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             A sermon preached in the parish church of St. James, Westminster, April xvith, 1696 being the day of the publick thanksgiving for the preservation of His Majesty's person from the late horrid and barbarous conspiracy and for delivering this kingdom from the danger and miseries of a French invasion / by William Wake.
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           in
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           St.
           JAMES
           
             Westminster
             ,
             April
          
           xvith
           .
           1696.
           
           Being
           the
           DAY
           of
           the
           Publick
           THANKSGIVING
           ,
           For
           the
           Preservation
           of
           His
           MAJESTY'S
           Person
           From
           the
           late
           Horrid
           and
           Barbarous
           CONSPIRACY
           ;
           AND
           FOR
           Delivering
           this
           KINGDOM
           from
           the
           Danger
           and
           Miseries
           of
           a
           
             FRENCH
             INVASION
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Wake
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Rector
           of
           St.
           
             JAMES
             Westminster
          
           .
        
         
           Publish'd
           at
           the
           Desire
           of
           the
           Honourable
           the
           Board
           of
           VESTRY
           ;
           and
           of
           several
           other
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           of
           the
           said
           Parish
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Sare
          
           at
           Grayes-Inn-gate
           in
           Holbourn
           .
           1696.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               PSALM
               XXViii
               .
               7.
               
            
             The
             LORD
             is
             my
             Strength
             and
             my
             Shield
             ;
             my
             Heart
             Trusted
             in
             Him
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             helped
             :
             therefore
             my
             Heart
             greatly
             Rejoiceth
             ,
             and
             with
             my
             Song
             will
             I
             Praise
             Him.
             
          
        
         
           THO'
           it
           be
           difficult
           to
           say
           what
           the
           particular
           Occasion
           was
           which
           moved
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           to
           Compose
           this
           Psalm
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           more
           than
           enough
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           Subject
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           how
           suitable
           it
           is
           to
           that
           Great
           Deliverance
           which
           we
           are
           now
           Assembled
           to
           Offer
           up
           our
           
             Thanksgivings
             unto
             God
             for
          
           .
        
         
           If
           First
           ,
           We
           consider
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           Inscription
           will
           tell
           us
           that
           it
           is
           a
           
             Psalm
             of
             David
          
           .
           And
           if
           we
           look
           to
           the
           Character
           which
           he
           attributes
           to
           Himself
           in
           the
           Words
           following
           the
           Text
           ;
           We
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           when
           He
           Composed
           it
           ,
           he
           was
           King
           of
           Israel
           :
           And
           designed
           it
           as
           an
           Acknowledgment
           to
           God
           for
           some
           
             signal
             Favour
          
           which
           he
           had
           received
           from
           Him
           ,
           after
           his
           Advancement
           to
           that
           
             High
             Dignity
          
           .
        
         
           If
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           enquire
           into
           the
           Subject
           of
           it
           ;
           It
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           whole
           Series
           of
           the
           Psalm
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           intended
           for
           a
           Thanksgiving
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           some
           
             Eminent
             Deliverance
          
           which
           He
           had
           Vouchsafed
           to
           him
           .
           For
           
           this
           he
           
             Praises
             God
          
           in
           the
           Verse
           before
           the
           
             Text
             :
             Blessed
             be
             the
          
           LORD
           ,
           
             because
             he
             hath
             heard
             the
             Voice
             of
             my
             supplications
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           it
           ,
           declares
           the
           
             Joyful
             Sense
          
           he
           had
           of
           his
           Own
           
             Preservation
             :
             The
          
           LORD
           
             is
             my
             Strength
             and
             my
             Shield
             ;
             my
             Heart
             trusted
             in
             Him
             and
             I
             am
             helped
             ;
             therefore
             my
             heart
             greatly
             rejoiceth
             ,
             and
             with
             my
             Song
             will
             I
             praise
             Him.
             
          
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           yet
           all
           :
           For
           ,
           Thirdly
           ;
           If
           we
           look
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           that
           Deliverance
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           it
           to
           be
           still
           more
           Agreeable
           ,
           to
           the
           Occasion
           of
           our
           
             Own
             Thanksgiving
          
           .
        
         
           For
           (
           1st
           .
           )
           The
           danger
           to
           which
           the
           Psalmist
           was
           exposed
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           a
           Design
           against
           his
           Person
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           extended
           to
           his
           very
           Life
           .
           He
           had
           Cruel
           and
           
             Merciless
             Men
          
           to
           deal
           with
           ;
           and
           had
           not
           God
           seasonably
           interposed
           his
           hand
           ,
           he
           had
           fallen
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           their
           Rage
           and
           Malice
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           first
           Verse
           of
           this
           Psalm
           tells
           us
           ;
           
             Unto
             Thee
             will
             I
             cry
          
           O
           LORD
           
             my
             Rock
             ,
             be
             not
             Silent
             to
             Me
             ;
             lest
             if
             Thou
             be
             silent
             ,
             I
             become
             like
             Them
             that
          
           Go
           down
           into
           the
           Pit.
           And
           in
           the
           Psalm
           immediately
           foregoing
           ;
           and
           composed
           ,
           not
           only
           about
           the
           
             same
             time
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           is
           reasonably
           conjectured
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             same
             Occasion
          
           too
           ,
           with
           this
           before
           Us
           ;
           He
           represents
           his
           Adversaries
           as
           so
           many
           
             Savage
             Beasts
          
           ,
           that
           had
           designed
           to
           Tear
           him
           in
           Peices
           ,
           and
           to
           Glut
           themselves
           with
           his
           Blood
           :
           Verse
           2.
           
           
             When
             mine
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             my
             Foes
             ,
             came
             upon
             Me
             to
             Eat
             up
             my
             Flesh
             ,
             they
             Stumbled
             ,
             and
             Fell.
             
          
        
         
         
           (
           2dly
           .
           )
           The
           Persons
           who
           had
           Conspired
           against
           Him
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           a
           sort
           of
           Merciless
           ,
           and
           Bloody
           Men
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           as
           false
           ,
           and
           treacherous
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           Barbarous
           and
           Cruel
           .
           They
           spoke
           him
           fair
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           they
           had
           resolved
           to
           Stab
           him
           to
           the
           Heart
           .
           They
           had
           long
           endeavour'd
           by
           Calumny
           and
           Mis-representation
           ,
           to
           Alienate
           the
           Affections
           of
           his
           People
           from
           him
           :
           And
           when
           they
           saw
           that
           this
           would
           not
           Do
           ;
           then
           they
           resolved
           ,
           at
           Once
           ,
           to
           make
           an
           End
           of
           Him.
           
        
         
           
             And
             for
             this
             we
             have
             ,
             again
             ,
             the
          
           Psalmist
           
             's
             own
          
           Words
           ,
           in
           both
           these
           Psalms
           ;
           
             who
             therefore
             upon
             this
             very
             account
          
           Prays
           to
           God
           
             against
             them
          
           :
           
           Draw
           me
           not
           away
           with
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Workers
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           who
           speak
           Peace
           to
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           but
           Mischief
           is
           in
           their
           Hearts
           .
           
           Deliver
           me
           not
           over
           unto
           the
           Will
           of
           mine
           Enemies
           ;
           for
           False
           Witnesses
           are
           risen
           up
           against
           Me
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           Breath
           out
           Cruelty
           .
        
         
           But
           (
           3dly
           .
           )
           Tho'
           the
           Design
           of
           these
           
             Barbarous
             Men
          
           ,
           was
           chiefly
           against
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           David
           ;
           yet
           it
           did
           not
           stop
           there
           .
           No
           ;
           They
           resolved
           to
           extend
           their
           Malice
           to
           All
           that
           Adhered
           to
           Him
           :
           And
           not
           to
           leave
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           compleated
           their
           Vengeance
           ,
           in
           the
           utter
           Ruine
           both
           of
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           this
           gave
           Occasion
           to
           that
           Conjunction
           we
           meet
           with
           both
           of
           His
           and
           
             Their
             Deliverance
          
           ,
           ver
           .
           8.
           
           The
           LORD
           is
           Their
           
             Strength
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             the
             saving
             Strength
             of
             his
             Anointed
             .
          
           And
           drew
           from
           him
           that
           Prayer
           with
           which
           he
           concludes
           this
           Psalm
           ;
           ver
           .
           9.
           
           
           
             Save
             thy
             People
             ,
             and
             Bless
             thine
             Inheritance
             ;
             Feed
             them
             also
             ,
             and
             Lift
             them
             up
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           such
           was
           their
           Design
           against
           David
           ,
           and
           his
           Followers
           ;
           so
           if
           we
           enquire
           (
           4thly
           .
           )
           What
           may
           have
           been
           the
           Cause
           of
           so
           inveterate
           a
           Malice
           against
           Both
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           Able
           to
           give
           no
           other
           Account
           of
           it
           than
           this
           ;
           That
           God
           had
           wonderfully
           Raised
           up
           the
           One
           ,
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Judah
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           thought
           themselves
           Obliged
           in
           Conscience
           to
           Submit
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           Support
           his
           Authority
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           what
           the
           Psalmist
           again
           declares
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           the
           4th
           .
           and
           5th
           .
           Verses
           of
           this
           Psalm
           :
           Where
           he
           (
           for
           this
           very
           Reason
           )
           either
           
             Fore
             tells
          
           ,
           or
           Prays
           for
           ,
           their
           
             Disappointment
             :
             Give
             Them
             according
             to
             their
             Deeds
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             Wickedness
             of
             their
             Endeavours
             ;
             Give
             Them
             after
             the
             Work
             of
             their
             Hands
             ;
             Render
             to
             Them
             their
             desert
             :
             —
             Because
             they
             regard
             not
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             nor
             the
             Operation
             of
             his
             Hands
             :
          
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Those
           Evident
           Marks
           of
           
             God's
             singular
             Providence
          
           ,
           which
           were
           so
           plainly
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           in
           his
           raising
           Him
           up
           to
           be
           King
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Words
           before
           Us
           ,
           there
           are
           these
           four
           things
           to
           be
           Consider'd
           :
        
         
           I.
           The
           Deliverance
           it self
           for
           which
           David
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           
             Blesses
             God
             ;
             I
             am
             Helped
             .
          
