours
           of
           those
           whom
           God
           has
           made
           the
           
             Happy
             Instruments
          
           of
           our
           Preservation
           .
           That
           so
           we
           may
           in
           some
           measure
           answer
           the
           Ends
           of
           his
           Providence
           in
           our
           Deliverance
           :
           And
           being
           
             saved
             from
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             those
          
           
           
             that
             hate
             us
             ,
             may
             serve
             him
             without
             fear
             ;
             In
             Holiness
             and
             Righteousness
             before
             him
             all
             the
             days
             of
             our
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           So
           may
           all
           those
           Blessings
           we
           have
           already
           receiv'd
           ,
           be
           only
           the
           Beginnings
           of
           that
           
             Great
             Felicity
          
           we
           shall
           from
           henceforth
           enjoy
           .
           When
           God
           shall
           have
           changed
           even
           this
           Prayer
           too
           ,
           into
           a
           Song
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           And
           instead
           of
           Supplicating
           any
           more
           with
           
             David
             ,
             Rid
             Us
             and
             deliver
             Us
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             strange
             Children
             ,
             whose
             Mouth
             speaketh
             Uanity
             ,
             and
             their
             right
             hand
             is
             a
             right
             hand
             of
             Falsehood
             :
          
           We
           shall
           have
           only
           remaining
           to
           
             give
             thanks
          
           as
           He
           did
           ,
           when
           his
           Labour
           was
           at
           an
           End
           ,
           and
           God
           had
           finally
           deliver'd
           him
           
             from
             all
             his
             Enemies
          
           ;
           2
           Sam.
           xxii
           .
           40.
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             girded
             us
             with
             strength
             to
             the
          
           
           
             Battle
             ,
             Them
             that
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             hast
             thou
             subdu'd
             under
          
           
           
           
             Us.
             Thou
             hast
             also
             given
             us
             the
             Necks
             of
             our
             Enemies
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             we
             might
             destroy
             them
             that
             hate
             us
             .
             They
             looked
             but
             there
             was
             none
             to
             save
             ;
             Even
             unto
             the
             Lord
             but
             he
             answer'd
          
           
           
             them
             not
          
           .
           —
           Therefore
           ,
           
             We
             will
             give
             thanks
             unto
             Thee
             O
             LORD
             among
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             sing
             praises
          
           
           
             unto
             Thy
             Name
             .
             He
             is
             the
             Tower
             of
             Salvation
             for
             his
             King
             ;
             and
             sheweth
             mercy
             unto
             his
             Anointed
             ;
             and
             to
             His
          
           
           
             Seed
             for
             Evermore
          
           .
        
         
           
             Now
             unto
             the
             King
             Eternal
             ,
             Immortal
             ,
             Invisible
          
           ;
           
           
             to
             the
             Great
             and
             Wise
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Blessed
             and
             only
             Potentate
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             ,
             and
             Lord
             of
             Lords
          
           ;
           
           
             Be
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             for
             Ever
             and
             Ever
             .
          
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           TWO
           Sermons
           ,
           The
           one
           Preached
           at
           the
           Reviving
           of
           the
           General
           Meetings
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           and
           others
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Dorset
             ,
             December
          
           the
           2.
           1690.
           
           And
           the
           other
           before
           the
           Queen
           ,
           May
           10.
           1691.
           by
           
             W.
             Wake
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           ordinary
           to
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           and
           Preacher
           to
           the
           Honourable
           Society
           of
           Grays-Inn
           .
           Both
           Sold
           by
           
             R.
             Sare
          
           ,
           at
           
             Grays-Inn
             Gate
          
           next
           Holbourn
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66382-e330
           
             †
             A
             Psalm
             of
             David
             .
          
           
             ‖
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             †
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             †
             Tom
             ●in
             Psal.
             143.
             
          
           
             Compare
             this
             with
             Psal.
             18.
             2.
             47.
             2
             
             Sam.
             22.
             3.
             48.
             
          
           
             So
             R.
             Kimchi
             in
             loc
             .
          
           
             V.
             12.
             
          
           
             V.
             7.
             8.
             11.
             
             Compare
             Deut.
             32.
             21.
             2
             
             Kings
             17.
             15.
             
             Jer.
             2.
             5.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             V.
             —
             23.
             —
             24.
             —
             20.
             —
             25.
             
          
           
             See
             Dionys.
             Hal.
             l.
             vi
             .
             p.
             411.
             
             Et
             supr
             .
             l.
             ii
             .
             p.
             90.
             
