A sermon preached upon the XXXth of January S.V. 1684/5, at Paris in the chappel of the Right Honourable the Lord Vicount Preston, His Majestie's envoy extraordinary in the court of France
         Wake, William, 1657-1737.
      
       
         
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             A sermon preached upon the XXXth of January S.V. 1684/5, at Paris in the chappel of the Right Honourable the Lord Vicount Preston, His Majestie's envoy extraordinary in the court of France
             Wake, William, 1657-1737.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           UPON
           The
           XXX
           th
           .
           of
           
             January
             S.
             V.
             1684
             /
             5.
             
          
           AT
           PARIS
           In
           the
           Chappel
           of
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Vicount
           PRESTON
           ,
           
             His
             MAJESTIE'
             's
          
           Envoy
           Extraordinary
           in
           the
           Court
           OF
           FRANCE
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Moses
             Pitt
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1685.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           The
           Right
           Honourable
           RICHARD
           LORD
           VICOVNT
           PRESTON
           ,
           His
           Majestie
           's
           Envoy
           Extraordinary
           in
           the
           Court
           OF
           FRANCE
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           HAd
           I
           no
           other
           consideration
           in
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           an
           open
           acknowledgment
           of
           my
           duty
           
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           (
           and
           not
           be
           silent
           at
           a
           time
           when
           the
           Applauses
           of
           the
           most
           indifferent
           Persons
           declare
           their
           satisfaction
           at
           your
           continuance
           of
           that
           character
           ,
           which
           none
           can
           better
           sustain
           ,
           nor
           has
           any
           ever
           born
           it
           with
           greater
           Honour
           and
           Fidelity
           ,
           than
           all
           men
           must
           confess
           your
           Lordship
           to
           have
           done
           it
           )
           I
           should
           think
           it
           sufficient
           to
           outweigh
           all
           those
           Censures
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           may
           pass
           ,
           with
           security
           enough
           ,
           both
           upon
           me
           and
           It.
           
        
         
           [
           It
           was
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           Prince
           so
           Wise
           to
           understand
           ,
           so
           Gracious
           to
           reward
           the
           services
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           would
           have
           a
           particular
           regard
           to
           a
           Merit
           and
           Loyalty
           great
           as
           your
           Lordship
           's
           ;
           and
           not
           so
           soon
           part
           with
           a
           
           Minister
           ,
           whom
           he
           knows
           to
           have
           been
           such
           ,
           as
           others
           promise
           they
           will
           be
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Vanity
           of
           most
           men
           to
           speak
           great
           things
           ,
           it
           is
           your
           Lordship's
           Honour
           that
           you
           do
           them
           :
           And
           I
           may
           without
           danger
           of
           any
           censure
           ,
           but
           your
           own
           ,
           truly
           say
           ,
           That
           in
           a
           Station
           which
           affords
           ,
           if
           any
           other
           ,
           tryals
           and
           opportunities
           to
           exercise
           the
           highest
           abilities
           ,
           you
           have
           exceeded
           not
           only
           your
           own
           Promises
           ,
           but
           even
           our
           Hopes
           ,
           and
           given
           us
           an
           Assurance
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           now
           remaining
           that
           can
           equal
           the
           greatness
           of
           your
           Mind
           .
        
         
           Permit
           me
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           to
           render
           this
           short
           testimony
           to
           your
           Vertues
           ,
           so
           far
           from
           flattery
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           know
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           will
           confess
           it
           to
           be
           hardly
           the
           truth
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           
           please
           pardon
           my
           presumption
           in
           this
           address
           ,
           I
           believe
           as
           unexpected
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           as
           I
           can
           justly
           say
           it
           was
           undesigned
           by
           me
           .
           ]
        
         
           But
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           thought
           fit
           to
           give
           your
           Lordship
           this
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           whilst
           you
           are
           rendring
           your
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Majestie
           's
           Commands
           in
           England
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           been
           less
           careful
           ,
           both
           to
           shew
           our selves
           ,
           and
           to
           exhort
           others
           to
           be
           as
           firm
           to
           their
           Loyalty
           here
           :
           and
           since
           we
           could
           not
           have
           the
           Honour
           of
           your
           presence
           to
           compleat
           the
           utmost
           Solemnity
           of
           this
           Day
           amongst
           us
           ,
           by
           this
           Address
           at
           least
           to
           joyn
           you
           in
           our
           service
           ,
           and
           return
           our
           acknowledgments
           for
           that
           Opportunity
           we
           have
           had
           under
           your
           protection
           ,
           
             to
             remember
             the
             captivity
             of
          
           Zion
           
             in
             a
             strange
             Land.
          
           
        
         
         
           The
           only
           thing
           that
           might
           justly
           have
           deterr'd
           me
           from
           this
           attempt
           ,
           was
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           performance
           ,
           did
           I
           not
           consider
           that
           Saints
           and
           Martyrs
           (
           like
           that
           God
           before
           whom
           they
           stand
           )
           are
           not
           so
           much
           taken
           with
           the
           Elegant
           composures
           of
           their
           Votaries
           ,
           as
           with
           their
           Piety
           and
           Sincerity
           ;
           and
           accept
           him
           who
           brings
           an
           honest
           heart
           ,
           rather
           than
           an
           accurate
           Discourse
           to
           their
           Memories
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           were
           the
           Sermon
           it self
           silent
           ,
           yet
           the
           Honour
           I
           have
           to
           belong
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           would
           undoubtedly
           confirm
           to
           as
           many
           as
           have
           ever
           known
           your
           character
           .
           May
           your
           Lordship
           long
           have
           the
           happiness
           to
           continue
           your
           services
           to
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           and
           encrease
           every
           day
           those
           
           applauses
           that
           are
           so
           justly
           paid
           to
           your
           great
           Vertues
           ;
           whilst
           I
           still
           endeavour
           by
           all
           the
           duties
           of
           my
           employ
           ,
           more
           and
           more
           to
           deserve
           that
           Title
           I
           most
           desire
           ,
           of
           being
           ,
           with
           all
           humble
           duty
           and
           respect
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordship
             's
             Most
             faithful
             and
             most
             devoted
             Chaplain
             and
             Servant
             ,
             W.
             W.
             ECCL
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             JOE●
             .
             II.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Blow
             the
             Trumpet
             in
             Zion
             ,
             sanctifie
             a
             Fast
             ,
             call
             a
             solemn
             Assembly
             .
             Gather
             the
             People
             :
             sanctifie
             the
             Congregation
             :
             assemble
             the
             Elders
             :
             gather
             the
             Children
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             suck
             the
             Breasts
             :
             let
             the
             Bridegroom
             go
             forth
             of
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             the
             Bride
             out
             of
             her
             Closet
             .
             Let
             the
             Priests
             ,
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             weep
             between
             the
             Porch
             and
             the
             Altar
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             say
             ,
             Spare
             thy
             People
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             give
             not
             thine
             Heritage
             to
             reproach
             ;
             that
             the
             Heathen
             should
             rule
             over
             them
             :
             wherefore
             should
             they
             say
             among
             the
             People
             ,
             Where
             is
             their
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           SO
           contrary
           is
           the
           mournful
           Appearance
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           those
           Triumphs
           and
           rejoycings
           wherewith
           our
           Primitive
           Predecessors
           were
           wont
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Memories
           of
           their
           Martyrs
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christianity
           seems
           very
           much
           decayed
           in
           Us
           ,
           
           or
           something
           must
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           defective
           in
           that
           Saint
           ,
           whose
           death
           we
           thus
           Lament
           ,
           instead
           of
           magnifying
           his
           Conflicts
           ,
           and
           glorying
           in
           his
           Victory
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           had
           we
           only
           to
           commemorate
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           Martyr
           ,
           the
           Innocence
           and
           Piety
           wherein
           he
           lived
           ,
           and
           the
           Constancy
           and
           Magnanimity
           with
           which
           he
           died
           ,
           these
           funeral
           Obsequies
           would
           be
           very
           unbecoming
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           out
           Remembrance
           :
           and
           we
           might
           esteem
           it
           a
           Crime
           to
           let
           our
           Hymns
           and
           our
           Praises
           fall
           any
           thing
           short
           of
           the
           most
           celebrated
           Festivals
           of
           the
           Saints
           of
           old
           ;
           when
           both
           the
           Excellence
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           Resolution
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           and
           the
           Barbarity
           of
           his
           Sufferings
           ,
           so
           far
           exceeded
           the
           most
           of
           theirs
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Perhaps
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           may
           think
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           do
           :
           But
           alass
           !
           the
           return
           of
           this
           day
           brings
           with
           it
           another
           ,
           and
           sadder
           Remembrance
           
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           when
           our
           Tongues
           would
           speak
           the
           Glories
           of
           this
           Martyr
           ,
           our
           Consciences
           confound
           us
           with
           horror
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           we
           our selves
           were
           his
           Persecutors
           .
        