        
         
           II.
           The
           Author
           of
           his
           Deliverance
           ;
           It
           was
           the
           LORD
           .
        
         
           III.
           The
           Motive
           which
           induced
           God
           to
           
             Deliver
             Him
             :
             The
          
           LORD
           
             was
             his
             Strengh
             ,
             and
             his
             
             Sheild
             ;
             His
             Heart
             Trusted
             in
             Him
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           ,
           
             He
             was
             Helped
          
           .
        
         
           
             IV.
             And
             Lastly
             .
             The
          
           Return
           
             which
             the
          
           Royal
           Psalmist
           
             made
             to
          
           God
           
             for
             his
          
           Deliverance
           :
           Therefore
           ,
           
             says
             he
          
           ,
           my
           Heart
           greatly
           Rejoiceth
           ,
           and
           with
           my
           Song
           will
           I
           praise
           Him.
           
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           several
           Parts
           which
           my
           Subject
           leads
           me
           to
           Consider
           :
           And
           I
           shall
           do
           it
           ,
           all
           along
           ,
           first
           (
           but
           very
           briefly
           )
           as
           they
           relate
           to
           King
           David
           ,
           and
           his
           People
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           more
           fully
           ,
           as
           they
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           our
           Own
           
             Royal
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           Wonderful
           
             Deliverance
             ,
             God
          
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           afford
           us
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           
             Hands
             of
             our
             Enemies
          
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           First
           :
           Let
           us
           Consider
           the
           Deliverance
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Subject
           of
           our
           
             present
             Thanksgiving
             ;
             I
             am
             Helped
             .
          
        
         
           What
           the
           
             particular
             Blessing
          
           was
           to
           which
           David
           here
           refers
           ,
           we
           cannot
           tell
           :
           But
           as
           the
           whole
           Tenor
           of
           this
           Psalm
           assures
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           some
           very
           
             signal
             Danger
          
           from
           which
           God
           had
           Rescu'd
           Him
           ;
           So
           ,
           I
           have
           before
           Observ'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Occasion
           of
           it
           was
           Owing
           to
           that
           
             Implacable
             Malice
          
           which
           some
           few
           
             Wicked
             Men
          
           had
           Conceived
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           his
           being
           Made
           King
           of
           Israel
           ;
           notwithstanding
           the
           
             visible
             Marks
             of
             God's
             Hand
          
           ,
           which
           appear'd
           in
           the
           whole
           Progress
           of
           that
           Affair
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           an
           Astonishing
           thing
           to
           Consider
           ,
           that
           after
           
             so
             many
          
           ,
           and
           such
           
             plain
             Assurances
          
           as
           God
           had
           given
           of
           his
           Pleasure
           ,
           in
           this
           particular
           ;
           yet
           still
           such
           
           numbers
           should
           continue
           not
           only
           ,
           not
           to
           
             Regard
             his
             Work
          
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           bid
           Defiance
           to
           his
           Providence
           ;
           And
           to
           set
           themselves
           up
           against
           One
           ,
           whom
           they
           could
           not
           but
           see
           ,
           
             He
             was
          
           resolved
           
             to
             Exalt
          
           .
        
         
           That
           Samuel
           was
           a
           
             true
             Prophet
          
           ,
           and
           appointed
           by
           God
           to
           deliver
           his
           Will
           to
           that
           People
           ;
           none
           among
           them
           ever
           doubted
           .
           
           He
           was
           the
           Person
           whom
           God
           employed
           to
           introduce
           the
           
             Kingly
             Government
          
           among
           them
           :
           
           And
           it
           was
           upon
           his
           Credit
           ,
           that
           Saul
           himself
           was
           received
           by
           them
           for
           their
           King.
           And
           yet
           it
           was
           this
           same
           Samuel
           that
           publish'd
           
           God's
           Decree
           for
           taking
           the
           Crown
           from
           Saul
           ;
           
           and
           that
           so
           Openly
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           
             Solemn
             manner
          
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           for
           any
           among
           them
           to
           have
           been
           ignorant
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           but
           this
           was
           not
           All
           :
           Samuel
           not
           only
           made
           known
           to
           them
           the
           Decree
           of
           God
           concerning
           Saul
           ;
           but
           shew'd
           them
           the
           very
           Person
           whom
           God
           had
           chosen
           for
           them
           in
           his
           stead
           .
           
           He
           Anointed
           him
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           End
           ,
           in
           Bethlehem
           ;
           and
           commanded
           the
           Jews
           to
           look
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           receive
           him
           as
           their
           King.
           
        
         
           This
           was
           so
           Notorious
           ,
           
           that
           even
           Saul
           himself
           knew
           of
           it
           :
           And
           Jonathan
           ,
           Saul's
           Son
           ,
           and
           
             Heir
             Apparent
          
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           not
           only
           knew
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           but
           Consented
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           used
           his
           utmost
           endeavour
           to
           promote
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           when
           all
           this
           was
           so
           plain
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           here
           represented
           it
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           as
           you
           all
           know
           that
           it
           was
           ;
           Who
           could
           have
           imagined
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           ever
           have
           Risen
           any
           doubt
           ,
           whether
           the
           Jews
           were
           to
           stick
           to
           
           the
           House
           of
           Saul
           ;
           Or
           to
           lay
           that
           aside
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           more
           ado
           ,
           submit
           to
           David
           ,
           as
           their
           King
           ?
           Yet
           so
           we
           see
           it
           proved
           :
           For
           Abner
           ,
           Saul's
           General
           ,
           
           no
           sooner
           saw
           that
           his
           Master
           was
           slain
           ,
           but
           he
           took
           Ish-bosheth
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           King
           in
           his
           stead
           ;
           and
           eleven
           of
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             Acknowledged
          
           his
           Authority
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           too
           long
           a
           Story
           to
           recount
           to
           you
           ,
           what
           unhappy
           Divisions
           this
           threw
           that
           People
           into
           ;
           and
           through
           what
           a
           Multitude
           of
           
             Dangers
             ,
             God
          
           ,
           at
           last
           ,
           brought
           his
           Anointed
           to
           the
           full
           Possession
           of
           that
           Power
           which
           he
           had
           allotted
           to
           Him.
           I
           shall
           only
           Observe
           ,
           that
           so
           Generous
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Innocent
           ,
           was
           the
           Conduct
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             David
          
           ,
           in
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           this
           Affair
           ;
           as
           shew'd
           him
           to
           have
           deserved
           the
           Crown
           ,
           tho'
           God
           had
           not
           bestow'd
           it
           ,
           in
           so
           singular
           a
           Manner
           ,
           upon
           Him.
           Tho'
           Saul
           several
           times
           endeavour'd
           ,
           
           by
           the
           foulest
           means
           ,
           to
           destroy
           him
           ;
           and
           God
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           on
           purpose
           that
           he
           might
           make
           him
           a
           Retaliation
           )
           twice
           put
           Saul
           himself
           into
           his
           hands
           ;
           
           yet
           this
           brave
           Prince
           not
           only
           scorn'd
           to
           take
           the
           Advantage
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           Consent
           that
           Any
           of
           his
           Party
           should
           touch
           him
           .
           And
           when
           ,
           (
           tired
           out
           with
           the
           Confusions
           they
           had
           lain
           under
           ,
           and
           convinced
           of
           the
           
             Will
             of
             God
          
           ,
           to
           set
           David
           upon
           the
           Throne
           )
           
           Two
           of
           the
           Chief
           Officers
           of
           his
           Army
           treacherously
           
             slew
             Ish-bosheth
          
           their
           Master
           ,
           and
           brought
           his
           Head
           to
           
             King
             David
          
           ;
           that
           Excellent
           Man
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           not
           shew
           any
           favour
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           as
           he
           had
           before
           done
           to
           the
           Amalekite
           ,
           who
           
           slew
           Saul
           ,
           
           (
           tho'
           at
           his
           Own
           desire
           ,
           and
           meerly
           to
           keep
           his
           Enemies
           from
           doing
           of
           it
           ,
           )
           He
           punish'd
           them
           according
           to
           their
           desert
           :
           He
           cut
           off
           their
           hands
           and
           their
           feet
           ,
           
           and
           hang'd
           them
           up
           in
           Hebron
           ;
           and
           gave
           an
           Honourable
           Burial
           to
           the
           Head
           of
           that
           unfortunate
           Prince
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           so
           basely
           and
           
             barbarously
             murder'd
          
           .
        
