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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           Before
           the
           Hon
           ble
           Society
           of
           LINCOLNS-INNE
           ,
           Upon
           the
           26th
           of
           July
           ,
           1685
           ,
           Being
           the
           Thanksgiving-Day
           for
           His
           Majesty's
           Victory
           over
           the
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           GOODRICK
           ,
           M.
           A.
           Chaplain
           to
           that
           Honourable
           Society
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   IMPRIMATUR
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     C.
                     Alston
                     R.
                     P.
                     D.
                     Hen.
                     Episc
                     .
                     Lond.
                     à
                     Sac.
                     Domesticis
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             D.
          
           and
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Israel
             Harrison
          
           at
           
             Lincolns-Inn
             Gate
          
           in
           Chancery-Lane
           .
           MDCLXXXV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Worshipful
           The
           Masters
           of
           the
           BENCH
           ,
           AND
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Honorable
           Society
           of
           LINCOLNS-INNE
           .
        
         
           
             SIRS
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           your
           pious
           and
           devout
           Recognition
           of
           the
           Divine
           Favour
           in
           giving
           Victory
           to
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           an
           utter
           Overthrow
           to
           those
           that
           rose
           up
           against
           him
           ,
           which
           gave
           occasion
           to
           this
           Sermon
           .
           And
           it
           being
           preached
           by
           your
           Command
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           repeated
           Sollicitations
           of
           some
           (
           who
           had
           a
           just
           Power
           over
           me
           )
           being
           desired
           to
           print
           it
           ,
           I
           resolved
           upon
           the
           Publication
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           though
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           how
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           will
           be
           
           treated
           by
           a
           malevolent
           and
           Censorious
           Age
           ;
           yet
           under
           Your
           Patronage
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           it
           may
           light
           of
           such
           a
           Construction
           ,
           as
           my
           Sincerity
           then
           design'd
           it
           .
           Of
           Right
           the
           Dedication
           belongs
           to
           You
           ;
           from
           whom
           I
           have
           received
           an
           ample
           Encouragement
           for
           many
           years
           of
           my
           Pains
           and
           Attendance
           .
           But
           further
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           give
           a
           Testimony
           to
           the
           World
           of
           the
           sense
           I
           have
           of
           that
           great
           Obligation
           that
           lies
           upon
           me
           ,
           to
           let
           all
           Men
           know
           the
           Respects
           you
           have
           constantly
           shewn
           to
           such
           as
           have
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           serve
           You
           in
           the
           Ministry
           ;
           May
           Religion
           ,
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           the
           Study
           of
           the
           Law
           always
           flourish
           among
           You
           ,
           is
           the
           sincere
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             SIRS
             ,
          
           Your
           obliged
           Servant
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           ,
           
             J.
             Goodrick
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             PSAL.
             xlvi
             .
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Be
             still
             ,
             and
             know
             that
             I
             am
             God
             :
             I
             will
             be
             exalted
             among
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             exalted
             in
             the
             Earth
             .
             The
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             is
             with
             us
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Jacob
             is
             our
             refuge
             .
          
        
         
           THis
           Day
           being
           appointed
           by
           his
           Majesty
           for
           a
           solemn
           Thanksgiving
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           for
           deliverance
           from
           intestine
           Wars
           and
           an
           unnatural
           Rebellion
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           bend
           my
           Discourse
           to
           a
           bitter
           Invective
           ,
           or
           Satyrical
           Harangue
           ,
           either
           against
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Persons
           ,
           that
           were
           disturbers
           of
           our
           Peace
           ;
           or
           awaken
           your
           Fears
           ,
           by
           setting
           forth
           the
           Miseries
           and
           woful
           Calamities
           of
           a
           Civil
           War.
           The
           effects
           of
           one
           above
           forty
           years
           since
           are
           still
           felt
           among
           
           us
           ,
           consisting
           in
           the
           contempt
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ;
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           highest
           Immoralities
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           Debauchery
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           great
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           total
           disregard
           of
           our
           Superiours
           and
           Governours
           ,
           whether
           Civil
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           .
           And
           when
           we
           know
           that
           these
           are
           the
           necessary
           consequences
           of
           Pride
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           intestine
           Wars
           ;
           methinks
           ,
           no
           Man
           endued
           with
           Reason
           ,
           enobled
           by
           Blood
           ,
           courted
           by
           Greatness
           ,
           lov'd
           by
           many
           ,
           and
           envied
           by
           few
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           fond
           of
           that
           black
           Tragedy
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           to
           bear
           a
           principal
           part
           in
           it
           himself
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           assign
           others
           what
           share
           they
           should
           have
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           scandal
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           shedding
           of
           innocent
           Blood
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           utter
           undoing
           of
           themselves
           .
        