          
           
             a
             Jupiter
             Fe●etrius
             Liv.
             Dec.
             I.
             l.
             1.
             
             Stator
             .
             ib.
             Imperator
             .
             l.
             6.
             p75
             .
             G.
             Victor
             .
             l.
             10.
             p.
             121.
             
             I.
             Pistor
             .
             Lactantius
             de
             F.
             R.
             p.
             110.
             
             Tonans
             .
             Sueton.
             in
             Aug.
             n.
             29.
             
             Conservator
             .
             Tacitus
             .
             Hist.
             l.
             3.
             
             Custos
             .
             ib.
             Propugnator
             ,
             
               &c.
               Apollo
            
             .
             Solianus
             .
             Medicus
             ,
             &c.
             De
             Fortunae
             Cognominibus
             .
             Vid.
             Alex.
             ab
             Alex.
             Gen.
             D.
             l.
             I.
             c.
             13.
             
             Hercules
             .
             Victor
             .
             Custos
             ,
             &c.
             Ib.
             l.
             II
             c.
             14.
             
          
           
             b
             Liv.
             Dec.
             I.
             l.
             6.
             
             Suet.
             in
             Augusto
             .
             n.
             29.
             
             In
             Domitiano
             .
             n.
             5.
             
             Dionys.
             Halic
             .
             ●
             VI.
             p.
             411.
             
             Alex.
             ab
             Alex.
             l.
             I.
             C.
             22.
             
             Plut.
             in
             Rom.
             n.
             8.
             9.
             
             Plin.
             N.
             H.
             l.
             VI.
             c.
             28.
             
          
           
             c
             Themist
             .
             Or.
             xiii
             .
             p.
             305.
             
             Ed.
             4
             to
             Dionys.
             Halic
             .
             l.
             2.
             p.
             90.
             
             Ib.
             p.
             130.
             l.
             3.
             p.
             173.
             l.
             6.
             ad
             finem
             .
             Virg.
             Aen
             l.
             viii
             .
             ver
             .
             172.
             188.
             189.
             
             &c.
             268.
             &c.
             
          
           
             d
             Liv.
             Dec.
             I.
             l.
             5.
             p
             63.
             H.
             Vid.
             Dionys
             Hal.
             loc
             .
             citatis
             in
             (
             d
             )
             .
             Tacit.
             Ann.
             l.
             xiv
             .
             c.
             21.
             
             Liv.
             Dec.
             I.
             l.
             I.
             p.
             9.
             
             D.
             in
             Tarq.
             Prisc.
             Suet.
             in
             Aug.
             c.
             18.
             
             Vid.
             Alex.
             ab
             Alex.
             l.
             v.
             c.
             8.
             &
             l.
             vi
             .
             c.
             19.
             
          
           
             e
             Dionys.
             Hal.
             l.
             2.
             p.
             102.
             &
             p.
             130.
             
             Plut.
             in
             Rom.
             n.
             8.
             
             See
             Orph.
             Hymn
             .
             Callim
             .
             in
             laud
             Apoll.
             Virg.
             Aen.
             l.
             viii
             .
             V.
             287.
             &c.
             303.
             
          
           
             f
             See
             Rosinus
             Antiq.
             Rom.
             lib.
             x.
             cap.
             28.
             29.
             
             Dionys.
             Hal.
             lib.
             2.
             p.
             102.
             
             Alex.
             ab
             Alex.
             l.
             v.
             c.
             6.
             
             Plin.
             H.
             Nat.
             l.
             xv
             .
             c.
             30.
             
             Seneca
             l.
             de
             Concol
             .
             cap.
             10.
             
             Plin.
             Panegyr
             .
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             See
             Rosinus
             Ant.
             R.
             l.
             X.
             c.
             29.
             
          
           
             Acts
             xvii
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             civ
             .
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             L.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             Psal.
             exvi
             .
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             †
             1
             Chron.
             X.
             9.
             
             Dan.
             iv
             .
             34
             ,
             37.
             
             Jonas
             1.
             16.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             ‖
             See
             R.
             Kimchi
             in
             loc
             .
          
           
             ‖
             
               See
               Cic.
               de
               Nat.
               Deor.
               l.
               ii
               .
               ad
               fin
               .
            
             Quae
             ratio
             Poëtas
             ,
             maximéque
             Homerum
             impulit
             ,
             ut
             principibus
             .
             Heroum
             —
             certos
             Deos
             discriminum
             &
             periculorum
             comites
             adjungeret
             .
             