         
           But
           tho'
           God
           had
           therefore
           
             in
             so
             Eminent
             a
             manner
             set
             David
          
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           David
           himself
           had
           appear'd
           ,
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           so
           Worthy
           of
           that
           Dignity
           :
           tho'
           never
           any
           Prince
           more
           generously
           exposed
           himself
           for
           the
           
             Publick
             Safety
          
           ,
           or
           came
           off
           with
           Greater
           Honour
           ,
           or
           put
           things
           into
           a
           better
           posture
           ,
           than
           He
           did
           that
           Country
           ;
           yet
           was
           not
           all
           this
           sufficient
           to
           quiet
           the
           Minds
           ,
           and
           to
           reconcile
           the
           Affections
           of
           some
           
             Perverse
             Tempers
          
           to
           Him
           :
           But
           they
           were
           still
           ready
           ,
           upon
           every
           Occasion
           ,
           to
           Assault
           his
           Person
           ;
           and
           to
           do
           ,
           what
           in
           them
           lay
           ,
           to
           subvert
           his
           Authority
           .
           And
           which
           may
           be
           a
           sufficient
           demonstration
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           some
           Mens
           Resentments
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           without
           Bounds
           ,
           but
           beyond
           Conviction
           too
           :
           And
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           wonder
           if
           no
           
             Rational
             Considerations
          
           can
           take
           place
           with
           those
           ,
           whose
           Passions
           and
           Prejudices
           are
           so
           violent
           and
           infatuating
           that
           we
           see
           a
           Prophet
           could
           not
           ;
           And
           it
           may
           al
           ,
           most
           be
           question'd
           ,
           whether
           an
           Angel
           from
           Heaven
           would
           have
           been
           able
           to
           Perswade
           them
           .
        
         
           Such
           was
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           Jews
           heretofore
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           to
           God
           ,
           I
           had
           no
           cause
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           is
           our
           Case
           at
           this
           very
           Day
           .
           But
           what
           then
           means
           our
           
             Solemn
             Assembling
          
           at
           this
           time
           ?
           Why
           are
           we
           here
           
           met
           together
           to
           Bless
           God
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           our
           
             Royal
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           if
           neither
           his
           Person
           was
           in
           danger
           ,
           nor
           his
           
             Authority
             invaded
          
           ?
        
         
           To
           recount
           the
           several
           Steps
           by
           which
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           bring
           our
           David
           to
           his
           Throne
           ;
           and
           shew
           you
           what
           just
           Reason
           an
           injured
           People
           had
           to
           look
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer
           their
           Liberties
           to
           be
           subverted
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Religion
             destroy'd
          
           ,
           without
           taking
           any
           due
           Care
           to
           preserve
           either
           ;
           would
           divert
           me
           too
           far
           from
           the
           Subject
           before
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           I
           desire
           now
           particularly
           to
           Apply
           my self
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           only
           say
           thus
           much
           as
           to
           this
           Matter
           ;
           that
           if
           ever
           it
           may
           be
           lawful
           for
           any
           People
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           
             Own
             Safety
          
           :
           If
           the
           Constitution
           of
           a
           
             Limited
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           
             Meer
             Notion
          
           ,
           that
           has
           neither
           Meaning
           ,
           nor
           Priviledge
           in
           it
           :
           If
           a
           Nation
           Govern'd
           by
           Laws
           of
           its
           
             Own
             Approving
          
           ;
           and
           that
           never
           engaged
           to
           Obey
           any
           Sovereign
           ,
           but
           what
           mutually
           
             Obliged
             Himself
          
           to
           Rule
           according
           to
           Those
           Laws
           ;
           has
           as
           just
           a
           right
           to
           the
           
             Legal
             Government
          
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           as
           the
           Prince
           has
           to
           the
           
             Legal
             Obedience
          
           of
           such
           a
           People
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           If
           it
           be
           Absurd
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           may
           have
           a
           right
           to
           its
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           
             no
             right
          
           to
           defend
           them
           ,
           tho'
           they
           should
           never
           so
           Apparently
           ,
           or
           in
           such
           
             considerable
             Instances
          
           ,
           be
           Broken
           in
           upon
           ;
           tho'
           such
           things
           should
           be
           enterprized
           ,
           as
           all
           Men
           must
           see
           were
           design'd
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           prevented
           ,
           must
           End
           in
           a
           total
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Constitution
           :
           Then
           had
           
             This
             Kingdom
          
           also
           Reason
           to
           stand
           up
           in
           Defence
           of
           its
           Laws
           ,
           and
           its
           Religion
           ,
           establish'd
           
           by
           Those
           Laws
           :
           And
           to
           lay
           hold
           on
           the
           Happy
           Opportunity
           of
           the
           Desertion
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           was
           resolved
           rather
           not
           to
           Rule
           at
           all
           ,
           than
           not
           to
           Rule
           in
           his
           
             Own
             way
          
           .
        
         
           Whether
           this
           were
           our
           Case
           ,
           as
           
             to
             Matter
             of
             Fact
          
           ,
           whether
           our
           Constitution
           was
           really
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           subverted
           ,
           and
           our
           
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           were
           invaded
           ;
           this
           must
           be
           left
           to
           every
           Ones
           own
           Conscience
           to
           judge
           of
           .
           But
           if
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           if
           our
           Monarchy
           be
           in
           the
           very
           Frame
           and
           Constitution
           of
           it
           a
           
             limited
             Monarchy
          
           ;
           and
           establish'd
           not
           upon
           the
           
             Imperial
             Laws
          
           of
           a
           few
           
             Visionary
             Politicians
          
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           
             Fundamental
             Laws
          
           of
           its
           Own
           Making
           ,
           or
           Allowing
           :
           Then
           I
           must
           Solemnly
           profess
           that
           either
           I
           am
           uncapable
           of
           judging
           what
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           is
           ;
           or
           it
           must
           follow
           ,
           that
           an
           
             absolute
             Monarch
          
           ,
           a
           Prince
           not
           bounded
           by
           Law
           ,
           but
           Governing
           only
           by
           the
           
             Arbitrary
             Motions
          
           of
           his
           
             Own
             Will
          
           ,
           is
           no
           King
           of
           Our
           Acknowledging
           :
           Our
           Constitution
           knows
           no
           
             such
             Monarch
          
           ,
           nor
           did
           we
           ever
           Oblige
           our selves
           to
           Obey
           such
           a
           One.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           having
           thus
           truly
           shewn
           you
           how
           our
           Case
           stood
           when
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           send
           our
           
             Royal
             Deliverer
          
           to
           Us
           ,
           I
           shall
           need
           say
           very
           little
           to
           convince
           you
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           come
           without
           a
           
             Particular
             Providence
          
           attending
           him
           in
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           .
           And
           tho'
           Success
           when
           it
           stands
           without
           any
           
             other
             Support
          
           ,
           much
           more
           if
           it
           be
           contrary
           to
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           very
           bad
           Argument
           of
           the
           
             Divine
             Approbation
          
           ;
           because
           God
           may
           Permit
           what
           He
           does
           not
           Allow
           of
           :
           Yet
           where
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           is
           manifestly
           
             injured
             ,
             Oaths
          
           are
           
             broken
             ,
             Laws
             despised
          
           :
           Where
           the
           Religion
           
           of
           a
           Nation
           is
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           subverted
           ;
           and
           a
           
             free
             People
          
           to
           be
           subjected
           to
           the
           
             intolerable
             Yoak
          
           of
           an
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ,
           and
           an
           
             Idolatrous
             Worship
          
           ;
           and
           God
           visibly
           appears
           on
           their
           behalf
           ,
           in
           such
           extraordinary
           instances
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           as
           scarce
           any
           Age
           can
           parallel
           :
           It
           must
           be
           Obstinacy
           and
           Perverseness
           not
           to
           see
           that
           his
           Arm
           has
           brought
           Salvation
           unto
           them
           ;
           or
           seeing
           it
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           persuaded
           ,
           with
           all
           Thankfulness
           ,
           to
           Accept
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           not
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           of
           those
           many
           Deliverances
           we
           have
           heretofore
           assembled
           to
           
             bless
             God
          
           for
           :
           How
           great
           was
           the
           Mercy
           that
           Saved
           us
           from
           our
           
             present
             danger
          
           ?
           How
           evident
           was
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           every
           Circumstance
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           That
           Men
           ,
           neither
           the
           most
           Religious
           ,
           nor
           Compassionate
           of
           Any
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           Enemies
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           somewhat
           worse
           than
           Enemies
           to
           our
           present
           Government
           ;
           should
           yet
           be
           so
           strook
           with
           the
           Regret
           of
           an
           Enterprize
           ,
           which
           alone
           could
           give
           them
           any
           just
           Hopes
           of
           succeeding
           in
           their
           designs
           against
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           become
           Themselves
           the
           Discoverers
           of
           their
           Own
           
             Wicked
             Undertakings
          
           ;
           is
           certainly
           very
           Strange
           :
           And
           what
           can
           hardly
           be
           accounted
           for
           ,
           without
           Acknowledging
           some
           
             Extraordinary
             Impulse
          
           of
           Conscience
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           having
           discovered
           it
           ;
           those
           who
           suffer'd
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           whose
           Concern
           for
           their
           