         
           This
           Subject
           I
           shall
           leave
           to
           others
           ,
           whose
           keener
           Wits
           ,
           assisted
           by
           some
           necessary
           Qualifications
           ,
           are
           more
           able
           to
           decipher
           this
           so
           abhorr'd
           a
           Villany
           .
        
         
         
           That
           which
           I
           shall
           do
           at
           this
           present
           time
           ,
           shall
           be
           to
           improve
           this
           Blessing
           of
           Restored-Peace
           ,
           into
           expressions
           of
           Thankfulness
           to
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           for
           this
           Deliverance
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           what
           is
           our
           Duty
           consequent
           upon
           it
           .
           That
           whoever
           may
           be
           the
           Instruments
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           God's
           Prerogative
           to
           make
           Peace
           and
           War.
           For
           ,
           
             he
             maketh
             Wars
             to
             cease
             unto
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             he
             breaketh
             the
             Bow
             ,
             and
             cutteth
             the
             Spear
             in
             sunder
             ,
             he
             burneth
             the
             Chariot
             in
             the
             fire
             .
          
           ver
           .
           9.
           of
           this
           Psalm
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           ,
           not
           to
           repine
           and
           murmur
           with
           God's
           dealings
           with
           Men
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           but
           to
           lay
           our
           hands
           upon
           our
           mouths
           ,
           to
           be
           still
           and
           quiet
           under
           his
           Dispensations
           .
           To
           trust
           and
           depend
           upon
           him
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           God
           :
           And
           notwithstanding
           the
           Imperious
           Resolves
           of
           Men
           ,
           He
           will
           be
           exalted
           in
           the
           Earth
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           comfort
           of
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           is
           their
           
           God
           ,
           and
           Refuge
           ;
           so
           the
           Psalmist
           in
           the
           words
           I
           have
           now
           read
           .
           
             Be
             still
             ,
             and
             know
             that
             I
             am
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           Psalm
           ,
           whether
           of
           David
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           person
           ,
           is
           a
           large
           profession
           of
           trust
           in
           ,
           and
           dependance
           upon
           God
           ,
           in
           all
           times
           and
           conditions
           of
           Life
           :
           
             God
             is
             our
             refuge
             and
             strength
             ,
             a
             very
             present
             help
             in
             trouble
             ,
          
           v.
           1.
           
           And
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           composed
           in
           the
           time
           of
           that
           profound
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           ,
           which
           David
           enjoyed
           when
           he
           had
           wholly
           vanquished
           and
           subdued
           all
           Intestine
           Broils
           and
           Foreign
           Enemies
           .
           And
           altho
           some
           Jewish
           Writers
           would
           make
           it
           to
           be
           occasioned
           by
           that
           Deliverance
           of
           Jerusalem
           from
           the
           Assyrians
           by
           the
           Angel
           in
           
           Hezekiah's
           time
           ,
           recorded
           in
           2
           King.
           ch
           .
           19.
           yet
           seeing
           nothing
           of
           this
           is
           mentioned
           either
           in
           the
           title
           of
           the
           Psalm
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           subject
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           rather
           think
           it
           to
           refer
           (
           as
           I
           before
           hinted
           )
           to
           that
           Peace
           ,
           which
           David
           had
           when
           he
           was
           fully
           setled
           
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           As
           you
           may
           read
           2
           Sam.
           8.
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           
             And
             David
             gat
             him
             a
             Name
             ,
             when
             he
             returned
             from
             smiting
             of
             the
             Syrians
             in
             the
             Valley
             of
             Salt.
             And
             he
             put
             Garisons
             in
          
           Edom
           ;
           
             and
             God
             prospered
          
           David
           
             whithersoever
             he
             went.
             And
          
           David
           
             reigned
             over
             all
          
           Israel
           :
           And
           David
           
             executed
             Judgment
             and
             Justice
             unto
             all
             his
             People
             .
          
           And
           further
           ,
           it
           appears
           from
           the
           contexture
           of
           the
           Psalm
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           strong
           Conspiracy
           against
           him
           ,
           many
           potent
           and
           most
           cruel
           Enemies
           ,
           resolvedly
           bent
           for
           his
           destruction
           :
           (
           For
           he
           compares
           their
           Tumults
           and
           Combinations
           to
           Mountains
           ,
           and
           the
           raging
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           intimating
           their
           strength
           and
           malice
           ,
           v.
           3
           ,
           6.
           )
           yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           he
           placing
           his
           trust
           and
           confidence
           in
           God
           ,
           was
           not
           at
           all
           terrified
           or
           disheartned
           :
           being
           well
           assured
           that
           upon
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           duty
           ,
           by
           daily
           and
           constant
           Prayer
           ,
           he
           should
           meet
           with
           that
           success
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           well
           hope
           for
           ,
           
           or
           desire
           .
           Wherefore
           he
           summons
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           duly
           to
           weigh
           and
           consider
           of
           the
           Goodness
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           in
           these
           matters
           :
           Of
           his
           Justice
           to
           all
           wicked
           and
           rebellious
           Sinners
           :
           of
           his
           Power
           in
           governing
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           disposing
           of
           Events
           according
           to
           his
           Pleasure
           :
           and
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           to
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           that
           have
           a
           full
           trust
           and
           affiance
           in
           him
           ,
           from
           ver
           .
           8.
           to
           the
           end
           :
           