               Vid.
               pl.
            
             
          
           
             ‖
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Heracl
             .
             in
             Vs.
             10.
             
             Huj
             .
             Psal.
             Et
             Supr
             .
             in
             Vs.
             1.
             
             Vid.
             Cat.
             ib.
             in
             Vs.
             2.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             viii
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             xiii
             .
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Hieroclea
             de
             Prov.
             p.
             18.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             xiii
             .
             1
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             xxvi
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             Ib.
             C●
             .
             xviii
             ,
             xix
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             †
             1
             Sam.
             xviii
             .
             1●
             .
          
           
             *
             Ib.
             xix
             .
             ●0
             .
          
           
             ‖
             Ib.
             Ch.
             xxii
             xxiii
             ,
             xxiv
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             †
             1
             Sam.
             xxvii
             ,
             xxviii
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             Ch.
             ii
             ,
             iii
             ,
             iv
             .
          
           
             Ib.
             Ch.
             v.
             5
             ▪
             
          
           
             —
             17.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             135.
             4.
             
             Deutr.
             iv
             .
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             32
             ,
             &c.
             2
             Sam.
             vii
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             xxv
             .
             8.
             
             Jer.
             vii
             .
             12.
             
             Ezek.
             xxxvii
             .
             26.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             xiii
             .
             14.
             
             Psal.
             v.
             12.
             xxxiv
             .
             15
             ,
             17.
             xxxvii
             .
             17
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ‖
             Compare
             1
             Chron.
             x.
             13
             ,
             14.
             with
             Joseph
             .
             Ant.
             L.
             vii
             .
             c.
             4.
             
             Where
             speaking
             of
             
               David's
               Care
            
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             He
             observes
             :
             That
             it
             was
             the
             Neglect
             of
             this
             that
             ruined
             Saul
             :
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             2
             Sam.
             vii
             .
             S.
             Ib.
             xxii
             .
             21
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ‖
             1
             Kings
             xv
             .
             4.
             2
             
             Kings
             x.
             30.
             2
             
             Chron
             xv
             .
             xvii
             .
             5.
             xx
             .
             37.
             xxvi
             .
             5.
             xxvii
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Sam.
             ii
             .
             30.
             1
             
             Kings
             xi
             .
             11
             ,
             31
             ,
             33.
             xiv
             .
             9
             ,
             10.
             xv
             .
             29.
             xvi
             .
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             19.
             xvii
             .
             18.
             xxi
             .
             10.
             2
             
             Chron.
             xii
             .
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &c.
             xxv
             .
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             See
             1
             Kings
             c.
             x.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             xi
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             —
             9.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             —
             14
             ,
             23
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Hosea
             x.
             3.
             &
             xiii
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             xxiii
             26.
             
          
           
             ‖
             2
             Kings
             xxii
             .
             16
             ●…
             .
             xxiii
             .
             26.
             
          
           
             †
             2.
             
             Chron.
             xxxv
             .
             2●
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ‖
             2
             Kings
             xxii
             .
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             ●…0
             .
          
           
             Isai
             Lvii.
             ●…
             .
             2
             Kings
             xxii
             .
             18
             ,
             &c
             
          
           
             Jer.
             xxv
             .
             12.
             
             L.
             18.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             xxv
             .
             9.
             xliii
             .
             10.
             
             Ezek.
             xxvi
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             Themist
             .
             Orat.
             xvii
             .
             p.
             462.
             
             Ed.
             Paris
             .
             4to
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             ●…iii
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             
               Habet
               hoc
               primum
               magna
               Fortuna
               ,
               quod
               nihil
               tectum
               ,
               nihil
               Occultum
               esse
               patitur
               .
            
             Plin.
             Paneg.
             c.
             83.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             v.
             17
             
          
           
             See
             Jos.
             Ant.
             l.
             v.
             1
             cap
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             viii
             .
             1
             ,
             &c
             xxi
             15
             &c.
             Compare
             with
             xxii
             .
             1.
             
             See
             Joseph
             .
             An●
             .
             lib.
             vii
             .
             cap.
             10.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             B●●●e
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             xxi
             17.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             Cxv.
             1.
             
          
           
             †
             see
             the
             Declar
             .
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             Feb.
             13.
             1688.
             
          
           
             ‖
             see
             Knygh●on
             p.
             2681
             K.
             Ch.
             Ist
             ,
             Ans.
             to
             the
             xix
             .
             Propos.
             