             Own
             Reputation
          
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           the
           
             Common
             Cause
          
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           should
           have
           prompted
           them
           to
           leave
           the
           Credit
           of
           such
           an
           Attempt
           as
           much
           in
           doubt
           ,
           as
           was
           possible
           ;
           should
           yet
           joyn
           
           their
           own
           Testimony
           ,
           to
           the
           Witness
           that
           had
           before
           been
           given
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ;
           this
           is
           yet
           more
           Wonderful
           :
           And
           what
           neither
           the
           Principles
           ,
           nor
           Politicks
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           usually
           Allow
           their
           Proselytes
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           That
           to
           Strengthen
           both
           the
           Witness
           of
           Some
           ,
           and
           the
           Confessions
           of
           Others
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           ;
           So
           many
           foreign
           Proofs
           should
           be
           sent
           us
           from
           
             all
             Parts
          
           abroad
           ,
           and
           shew
           that
           to
           have
           been
           publish'd
           before-hand
           almost
           to
           
             all
             Europe
          
           ,
           which
           ought
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           concealed
           even
           from
           those
           who
           were
           to
           be
           Actors
           in
           it
           ;
           this
           must
           be
           the
           Effect
           of
           a
           more
           than
           Ordinary
           Infatuation
           :
           And
           cannot
           be
           Reconciled
           to
           the
           
             Usual
             Caution
          
           ,
           and
           Closeness
           of
           Those
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Great
           Contrivers
           ,
           and
           Abettors
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           Short
           ;
           That
           when
           such
           a
           Time
           was
           taken
           to
           invade
           us
           from
           Abroad
           ,
           as
           (
           had
           our
           
             Own
             Measures
          
           succeeded
           )
           we
           must
           have
           been
           left
           utterly
           destitute
           of
           any
           possibility
           either
           of
           preventing
           ,
           or
           Opposing
           it
           at
           Home
           ;
           He
           who
           Governs
           the
           Wind
           and
           the
           Sea
           ,
           should
           so
           Order
           Matters
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           for
           us
           to
           send
           away
           those
           Ships
           ,
           on
           which
           our
           Safety
           was
           to
           depend
           :
           This
           is
           ,
           above
           all
           the
           Rest
           ,
           an
           evident
           instance
           of
           
             God's
             favour
          
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           Wonderful
           in
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           been
           Astonishing
           in
           those
           of
           our
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           So
           plainly
           was
           God
           pleased
           to
           shew
           Himself
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           in
           Every
           Circumstance
           of
           this
           deliverance
           .
           And
           that
           we
           may
           the
           better
           know
           what
           Returns
           we
           ought
           to
           make
           for
           it
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           offer
           you
           ,
           a
           very
           few
           Observations
           ,
           with
           Reference
           thereunto
           .
        
         
         
           And
           ,
           1st
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           it
           only
           in
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Design
           which
           was
           the
           first
           to
           have
           been
           put
           in
           Execution
           ;
           God
           has
           prevented
           the
           Murder
           of
           
             Our
             King
          
           :
           Of
           that
           King
           whom
           He
           had
           chosen
           to
           be
           the
           Instrument
           of
           Our
           Preservation
           ;
           and
           in
           whose
           Safety
           our
           very
           Enemies
           themselves
           account
           our
           Welfare
           to
           Consist
           .
           And
           God
           forbid
           !
           We
           should
           have
           a
           less
           Esteem
           of
           our
           
             Royal
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           than
           those
           who
           the
           most
           Hate
           him
           ,
           shew
           us
           that
           they
           Have
           .
        
         
           2dly
           :
           This
           Murder
           was
           to
           have
           been
           follow'd
           with
           a
           
             Foreign
             Invasion
          
           :
           An
           Invasion
           from
           that
           Prince
           who
           has
           already
           fill'd
           most
           of
           the
           Other
           parts
           of
           Europe
           with
           Ruin
           and
           Desolation
           .
           And
           ,
           particularly
           ,
           has
           shewn
           Himself
           so
           Irreconcilable
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           resolved
           (
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           to
           root
           out
           the
           very
           memory
           of
           it
           from
           off
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           then
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           what
           a
           Confusion
           and
           Desolation
           this
           must
           have
           put
           our
           
             unfortunate
             Country
          
           into
           ?
           When
           we
           should
           have
           seen
           ,
           Our
           Houses
           in
           Flames
           about
           our
           Ears
           ;
           Our
           
             Land
             destroy'd
          
           ;
           Our
           Friends
           and
           
             Relations
             slaughter'd
          
           before
           
             our
             Eyes
          
           :
           The
           Best
           and
           Greatest
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           those
           from
           whose
           Courage
           or
           Conduct
           ,
           from
           whose
           Counsel
           or
           Interest
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           Especially
           hoped
           for
           Help
           ,
           secretly
           
             cut
             off
          
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           beginning
           of
           Our
           disorders
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           when
           our
           Land
           being
           become
           a
           Seat
           of
           War
           ;
           we
           should
           have
           beheld
           ,
           and
           suffer'd
           All
           those
           Miseries
           ,
           and
           Calamities
           ,
           which
           we
           tremble
           to
           hear
           of
           ,
           tho'
           at
           the
           Greatest
           distance
           from
           Us.
           
        
         
         
           Oh!
           How
           happy
           would
           Those
           have
           been
           ,
           who
           should
           have
           had
           the
           Priviledge
           of
           being
           
             first
             destroyed
          
           ?
           Rather
           than
           to
           have
           outlived
           the
           fortunes
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           their
           
             Own
             Peace
          
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Churches
             Establishment
          
           .
           But
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           God!
           Who
           has
           graciously
           deliver'd
           us
           out
           of
           their
           Hands
           !
           And
           thereby
           given
           us
           a
           new
           earnest
           of
           his
           favour
           to
           us
           :
           And
           manifested
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           in
           Vain
           are
           all
           the
           Counsels
           of
           men
           to
           destroy
           Those
           ,
           whom
           He
           has
           resolved
           to
           Help
           and
           Support
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           have
           I
           shewn
           you
           ,
           not
           only
           What
           Our
           Deliverance
           is
           ;
           but
           withal
           ,
           which
           was
           my
        
         
           IId
           .
           Point
           ;
           To
           Whom
           we
           are
           to
           Ascribe
           the
           Glory
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           tho'
           God
           be
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           the
           
             Sovereign
             dispenser
          
           of
           all
           Our
           Fortunes
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           must
           be
           recurr'd
           to
           as
           the
           
             final
             Author
          
           of
           whatsoever
           Good
           we
           enjoy
           :
           Yet
           in
           some
           Cases
           He
           is
           Pleased
           in
           a
           more
           particular
           manner
           to
           discover
           his
           hand
           in
           the
           Blessings
           which
           we
           receive
           from
           Him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ought
           in
           a
           
             singular
             manner
          
           to
           be
           look'd
           unto
           ,
           as
           the
           Donor
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           So
           He
           did
           in
           
             Davids
             deliverance
          
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           did
           in
           Our
           late
           Preservation
           .
           It
           was
           neither
           our
           Hand
           ,
           nor
           our
           Counsel
           that
           saved
           us
           :
           Neither
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Armies
           ,
           nor
           the
           Cunning
           of
           our
           Contrivance
           ,
           that
           disappointed
           the
           designs
           of
           our
           Enemies
           against
           Us.
           But
           it
           was
           the
           Arm
           of
           the
           LORD
           that
           defended
           us
           :
           
             He
             was
             our
             Strength
             and
             our
             Shield
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             we
             were
             Helped
          
           .
        
         
         
           Which
           being
           so
           let
           us
           go
           on
           ,
        
         
           IIIdly
           ,
           To
           consider
           ,
           What
           it
           was
           that
           induced
           God
           to
           
             deliver
             David
          
           heretofore
           ;
           and
           for
           which
           we
           may
           justly
           presume
           He
           was
           pleased
           ,
           in
           so
           wonderful
           a
           manner
           ,
           to
           Preserve
           Us
           now
           :
           
             My
             heart
             Trusted
             in
             Him
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             and
             I
             am
             Helped
          
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           more
           frequently
           taken
           notice
           of
           by
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           ,
           throughout
           this
           whole
           Book
           ,
           than
           this
           One
           thing
           ;
           that
           He
           was
           therefore
           
             so
             Often
          
           ,
           and
           in
           
             so
             signal
             a
             manner
             ,
             protected
          
           by
           God
           ,
           because
           he
           
             put
             his
             trust
             in
             Him.
          
           
        
         
           
             It
             is
             upon
             this
             ground
             that
             He
             sometimes
          
           prays
           to
           God
           
             for
             Help
             :
             Psal.
             vii
             .
             1.
             
          
           O
           Lord
           my
           God!
           in
           Thee
           do
           I
           put
           my
           trust
           ;
           Save
           me
           from
           all
           Them
           that
           Persecute
           Me
           ,
           and
           Deliver
           Me.
           
             And
             again
             ,
             Psal.
             xv
             .
             2.
             
          
           O
           my
           God!
           I
           trust
           in
           Thee
           ,
           let
           me
           not
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           neither
           let
           mine
           Enemies
           triumph
           over
           Me.
           
        
         
           And
           when
           God
           heard
           his
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           preserved
           him
           from
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           it
           is
           to
           this
           that
           He
           ascribes
           his
           doing
           of
           it
           :
           
             I
             have
             trusted
             in
             the
             LORD
             ,
             therefore
             I
             shall
             not
             slide
             ,
          
           Psal.
           xxvi
           .
           1.
           
           And
           again
           ,
           Psal.
           xxi
           .
           7.
           