         
           Had
           the
           death
           he
           suffered
           been
           the
           Sin
           of
           some
           other
           hand
           ,
           had
           an
           Infidel
           Nation
           risen
           up
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           had
           the
           Chance
           of
           War
           cut
           him
           off
           in
           our
           own
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           regretted
           the
           loss
           of
           so
           Royal
           a
           defender
           ,
           but
           should
           soon
           have
           turned
           our
           Sorrow
           into
           Joy
           ,
           and
           have
           giving
           him
           a
           name
           Superiour
           to
           the
           chiefest
           of
           those
           Hero
           's
           that
           Fabulous
           Antiquity
           can
           boast
           of
           .
           But
           that
           we
           who
           were
           obliged
           by
           all
           the
           ties
           of
           God
           and
           man
           to
           obey
           him
           ,
           should
           destroy
           that
           life
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           refused
           any
           Hazard
           of
           our
           own
           ;
           that
           we
           who
           were
           certainly
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           who
           pretend
           to
           be
           Christians
           too
           ,
           should
           violate
           all
           the
           rights
           of
           Majesty
           ;
           trample
           under
           foot
           all
           the
           Commands
           of
           that
           Gospel
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           are
           called
           ;
           
           and
           imbrue
           our
           hands
           in
           Royal
           and
           Innocent
           Bloud
           ,
           after
           so
           barbarous
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           no
           Antiquity
           can
           afford
           a
           Parrallel
           ;
           This
           raises
           those
           Clouds
           that
           obscure
           so
           bright
           a
           day
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           appearing
           at
           his
           Monument
           with
           Songs
           of
           Eucharist
           for
           his
           Victory
           ,
           calls
           us
           here
           ,
           
             between
             the
             Porch
             and
             the
             Altar
             ,
          
           to
           confess
           our
           own
           sins
           .
        
         
           Spare
           thy
           People
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           and
           give
           not
           thine
           Heritage
           to
           reproach
           ;
           that
           the
           Heathen
           should
           rule
           over
           them
           :
           wherefore
           should
           they
           say
           among
           the
           People
           ,
           Where
           is
           their
           God
           ?
        
         
           And
           here
           ,
           would
           to
           God
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           our
           Repentance
           might
           in
           some
           degree
           ,
           answer
           the
           heinousness
           of
           our
           sin
           .
           That
           out
           Piety
           this
           day
           ,
           might
           as
           effectually
           contribute
           to
           the
           appeasing
           ,
           as
           the
           Violence
           committed
           on
           it
           has
           too
           fatally
           concurred
           to
           the
           kindling
           Gods
           anger
           against
           Us.
           That
           as
           our
           Church
           ,
           so
           far
           from
           being
           involved
           in
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           that
           she
           partook
           in
           all
           his
           Sufferings
           ,
           has
           nevertheless
           
           provided
           ,
           by
           an
           annual
           return
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           remember
           that
           sin
           ,
           which
           neither
           We
           ,
           nor
           our
           Posterity
           ,
           shall
           ever
           be
           able
           sufficiently
           to
           lament
           ;
           so
           may
           We
           as
           sincerely
           observe
           ,
           as
           she
           has
           piously
           established
           the
           Fast
           ;
           and
           speak
           at
           least
           our
           detestation
           of
           the
           Sin
           ,
           if
           we
           cannot
           attone
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           Guilt
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           necessary
           that
           I
           should
           enter
           on
           any
           curious
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           Occasion
           of
           this
           Prophecy
           ,
           to
           apply
           it
           to
           our
           present
           assembling
           at
           this
           time
           :
           that
           which
           may
           be
           seen
           of
           it
           at
           the
           first
           View
           is
           sufficient
           to
           approve
           my
           choice
           ,
           That
           the
           Jews
           by
           their
           sins
           had
           provoked
           God's
           Anger
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           had
           already
           felt
           in
           great
           measure
           his
           Punishments
           too
           .
           The
           Famine
           consumed
           them
           ;
           the
           drought
           burnt
           up
           their
           Ground
           ;
           the
           remainder
           of
           their
           increase
           the
           Worm
           and
           the
           Caterpillar
           consumed
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           they
           were
           brought
           down
           to
           the
           very
           Brink
           of
           Destruction
           ,
           and
           had
           only
           remaining
           this
           solemn
           manner
           of
           repentance
           ,
           to
           appease
           
           his
           Anger
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           their
           ruin
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           one
           so
           little
           sensible
           of
           those
           Evils
           ,
           our
           own
           Nation
           has
           laboured
           under
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           enter
           on
           a
           Remembrance
           so
           fresh
           and
           so
           ungrateful
           .
           The
           Wounds
           are
           scarce
           yet
           closed
           ,
           which
           our
           own
           hands
           have
           given
           us
           ;
           and
           the
           repose
           we
           even
           now
           enjoy
           ,
           seems
           rather
           an
           Interval
           lent
           us
           by
           Heaven
           to
           see
           if
           we
           will
           yet
           repent
           ,
           than
           any
           firm
           and
           established
           Peace
           .
           Our
           fears
           have
           again
           been
           awaked
           at
           new
           Attempts
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           had
           but
           too
           just
           Cause
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           if
           not
           
           Joel's
           
             Famine
             of
             Bread
          
           ;
           yet
           what
           is
           infinitely
           worse
           ,
           
           Amos's
           
             Famine
             of
             the
             Word
             among
             us
             :
          
           let
           us
           therefore
           as
           we
           have
           transcribed
           the
           Example
           of
           these
           Jews
           ,
           both
           in
           our
           Sins
           and
           in
           our
           Punishments
           ,
           so
           take
           now
           the
           advice
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           as
           spoken
           to
           our selves
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           yet
           to
           redress
           and
           to
           secure
           all
           .
        
         
           Blow
           the
           Trumpet
           in
           Sion
           :
           sanctifie
           a
           Fast
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           Our
           Text
           naturally
           resolves
           its
           self
           into
           these
           three
           heads
           of
           discourse
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           so
           proper
           to
           our
           present
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           pass
           by
           any
           .
        
         
           First
           :
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           Fast
           ,
           which
           the
           Prophet
           here
           proposes
           to
           be
           observed
           by
           us
           ;
           
             Blow
             the
             Trumpet
             in
             Sion
             :
             call
             a
             solemn
             Assembly
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           :
           the
           manner
           how
           we
           ought
           to
           prepare
           for
           it
           ;
           
             Sanctifie
             the
             Fast.
          
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           :
           
             The
             Method
             of
             celebrating
             of
             it
          
           ;
           Let
           the
           Priests
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Weep
           between
           the
           Porcb
           and
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           say
           ,
           Spare
           thy
           People
           ,
           O
           Lord.
           
        
         
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ;
        
         
           I.
           The
           Nature
           of
           that
           Fast
           ,
           which
           the
           Prophet
           here
           proposes
           to
           be
           observed
           by
           us
           ;
           
             Blow
             the
             Trumpet
             in
             Sion
             :
             call
             a
             solemn
             Assembly
             .
          
        
         
         
           So
           exactly
           correspondent
           is
           the
           Establishment
           of
           this
           Holy
           day
           to
           the
           Prescription
           of
           our
           Text
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           almost
           be
           imagined
           ,
           that
           our
           Church
           had
           taken
           not
           only
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Prophet
           to
           establish
           the
           Fast
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           particulars
           of
           his
           advice
           for
           her
           direction
           how
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           first
           we
           consider
           the
           Original
           of
           this
           Fast
           ;
           Ours
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           His
           ,
           is
           established
           by
           
             Publick
             Authority
          
           .
           The
           Trumpet
           has
           
             sounded
             from
             Zion
          
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Voice
           of
           it
           is
           gone
           out
           into
           all
           the
           Corners
           of
           our
           Israel
           .
           'T
           is
           our
           Obedience
           to
           this
           call
           that
           draws
           us
           from
           our
           Closets
           to
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           and
           makes
           our
           mourning
           now
           as
           publick
           and
           solemn
           ,
           as
           both
           our
           own
           Piety
           ,
           and
           the
           sad
           occasion
           ,
           would
           otherwise
           have
           rendred
           it
           great
           and
           sincere
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           for
           the
           Extent
           of
           it
           ,
           Ours
           ,
           as
           
           well
           as
           His
           ,
           is
           Universal
           :
           no
           Quality
           ,
           no
           Sex
           no
           age
           exempt
           :
           Not
           the
           Bridegoom
           excepted
           in
           the
           days
           of
           his
           Feasting
           ;
           nor
           the
           Bride
           to
           accomplish
           the
           Week
           of
           her
           rejoycing
           .
           
           From
           the
           Elders
           of
           our
           Tribes
           ,
           to
           the
           least
           Child
           in
           our
           Houses
           ,
           all
           are
           called
           to
           this
           Fast
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           that
           every
           one
           will
           be
           as
           ready
           to
           obey
           their
           Call
           ,
           as
           our
           Governours
           have
           been
           carefull
           to
           proclaim
           it
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ;
           
             for
             the
          
           Uniformity
           and
           Solemnity
           
             of
             this
             Fast
             ,
             we
             have
             our
             form
             too
             prescribed
             wherein
             to
             keep
             it
             ;
             And
             though
             our
             Offering
             be
             more
             large
             ,
             and
             extended
             to
             those
             particulars
             ,
             which
             our
             sins
             have
             occasioned
             ,
             yet
             is
             the
             Summ
             of
             all
             the
             very
             same
             ,
             which
             the
             Holy
             Prophet
             commanded
          
           the
           Priests
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           weep
           between
           the
           Porch
           and
           the
           Altar
           ;
           and
           say
           ,
           Spare
           thy
           People
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           and
           give
           not
           thine
           Heritage
           to
           reproach
           ;
           that
           the
           Heathen
           should
           rule
           over
           them
           :
           wherefore
           should
           they
           say
           among
           the
           People
           ,
           Where
           is
           their
           God
           ?
        