             Come
             ,
             behold
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             what
             desolations
             he
             hath
             made
             in
             the
             Earth
             ;
             he
             maketh
             Wars
             to
             cease
             unto
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Be
             still
             then
             ,
             and
             know
             that
             I
             am
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           In
           speaking
           to
           which
           words
           ,
           I
           shall
           do
           these
           five
           things
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           Consider
           the
           Power
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           ordering
           the
           Events
           of
           War
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           the
           necessary
           consequence
           of
           acquiescing
           in
           these
           his
           
           dealings
           without
           murmuring
           or
           repining
           ;
           
             Be
             still
             ,
             and
             know
             that
             I
             am
             God.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           What
           reason
           we
           have
           to
           trust
           God
           in
           the
           ordering
           these
           Events
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           comfort
           &
           encouragement
           good
           Men
           have
           to
           depend
           upon
           God
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           he
           is
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           is
           their
           refuge
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Draw
           some
           Inferences
           from
           the
           whole
           pertinent
           to
           this
           solemn
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           of
           these
           .
           To
           consider
           the
           Power
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           ordering
           the
           Events
           of
           War
           and
           Peace
           .
           For
           the
           Psalmist
           here
           speaks
           of
           his
           Enemies
           combined
           together
           with
           rage
           and
           malice
           for
           his
           destruction
           ;
           and
           also
           of
           his
           deliverance
           from
           their
           designed
           Mischief
           .
           Wherefore
           upon
           this
           experience
           of
           God's
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           he
           in
           a
           solemn
           manner
           summons
           all
           good
           Men
           to
           come
           and
           behold
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           seriously
           to
           consider
           God's
           Providence
           in
           these
           matters
           ;
           sometimes
           causing
           Desolations
           ;
           
           and
           at
           other
           times
           making
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           in
           the
           Earth
           .
           And
           this
           appears
           true
           both
           from
           the
           Person
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           these
           Events
           ,
           and
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           from
           the
           Author
           of
           these
           Events
           :
           
             Know
             that
             I
             am
             God.
          
           As
           he
           is
           the
           Creator
           ,
           so
           he
           is
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           nothing
           happens
           in
           the
           course
           of
           things
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           ordered
           by
           his
           over-ruling
           Power
           .
           The
           most
           minute
           things
           here
           below
           are
           directed
           by
           his
           alwise
           Providence
           :
           how
           much
           more
           the
           great
           and
           weightier
           Affairs
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           ?
           His
           Power
           is
           visibly
           seen
           in
           the
           Mutations
           and
           Changes
           in
           inanimate
           Beings
           and
           sublunary
           Bodies
           :
           and
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           are
           manag'd
           by
           his
           Governance
           :
           But
           more
           especially
           this
           is
           apparent
           in
           the
           rise
           and
           fall
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           .
           For
           he
           pulleth
           down
           one
           ,
           and
           setteth
           up
           another
           :
           He
           scattereth
           the
           People
           that
           delight
           in
           War
           :
           
           And
           when
           he
           speaketh
           Peace
           ,
           who
           can
           give
           Trouble
           ?
           I
           will
           not
           spend
           time
           to
           cite
           Instances
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           recorded
           at
           large
           by
           the
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           Historians
           ,
           The
           many
           Alterations
           in
           the
           Jewish
           State
           ,
           their
           Success
           and
           Victory
           ,
           their
           Decay
           and
           Overthrow
           are
           remarkable
           proofs
           of
           the
           point
           in
           hand
           .
           Whilst
           they
           were
           obedient
           to
           the
           Law
           and
           Commands
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           was
           their
           Supream
           Governour
           ,
           with
           what
           few
           Numbers
           ,
           and
           almost
           incredible
           Success
           did
           they
           overturn
           and
           conquer
           mighty
           Nations
           and
           People
           ,
           strong
           as
           the
           Anakims
           :
           and
           all
           this
           ,
           as
           Moses
           tells
           them
           ,
           not
           by
           their
           might
           and
           strength
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           God
           :
           But
           when
           they
           fell
           back
           from
           his
           Service
           ,
           they
           were
           oppressed
           by
           their
           Neighbour
           Nations
           ,
           carried
           captive
           into
           strange
           Countries
           ,
           their
           Land
           made
           miserably
           desolate
           by
           Nebuchadnezzar
           ,
           God's
           Scourge
           ;
           And
           in
           tract
           of
           time
           abandoned
           to
           all
           the
           Infelicities
           that
           