           
             The
             King
             trusteth
             in
             the
             LORD
             ;
             and
             thro'
             the
             mercy
             of
             the
             most
             High
             ,
             He
             shall
             not
             be
             moved
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           this
           that
           He
           recommends
           to
           all
           Others
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           means
           they
           could
           use
           to
           secure
           to
           themselves
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Protection
           of
           his
           
             Good
             Providence
             .
             Trust
             in
             the
          
           LORD
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             and
             do
             Good
             ;
             So
             shalt
             Thou
             dwell
             in
             the
             Land.
          
           
           
             They
             that
             
             trust
             in
             the
             LORD
             shall
             be
             even
             as
             Mount
             Zion
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             may
             not
             be
             removed
             ,
             but
             standeth
             fast
             for
             Ever
             .
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           any
           more
           particulars
           ;
           It
           is
           this
           that
           makes
           him
           speak
           so
           often
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           particular
           Defender
           of
           such
           
             Persons
             :
             The
             LORD
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             Redeemeth
             the
             Souls
             of
             His
             servants
             ;
             and
             none
             of
             them
             that
             trust
             in
             Him
             shall
             be
             destitute
             .
          
           Psal.
           xxxiv
           .
           22.
           
           And
           again
           ,
           Psal.
           xviii
           .
           30.
           
           
             He
             is
             a
             Buckler
             to
             all
             Those
             that
             Trust
             in
             Him.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           this
           being
           the
           benefit
           of
           such
           a
           trust
           ,
           even
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           
             present
             Welfare
          
           ;
           it
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           Matter
           of
           great
           consequence
           to
           us
           to
           know
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Nature
           of
           this
           Trust
           do's
           consist
           ;
           and
           how
           we
           may
           intitule
           Our selves
           to
           the
           Benefits
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           And
           here
           ,
           1st
           .
           I
           must
           observe
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           so
           far
           to
           mistake
           either
           our
           duty
           ,
           or
           our
           Interest
           ,
           as
           to
           imagine
           that
           because
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           
             Trust
             in
             God
          
           ,
           therefore
           we
           must
           take
           no
           farther
           
             Care
             of
          
           ,
           nor
           make
           any
           suitable
           Provision
           for
           the
           success
           of
           our
           Affairs
           .
        
         
           This
           would
           be
           not
           so
           much
           to
           Trust
           in
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           Presume
           upon
           Him
           :
           To
           expect
           that
           He
           should
           
             work
             Miracles
          
           for
           Our
           Sakes
           ;
           And
           
             do
             All
          
           to
           Save
           those
           ,
           who
           will
           
             do
             Nothing
          
           to
           Save
           themselves
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           we
           see
           how
           even
           David
           Himself
           ,
           amidst
           all
           his
           trust
           in
           
             God's
             Help
          
           ,
           yet
           still
           took
           care
           to
           make
           the
           best
           Provision
           He
           could
           for
           his
           
             Own
             Safety
          
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Israelites
           before
           ,
           were
           sent
           by
           his
           Own
           
           
             peculiar
             Commission
          
           ,
           to
           kill
           and
           
             take
             possession
          
           ;
           and
           were
           
             assured
             of
             Victory
          
           ,
           before
           they
           went
           into
           the
           Field
           :
           Yet
           still
           they
           were
           required
           to
           act
           with
           as
           much
           Art
           and
           Cunning
           ;
           to
           contrive
           as
           wisely
           ,
           and
           to
           fight
           as
           resolutely
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           whole
           Success
           of
           their
           Enterprizes
           were
           to
           have
           depended
           upon
           their
           Own
           Courage
           and
           Conduct
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           must
           We
           do
           Now
           :
           God
           has
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           in
           a
           wonderful
           manner
           ,
           deliver'd
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           discover'd
           the
           designs
           of
           our
           Enemies
           against
           Us.
           He
           has
           shewn
           us
           what
           kind
           of
           Men
           we
           have
           to
           
             do
             with
          
           ;
           and
           from
           whence
           our
           danger
           is
           likely
           to
           Arise
           .
           And
           it
           must
           be
           ,
           in
           great
           measure
           ,
           our
           Own
           fault
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           prevent
           it
           .
           But
           yet
           ,
           if
           because
           God
           has
           done
           thus
           much
           for
           Us
           ,
           we
           shall
           from
           henceforth
           grow
           Careless
           and
           Secure
           :
           If
           while
           our
           Enemies
           threaten
           us
           from
           abroad
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           beset
           with
           a
           
             discontented
             ,
             designing
             party
          
           at
           Home
           ;
           we
           shall
           neither
           be
           careful
           to
           discover
           what
           their
           Strength
           is
           ,
           nor
           to
           consider
           How
           to
           fortifie
           our selves
           against
           Them
           :
           We
           must
           blame
           no
           body
           ,
           but
           our selves
           ,
           if
           we
           shall
           at
           last
           fall
           into
           
             their
             Snares
          
           ,
           and
           sink
           under
           those
           Attempts
           ,
           we
           have
           now
           so
           narrowly
           escaped
           .
        
         
           But
           2dly
           .
           Tho'
           we
           may
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           Use
           our
           best
           endeavours
           to
           provide
           for
           our
           
             Own
             Security
          
           ;
           yet
           we
           must
           not
           place
           our
           dependance
           upon
           them
           :
           but
           when
           we
           have
           done
           all
           that
           we
           can
           ,
           must
           still
           look
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           Deliverance
           and
           Success
           .
           And
           this
           is
           truly
           to
           
             Trust
             in
             him
          
           ;
           and
           will
           furnish
           us
           with
           a
           clear
           
           Notion
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           great
           duty
           which
           is
           required
           of
           Us
           on
           all
           these
           Occasions
           .
        
         
           To
           provide
           for
           our
           
             Own
             safety
          
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           those
           Measures
           that
           seem
           the
           most
           likely
           to
           promote
           the
           
             publick
             Welfare
          
           ;
           this
           is
           not
           only
           very
           Lawful
           ,
           but
           is
           Reasonable
           and
           Necessary
           .
           Nor
           shall
           we
           ever
           be
           secure
           ,
           without
           doing
           of
           it
           .
           But
           yet
           ,
           when
           all
           is
           done
           ,
           't
           is
           neither
           our
           Arms
           ,
           nor
           our
           Counsels
           ;
           neither
           our
           Strength
           ,
           nor
           our
           Policy
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           depend
           upon
           :
           But
           we
           must
           still
           Recur
           to
           God
           for
           Help
           ;
           And
           put
           our
           whole
           Trust
           and
           Confidence
           in
           
             his
             Mercy
          
           .
        
         
           So
           David
           did
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           this
           that
           Crown'd
           his
           Enterprises
           with
           Honour
           and
           
             Victory
             .
             I
             will
             not
             trust
             in
             my
             Bow
             ,
          
           says
           he
           ;
           
             neither
             shall
             my
             Sword
             Save
             Me.
             Thro'
             thee
             will
             we
             push
             down
             our
             Enemies
             ;
             thro'
             thy
             name
             will
             we
             tread
             them
             under
             ,
             that
             rise
             up
             against
             us
             .
          
           Psal.
           xliv
           .
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           And
           in
           Another
           Psalm
           ,
           He
           makes
           this
           Wise
           ,
           and
           
             Pious
             Remark
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           different
           Conduct
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           ;
           and
           How
           it
           succeeded
           with
           Them
           accordingly
           :
           Psal.
           xx
           .
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             Some
             trust
             in
             Chariots
             ,
             and
             some
             in
             Horses
             ;
             but
             we
             will
             Remember
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             LORD
             our
             God.
             They
             are
             brought
             down
             and
             fallen
             ;
             but
             we
             are
             Risen
             and
             stand
             upright
             .
          
        
         
           For
           men
           to
           look
           only
           to
           the
           number
           of
           their
           forces
           ;
           the
           Exactness
           of
           their
           discipline
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Cunning
             of
          
           their
           Management
           ;
           and
           then
           boast
           of
           their
           Enterprises
           as
           Certain
           and
           Infallible
           ;
           and
           exalt
           Themselves
           in
           their
           own
           Imaginations
           ,
           as
           if
           no
           Disappointment
           could
           happen
           to
           them
           :
           This
           is
           not
           only
           to
           shew
           too
           great
           
           a
           Contempt
           of
           
             God's
             Providence
          
           ,
           but
           too
           little
           a
           reflection
           upon
           the
           State
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           those
           numerous
           Accidents
           to
           which
           the
           Greatest
           and
           
             Wisest
             Undertakings
          
           are
           exposed
           .
           And
           I
           am
           pretty
           Confident
           ,
           our
           Enemies
           themselves
           begin
           ,
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           their
           
             Own
             Folly
          
           in
           this
           Particular
           :
           And
           to
           Perceive
           how
           vain
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           lay
           
             great
             designs
          
           ,
           and
           build
           up
           
             mighty
             expectations
          
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           not
           consider
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           who
           
             Ruleth
             in
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           and
           whose
           Counsel
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           done
           All
           we
           can
           ,
           
           
             shall
             Stand.
          