         
         
           Such
           is
           the
           Parallel
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           with
           the
           Pattern
           of
           that
           Fast
           which
           the
           Prophet
           Joel
           prescribed
           in
           our
           Text
           ;
           and
           sure
           nothing
           could
           have
           been
           more
           applicable
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             for
             the
             Authority
             of
             its
             Establishment
          
           ;
           What
           could
           have
           been
           imagined
           more
           proper
           to
           appease
           the
           anger
           of
           Heaven
           for
           Faults
           committed
           by
           an
           usurped
           and
           pretended
           Power
           ,
           than
           so
           solemn
           a
           Repentance
           prescribed
           by
           the
           lawful
           and
           true
           one
           ?
           Long
           had
           the
           Trumpet
           been
           blown
           to
           War
           and
           to
           Rebellion
           ;
           the
           Church
           become
           militant
           ;
           and
           our
           Pulpits
           ,
           instead
           of
           setting
           forth
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Peace
           ,
           spoke
           nothing
           but
           Wars
           ,
           and
           Seditions
           ,
           and
           Tumults
           to
           the
           People
           .
           It
           became
           us
           certainly
           at
           last
           to
           sound
           it
           to
           some
           other
           blast
           ;
           and
           remember
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           appointed
           the
           Priests
           a
           more
           proper
           use
           of
           the
           Trumpet
           ,
           
           
             to
             assemble
             the
             Congregation
          
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
           than
           always
           
             to
             give
             the
             Alarum
          
           to
           the
           Battle
           to
           destroy
           their
           Enemies
           .
           
           This
           publick
           Testimony
           of
           Sorrow
           ,
           was
           the
           only
           Act
           that
           could
           have
           been
           opposed
           to
           the
           Iniquity
           of
           those
           Ordinances
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           years
           involved
           us
           in
           ruin
           and
           Confusion
           .
           And
           our
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           in
           which
           such
           numbers
           of
           Loyal
           and
           Innocent
           Persons
           have
           heretofore
           been
           condemned
           ,
           though
           they
           can
           never
           make
           us
           a
           Satisfaction
           equal
           to
           their
           Crimes
           ,
           yet
           seem
           at
           least
           in
           the
           Establishment
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           speak
           their
           Repentance
           for
           it
           :
           and
           by
           the
           Authority
           they
           have
           given
           to
           this
           publick
           Sorrow
           ,
           would
           appear
           not
           only
           to
           beg
           it
           of
           Us
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           intreat
           us
           to
           intercede
           with
           Heaven
           too
           for
           their
           forgiveness
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
             for
             the
             universality
             of
             this
             Fast
          
           ;
           what
           less
           could
           have
           been
           done
           ,
           than
           when
           all
           the
           Nation
           were
           involved
           in
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           to
           join
           them
           all
           in
           the
           Repentance
           for
           it
           ?
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
           they
           were
           our
           pretended
           Representatives
           at
           least
           that
           were
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Murder
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           did
           it
           too
           
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             .
          
           And
           however
           so
           notorious
           was
           the
           Violence
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           open
           Royalist
           ,
           but
           even
           many
           of
           their
           own
           Faction
           ,
           secretly
           regretted
           the
           Villany
           they
           committed
           ;
           yet
           still
           ,
           so
           many
           consented
           to
           it
           ;
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           so
           many
           did
           nothing
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           not
           so
           much
           as
           they
           might
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           opposed
           it
           ;
           and
           even
           those
           who
           most
           attempted
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           yet
           by
           their
           sins
           and
           their
           Impieties
           ,
           fought
           so
           much
           more
           powerfully
           against
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           than
           all
           their
           Arms
           could
           do
           to
           promote
           his
           Cause
           ,
           that
           even
           They
           may
           too
           much
           be
           charged
           as
           the
           Authors
           of
           our
           Misery
           ;
           and
           so
           all
           of
           us
           seem
           to
           have
           conspired
           to
           have
           made
           the
           Crime
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           in
           the
           utmost
           Propriety
           of
           the
           Phrase
           ,
           a
           National
           Sin.
           
        
         
           
             Lastly
             ;
             for
             the
             Form
             prescribed
             ,
          
           wherein
           to
           speak
           forth
           our
           Sorrow
           and
           to
           implore
           
           our
           pardon
           ;
           as
           it
           was
           the
           Piety
           of
           our
           Governours
           ,
           that
           with
           one
           Voice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           one
           heart
           ,
           we
           should
           all
           join
           in
           this
           great
           Rogation
           ;
           so
           may
           it
           appear
           too
           no
           improper
           manner
           for
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           this
           day
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Priests
             ,
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           should
           by
           the
           Uniformity
           of
           a
           set
           and
           well
           composed
           Liturgie
           ,
           at
           one
           for
           the
           Rudeness
           and
           irreverence
           ,
           I
           wish
           I
           could
           not
           say
           for
           the
           rash
           and
           almost
           blasphemous
           Offerings
           of
           those
           
             uncommissioned
             Teachers
          
           ;
           who
           by
           the
           unpremeditated
           Nonsense
           of
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           no
           less
           profaned
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           Pulpit
           Wildfire
           of
           their
           Sermons
           ,
           they
           ruined
           both
           the
           Peace
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Majesty
           of
           his
           Anointed
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           when
           such
           has
           been
           the
           Piety
           of
           our
           Governours
           ,
           to
           establish
           the
           Fast
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           engagements
           are
           so
           great
           to
           join
           in
           the
           Observation
           ;
           't
           will
           be
           time
           for
           us
           next
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           we
           are
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           that
           as
           they
           have
           Blown
           the
           
           
             Trumpet
             in
             Zion
          
           ,
           so
           may
           we
           provide
           
             to
             sanctifie
             the
             Fast.
          
           
        
         
           This
           therefore
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           Second
           part
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
        
         
           II.
           The
           manner
           how
           we
           ought
           to
           prepare
           for
           it
           ;
           
             Sanctifie
             the
             Congregation
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Word
           in
           the
           Original
           ,
           which
           our
           Text
           twice
           renders
           to
           Sanctifie
           ,
           
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           seems
           to
           signifie
           no
           more
           than
           to
           Prepare
           :
           And
           in
           that
           great
           Passage
           of
           Exod.
           XIX
           .
           
           When
           God
           commands
           
             Moses
             to
             sanctifie
             the
             People
             against
             the
             third
             day
             ,
          
           that
           he
           intended
           to
           come
           down
           among
           them
           upon
           Mount
           
             Sinai
             ,
             v.
             10.
          
           
           we
           find
           by
           the
           Execution
           of
           his
           Commission
           ,
           that
           it
           implied
           only
           a
           solemn
           declaration
           that
           they
           should
           
             be
             ready
             to
             meet
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             v.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             And
             Moses
             ,
             went
             down
             from
             the
             Mount
             ,
             and
             sanctified
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             Be
             ready
             against
             the
             third
             day
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           same
           no
           doubt
           was
           the
           design
           
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Joel
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           where
           addressing
           himself
           ,
           as
           is
           plain
           ,
           to
           the
           Elders
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           to
           them
           to
           whom
           the
           Authority
           belonged
           ,
           to
           
             Blow
             the
             Trumpet
             in
             Zion
             :
             call
             a
             solemn
             Assembly
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           appoint
           the
           Fast
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           
             Sanctifie
             the
             Congregation
          
           .
           His
           meaning
           must
           be
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           command
           the
           People
           
             to
             be
             ready
          
           against
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Solemnity
           to
           
             lay
             aside
             all
             other
             business
          
           ,
           
           and
           attend
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           Congregation
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           this
           therefore
           be
           the
           literal
           import
           of
           this
           phrase
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           all
           that
           was
           required
           of
           them
           to
           whom
           the
           Prophet
           spoke
           ,
           the
           rulers
           and
           Governours
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           yet
           both
           the
           design
           of
           this
           Warning
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           explication
           of
           the
           Expression
           ,
           almost
           always
           understood
           of
           that
           special
           sort
           of
           Preparation
           ,
           
           which
           consisted
           in
           cleansing
           and
           purifying
           themselves
           ,
           call
           upon
           us
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           
             be
             ready
          
           to
           assemble
           our selves
           on
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Fast
           ,
           but
           so
           
             to
             prepare
          
           our
           
           selves
           too
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           fit
           for
           the
           Celebration
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           great
           care
           of
           God
           Almighty
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           upon
           all
           such
           solemn
           Assembling
           as
           this
           ;
           the
           People
           should
           be
           Sanctified
           before
           they
           came
           to
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           and
           then
           at
           least
           be
           free
           from
           any
           present
           guilt
           ,
           when
           they
           met
           to
           implore
           the
           Forgiveness
           of
           their
           past
           sins
           .
        