           Omnipotent
           Power
           was
           pleased
           to
           threaten
           and
           inflict
           upon
           them
           .
           So
           true
           is
           that
           which
           is
           spoken
           by
           Daniel
           concerning
           the
           same
           Nebuchadnezzar
           in
           this
           very
           case
           ,
           God
           doth
           according
           to
           his
           Will
           in
           the
           Army
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Earth
           :
           and
           none
           can
           stay
           his
           Hand
           ,
           or
           say
           unto
           him
           ,
           What
           dost
           thou
           ?
           Dan.
           4.
           35.
           
           But
           we
           have
           a
           remarkable
           Instance
           of
           this
           matter
           of
           fact
           nearer
           home
           ;
           For
           we
           cannot
           but
           remember
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           ,
           once
           the
           Darling
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           the
           delight
           of
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           the
           breath
           of
           their
           nostrils
           ;
           supported
           by
           his
           own
           Power
           ,
           possess'd
           of
           the
           whole
           Strength
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           wanting
           nothing
           either
           of
           Goodness
           or
           Grandeur
           to
           make
           him
           beloved
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           feared
           abroad
           :
           yet
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           by
           the
           malice
           of
           wicked
           and
           turbulent
           Men
           ,
           given
           to
           change
           ,
           by
           popular
           Pretences
           ,
           by
           sly
           and
           false
           Insinuations
           ,
           made
           the
           Enemy
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           
           the
           Mark
           to
           be
           shot
           at
           ,
           the
           Betrayer
           of
           his
           Peoples
           Liberties
           ,
           the
           Patron
           of
           Immorality
           ,
           and
           the
           Subverter
           of
           Religion
           :
           By
           which
           he
           was
           hunted
           (
           like
           David
           )
           as
           a
           Partridg
           on
           the
           Mountains
           ;
           by
           Rebellious
           Arms
           devested
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           seiz'd
           ,
           imprisoned
           ;
           under
           the
           formality
           of
           Justice
           ,
           illegally
           tried
           for
           those
           very
           crimes
           ,
           which
           they
           themselves
           were
           guilty
           of
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           fell
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           that
           accursed
           Faction
           ,
           bringing
           the
           foulest
           stain
           upon
           our
           most
           Holy
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Guilt
           and
           Desolation
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           mentioned
           in
           any
           Story
           .
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ;
           when
           God
           had
           permitted
           these
           sons
           of
           Belial
           to
           tire
           and
           weary
           themselves
           with
           their
           Iniquities
           ,
           He
           by
           his
           Almighty
           Providence
           turn'd
           all
           into
           a
           
             profound
             Peace
          
           ;
           and
           without
           Bloodshed
           ,
           restored
           our
           late
           dread
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           this
           our
           now
           gracious
           King
           ,
           to
           their
           Rights
           ,
           together
           with
           
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           .
           
             En
             !
             Digitus
             Dei.
          
           This
           is
           none
           other
           but
           God's
           doing
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           marvellous
           in
           our
           eyes
           ;
           As
           the
           Psalmist
           expresses
           it
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           Psalm
           118.
           23.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           requires
           that
           God
           should
           order
           these
           Events
           .
           For
           ,
           being
           infinitely
           wise
           ,
           he
           knows
           how
           to
           direct
           all
           Affairs
           and
           Actions
           to
           their
           best
           and
           noblest
           ends
           ;
           what
           is
           most
           for
           his
           Glory
           ,
           the
           Benefit
           and
           Welfare
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           
             When
             the
             Race
             is
             not
             to
             the
             Swift
             ,
             nor
             the
             Battel
             to
             the
             Strong
             :
             When
             time
             and
             chance
             happen
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           that
           Events
           are
           contrary
           to
           their
           Causes
           ,
           and
           these
           sublunary
           things
           seem
           to
           be
           left
           to
           their
           own
           governance
           ,
           as
           it
           shall
           happen
           :
           Then
           if
           Men
           will
           sit
           down
           and
           consider
           ,
           their
           own
           Reason
           will
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Superintendant
           Power
           that
           manages
           second
           Causes
           ,
           else
           these
           would
           not
           fail
           of
           their
           proper
           Effects
           .
           For
           let
           Men
           