           
        
         
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           3dly
           :
           As
           we
           must
           not
           trust
           in
           our
           
             Own
             Strength
          
           or
           Policy
           for
           Success
           ,
           and
           Security
           :
           So
           must
           we
           take
           heed
           not
           to
           engage
           in
           any
           
             Wicked
             Courses
          
           ,
           either
           to
           promote
           our
           Interests
           ,
           or
           to
           prevent
           our
           Danger
           .
           For
           this
           will
           be
           plainly
           to
           
             Forsake
             God
          
           ;
           and
           to
           trust
           in
           our
           
             Own
             devices
          
           ,
           even
           in
           Defiance
           of
           his
           Ability
           to
           Controul
           ,
           and
           Disappoint
           Us.
           
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           certain
           justice
           to
           be
           observed
           even
           against
           an
           Enemy
           :
           and
           War
           its
           self
           has
           its
           Laws
           ,
           from
           which
           the
           more
           upright
           Heathens
           thought
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           Evil
           ,
           but
           Scandalous
           to
           depart
           .
           And
           much
           more
           ought
           we
           Christians
           to
           do
           likewise
           .
           And
           tho'
           to
           a
           
             Weak
             mind
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Bruitish
             policy
          
           ;
           it
           may
           appear
           a
           very
           Wise
           method
           of
           proceeding
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           ,
           by
           
             secret
             treachery
          
           ,
           to
           cut
           off
           a
           dangerous
           Enemy
           ;
           and
           do
           that
           by
           a
           
             suddain
             Stab
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             deadly
             draught
          
           ,
           which
           cannot
           without
           much
           hazard
           be
           accomplish'd
           in
           a
           
             fair
             Engagement
          
           :
           Yet
           there
           is
           a
           God
           above
           ,
           who
           as
           He
           abhors
           himself
           ,
           
           and
           has
           taught
           us
           to
           detest
           such
           
             barbarous
             undertakings
          
           ;
           So
           do's
           He
           for
           the
           most
           part
           bring
           them
           to
           nought
           :
           And
           leave
           the
           projectors
           only
           to
           the
           Regret
           of
           having
           been
           disappointed
           in
           their
           designs
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           Hatred
           and
           Contempt
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           for
           having
           ever
           engaged
           in
           Them.
           
        
         
           Thus
           God
           did
           Do
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           David
           ,
           whom
           Saul
           so
           often
           endeavour'd
           ,
           and
           hoped
           to
           have
           destroy'd
           :
           And
           thus
           has
           he
           done
           for
           
             Our
             Royal
             Sovereign
          
           .
           He
           has
           deliver'd
           Him
           from
           the
           
             Secret
             practices
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           the
           
             Open
             Violence
          
           of
           his
           Enemies
           .
           And
           continued
           him
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           this
           day
           ,
           a
           
             living
             Monument
          
           of
           his
           
             Own
             Mercy
          
           ;
           And
           of
           the
           
             Un-Christian
             ,
             Un-manly
          
           designs
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           Great
           only
           in
           Treachery
           and
           Deceit
           :
           In
           endeavouring
           basely
           to
           
             destroy
             Those
          
           ,
           whom
           they
           never
           yet
           durst
           meet
           in
           the
           Field
           of
           Honour
           ;
           nay
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           would
           Rather
           tamely
           yield
           up
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           it
           ,
           the
           Empire
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           than
           let
           the
           Sword
           decide
           it
           between
           them
           ,
           to
           Whom
           it
           should
           belong
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           them
           rejoice
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           in
           their
           
             Inglorious
             proceedings
          
           .
           Let
           them
           raise
           Armies
           ,
           and
           train
           up
           forces
           ,
           not
           to
           fight
           ,
           but
           to
           countenance
           the
           treachery
           of
           their
           Proceedings
           .
           Let
           them
           
             buy
             Victory
          
           ;
           and
           Corrupt
           those
           ,
           whom
           they
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           Engage
           :
           And
           fancy
           ,
           after
           all
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Great
           and
           Honourable
           ;
           because
           they
           are
           able
           to
           
             Command
             Panegyric's
          
           ,
           and
           to
           Reward
           the
           
             mercenary
             Authors
          
           of
           them
           .
           But
           Posterity
           will
           know
           the
           baseness
           of
           their
           proceedings
           ;
           
           and
           God
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           will
           judge
           them
           for
           Them.
           In
           the
           mean
           While
           it
           will
           be
           our
           parts
           to
           provide
           ,
           the
           best
           we
           can
           ,
           against
           their
           Wickedness
           :
           And
           having
           so
           done
           let
           us
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           will
           turn
           their
           devices
           to
           their
           
             Own
             Confusion
          
           ;
           and
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           fall
           by
           them
           ,
           whilst
           we
           continue
           to
           
             put
             our
             Trust
          
           in
           Him.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           it
           remains
           only
           that
           I
           conclude
           all
           with
           the
           IVth
           and
           last
           Point
           ,
           which
           I
           proposed
           to
           speak
           to
           ,
           Viz.
           The
           Return
           which
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           made
           to
           God
           for
           his
           
             deliverance
             :
             Therefore
             my
             heart
             greatly
             Rejoiceth
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             Song
             will
             I
             praise
             him
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           Words
           we
           have
           these
           (
           2
           )
           Things
           represented
           to
           Us
           :
        
         
           1st
           .
           The
           
             Inward
             Sense
          
           which
           David
           had
           of
           
             God's
             Mercy
          
           to
           him
           :
           His
           
             Heart
             greatly
             Rejoiced
          
           .
           And
           ,
           2dly
           .
           His
           
             Outward
             Expression
          
           of
           it
           ;
           
             In
             my
             Song
             will
             I
             praise
             Him.
             
          
        
         
           These
           Two
           together
           made
           up
           the
           Return
           of
           that
           
             Holy
             Man
          
           ;
           and
           Both
           of
           them
           must
           concur
           in
           Our
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           if
           ever
           we
           mean
           to
           Render
           it
           Pleasing
           and
           Acceptable
           to
           
             God
             Almighty
          
           .
        
         
           1st
           .
           We
           must
           entertain
           a
           Worthy
           ,
           and
           
             Grateful
             Sense
          
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           Every
           One
           should
           do
           ,
           who
           is
           Capable
           of
           Understanding
           what
           it
           was
           ;
           and
           from
           what
           a
           deluge
           of
           Miseries
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           we
           are
           Freed
           by
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Were
           the
           mischief
           ,
           design'd
           against
           us
           ,
           to
           have
           reach'd
           no
           farther
           than
           to
           the
           death
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           yet
           sure
           we
           cannot
           have
           so
           soon
           forgot
           ,
           
             How
             much
          
           we
           Owe
           to
           Him
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           account
           our selves
           ,
           in
           an
           Eminent
           manner
           ,
           concern'd
           for
           his
           Preservation
           .
           He
           who
           in
           the
           time
           of
           our
           
             Greatest
             Danger
          
           ventured
           His
           
             Own
             Life
          
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           to
           
             secure
             Ours
          
           ;
           and
           when
           our
           Enemies
           seem'd
           to
           be
           in
           their
           full
           Career
           ,
           trampling
           both
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Religion
           under
           their
           
             feet
             ;
             Stept
             forth
          
           into
           the
           Gap
           ,
           and
           bravely
           withstood
           the
           Torrent
           ,
           which
           would
           otherwise
           have
           born
           down
           all
           before
           it
           :
           As
           he
           must
           needs
           deserve
           our
           most
           
             Grateful
             Acknowledgment
          
           for
           so
           seasonable
           an
           Interposition
           ;
           So
           shall
           He
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           be
           always
           consider'd
           by
           Us
           ,
           as
           the
           Repairer
           of
           our
           Breaches
           ;
           the
           Supporter
           of
           our
           State
           ;
           the
           Defender
           of
           our
           Liberties
           ;
           and
           the
           Preserver
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           among
           us
           :
           And
           in
           whose
           Safety
           ,
           we
           therefore
           ought
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           most
           heartily
           to
           Rejoice
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           :
           The
           very
           danger
           he
           was
           exposed
           to
           ,
           was
           meerly
           for
           
             our
             sakes
          
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           that
           Protection
           which
           he
           continues
           to
           afford
           us
           ,
           against
           the
           fury
           of
           Our
           Enemies
           .
           Nor
           would
           they
           ever
           have
           thought
           of
           Destroying
           him
           ,
           had
           He
           not
           been
           so
           Zealous
           to
           Save
           Us.
           
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           consider
           the
           design
           of
           our
           Enemies
           aright
           ;
           we
           must
           look
           upon
           our
           
             solemn
             Rejoicing
          
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           be
           not
           so
           much
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Our
           
             Royal
             Sovereigns
             Preservation
          
           ,
           as
           of
           
           Our
           
             Common
             Deliverance
          
           .
           Our
           Country
           ;
           Our
           Families
           ;
           Our
           Estates
           ;
           nay
           our
           very
           Lives
           Themselves
           :
           The
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Monarchy
           ;
           the
           Laws
           by
           which
           we
           are
           Govern'd
           ;
           the
           Religion
           in
           which
           we
           
             serve
             God
             now
          
           ,
           and
           thro'
           which
           we
           expect
           to
           be
           Saved
           hereafter
           ;
           
             All
             these
          
           were
           Struck
           at
           :
           And
           ,
           had
           their
           Attempt
           succeeded
           ,
           must
           All
           have
           fallen
           together
           with
           the
           great
           Defender
           of
           them
           .
           Nor
           can
           any
           One
           excuse
           himself
           from
           a
           
             grateful
             Resentment
          
           of
           this
           
             Happy
             Deliverance
          
           ,
           without
           declaring
           himself
           thereby
           a
           
             publick
             Enemy
          
           :
           An
           Enemy
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           his
           
           Prince's
           Safety
           ;
           but
           to
           the
           Peace
           ,
           the
           Welfare
           ,
           nay
           to
           the
           very
           Establishment
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Government
           under
           which
           we
           live
           .
        