         
           Hence
           we
           find
           what
           strict
           charges
           they
           had
           to
           
             purifie
             themselves
          
           ,
           
           to
           
             wash
             or
             to
             change
             their
             Clothes
             ,
          
           
           to
           
             abstain
             even
             from
             lawful
             pleasures
             in
             which
             there
             might
             only
             seem
             to
             be
             a
             Pollution
          
           ;
           
           and
           when
           this
           was
           done
           ,
           
           what
           care
           the
           Priests
           took
           to
           
             sanctifie
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           reconcile
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           their
           solemn
           forms
           of
           Expiation
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           sure
           our
           care
           to
           prepare
           our selves
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           less
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           now
           no
           longer
           under
           the
           pedagogy
           of
           these
           Ceremonies
           .
           
           And
           if
           the
           Prophet
           Joel
           here
           requires
           it
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           Jews
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           ,
           though
           
           not
           omit
           the
           other
           ,
           yet
           rather
           be
           careful
           to
           make
           that
           preparation
           of
           a
           spiritual
           Holiness
           ,
           which
           these
           shadows
           typified
           ;
           we
           certainly
           much
           more
           must
           resolve
           at
           this
           time
           to
           lay
           aside
           every
           accursed
           thing
           ,
           and
           
             rent
             our
             hearts
             and
             not
             our
             garments
             ,
             and
             turn
             unto
             the
             Lord
             our
             God.
             
          
        
         
           So
           that
           here
           then
           it
           will
           be
           our
           business
           diligently
           to
           reflect
           ,
           how
           we
           are
           prepared
           this
           day
           
             to
             sanctifie
             the
             Fast.
          
           
        
         
           Have
           we
           seriously
           repented
           of
           those
           sins
           that
           once
           provoked
           the
           Justice
           of
           Heaven
           to
           appear
           ,
           as
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           our
           Confusion
           ;
           and
           which
           ,
           if
           our
           Piety
           does
           nothing
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           will
           again
           return
           to
           our
           greater
           desolation
           ?
        
         
           Is
           there
           any
           one
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           malignity
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           the
           desperateness
           of
           his
           Fortunes
           ,
           or
           a
           misguided
           Zeal
           ,
           has
           been
           actually
           concern'd
           in
           this
           great
           guilt
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           partaken
           in
           the
           crime
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           assisting
           ,
           or
           encouraging
           ,
           or
           even
           approving
           the
           doing
           it
           ?
           Is
           there
           any
           one
           now
           present
           ,
           who
           though
           unconcern'd
           
           in
           that
           black
           Parricide
           ,
           is
           yet
           involved
           in
           any
           of
           those
           Principles
           that
           led
           to
           it
           ?
           Has
           assisted
           ,
           approved
           ,
           or
           encouraged
           those
           new
           Rebels
           ,
           the
           Progeny
           of
           the
           same
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           ,
           that
           have
           again
           so
           lately
           endeavour'd
           to
           crown
           the
           Son
           with
           the
           like
           glory
           their
           ancestours
           did
           the
           Father
           ?
           Let
           me
           beseech
           them
           either
           
             to
             sanctifie
             the
             fast
             with
             us
             ,
          
           or
           not
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           Celebration
           :
           Let
           them
           here
           sacrifice
           this
           day
           all
           such
           villainous
           thoughts
           ,
           these
           practices
           ,
           and
           these
           principles
           :
           Let
           them
           offer
           up
           all
           those
           interests
           and
           resentments
           ,
           that
           ever
           have
           ,
           or
           ever
           may
           involve
           them
           in
           so
           great
           Impiety
           .
           And
           having
           thus
           
             washed
             their
             cloths
          
           ,
           by
           a
           Repentance
           for
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           Let
           them
           to
           compleat
           the
           Sanctification
           ,
           here
           engage
           themselves
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           actually
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           contrary
           duties
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           to
           their
           King
           ;
           resolving
           evermore
           to
           disown
           all
           such
           Men
           and
           such
           Principles
           ,
           as
           shall
           ever
           hereafter
           endeavour
           to
           engage
           
           them
           in
           the
           like
           detestable
           Conspiracies
           .
        
         
           Without
           this
           all
           our
           Fasting
           and
           humiliation
           will
           stand
           us
           in
           little
           stead
           ;
           
             our
             Assemblies
          
           ,
           
           even
           
             this
             solemn
             meeting
          
           will
           be
           so
           far
           from
           appeasing
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           kindle
           God's
           anger
           to
           a
           yet
           higher
           degree
           against
           us
           .
           In
           vain
           shall
           we
           
             cry
             every
             man
             to
             his
             God
             ,
          
           
           whilest
           such
           Jonases
           are
           imbarked
           in
           the
           same
           Cause
           with
           us
           .
           But
           let
           us
           
             cast
             out
          
           the
           man
           for
           whose
           sake
           all
           these
           Evils
           are
           come
           upon
           us
           ;
           Let
           us
           examine
           ours
           souls
           that
           no
           
             accursed
             thing
          
           may
           remain
           in
           them
           ;
           
           then
           shall
           the
           Storms
           of
           our
           Civil
           Confusions
           cease
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           sacrificed
           these
           Enemies
           to
           Heaven
           and
           our
           own
           Peace
           :
           Religion
           and
           Loyalty
           shall
           revive
           amongst
           us
           ;
           our
           Country
           shall
           again
           
             flourish
             as
             a
             City
             that
             is
             at
             Unity
             within
             it self
          
           ;
           
           
             Peace
             shall
             be
             within
             our
             Walls
             ,
             and
             Righteousness
             within
             our
             Palaces
          
           ;
           
           Then
           shall
           
             the
             Tribes
             go
             up
             ,
             the
             Tribes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           worship
           in
           his
           House
           with
           
             a
             holy
             [
             and
             united
             ]
             Worship
             .
             
             The
             Throne
             of
             Judgement
          
           shall
           be
           established
           ;
           
           
             even
             the
             Throne
             of
             the
             House
             of
             David
             for
             Ever
             and
             Ever
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           shall
           we
           render
           this
           great
           Solemnity
           truly
           such
           a
           
             Fast
             as
             the
             Lord
             hath
             chosen
          
           ;
           Our
           weeping
           and
           our
           mourning
           shall
           come
           up
           before
           him
           as
           the
           Incense
           ,
           acceptable
           in
           his
           sight
           :
           he
           will
           receive
           our
           Confessions
           with
           Favour
           ,
           and
           mercy
           ,
           and
           answer
           our
           requests
           with
           Peace
           and
           security
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           to
           the
           Second
           particular
           ,
           The
           Preparation
           with
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           sanctify
           the
           Fast
           :
           Our
           last
           Business
           now
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           is
           ,
        
         
           III.
           Being
           thus
           prepared
           ,
           How
           we
           ought
           to
           keep
           the
           Fast.
           
        
         
           And
           for
           this
           it
           is
           certainly
           impossible
           to
           pursue
           any
           better
           method
           ,
           than
           that
           form
           of
           Confession
           the
           Prophet
           Joel
           has
           here
           proposed
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ;
             viz.
          
           To
           implore
           the
           favour
           and
           mercies
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           For
           the
           forgiveness
           of
           this
           great
           sin
           :
           
             Spare
             thy
             People
             ,
             O
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           our
           miseries
           may
           never
           be
           turned
           by
           the
           Application
           of
           wicked
           men
           ;
           either
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           the
           Scandal
           of
           God's
           People
           :
           
             And
             give
             not
             thine
             Heritage
             to
             reproach
             :
          
           Or
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           the
           ruin
           of
           our
           Church
           or
           State
           :
           
             That
             the
             Heathen
             should
             rule
             over
             them
             :
          
           Or
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Finally
             ,
             To
             the
             Reproach
             of
             God's
             Providence
             :
          
           Wherefore
           should
           they
           say
           among
           the
           People
           ,
           Where
           is
           their
           God
           ?
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           must
           implore
           the
           Favours
           and
           mercy
           of
           Heaven
           for
           the
           forgiveness
           of
           this
           great
           sin
           :
           
             Spare
             thy
             people
             ,
             O
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           And
           here
           we
           are
           arrived
           at
           the
           proper
           
           business
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           to
           implore
           the
           pardon
           of
           a
           crime
           which
           my
           soul
           trembles
           to
           remember
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           should
           doubt
           had
           exceeded
           the
           power
           of
           any
           Repentance
           to
           expiate
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Apostles
           left
           us
           an
           Example
           ,
           by
           exhorting
           the
           Jews
           to
           labour
           for
           a
           forgiveness
           even
           of
           their
           crucifying
           the
           Lord
           of
           Glory
           .
        