           talk
           never
           so
           Captiously
           ,
           or
           Atheistically
           rather
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           an
           avowed
           Truth
           ,
           That
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           interposition
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           Force
           and
           Power
           would
           always
           prevail
           ,
           and
           necessary
           Causes
           would
           produce
           the
           designed
           Fruits
           .
           For
           if
           it
           be
           demanded
           ,
           What
           should
           hinder
           ?
           They
           must
           assign
           ,
           that
           the
           Reason
           of
           it
           is
           either
           from
           themselves
           ,
           or
           from
           some
           other
           more
           potent
           Being
           .
           If
           the
           first
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           not
           necessary
           Causes
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           speak
           of
           their
           force
           and
           energy
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           effect
           that
           which
           is
           the
           proper
           Reason
           of
           their
           being
           such
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           from
           without
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           attain
           their
           end
           ;
           let
           those
           Scepticks
           (
           if
           they
           can
           )
           assign
           any
           other
           Being
           whatsoever
           ,
           besides
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           which
           can
           over-rule
           Events
           contrary
           to
           their
           Causes
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           some
           Men
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           vicious
           lives
           and
           practices
           ,
           are
           justly
           afraid
           of
           the
           
           Dread
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           therefore
           endeavour
           to
           dispute
           God
           out
           of
           the
           world
           :
           rather
           taking
           up
           with
           the
           fantastical
           Hypothesis
           of
           Epicurus
           (
           whose
           Contrivance
           is
           as
           silly
           as
           it
           is
           blasphemous
           )
           ;
           or
           with
           the
           grave
           Notions
           of
           an
           imposing
           Leviathan
           ,
           (
           who
           hath
           subjected
           the
           Supream
           Deity
           ,
           and
           his
           Attributes
           ,
           Vice
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           to
           the
           over-ruling
           Power
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           these
           sublunary
           things
           to
           a
           fatal
           necessity
           )
           Rather
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           beguiling
           themselves
           with
           these
           trifles
           ,
           than
           owning
           a
           Providence
           to
           govern
           them
           ,
           or
           a
           God
           to
           judg
           them
           .
           But
           would
           Men
           impartially
           consult
           their
           own
           Reason
           ,
           that
           would
           tell
           them
           ,
           without
           the
           help
           of
           Revelation
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           solving
           the
           Doubts
           that
           do
           and
           will
           arise
           ,
           to
           grant
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Providence
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           does
           direct
           the
           issues
           and
           events
           of
           things
           :
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           says
           ,
           Psal
           .
           58.
           
             ult
             .
             —
             so
             that
             a
             Man
             
             shall
             say
             ,
             Verily
             there
             is
             a
             reward
             for
             the
             Righteous
             ;
             verily
             he
             is
             a
             God
             that
             judgeth
             in
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           done
           with
           the
           first
           Observation
           from
           the
           words
           .
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           second
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           shew
           the
           necessary
           consequence
           of
           acquiescing
           in
           these
           his
           dealings
           without
           murmuring
           or
           repining
           ;
           
             Be
             still
             ,
             and
             know
             that
             I
             am
             God.
          
           And
           this
           by
           a
           plain
           connexion
           follows
           from
           the
           former
           Position
           :
           For
           if
           God's
           Power
           and
           Providence
           order
           all
           Events
           of
           War
           and
           Peace
           ;
           then
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           these
           dealings
           is
           highly
           reasonable
           :
           for
           ,
           notwithstanding
           our
           petulency
           ,
           we
           cannot
           alter
           the
           nature
           and
           issue
           of
           things
           ,
           they
           being
           disposed
           by
           an
           Almighty
           Power
           ,
           which
           none
           can
           resist
           .
           
             Where
             the
             Word
             of
             a
             King
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             Power
             ,
             and
             who
             can
             say
             to
             him
             ,
             What
             dost
             thou
             ?
          
           And
           if
           this
           be
           true
           in
           respect
           of
           temporal
           Princes
           ,
           it
           is
           much
           more
           so
           with
           regard
           to
           God
           ,
           
             by
             whom
             Kings
             reign
             ,
             and
             
             Princes
             decree
             Justice
             .
          
           For
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           let
           Force
           and
           Counsel
           ,
           Strength
           and
           Policy
           ,
           a
           good
           Cause
           ,
           and
           a
           wise-formed
           Prosecution
           ;
           let
           Numbers
           ,
           and
           the
           Sinews
           of
           War
           be
           all
           united
           together
           to
           effect
           the
           designed
           Purpose
           :
           yet
           all
           these
           shall
           be
           too
           little
           ,
           and
           stand
           in
           no
           stead
           ,
           when
           God
           pleaseth
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Enterprize
           .
           Nay
           ,
           suppose
           further
           ,
           that
           the
           subject-matter
           of
           the
           Undertaking
           be
           just
           and
           good
           ;
           and
           (
           to
           speak
           without
           a
           cant
           )
           that
           it
           be
           really
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           defence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           (
           as
           was
           truly
           the
           case
           of
           the
           blessed
           Martyr
           King
           Charles
           I.
           )
           in
           that
           Civil-War
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           late
           Conspiracy
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           false
           Shews
           and
           Pretences
           to
           the
           contrary
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           supposing
           all
           this
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           God
           alone
           that
           can
           give
           Victory
           and
           Success
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           Issue
           and
           Event
           prosperous
           .
           And
           again
           ;
           when
           wicked
           Achitophels
           ,
           and
           traiterous
           