          
           
             †
             See
             2
             Inst.
             f.
             169.
             
             ●…
             Inst.
             10.
             
             Stat.
             7.
             
             H.
             4.
             
          
           
             See
             K.
             
             J's
             Letter
             to
             the
             E.
             of
             Fev
             .
             about
             Disbanding
             the
             Army
             ,
             with
             the
             E's
             Letter
             thereupon
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             .
          
           
             Luke
             I
             74.
             
          
           
             a
             See
             a
             Catalogue
             of
             them
             set
             out
             in
             Triumph
             by
             Monsieur
             
               le
               Feure
               ,
               Nouveau
               Recueil
            
             :
             a
             la
             fin
             .
             de
             la
             3
             me
             Partie
             .
             Monsieur
             Varillas
             boasts
             that
             they
             were
             2150.
             
          
           
             b
             See
             *
             Plaints
             des
             Protestans
             :
             *
             
               '
               Etat
            
             des
             Reformez
             en
             France
             :
             *
             
               Lettres
               Pastorales
            
             de
             Mr.
             Jurieu
             :
             *
             Recueil
             de
             Mr.
             le
             Feure
             :
             *
             Defense
             des
             libertez
             des
             Eglises
             R.
             de
             France
             .
          
           
             c
             See
             *
             Plaints
             des
             Protestans
             :
             *
             
               '
               Etat
            
             des
             Reformez
             en
             France
             :
             *
             
               Lettres
               Pastorales
            
             de
             Mr.
             Jurieu
             :
             *
             Recueil
             de
             Mr.
             le
             Feure
             :
             *
             Defense
             des
             libertez
             des
             Eglises
             R.
             de
             France
             .
          
           
             d
             See
             an
             Account
             of
             this
             in
             the
             Letters
             between
             the
             D.
             of
             Savoy
             and
             the
             
               Fr.
               K.
            
             translated
             from
             the
             Originals
             ,
             and
             Printed
             ,
             Anno
             1690.
             
          
           
             e
             Arrest
             .
             du
             .
             11.
             
             Janvier
             .
             1636.
             —
             A
             la
             charge
             qu'ils
             ne
             pourront
             faire
             dans
             le
             Royaume
             
               aucun
               Exercise
               de
               leur
               Religion
            
             .
          
           
             f
             Du
             12.
             
             Juillet
             .
             1686.
             
             Art.
             1.
             
             Nous
             defendons
             a
             tous
             Ministres
             de
             la
             R
             P.
             R.
             tant
             Francois
             qu'
             Estrangers
             de
             rentrer
             dans
             notre
             Royaume-pour
             quelque
             raison
             on
             pretext
             que
             ce
             puisse
             etre
             —
             &
             en
             cas
             qu'il
             s'y
             en
             trouve
             —
             voulons
             qu'ils●●●ent
             
               punis
               de
               MORT
            
             .
          
           
             See
             their
             Majesties
             
               Declaration
               of
               War
            
             ,
             against
             the
             
               French
               K.
            
             
          
           
             *
             Alone
             against
             All.
             Un
             a
             Tous
             
          
           
             ‖
             See
             
               le
               Feure
            
             ,
             in
             his
             Dedication
             .
             On
             se
             persuaderoit
             difficilement
             ,
             que
             Vous
             eu●●iez
             forcé
             
               toute
               l'Europe
            
             a
             embrasser
             les
             Conditions
             de
             Paix
             qu'il
             avoit
             plu
             a
             V.
             Majesté
             de
             luy
             prescrire
             .
             Que
             vous
             eu●iez
             Obligé
             des
             Souveraigns
             a
             venir
             implorer
             votre
             Clemence
             ,
             aux
             pieds
             de
             
               vostre
               Trone
            
             .
             Nor
             is
             this
             any
             more
             than
             what
             their
             publick
             Inscriptions
             justifie
             :
             In
             one
             we
             find
             this
             
               Verse
               :
               Undarum
               .
               Terraeque
               potens
               ,
               atquo
               ARBITER
               ORBIS
               .
            
             In
             another
             He
             is
             set
             forth
             under
             the
             Emblem
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             at
             whose
             breaking
             out
             all
             the
             other
             Princes
             ,
             like
             so
             many
             Stars
             disappear
             ;
             with
             this
             Motto
             ,
             
               UT
               PATET
               ,
               ISTA
               LATENT
            
             .
             Particularly
             with
             relation
             to
             England
             ,
             a
             Lion
             is
             represented
             running
             from
             the
             Cock
             ;
             with
             this
             
               Motto
               ,
               Veni
               ,
               Vidi
               ,
               Vici
               .
            