         
           For
           indeed
           ,
           What
           flouds
           of
           tears
           can
           ever
           be
           sufficient
           to
           wash
           off
           the
           stain
           of
           so
           much
           Innocent
           and
           Royal
           Blood
           ,
           as
           our
           late
           civil
           confusions
           have
           brought
           upon
           us
           ?
           Is
           it
           possible
           for
           our
           sorrow
           ever
           to
           equal
           those
           Violences
           and
           Oppressions
           ,
           those
           Ruines
           and
           Devastations
           ,
           the
           Murders
           ,
           the
           Sacrileges
           ,
           those
           Sins
           which
           our
           Eyes
           have
           seen
           ,
           and
           which
           it
           may
           be
           our
           Hands
           have
           acted
           ?
           How
           shall
           I
           recount
           the
           most
           flourishing
           of
           States
           brought
           to
           Desolation
           ?
           A
           Church
           ,
           the
           Envy
           and
           Hatred
           of
           Hell
           ,
           the
           Delight
           of
           its
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Terrour
           of
           its
           Enemies
           ;
           So
           pure
           and
           orthodox
           its
           Canons
           and
           Confession
           ,
           so
           learned
           the
           Pens
           ,
           
           so
           exemplary
           the
           Lives
           of
           its
           Professors
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           fiery
           tryal
           came
           on
           ,
           so
           firm
           and
           constant
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           Primitive
           Christians
           could
           not
           have
           desired
           any
           thing
           more
           conformable
           to
           their
           own
           Piety
           ;
           persecuted
           ,
           profaned
           ,
           thrown
           down
           by
           Enthusiastick
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           a
           thorough
           Reformation
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           a
           King
           ,
           so
           Primitive
           too
           ,
           that
           He
           seem'd
           to
           have
           revived
           some
           Constantine
           ,
           or
           Theodosius
           ,
           or
           Marcian
           again
           among
           us
           ;
           so
           just
           and
           brave
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           worthy
           to
           have
           ruled
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           not
           been
           born
           to
           Empire
           :
           Cut
           off
           by
           the
           villainy
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ;
           a
           Martyr
           to
           his
           Religion
           ,
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           his
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           Everlasting
           reproach
           as
           well
           as
           guilt
           of
           both
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           but
           a
           light
           description
           of
           that
           sin
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           here
           assembled
           to
           commemorate
           and
           to
           lament
           ;
           and
           I
           must
           beg
           leave
           to
           add
           yet
           more
           ;
           For
           however
           it
           will
           easily
           be
           imagined
           that
           all
           this
           wickedness
           could
           not
           be
           accomplished
           
           but
           through
           innumerable
           Crimes
           ,
           which
           neither
           can
           any
           tongue
           express
           ,
           nor
           any
           thoughts
           conceive
           ,
           yet
           such
           unusual
           Villainies
           then
           acted
           us
           ;
           which
           Antiquity
           never
           knew
           ,
           nor
           will
           Posterity
           believe
           ;
           that
           we
           might
           well
           be
           esteemed
           to
           fail
           in
           that
           duty
           which
           this
           Fast
           requires
           ,
           should
           we
           not
           make
           some
           more
           solemn
           and
           particular
           remembrance
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Through
           what
           treachery
           did
           our
           Anointed
           first
           fall
           into
           their
           nets
           ?
           When
           those
           perfidious
           men
           ,
           to
           whose
           trust
           he
           had
           committed
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           and
           Nations
           as
           themselves
           ,
           whilst
           not
           yet
           Villains
           enough
           to
           commit
           so
           black
           a
           treachery
           ,
           confess'd
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           sentiments
           of
           Honour
           ,
           and
           dictates
           of
           Religion
           ,
           sold
           him
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           even
           then
           design'd
           his
           destruction
           ?
           With
           a
           supplication
           indeed
           for
           his
           security
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           a
           Popish
           Inquisitor
           uses
           when
           he
           delivers
           the
           poor
           Heretick
           to
           the
           secular
           power
           ,
           intreats
           for
           a
           
           life
           ,
           which
           he
           both
           desires
           may
           not
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           infallibly
           knows
           shall
           not
           be
           granted
           .
        
         
           And
           accordingly
           ,
           How
           soon
           did
           all
           things
           conspire
           to
           his
           destruction
           ?
           When
           the
           violence
           of
           the
           Faction
           broke
           off
           those
           Treaties
           that
           had
           almost
           restored
           us
           to
           our
           peace
           :
           The
           lower
           House
           ,
           that
           had
           usurped
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Government
           it self
           before
           ,
           now
           becomes
           its
           self
           reformed
           ;
           And
           to
           accomplish
           a
           Villainy
           ,
           which
           an
           ordinary
           Malignant's
           conscience
           was
           not
           thought
           proof
           enough
           to
           go
           through
           with
           ,
           only
           a
           few
           confiding
           men
           were
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           so
           desperate
           a
           design
           ;
           A
           Court
           of
           Justice
           was
           erected
           ,
           and
           Majesty
           arraigned
           to
           answer
           for
           treason
           committed
           against
           his
           own
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           How
           shall
           I
           recount
           the
           wickedness
           of
           their
           process
           ?
           A
           tryal
           only
           to
           make
           the
           condemnation
           the
           more
           grievous
           for
           being
           the
           more
           solemn
           and
           publick
           .
           In
           which
           their
           King
           was
           not
           allowed
           
           that
           liberty
           of
           defence
           which
           every
           ordinary
           Subject
           claims
           as
           his
           right
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           themselves
           enjoyed
           ,
           for
           this
           notorious
           ,
           this
           undeniable
           Conspiracy
           :
           Nay
           in
           which
           their
           President
           durst
           plainly
           tell
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             now
             in
             a
             Court
             where
             reason
             was
             not
             to
             be
             heard
             .
          
        
         
           With
           what
           Noise
           and
           Insults
           was
           all
           the
           action
           carried
           on
           ?
           When
           the
           clamours
           of
           the
           people
           for
           Justice
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           for
           Execution
           ,
           was
           the
           only
           voice
           that
           was
           heard
           in
           our
           Streets
           :
           And
           as
           if
           with
           our
           Loyalty
           all
           sence
           both
           of
           Religion
           and
           Humanity
           had
           been
           lost
           too
           ,
           Some
           spit
           in
           his
           Royal
           Face
           as
           he
           past
           by
           ;
           Others
           press'd
           upon
           Him
           with
           the
           smoak
           of
           their
           Tabaco
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           knew
           he
           had
           a
           particular
           aversion
           ,
           and
           even
           threw
           their
           Pipes
           in
           his
           way
           :
           The
           least
           expression
           of
           Reverence
           to
           Him
           ,
           was
           punished
           with
           all
           the
           Violence
           a
           populer
           fury
           could
           execute
           ;
           And
           One
           ,
           who
           ,
           more
           compassionate
           than
           
           the
           rest
           ,
           only
           wish'd
           him
           well
           ,
           was
           kill'd
           upon
           the
           place
           for
           his
           unseasonable
           piety
           .
        
         
           When
           at
           last
           the
           fatal
           Sentence
           was
           pronounced
           ;
           How
           hardly
           were
           they
           brought
           to
           allow
           him
           any
           Assistance
           to
           prepare
           him
           for
           his
           death
           ?
           His
           prayers
           continually
           disturbed
           by
           the
           Rudeness
           of
           those
           Guards
           that
           intruded
           upon
           his
           most
           secret
           retirements
           :
           His
           last
           thoughts
           diverted
           with
           Propositions
           to
           save
           his
           Life
           ,
           which
           they
           knew
           neither
           Honour
           nor
           Conscience
           would
           permit
           him
           to
           receive
           .
           What
           Shouts
           ,
           what
           Acclamations
           ,
           when
           the
           cruel
           stroke
           was
           given
           that
           finished
           the
           Tragedy
           ?
           How
           greedily
           did
           they
           thirst
           after
           his
           Blood
           ,
           when
           some
           plunged
           their
           hands
           into
           his
           wound
           ;
           Others
           dipt
           their
           staves
           in
           it
           .
           The
           very
           block
           on
           which
           he
           rested
           his
           Sacred
           Head
           cut
           in
           pieces
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           might
           satisfie
           his
           cruelty
           with
           some
           memorial
           of
           their
           villainy
           ;
           and
           even
           the
           very
           boards
           and
           Earth
           Stain'd
           with
           his
           
           blood
           ,
           distributed
           as
           a
           mark
           whereby
           to
           triumph
           over
           his
           fall
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           one
           would
           have
           expected
           a
           conclusion
           of
           their
           guilt
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           at
           least
           have
           desisted
           to
           pursue
           him
           now
           he
           was
           dead
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           oppose
           their
           designs
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           their
           malice
           extended
           beyond
           his
           Execution
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           had
           condemned
           him
           for
           a
           Malefactour
           ;
           so
           they
           resolved
           he
           should
           not
           even
           in
           his
           burial
           be
           honoured
           as
           a
           King.
           How
           small
           was
           the
           expence
           they
           prescribed
           for
           his
           Interment
           :
           with
           what
           Privacy
           was
           it
           transacted
           ;
           and
           He
           who
           had
           been
           the
           most
           Zealous
           defender
           of
           the
           rights
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           his
           life
           ,
           not
           allowed
           the
           least
           usage
           of
           them
           at
           his
           Funeral
           now
           he
           was
           dead
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           then
           ,
           let
           our
           own
           Consciences
           speak
           ;
           or
           if
           we
           fear
           they
           may
           be
           too
           partial
           ,
           let
           the
           Censures
           of
           the
           World
           tell
           us
           ;
           Was
           there
           ever
           Villainy
           like
           unto
           this
           guilt
           with
           which
           it
           pleased
           God
           