           Absoloms
           combine
           together
           in
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           ;
           when
           their
           Strength
           is
           united
           ,
           and
           their
           Force
           formidable
           :
           when
           their
           Plots
           are
           laid
           as
           low
           as
           Hell
           ,
           and
           their
           breaking
           out
           as
           terrible
           as
           that
           of
           a
           mighty
           Torrent
           ;
           T
           is
           God
           alone
           that
           can
           frustrate
           these
           Designs
           :
           His
           Counsel
           shall
           stand
           ,
           maugre
           all
           their
           Imaginations
           .
           
             He
             bringeth
             to
             nought
             the
             Counsels
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             maketh
             their
             Devices
             of
             none
             effect
             .
             In
             the
             same
             Net
             which
             they
             hid
             ,
             is
             their
             foot
             taken
             .
             The
             Snare
             is
             broken
             ,
             and
          
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           that
           we
           see
           this
           Day
           to
           give
           Thanks
           that
           
             we
             are
             delivered
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           result
           of
           our
           reasoning
           in
           these
           matters
           comes
           to
           this
           ,
           That
           seeing
           the
           Power
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           orders
           all
           the
           Events
           of
           Peace
           and
           War
           ,
           vve
           should
           always
           (
           be
           the
           issue
           what
           it
           will
           :
           )
           As
           to
           refer
           all
           things
           to
           him
           ,
           so
           to
           rest
           satisfied
           with
           what
           is
           done
           ;
           vvell
           knowing
           that
           he
           in
           his
           Wisdom
           best
           understands
           what
           is
           fittest
           and
           
           most
           condusive
           to
           our
           Good
           and
           Happiness
           .
           And
           would
           we
           patiently
           submit
           to
           God's
           Will
           in
           all
           concerns
           of
           life
           ;
           especially
           in
           such
           extraordinary
           cases
           ,
           as
           Tumults
           and
           Insurrections
           ,
           Commotions
           and
           Rebellions
           ;
           it
           would
           more
           contribute
           to
           the
           quelling
           of
           those
           ,
           and
           effecting
           our
           Peace
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           course
           whatsoever
           we
           could
           take
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           that
           God
           governs
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           that
           vvhatsoever
           is
           done
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           he
           doth
           it
           himself
           ;
           That
           his
           Will
           shall
           take
           place
           ,
           be
           our
           Contrivances
           and
           Devices
           what
           they
           will
           :
           And
           then
           these
           Meditations
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           banish
           all
           our
           Fears
           of
           the
           worser
           part
           ,
           raise
           our
           Hopes
           ,
           fortify
           our
           Trust
           ,
           and
           mightily
           encourage
           our
           Undertakings
           :
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           let
           the
           extreamest
           and
           sorest
           happen
           ,
           it
           will
           cause
           us
           with
           all
           humility
           and
           patience
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           God's
           Dispensations
           ,
           and
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Not
             my
             will
             ,
             but
             thy
             Will
             he
             done
             :
          
           Or
           to
           expostulate
           vvith
           
           our selves
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Why
             art
             thou
             cast
             down
             ,
             O
             my
             Soul
             ,
             and
             why
             art
             thou
             disquieted
             within
             me
             ?
             Hope
             in
             God
             ,
             for
             I
             shall
             yet
             praise
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             health
             of
             my
             Countenance
             ,
             and
             my
             God.
          
           Which
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           third
           Observation
           from
           the
           words
           ,
           vvhat
           reason
           we
           have
           to
           trust
           God
           in
           the
           ordering
           these
           Events
           .
        
         
           Now
           tho
           I
           have
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           prevented
           my self
           ,
           by
           vvhat
           I
           have
           already
           spoken
           upon
           the
           former
           Heads
           ,
           viz.
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           in
           ordering
           all
           Events
           ,
           not
           to
           murmur
           and
           repine
           ,
           vvhen
           the
           issue
           of
           things
           have
           gone
           contrary
           to
           their
           causes
           :
           yet
           because
           good
           and
           holy
           Men
           have
           made
           this
           the
           matter
           of
           their
           complaint
           ,
           and
           has
           proved
           the
           ground
           of
           great
           trouble
           and
           disquiet
           to
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           could
           instance
           in
           