             And
             to
             mention
             no
             more
             ,
             in
             another
             Medal
             the
             King
             of
             France
             is
             drawn
             standing
             with
             the
             Globe
             on
             the
             Point
             of
             his
             Sword
             ,
             vaunting
             that
             he
             do's
             what
             he
             pleases
             with
             it
             ;
             
               Quod
               libet
               ,
               licet
            
             .
             See
             the
             Collect.
             of
             Father
             Menetrier
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             an
             Acount
             of
             All
             this
             in
             a
             little
             Tract
             lately
             Reprinted
             ,
             viz.
             
               Christianissimus
               Christianandus
            
             .
          
           
             ‖
             Charles
             IX
             .
             1573.
             gave
             them
             an
             Edict
             which
             He
             call'd
             Perpetual
             and
             Irrevocable
             .
             This
             was
             confirm'd
             by
             Hen.
             III.
             in
             1576.
             and
             1577.
             
             And
             again
             in
             1579.
             and
             1580.
             
             Then
             follow'd
             the
             Great
             Edict
             of
             Nantes
             under
             King
             Hen.
             IV.
             This
             was
             confirm'd
             by
             Lewis
             XIII
             .
             An.
             1610.
             &
             again
             An.
             1615.
             
             And
             by
             the
             present
             K.
             An.
             1643.
             and
             1652.
             
             In
             the
             former
             of
             which
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             Edicts
             before
             mention'd
             ,
             't
             is
             said
             ;
             Lesquels
             Edits
             ,
             bien
             que
             PERPETUELS
             ,
             nous
             avons
             de
             nouveau
             ,
             entant
             que
             besoin
             est
             ,
             ou
             seroit
             ,
             confirmez
             ,
             &
             Confirmons
             par
             ces
             dites
             Presentes
             .
          
           
             †
             See
             Def.
             des
             lib.
             des
             Egl.
             R.
             de
             F●
             .
             pt
             .
             1st
             .
          
           
             ‖
             See
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Protestants
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             Chap.
             III
             §.
             13.
             p
             169
             ,
             &c.
             to
             178.
             
          
           
             †
             See
             this
             largely
             discuss'd
             by
             
               Grotius
               de
               Jure
               Belli
               ,
               &c.
            
             lib.
             iii.
             ch
             .
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             See
             
               Grotius
               ,
               ib.
            
             l.
             3.
             cap.
             11.
             
             §.
             2.
             
             Themist
             .
             Or.
             x.
             p.
             259.
             
          
           
             ‖
             In
             a
             late
             Medal
             .
             they
             represent
             themselves
             under
             the
             figure
             of
             a
             Bomb
             towring
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             with
             this
             
               Inscription
               ,
               Quocunque
               cadat
               ,
               Dat
               Stragem
               .
            
          
           
             
               Spire
               ,
               Worms
               ,
               Ban
               ,
               &c.
            
             See
             the
             
             Emperor's
             Letter
             to
             King
             James
             Apr.
             9.
             1689.
             
             A
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Nor
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             burnt
             by
             Rosen
             .
          
           
             ‖
             See
             Grotius
             ,
             l.
             c.
             St.
             Austin
             commends
             the
             Goths
             when
             they
             took
             Rome
             for
             sparing
             these
             ,
             
               De
               Cio
               .
               D.
               l.
               1.
               
               Grot.
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             Xenophon
             ,
             O
             Econ
             .
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             See
             
               Diodorus
               Siculus
            
             ,
             l.
             2.
             
             To
             which
             Grotius
             adds
             many
             more
             Instances
             .
             
               De
               Jure
               .
               B.
               ac
               P.
               l.
               3.
               c.
            
             12.
             
             §.
             4.
             &
             in
             Annot.
             
          
           
             ‖
             In
             another
             of
             their
             late
             Medals
             they
             have
             represented
             the
             Helm
             of
             a
             Ship
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             with
             this
             Inscription
             ,
             
               Legem
               .
               po●…
               Aqui●
            
             .
          
           
             Luke
             I.
             74.
             
          
           
             2
             S●…
             .
             xxii
             .
          
           
             —
             40
             ,
          
           
             —
             41
             ,
          
           
             —
             42.
             
          
           
             —
             50
             ,
          
           
             —
             51.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             I.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ib.
             VI.
             15.