           to
           punish
           the
           sins
           of
           his
           People
           ?
           Let
           us
           search
           the
           Records
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           Let
           us
           ask
           of
           the
           Generations
           that
           are
           past
           ,
           and
           Let
           us
           ask
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           Heaven
           even
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           ever
           any
           thing
           was
           committed
           amongst
           them
           that
           can
           parallel
           this
           impiety
           .
           That
           a
           Christian
           Kingdom
           should
           break
           through
           all
           those
           bonds
           of
           duty
           and
           obedience
           ,
           which
           the
           more
           righteous
           Heathens
           have
           reverenced
           as
           Sacred
           and
           Inviolable
           .
           That
           so
           many
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           Vows
           ,
           repeated
           with
           that
           Frequency
           ,
           taken
           with
           that
           Solemnity
           ,
           should
           all
           be
           insufficient
           to
           preserve
           our
           Fidelity
           .
           That
           Religion
           and
           Reformation
           ,
           two
           things
           ,
           than
           which
           none
           can
           be
           more
           excellent
           in
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           are
           any
           more
           easily
           and
           more
           dangerously
           abused
           ,
           should
           be
           able
           to
           cheat
           us
           into
           Wickedness
           ,
           which
           the
           barbarous
           Scythians
           never
           heard
           of
           ,
           and
           which
           when
           it
           was
           told
           them
           they
           were
           scandalized
           at
           the
           report
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           
             Honour
             of
             God
          
           should
           be
           pretended
           for
           
           the
           Motive
           ,
           but
           even
           
             his
             Assistance
          
           be
           desired
           ,
           and
           even
           affirm'd
           to
           have
           been
           received
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           all
           this
           great
           sin
           .
           This
           is
           that
           circumstance
           which
           raises
           our
           crime
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           guilt
           ,
           and
           makes
           us
           even
           afraid
           to
           look
           up
           to
           Heaven
           for
           the
           pardon
           of
           this
           sin
           ,
           whose
           assistance
           we
           have
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           so
           impudently
           implored
           to
           the
           commission
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Yet
           since
           it
           has
           pleased
           God
           to
           draw
           us
           at
           last
           out
           of
           the
           blindness
           our
           fury
           had
           involved
           us
           in
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           this
           blessing
           for
           our
           Earnest
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           not
           yet
           totally
           forsaken
           us
           ,
           but
           as
           He
           has
           delivered
           us
           from
           the
           Evil
           ,
           so
           if
           even
           now
           we
           return
           unto
           him
           ,
           He
           will
           free
           us
           from
           the
           guilt
           too
           of
           our
           Sins
           .
           Only
           let
           our
           Repentance
           be
           as
           sincere
           ,
           as
           our
           Crimes
           have
           been
           provoking
           ;
           
           
             Who
             can
             tell
             but
             he
             may
             yet
             repent
             ,
             return
             ,
             and
             leave
             a
             blessing
             behind
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           only
           this
           pardon
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           this
           day
           to
           implore
           at
           his
           Hands
           :
           
           Our
           Text
           carries
           us
           on
           to
           yet
           other
           Petitions
           ;
           that
           being
           justified
           before
           God
           ,
           we
           may
           also
           prepare
           the
           way
           to
           take
           off
           the
           reproach
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           clear
           our selves
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           both
           together
           .
           This
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           Holy
           Prophet's
           prayer
           ,
           
             Give
             not
             thine
             Heritage
             to
             reproach
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           this
           great
           Sin
           may
           never
           turn
           ,
           by
           the
           Application
           of
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           to
           the
           Scandal
           and
           Reproach
           of
           us
           or
           our
           Religion
           .
        
         
           How
           necessary
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Petition
           is
           to
           us
           ,
           I
           could
           wish
           the
           publick
           declarations
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           did
           not
           too
           loudly
           speak
           .
           The
           Monuments
           are
           still
           extant
           rhat
           shew
           us
           ,
           how
           we
           were
           become
           a
           Scandal
           and
           a
           Proverb
           to
           all
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           us
           .
           Nay
           that
           nothing
           might
           be
           wanting
           to
           illustrate
           the
           Horrour
           of
           this
           Villainy
           ,
           it
           scandalized
           even
           our
           own
           selves
           too
           ;
           and
           those
           very
           Factions
           ,
           that
           brought
           their
           King
           to
           his
           
           ruin
           ,
           by
           the
           secret
           Orders
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           themselves
           lamented
           his
           fall
           ,
           and
           confessed
           the
           Impiety
           .
           How
           loudly
           did
           his
           praises
           now
           sound
           from
           those
           Pulpits
           ,
           that
           had
           bid
           defiance
           to
           Him
           and
           his
           Party
           heretofore
           ?
           
             The
             Covenant
          
           its
           self
           was
           taught
           to
           change
           its
           Voice
           ,
           and
           
             from
             a
             Band
             of
             Rebellion
             to
             destroy
             the
             Government
             ,
          
           was
           shewn
           to
           be
           
             a
             League
             of
             Loyalty
             to
             preserve
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           Scandalous
           no
           doubt
           was
           the
           sin
           ,
           and
           that
           villainy
           detestable
           indeed
           to
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           which
           thus
           forcibly
           stagger'd
           the
           Consciences
           of
           these
           Separatists
           ,
           by
           Nature
           formed
           ,
           by
           Principle
           bred
           up
           to
           Faction
           ,
           and
           now
           by
           above
           eight
           years
           practice
           ,
           one
           might
           have
           thought
           sufficiently
           instructed
           in
           Rebellion
           ,
           not
           to
           startle
           at
           a
           guilt
           they
           had
           themselves
           so
           Zealously
           pursued
           .
           And
           how
           shall
           We
           escape
           the
           common
           reproach
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           so
           unhappily
           united
           in
           a
           Country
           and
           Society
           ,
           that
           has
           produced
           such
           Monsters
           ?
           Blessed
           be
           God
           who
           has
           left
           us
           a
           
           Mark
           of
           distinction
           to
           prevent
           so
           great
           a
           Slander
           :
           And
           amidst
           all
           our
           regret
           for
           the
           fatal
           Villainy
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           we
           cannot
           but
           joy
           and
           glory
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           not
           any
           of
           our
           Church
           was
           involved
           in
           this
           guilt
           ,
           or
           ever
           possibly
           can
           be
           in
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           Actions
           of
           our
           Predecessors
           speak
           our
           Innocence
           for
           what
           is
           past
           .
           Their
           sufferings
           are
           as
           known
           ,
           as
           the
           Violence
           of
           their
           Enemies
           has
           been
           notorious
           .
           Their
           Loyal
           writings
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           prosperous
           Rebellion
           ,
           still
           shew
           us
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           their
           Cause
           ,
           but
           even
           their
           readiness
           to
           assert
           it
           in
           defiance
           of
           danger
           .
           And
           our
           own
           assembling
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           detest
           the
           Principles
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           to
           bewail
           the
           Practices
           ,
           of
           those
           Conspiratours
           ,
           declares
           that
           we
           are
           not
           at
           all
           degenerate
           ,
           but
           still
           maintain
           the
           same
           Opposition
           to
           that
           Faction
           ,
           who
           under
           the
           Cloak
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           have
           scandalized
           the
           very
           name
           of
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           sad
           Experience
           taught
           us
           ,
           that
           Kings
           may
           be
           proscribed
           
           in
           other
           places
           besides
           Rome
           ,
           and
           that
           
             a
             Fanatick
          
           has
           as
           strong
           an
           Arm
           to
           lift
           up
           against
           a
           Prince's
           life
           ,
           as
           the
           stoutest
           Jesuit
           or
           Jacobin
           can
           boast
           of
           .
        
         
           Let
           our
           Principles
           be
           examined
           ;
           Let
           the
           most
           accurate
           Inquisition
           pass
           upon
           our
           writings
           ;
           Let
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           our
           Piety
           for
           the
           death
           of
           our
           late
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           the
           firmness
           ,
           we
           have
           again
           had
           opportunity
           too
           much
           to
           shew
           ,
           of
           our
           Zeal
           and
           Loyalty
           to
           our
           present
           King
           :
           And
           if
           all
           this
           be
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           Let
           the
           malice
           of
           those
           Men
           who
           acted
           this
           Villainy
           ,
           that
           in
           those
           days
           involved
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           ruin
           of
           its
           ▪
           Defender
           ,
           and
           hath
           again
           endeavoured
           once
           more
           to
           put
           down
           Her
           that
           they
           might
           come
           the
           more
           advantageously
           to
           strike
           at
           Him
           ;
           Let
           these
           shew
           that
           we
           have
           no
           part
           nor
           Inheritance
           with
           them
           :
           Only
           that
           as
           the
           Royal
           Martyr
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           not
           only
           commanded
           his
           Son
           with
           his
           last
           breath
           to
           forgive
           them
           ,
           but
           Himself
           prayed
           for
           their
           conversion
           ;
           so
           will
           we
           never
           cease
           
           as
           faithfully
           to
           execute
           his
           Will
           ,
           as
           that
           Son
           has
           done
           it
           ;
           and
           with
           the
           same
           Piety
           that
           he
           has
           pardoned
           the
           Fact
           ,
           beseech
           God
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           Repentance
           too
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           such
           our
           affections
           towards
           them
           ;
           May
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           answer
           our
           Requests
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           at
           last
           both
           the
           Satisfaction
           and
           the
           Security
           of
           beholding
           their
           Conversion
           .
           But
           if
           the
           greatness
           of
           Their
           sins
           prevent
           the
           Effect
           we
           so
           much
           desire
           of
           
             our
             present
             Offerings
          
           ,
           we
           must
           then
           beg
           leave
           to
           go
           on
           with
           Our
           Text
           ,
           to
           
             another
             address
          
           to
           secure
           our selves
           ;
           The
           third
           particular
           now
           to
           be
           spoken
           to
           ,
           