             Job
             ,
             David
          
           ,
           and
           Jeremiah
           ;
           )
           I
           shall
           therefore
           consider
           this
           Case
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           and
           shew
           vvhat
           reason
           vve
           
           have
           to
           trust
           God
           in
           these
           Events
           ,
           and
           to
           rest
           assured
           that
           he
           vvill
           be
           favourable
           and
           propitious
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           that
           vvicked
           Men
           have
           grown
           great
           and
           prosperous
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           have
           by
           their
           Cunning
           and
           Force
           prevailed
           to
           the
           Overthrow
           of
           Righteous
           Kings
           and
           Nations
           :
           yet
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           also
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           a
           rare
           Case
           ,
           and
           seldom
           happens
           :
           And
           vvhen
           it
           does
           ,
           besides
           the
           secret
           Reasons
           which
           Almighty
           God
           reserves
           in
           his
           own
           Counsel
           ,
           not
           too
           narrowly
           to
           be
           pried
           into
           by
           us
           ,
           because
           not
           revealed
           ,
           this
           I
           may
           positively
           affirm
           ,
           that
           Sin
           is
           the
           moving
           Cause
           of
           such
           Evils
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             For
             the
             Iniquities
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Land
             shall
             mourn
             .
          
           Vertue
           and
           Vice
           ,
           Sin
           &
           Repentance
           are
           the
           standing
           Reasons
           of
           Prosperity
           and
           Affliction
           .
           So
           the
           Prophet
           tell
           us
           ,
           Jer.
           18.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           
             At
             what
             instant
             I
             shall
             speak
             concerning
             a
             Nation
             ,
             and
             concerning
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             
             to
             pluck
             up
             ,
             pull
             down
             ,
             and
             to
             destroy
             ;
             if
             that
             Nation
             against
             whom
             I
             have
             pronounced
             ,
             turn
             from
             their
             evil
             ,
             then
             I
             will
             repent
             of
             the
             evil
             that
             I
             thought
             to
             do
             unto
             them
             .
             And
             at
             what
             instant
             I
             shall
             speak
             concerning
             a
             Nation
             ,
             and
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             build
             and
             to
             plant
             it
             ;
             if
             it
             do
             evil
             in
             my
             sight
             ,
             that
             it
             obey
             not
             my
             Voice
             ,
             then
             I
             will
             repent
             of
             the
             good
             ,
             wherewith
             I
             said
             I
             would
             benefit
             them
             .
          
           So
           that
           this
           is
           one
           Reason
           why
           we
           should
           trust
           God
           with
           these
           Events
           ,
           because
           he
           has
           promised
           that
           he
           will
           deliver
           us
           out
           of
           Calamities
           .
           Which
           Promises
           are
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           too
           strictly
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           never
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           For
           the
           most
           part
           it
           will
           hold
           true
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           protect
           and
           defend
           such
           as
           do
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           him
           .
           We
           have
           the
           highest
           Reason
           imaginable
           to
           trust
           God
           with
           all
           our
           Concerns
           ;
           because
           if
           we
           do
           so
           ,
           that
           God
           who
           is
           Truth
           it self
           ,
           and
           cannot
           lye
           ,
           has
           promised
           Protection
           and
           Deliverance
           .
           
           Thus
           David
           in
           that
           Thanksgiving-Psalm
           ,
           after
           his
           Deliverance
           from
           Saul
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           tells
           us
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
             22.
             
             The
             Lord
             is
             a
             Buckler
             to
             all
             them
             that
             put
             their
             trust
             in
             him
             ;
             God
             is
             my
             Strength
             and
             Power
             ;
             He
             teacheth
             my
             Hands
             to
             war
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             Bow
             of
             Steel
             is
             broken
             by
             mine
             Arms.
          
           And
           
             Ps
             .
             37.
             39
             ,
             40.
             
             The
             Salvation
             of
             the
             Righteous
             is
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             he
             is
             their
             Strength
             in
             the
             time
             of
             trouble
             .
             The
             Lord
             shall
             help
             them
             and
             deliver
             them
             :
             he
             shall
             deliver
             them
             from
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             save
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             put
             their
             trust
             in
             him
             .
          
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           David
           upon
           all
           occasions
           speaks
           confidently
           of
           his
           Salvation
           from
           all
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           because
           of
           God's
           Promises
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             my
             Light
             and
             Salvation
             ;
             whom
             shall
             I
             fear
             ?
             the
             Lord
             is
             the
             Strength
             of
             my
             Life
             ,
             of
             whom
             shall
             I
             be
             afraid
             ?
             Though
             an
             Host
             should
             encamp
             against
             me
             ,
             mine
             heart
             shall
             not
             fear
             :
             though
             War
             should
             rise
             against
             me
             ,
             in
             this
             will
             I
             be
             confident
             .
          
           Psal
           .
           27.
           1
           ,
           3.
           