         
           We
           were
           appointed
           as
           Sheep
           for
           the
           Slaughter
           ;
           Our
           Land
           to
           have
           been
           made
           an
           Akeldama
           ,
           a
           
             Field
             of
             Blood
          
           :
           The
           Fury
           of
           War
           ,
           always
           very
           dismal
           ,
           and
           no
           where
           more
           ,
           than
           where
           the
           
             French
             Tyranny
          
           has
           the
           Fortune
           to
           prevail
           ;
           was
           to
           have
           been
           doubled
           upon
           Us.
           Whilst
           we
           should
           have
           been
           exposed
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Rage
           of
           those
           Abroad
           ,
           (
           and
           who
           by
           the
           Treatment
           they
           have
           given
           their
           
             own
             Countrymen
          
           ,
           have
           sufficiently
           shewn
           ,
           what
           all
           others
           ,
           of
           a
           
             different
             Religion
          
           ,
           must
           expect
           from
           them
           ;
           )
           but
           to
           the
           particular
           Resentments
           of
           our
           
             own
             Domestick
             Enemies
          
           .
           Or
           to
           speak
           all
           in
           one
           Word
           ;
           we
           should
           have
           been
           laid
           open
           to
           all
           the
           Cruelty
           that
           a
           
             false
             Zeal
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             persecuting
             Church
          
           could
           inspire
           into
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ;
           who
           would
           
           have
           set
           no
           Bounds
           to
           their
           Rage
           ;
           as
           they
           know
           no
           Measure
           of
           their
           Hatred
           ,
           and
           Malice
           ,
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           Oh!
           the
           Horrour
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           the
           Shreiks
           and
           the
           Lamentations
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           been
           seen
           ,
           and
           heard
           in
           all
           our
           Streets
           !
           How
           often
           should
           we
           in
           vain
           have
           wish'd
           to
           die
           ,
           rather
           than
           live
           to
           behold
           and
           suffer
           such
           Evils
           ,
           as
           would
           ,
           before
           this
           Time
           ,
           have
           come
           upon
           us
           ?
           As
           the
           Horrour
           of
           a
           Shipwreck
           at
           Sea
           ,
           or
           of
           an
           Earthquake
           at
           Land
           ;
           As
           a
           City
           taken
           by
           Storm
           ;
           As
           if
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           were
           coming
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ;
           such
           would
           the
           Case
           of
           this
           
             Miserable
             Country
          
           have
           been
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           God!
           who
           has
           not
           given
           us
           over
           for
           a
           Prey
           unto
           
             their
             Teeth
          
           .
           
           
             Our
             Soul
             is
             escaped
             ,
             even
             as
             a
             Bird
             out
             of
             the
             Snare
             of
             the
             Fouler
          
           ;
           the
           Snare
           is
           broken
           ,
           and
           
             we
             are
             delivered
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           only
           saved
           from
           our
           
             present
             Danger
          
           ,
           but
           are
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           in
           some
           Measure
           awakened
           to
           provide
           for
           our
           
             future
             Safety
          
           :
           And
           effectually
           convinced
           what
           Canaanites
           we
           have
           among
           Us
           ;
           and
           how
           much
           it
           will
           concern
           us
           to
           Beware
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           I
           would
           to
           God
           ;
           they
           did
           not
           give
           Us
           ,
           every
           Day
           ,
           more
           and
           more
           Reason
           so
           to
           do
           .
           For
           even
           since
           the
           Discovery
           of
           this
           
             Horrid
             ,
             Barbarous
             ,
             Base
             Design
          
           ;
           Where
           is
           almost
           the
           Man
           ,
           that
           has
           given
           us
           any
           good
           Assurance
           of
           his
           Abhorrence
           of
           it
           ?
           That
           he
           is
           asham'd
           of
           the
           Undertaking
           ;
           that
           he
           
             detests
             those
          
           who
           were
           engag'd
           in
           it
           :
           Or
           is
           indeed
           concern'd
           for
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           for
           this
           
           one
           thing
           ,
           that
           they
           succeeded
           no
           better
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           such
           is
           the
           Power
           of
           Passion
           and
           Prejudice
           ;
           and
           so
           Unaccountable
           are
           the
           Working
           of
           some
           Mens
           Consciences
           !
           For
           sure
           ,
           Otherwise
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           it
           should
           be
           somewhat
           more
           than
           Infatuation
           ,
           to
           imagine
           ,
           that
           to
           call
           in
           a
           
             French
             Power
          
           is
           a
           likely
           Method
           to
           secure
           
             English
             Liberties
          
           :
           Or
           that
           those
           who
           have
           been
           so
           Zealous
           to
           roct
           out
           the
           
             Protestant
             Interest
          
           at
           Home
           ,
           will
           yet
           be
           so
           
             good
             natured
          
           ,
           as
           to
           establish
           it
           Abroad
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           one
           will
           so
           far
           mistake
           my
           Design
           in
           insisting
           upon
           these
           Matters
           ;
           as
           to
           think
           that
           I
           desire
           hereby
           to
           raise
           up
           any
           Storm
           ,
           against
           the
           quiet
           and
           conscientious
           Part
           of
           those
           who
           differ
           from
           Us
           ,
           in
           Point
           either
           of
           Religion
           or
           Government
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           I
           freely
           profess
           ,
           that
           I
           love
           ,
           and
           value
           ,
           a
           sincere
           and
           
             upright
             Christian
          
           ,
           let
           his
           Opinion
           be
           never
           so
           contrary
           to
           what
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           right
           :
           And
           for
           the
           whole
           World
           I
           would
           not
           ,
           willingly
           ,
           be
           the
           Occasion
           of
           the
           
             least
             Evil
          
           ,
           to
           such
           a
           
             one
             .
             Persecution
          
           for
           Matters
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           is
           what
           ,
           I
           thank
           God
           ,
           I
           have
           ever
           Abhorr'd
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           never
           be
           so
           far
           transported
           in
           my
           Zeal
           for
           any
           Cause
           or
           Party
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           the
           least
           Encouragement
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           I
           must
           beg
           Leave
           to
           observe
           withal
           ,
           
           that
           
             true
             Religion
          
           ,
           is
           first
           pure
           ,
           then
           peaceable
           ;
           it
           is
           humble
           and
           
             charitable
             ;
             it
             thinketh
             no
             evil
             ,
          
           nor
           wisheth
           any
           ;
           it
           rejoyces
           not
           in
           Iniquity
           ;
           but
           desires
           the
           Welfare
           
           and
           Happiness
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           at
           the
           greatest
           Distance
           from
           its
           
             own
             Perswasion
          
           .
           And
           if
           instead
           of
           maintaining
           such
           a
           Character
           ,
           Men
           will
           be
           peevish
           and
           
             morose
             ;
             turbulent
          
           and
           unquiet
           :
           If
           they
           will
           not
           only
           shew
           an
           implacable
           Hatred
           towards
           all
           such
           as
           differ
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           will
           ,
           upon
           every
           Occasion
           ,
           publickly
           censure
           and
           revile
           them
           too
           :
           If
           they
           will
           rejoyce
           in
           their
           Harm
           ,
           and
           be
           concern'd
           at
           their
           Welfare
           ;
           and
           resolve
           at
           any
           Rate
           to
           procure
           their
           Ruin
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           sure
           to
           perish
           together
           
             with
             them
          
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           if
           such
           be
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           without
           Remorse
           consent
           to
           have
           a
           
             King
             murder'd
          
           ;
           their
           
             Country
             invaded
          
           ;
           their
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           given
           up
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           those
           who
           are
           the
           
             profess'd
             Enemies
          
           of
           both
           :
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           that
           then
           it
           is
           high
           time
           for
           us
           to
           look
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           to
           
             have
             a
             Care
          
           of
           
             such
             Zealots
          
           ;
           and
           to
           consider
           ,
           the
           rather
           ,
           how
           to
           prevent
           our
           Ruin
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           is
           become
           a
           Matter
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           with
           some
           Men
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           they
           can
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           if
           ,
           from
           what
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           our
           Hearts
           ought
           
             greatly
             to
             rejoyce
          
           at
           this
           Deliverance
           ;
           then
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           shall
           need
           Add
           very
           little
           to
           perswade
           you
           ,
           2dly
           .
           To
           let
           your
           Tongues
           declare
           the
           Sense
           of
           them
           .
           For
           the
           Expressions
           of
           the
           Mouth
           ,
           naturally
           follow
           the
           Disposition
           of
           the
           Mind
           :
           And
           when
           the
           one
           is
           full
           of
           a
           
             grateful
             Resentment
          
           of
           
             God's
             Mercies
          
           ;
           the
           other
           will
           break
           out
           ,
           into
           Songs
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           for
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           this
           we
           have
           ,
           in
           some
           Measure
           already
           done
           ;
           and
           shall
           again
           go
           on
           ,
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           do
           .
           But
           we
           must
           not
           let
           our
           Thanksgiving
           stop
           here
           ;
           nor
           think
           that
           the
           Acknowledment
           of
           one
           such
           
             solemn
             Meeting
          
           ,
           is
           a
           
             sufficient
             Return
          
           for
           so
           great
           a
           Preservation
           .
           Rather
           ,
           we
           should
           teach
           our
           very
           Children
           to
           speak
           of
           this
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           deliver
           the
           Memory
           of
           it
           down
           to
           
             succeeding
             Generations
          
           .
           That
           the
           Ages
           yet
           to
           come
           may
           know
           what
           a
           Deliverance
           we
           have
           received
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           enjoy
           the
           Benefits
           of
           it
           .
           And
           by
           more
           and
           more
           Instances
           be
           convinced
           ,
           how
           impossible
           it
           is
           to
           reconcile
           a
           