             And
             give
             not
             thine
             Heritage
             to
             reproach
             ,
             that
             the
             Heathen
             should
             rule
             over
             Them.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           our
           own
           sins
           at
           least
           ,
           may
           never
           bring
           us
           to
           the
           like
           ruin
           ,
           either
           of
           our
           Church
           or
           State
           ;
           nor
           Evermore
           permit
           these
           men
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           heretofore
           done
           ,
           to
           prevail
           against
           us
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           too
           is
           a
           Petition
           no
           less
           proper
           to
           our
           present
           Circumstances
           ,
           than
           the
           preceding
           requests
           have
           been
           but
           too
           applicable
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           our
           past
           Evils
           .
           Our
           sins
           ,
           which
           called
           down
           that
           last
           Vengeance
           upon
           us
           ,
           are
           still
           as
           hainous
           and
           universal
           to
           provoke
           a
           new
           one
           .
           Our
           Divisions
           are
           yet
           greater
           ;
           and
           and
           that
           fertile
           Brood
           of
           Factions
           ,
           which
           that
           unnatural
           War
           produced
           ,
           and
           which
           no
           Country
           or
           Antiquity
           ever
           heard
           of
           before
           ,
           still
           continue
           more
           fatally
           ,
           and
           more
           dangerously
           to
           distract
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           again
           seen
           the
           Government
           divided
           against
           it self
           :
           The
           People
           have
           been
           blown
           up
           into
           a
           new
           Ferment
           ;
           The
           Bishops
           and
           Councellours
           have
           again
           been
           Resolved
           to
           be
           
             Popishly
             affected
          
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           the
           very
           Militia
           has
           been
           once
           more
           attempted
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           no
           doubt
           
             Confiding
             men
          
           too
           into
           whose
           hands
           it
           should
           have
           again
           been
           put
           .
           And
           when
           all
           this
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           New
           designs
           have
           been
           
           laid
           to
           seize
           that
           Government
           by
           Violence
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           gain
           by
           Petition
           .
           How
           was
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           almost
           caught
           in
           their
           traps
           ?
           The
           destruction
           so
           well
           laid
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           been
           impossible
           to
           have
           escaped
           it
           ;
           and
           Providence
           was
           forced
           to
           act
           almost
           a
           Miracle
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           when
           our
           danger
           has
           again
           so
           nigh
           overtaken
           us
           ,
           certainly
           He
           must
           be
           very
           unsensible
           of
           the
           former
           Evils
           ,
           that
           can
           think
           Himself
           unconcerned
           at
           such
           a
           time
           as
           this
           ,
           to
           pray
           against
           the
           Future
           .
           Let
           the
           Miseries
           that
           we
           suffered
           ,
           and
           the
           sins
           that
           were
           committed
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           when
           
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           these
           Enemies
           to
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           
             ruled
             over
             us
          
           ,
           be
           remembred
           :
           Was
           there
           
             Ever
             Sorrow
             like
             unto
             our
             Sorrow
             ,
          
           
           
             wherewith
             the
             Lord
             afflicted
             us
             in
             those
             days
             of
             his
             fierce
             Anger
             ?
          
           I
           have
           before
           given
           you
           some
           general
           Prospect
           of
           our
           Calamities
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           Knowledge
           will
           save
           me
           the
           regret
           of
           repeating
           to
           you
           any
           more
           .
           
           
             How
             did
             our
             Cities
             become
             Solitary
             ,
             
             that
             were
             full
             of
             people
             ?
          
           Our
           Country
           ,
           
             Once
             great
             among
             the
             Nations
             ,
             How
             did
             she
             become
             Tributary
             ,
          
           even
           to
           her
           own
           Vassals
           ?
           Our
           King
           ,
           
             the
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             fell
             by
             their
             hand
             ;
             Our
             Princes
             were
             led
             into
             Captivity
          
           ;
           Our
           Churches
           ,
           
             the
             Places
             of
             our
             Assemblies
             ,
             were
             profaned
          
           ;
           
           
             The
             solemn
             Feasts
             and
             days
             ,
             were
             forgotten
             in
             our
             Zion
             ,
             and
             God
             in
             the
             Indignation
             of
             his
             anger
             ,
             despised
             both
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Priest.
             
          
        
         
           And
           all
           this
           we
           have
           had
           but
           too
           great
           cause
           to
           fear
           ,
           may
           again
           return
           upon
           us
           .
           Yet
           since
           it
           has
           pleased
           the
           Almighty
           to
           stop
           the
           Vengeance
           ,
           and
           command
           the
           destroying
           Angel
           to
           suspend
           the
           Blow
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           sheath
           his
           Sword
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           still
           longer
           respite
           to
           repent
           ,
           and
           secure
           our selves
           ;
           Let
           the
           Consideration
           of
           this
           danger
           provoke
           us
           not
           to
           neglect
           the
           Opportunity
           .
           Let
           our
           Repentance
           at
           this
           time
           be
           so
           sincere
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           only
           obtain
           our
           pardon
           for
           Past
           Offences
           ,
           but
           prevail
           with
           Heaven
           to
           prevent
           our
           Impending
           dangers
           .
           Let
           
           us
           no
           more
           give
           our
           Enemies
           this
           advantage
           against
           us
           ,
           
           to
           force
           the
           Almighty
           to
           withdraw
           
             his
             presence
          
           from
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           leave
           us
           again
           to
           engage
           them
           upon
           equal
           Terms
           :
           But
           let
           our
           lives
           and
           our
           prayers
           both
           join
           in
           the
           Request
           ,
           to
           save
           and
           to
           defend
           us
           ,
           
             Spare
             thy
             People
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             give
             not
             thine
             Heritage
             to
             reproach
             ;
             that
             the
             Heathen
             should
             rule
             over
             them
             :
             wherefore
             should
             they
             say
             among
             the
             People
             ,
             Where
          
           is
           
             there
             God
          
           ?
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           last
           Consideration
           ,
           which
           the
           Method
           of
           our
           Text
           now
           calls
           us
           to
           conclude
           with
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           neither
           the
           miseries
           we
           have
           suffered
           ,
           nor
           the
           dangers
           and
           confusions
           we
           yet
           labour
           under
           ,
           may
           by
           the
           Censures
           of
           wicked
           men
           ever
           turn
           to
           the
           reproach
           of
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           or
           Cause
           .
           
             Wherefore
             should
             they
             say
             among
             the
             People
             ,
             Where
          
           is
           
             their
             God
          
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           but
           that
           this
           
           sarcastick
           Exprobration
           was
           that
           reproach
           ,
           which
           Joel
           had
           before
           pray'd
           that
           God
           would
           not
           suffer
           
             his
             Heritage
          
           to
           be
           exposed
           to
           .
           
           He
           had
           promised
           in
           his
           Law
           to
           supply
           them
           with
           plenty
           of
           Food
           ,
           and
           to
           bless
           their
           Victuals
           with
           Increase
           :
           
             That
             their
             houses
             should
             be
             full
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             store
          
           ;
           
           
             their
             Fields
             also
             should
             stand
             so
             thick
             with
             Corn
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             laugh
             and
             sing
             .
          
           Well
           therefore
           might
           they
           fear
           
             the
             reproach
             of
             the
             Heathen
          
           ,
           when
           instead
           of
           this
           plenty
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           forced
           to
           go
           and
           seek
           for
           necessary
           nourishment
           of
           them
           ,
           whom
           they
           excluded
           from
           these
           promises
           ;
           who
           no
           doubt
           would
           be
           forward
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           By-word
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           insult
           over
           their
           pretences
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           God
           either
           could
           not
           ,
           or
           would
           not
           relieve
           them
           .
           Is
           this
           
             the
             People
             that
             hath
             the
             Lord
             for
             their
             God
             ?
          
           
           
             Behold
             ,
             Is
             not
             the
             meat
             cut
             off
             before
             their
             Eyes
             ?
             Their
             Vine
             laid
             waste
             ?
             and
             the
             Branches
             of
             their
             figtree
             made
             white
             ?
             Their
             seed
             is
             rotten
             under
             their
             clods
             ,
          
           
           
             their
             Garners
             are
             made
             desolate
             ,
             the
             Barns
             broken
             down
             ,
             because
             the
             
             corn
             is
             withered
             .
          
           
           
             How
             do
             the
             beasts
             groan
             because
             they
             have
             no
             pasture
             ?
             for
             the
             rivers
             of
             Water
             are
             dried
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             fire
             hath
             devoured
             the
             pastures
             of
             the
             wilderness
             .
             Where
             is
             now
             their
             God
          
           to
           pity
           them
           ?
           And
           where
           is
           the
           Lord
           to
           be
           jealous
           for
           his
           Inheritance
           ?
        