             Popish
             Power
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           
             Protestant
             Church
          
           and
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           that
           they
           ought
           rather
           ,
           to
           expose
           themselves
           to
           any
           Hazards
           ,
           and
           to
           undergo
           any
           Burdens
           ;
           than
           be
           brought
           again
           under
           the
           Yoak
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           then
           let
           us
           rejoyce
           in
           the
           Blessing
           we
           have
           received
           ,
           and
           thus
           let
           us
           speak
           of
           it
           in
           all
           our
           Gates
           .
           And
           may
           that
           God
           who
           regardeth
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           knoweth
           the
           
             secret
             Thoughts
          
           of
           every
           one
           of
           us
           ;
           approve
           our
           Sincerity
           ,
           and
           accept
           of
           our
           Thanksgivings
           !
           And
           ever
           more
           preserve
           us
           ,
           from
           the
           Treachery
           ,
           and
           Violence
           of
           All
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           but
           ,
           especially
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           GREAT
           OPPRESSOR
           .
        
         
           May
           he
           incline
           those
           to
           consider
           and
           praise
           him
           ,
           who
           are
           yet
           to
           be
           convinced
           of
           the
           
             Justice
             of
             our
             Cause
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Happiness
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           :
           Nay
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           break
           in
           upon
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           this
           
           Day
           ,
           with
           Murmurings
           and
           Repinings
           against
           God
           for
           preserving
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           those
           who
           are
           true
           and
           steddy
           to
           the
           
             publick
             Interest
          
           of
           their
           Country
           and
           Religion
           ;
           may
           he
           every
           Day
           render
           them
           more
           useful
           ,
           and
           serviceable
           to
           both
           !
           May
           they
           be
           active
           and
           
             vigorous
             ;
             firm
          
           and
           resolute
           !
           Neither
           afraid
           to
           
             own
             a
             good
             Cause
          
           ,
           though
           reviled
           by
           those
           who
           
             wish
             ill
          
           to
           it
           ;
           nor
           unwilling
           to
           
             venture
             themselves
          
           ,
           and
           all
           they
           have
           ,
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           May
           they
           to
           the
           Sacrifices
           of
           their
           Lips
           ,
           add
           the
           Piety
           of
           their
           Lives
           :
           And
           by
           a
           
             general
             Reformation
          
           of
           Manners
           ,
           and
           Union
           of
           Hearts
           and
           Affections
           among
           Us
           ,
           remove
           the
           only
           Obstacles
           that
           seem
           any
           Way
           likely
           to
           prevent
           our
           
             Common
             Happiness
          
           !
        
         
           And
           having
           thus
           disposed
           our selves
           for
           
             his
             Blessing
          
           ;
           May
           that
           God
           who
           has
           sent
           this
           great
           Salvation
           to
           us
           ,
           multiply
           more
           and
           more
           his
           Favours
           upon
           us
           !
           May
           he
           direct
           our
           
             Counsels
             ;
             animate
          
           our
           Resolutions
           ;
           and
           
             give
             Success
          
           to
           our
           Undertakings
           !
           But
           especially
           ;
           may
           he
           preserve
           our
           
             Royal
             Sovereign
          
           from
           all
           the
           treacherous
           Designs
           of
           his
           Enemies
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Hands
           of
           those
           who
           delight
           in
           Blood
           !
           May
           his
           Arms
           be
           prosperous
           ;
           and
           his
           
             Reign
             happy
          
           !
           May
           he
           finish
           all
           his
           Enterprizes
           with
           Honour
           ,
           And
           Victory
           :
           And
           may
           we
           consider
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           how
           much
           our
           
             Safety
             depends
          
           upon
           
             his
             Welfare
          
           ;
           and
           with
           what
           Zeal
           
           we
           ought
           to
           Unite
           together
           against
           all
           such
           ,
           as
           by
           seeking
           his
           Destruction
           ,
           shall
           give
           us
           the
           highest
           ,
           and
           most
           
             fatal
             Demonstration
          
           that
           can
           be
           given
           ,
           of
           their
           Desire
           to
           promote
           our
           
             common
             Ruin.
          
           
        
         
           I
           shall
           conclude
           all
           ,
           with
           the
           Words
           of
           our
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           ,
           when
           God
           had
           given
           him
           Rest
           from
           all
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           had
           
             delivered
             him
          
           from
           the
           Hand
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
             Psal.
          
           xviii
           .
           46.
           
           
             The
             LORD
             liveth
             ,
             and
             blessed
             be
             our
             Rock
             ;
             and
             let
             the
             God
             of
             our
             Salvation
             be
             exalted
             .
             He
             has
             deliver'd
             us
             from
             our
             Enemies
             ;
             he
             has
             lifted
             us
             up
             above
             those
             that
             rose
             up
             against
             Us
             ;
             he
             has
             deliver'd
             us
             from
             the
             VIOLENT
             MAN
             :
             Therefore
             ,
             will
             we
             give
             thanks
             unto
             thee
             O
             LORD
             among
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             and
             sing
             Praise
             unto
             thy
             Name
             :
          
        
         
           Salvation
           and
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Honour
           and
           Praise
           ,
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           be
           unto
           the
           LORD
           our
           God
           ,
           for
           Ever
           and
           Ever
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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           Spy
           ,
           who
           lived
           forty
           five
           Years
           undiscovered
           at
           Paris
           ,
           giving
           an
           Impartial
           Account
           to
           the
           Divan
           at
           Constantinople
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           remarkable
           Transactions
           of
           Europe
           during
           the
           said
           time
           .
           12
           
           o.
        
         
           Humane
           Prudence
           ,
           or
           ,
           the
           Art
           by
           which
           a
           Man
           may
           raise
           himself
           and
           Fortune
           to
           Grandeur
           .
           The
           sixth
           Edition
           .
           12
           
           o.
        
         
           Moral
           Maxims
           and
           Reflections
           in
           four
           Parts
           .
           Written
           in
           French
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           Rochfoucault
           .
           Now
           made
           English.
           12
           
           o.
        
         
           
           Epictetus's
           Morals
           ,
           with
           
           Simplicius's
           Comment
           ,
           made
           English
           from
           the
           Greek
           .
           By
           
             George
             Stanhop
          
           ,
           late
           Fellow
           of
           
           King's
           College
           Cambridge
           .
           8
           
           o.
        
         
           The
           Parson's
           Councell
           or
           ;
           or
           ,
           the
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           of
           Tythes
           .
           By
           Sir
           
             Simon
             Degge
          
           .
           8
           
           o.
        
         
           Of
           the
           Art
           both
           of
           Writing
           and
           Judging
           of
           History
           ,
           with
           Reflections
           upon
           Antient
           as
           well
           as
           Modern
           Historians
           .
           By
           the
           Learned
           and
           Ingenious
           ,
           Father
           
             Le
             Moyne
          
           ,
           12
           
           o.
        
         
           An
           Essay
           on
           Reason
           .
           By
           Sir
           
             George
             Mackenzie
          
           .
           12
           
           o.
        
         
           The
           Unlawfulness
           of
           Bonds
           of
           Resignation
           .
           8
           
           o.
        
         
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           a
           God
           and
           Providence
           ;
           vindicated
           and
           asserted
           by
           
             Tho.
             Gregory
          
           late
           of
           
             Wadham-College
             ,
             Oxford
          
           ;
           and
           now
           Lecturer
           near
           Fulham
           .
           8
           
           o.
        
         
           Some
           Discourses
           on
           several
           Divine
           Subjects
           .
           By
           the
           same
           Author
           .
        
         
           Death
           made
           Comfortable
           ,
           or
           the
           Way
           to
           Die
           well
           .
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             John
             Kettlewell
          
           ,
           a
           Presbyter
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           12
           
           o.
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Gregory's
           Divine
           Antidote
           against
           
             John
             Smith
          
           ,
           a
           Socinian
           Writer
           .
           8
           
           o.
        
         
           Dr.
           
           Gregory's
           Sermon
           upon
           the
           Thanksgiving
           Day
           ,
           for
           his
           Majesties
           Preservation
           from
           the
           intended
           Assassination
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66392-e160
           
             Psalm
             xxviii
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             xxvii
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             viii
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             x.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             xv
             .
             10.
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             xvi
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             xx
             31.
             xxiv
             .
             20.
             lb.
             xxiii
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             ii
             .
             8
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             xviii
             .
             10
             ,
             25.
             xix
             .
             11
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             
               xxiv
               .
               xxvi
            
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             iv
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             i.
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             iv
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             xxxvij
             .
             v.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             cxxv
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             iv
             .
             32
             Prov.
             xix
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             cxxiv
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             iij.
             17.
             
             Colos.
             iij.
             12.
             1
             
             Cor.
             xiij
             .
             5
             ,
             6.