         
           This
           was
           their
           Reproach
           ,
           the
           Scandal
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Religion
           ,
           which
           the
           Prophet
           so
           much
           feared
           ,
           and
           so
           earnestly
           exhorted
           them
           to
           pray
           against
           :
           and
           would
           to
           God
           we
           our selves
           this
           day
           had
           not
           too
           great
           cause
           to
           fear
           the
           like
           .
           Witness
           ,
           O
           ye
           pious
           and
           excellent
           Souls
           ,
           what
           scornings
           and
           reviling
           to
           your selves
           and
           your
           Religion
           did
           ye
           then
           bear
           ,
           when
           being
           forced
           from
           that
           plenty
           and
           tranquility
           you
           once
           enjoyed
           ;
           you
           become
           scattered
           abroad
           among
           the
           Heathenand
           underwent
           their
           reproaches
           ,
           more
           grievous
           and
           sensible
           than
           all
           the
           other
           miseries
           and
           calamities
           of
           your
           cruel
           exile
           !
        
         
           But
           what
           need
           I
           look
           back
           to
           the
           
           times
           that
           are
           past
           when
           our
           own
           continue
           to
           afford
           us
           so
           plain
           an
           Application
           .
           How
           far
           both
           our
           late
           calamities
           ,
           and
           our
           present
           destractions
           have
           given
           occasion
           to
           the
           Enemy
           to
           triumph
           in
           our
           misfortunes
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           not
           only
           the
           mark
           of
           our
           own
           sins
           ,
           but
           even
           an
           argument
           of
           the
           common
           illness
           of
           our
           Cause
           too
           ,
           this
           alone
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Romanists
           not
           only
           hope
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           see
           this
           Ferment
           one
           day
           settle
           among
           us
           into
           down
           right
           Popery
           again
           ;
           but
           even
           at
           this
           day
           make
           this
           the
           great
           ,
           and
           indeed
           it
           must
           be
           confessed
           the
           strongest
           ,
           prejudice
           against
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           since
           we
           have
           thrown
           off
           our
           Obedience
           to
           that
           Church
           ,
           we
           have
           run
           so
           many
           and
           different
           ways
           of
           Errour
           ,
           and
           are
           yet
           at
           such
           distance
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           plainly
           shew
           there
           is
           no
           truth
           nor
           certainty
           to
           be
           found
           for
           us
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           our
           return
           to
           them
           again
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           enquire
           into
           the
           Goodness
           of
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           
           but
           must
           needs
           say
           I
           could
           wish
           ,
           there
           were
           not
           too
           much
           Truth
           and
           scandal
           in
           the
           Premises
           :
           And
           who
           can
           tell
           whether
           ,
           since
           any
           lesser
           Judgements
           have
           been
           ineffectual
           to
           reclaim
           us
           ,
           God
           may
           not
           at
           last
           punish
           us
           with
           this
           Blindness
           ,
           and
           whilst
           we
           refuse
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           easie
           and
           lawful
           power
           of
           his
           Church
           and
           his
           Anointed
           ,
           bring
           us
           once
           more
           under
           the
           intolerable
           Yoke
           of
           that
           usurped
           authority
           ,
           from
           whose
           Slavery
           both
           our
           Country
           and
           our
           Consciences
           are
           now
           so
           happily
           asserted
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           have
           too
           much
           deserved
           ,
           and
           may
           therefore
           justly
           have
           but
           too
           great
           Cause
           to
           fear
           .
           Only
           my
           hope
           is
           ,
           that
           whatever
           our
           own
           demerits
           are
           ,
           yet
           the
           Innocence
           of
           our
           Church
           shall
           still
           provoke
           God's
           providence
           to
           defend
           her
           :
           And
           that
           our
           deliverance
           ,
           as
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           from
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           shall
           always
           disappoint
           such
           fatal
           expectations
           ,
           and
           convince
           them
           ,
           
           that
           though
           we
           have
           sinned
           ,
           yet
           are
           we
           his
           People
           ;
           That
           he
           chastises
           us
           as
           Children
           ,
           not
           punishes
           us
           as
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           is
           still
           our
           God
           ,
           though
           angry
           and
           provoked
           .
        
         
           How
           great
           is
           the
           demonstration
           of
           his
           mercy
           and
           loving-kindness
           ,
           that
           we
           even
           now
           continue
           a
           Church
           and
           People
           ,
           as
           at
           this
           day
           ?
           What
           Miracles
           did
           he
           work
           to
           
             turn
             again
             the
             Captivity
             of
             our
             Zion
             ,
          
           
           and
           deliver
           both
           us
           and
           our
           King
           from
           those
           Usurpers
           that
           so
           long
           had
           triumphed
           over
           both
           ?
           Has
           not
           the
           Almighty
           shewn
           himself
           in
           our
           defence
           ,
           who
           but
           so
           lately
           has
           delivered
           us
           both
           from
           Popish
           and
           Fanatick
           Conspiracies
           ?
           Let
           them
           ask
           
             where
             is
             their
             God
          
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           known
           by
           what
           singular
           and
           unexspected
           means
           these
           designs
           were
           both
           Discover'd
           and
           Disappointed
           ?
           And
           though
           it
           pleases
           God
           still
           to
           leave
           
             these
             men
          
           like
           the
           
             Canaanites
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             to
             try
             ,
             and
             to
             prove
             us
             ,
          
           and
           which
           indeed
           but
           too
           much
           fulfil
           their
           character
           
             of
             being
             scourges
             
             to
             our
             sides
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             thornes
             in
             our
             Eyes
          
           :
           Yet
           has
           he
           set
           bounds
           to
           their
           designs
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           trust
           they
           never
           shall
           exceed
           ,
           to
           ruine
           and
           destroy
           us
           .
        
         
           Yet
           since
           both
           our
           peace
           and
           security
           are
           still
           in
           such
           danger
           through
           their
           rage
           and
           their
           devices
           ;
           Let
           us
           endeavour
           not
           less
           by
           our
           Piety
           than
           our
           Policies
           ,
           to
           countermine
           them
           .
           Let
           us
           engage
           the
           Assistance
           of
           Heaven
           by
           the
           excellency
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           justice
           of
           our
           Cause
           ,
           to
           oppose
           their
           attempts
           :
           Let
           us
           exceed
           them
           as
           much
           in
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           our
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           all
           others
           in
           the
           outward
           Pretences
           and
           Hypocrisie
           of
           theirs
           .
           Let
           us
           keep
           this
           day
           the
           fast
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           chosen
           ;
           
             to
             break
             the
             bonds
             of
             wickedness
             ;
             to
             have
             pity
             on
             the
             distressed
             ;
             and
             to
             execute
             judgement
             and
             justice
             in
             the
             gates
             .
          
           
           
             Let
             us
             turn
             unto
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             with
             all
             our
             hearts
             ,
             with
             weeping
             ,
             and
             with
             fasting
             ,
             and
             with
             mourning
             ;
             and
             let
             us
             rent
             our
             hearts
             ,
             
             and
             not
             our
             garments
             ,
          
           and
           let
           us
           say
           ,
        
         
           Spare
           thy
           People
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           and
           give
           not
           thine
           Heritage
           to
           reproach
           ;
           that
           the
           Heathen
           should
           rule
           over
           them
           :
           wherefore
           should
           they
           say
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           Where
           is
           their
           God
           ?
        
         
           Then
           will
           the
           Lord
           be
           jealous
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           
           and
           awake
           for
           his
           Inheritance
           :
           
           He
           will
           restore
           us
           our
           Judges
           as
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           our
           Councellours
           as
           at
           the
           beginning
           .
           Zion
           shall
           be
           redeemed
           with
           judgment
           ,
           and
           her
           converts
           with
           righteousness
           :
           They
           shall
           be
           ashamed
           and
           confounded
           that
           seek
           her
           destruction
           :
           
             but
             for
             his
             Church
             and
             his
             Anointed
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             preserved
             for
             evermore
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           God
           of
           his
           Infinite
           mercy
           grant
           ,
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A71251-e280
           
             Num.
             10.
             2.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             29.
             2●
             
          
           
             Num.
             10.
             3
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             v.
             9.
             
          
           
             Jos.
             3.
             5.
             7
             ,
             13
             &c.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             19.
             
          
           
             V.
             10.
             
          
           
             V.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Levit.
             23.
             28
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             29.
             v.
             33
             ,
             36
             ,
             37
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Num.
             11.
             18.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             19.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Genes
             .
             35.
             2.
             
          
           
             Num.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             13.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Jon.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Jos.
             7.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             122.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             v.
             5.
             
          
           
             Joel
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             33.
             15.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             28.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             65.
             13.
             
          
           
             Joel
             .
             1.
             16.
             7.
             
          
           
             17.
             
          
           
             Joel
             1.
             18.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             126.
             1.
             
          
           
             Jos.
             23.
             13.
             
          
           
             Joel
             .
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Joel
             .
             2.
             18.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             1.
             26
             ,
             27.