           So
           that
           it
           is
           very
           
           reasonable
           to
           trust
           God
           in
           these
           cases
           ,
           because
           he
           has
           promised
           to
           save
           those
           that
           do
           place
           their
           confidence
           in
           him
           .
           
             It
             is
             better
             to
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             than
             to
             put
             confidence
             in
             Man
             :
          
           for
           
             the
             Lord
             is
             my
             Strength
             and
             Song
             ,
             and
             is
             become
             my
             Salvation
             .
          
           So
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           Psal
           .
           118.
           8
           ,
           14.
           
        
         
           But
           this
           will
           more
           fully
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           2dly
           ,
           the
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           manner
           shewn
           himself
           for
           the
           deliverance
           of
           such
           as
           have
           depended
           upon
           him
           for
           Salvation
           .
           There
           are
           many
           Examples
           to
           be
           brought
           in
           proof
           of
           this
           matter
           :
           But
           I
           shall
           confine
           my self
           to
           two
           especially
           ,
           recorded
           in
           Sacred
           Writ
           :
           The
           first
           is
           that
           of
           Joshua
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           tenth
           Chapter
           of
           that
           Book
           ;
           where
           five
           Kings
           combine
           together
           against
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Israel
           ;
           Their
           Strength
           great
           ,
           their
           Numbers
           far
           exceeding
           those
           of
           Joshua
           ;
           their
           Interest
           such
           ,
           as
           could
           not
           but
           animate
           
           and
           provoke
           to
           a
           bold
           and
           obstinate
           resistance
           :
           Yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           Joshua
           encouraged
           by
           God
           (
           ver
           .
           8.
           )
           saying
           ,
           
             Fear
             them
             not
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             delivered
             them
             into
             thine
             hand
             ,
             there
             shall
             not
             a
             Man
             of
             them
             stand
             before
             thee
             .
          
           This
           mighty
           Army
           was
           soon
           discomfited
           ,
           their
           Force
           broken
           ,
           and
           a
           total
           Overthrow
           given
           to
           the
           whole
           Army
           :
           God
           himself
           appearing
           signally
           in
           their
           defence
           by
           Miracles
           and
           Signs
           from
           Heaven
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           Text
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             cast
             down
             great
             Stones
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             them
             unto
             Azekah
             ,
             and
             they
             died
             :
             they
             were
             more
             which
             died
             with
             Hail-stones
             ,
             than
             they
             whom
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             slew
             with
             the
             Sword.
          
           v.
           11.
           
           And
           further
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           appear
           that
           God
           fought
           for
           them
           ,
           (
           contrary
           to
           the
           course
           of
           those
           Celestial
           Beings
           )
           
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             stood
             still
             ,
             until
             the
             People
             had
             avenged
             themselves
             upon
             their
             Enemies
             ,
          
           v.
           13.
           
           So
           true
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           spoken
           of
           the
           temporal
           deliverance
           
           of
           Judah
           ,
           Isa
           .
           54.
           17.
           
           
             No
             Weapon
             that
             is
             formed
             against
             thee
             shall
             prosper
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Heritage
             of
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           The
           other
           Instance
           is
           that
           of
           Hezekiah
           ;
           against
           whom
           Senacherib
           unjustly
           wageth
           War
           ,
           and
           sends
           Rabshakeh
           with
           a
           mighty
           Army
           against
           Jerusalem
           :
           The
           King
           being
           in
           a
           great
           Strait
           ,
           applies
           himself
           to
           God
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           ;
           and
           by
           earnest
           Prayer
           obtains
           Assurance
           and
           Victory
           over
           that
           mighty
           Host
           :
           for
           
             in
             one
             night
             the
             Angel
             of
             the
             Lord
             went
             out
             and
             smote
             in
             the
             Camp
             of
             the
             Assyrians
             an
             hundred
             fourscore
             and
             five
             thousand
             :
             and
             when
             they
             arose
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             behold
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             dead
             Corpses
             .
          
           2
           King.
           19.
           35.
           
           This
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           the
           point
           in
           hand
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           highly
           reasonable
           to
           depend
           upon
           God
           as
           to
           the
           event
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           promised
           he
           will
           deliver
           those
           that
           trust
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           in
           fact
           has
           delivered
           his
           People
           signally
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           .
        
         
         
           From
           whence
           likewise
           doth
           arise
           ,
           in
           the
           fourth
           place
           ,
           great
           Comfort
           and
           Encouragement
           to
           Good
           Men
           ,
           always
           to
           trust
           God
           in
           all
           conditions
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             is
             with
             us
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Jacob
             is
             our
             Refuge
             .
          
           If
           we
           consider
           Man
           single
           by
           himself
           ,
           or
           in
           conjunction
           with
           others
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           intervening
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           were
           better
           for
           him
           not
           be
           at
           all
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           so
           miserable
           as
           the
           frailties
           of
           corrupt
           Nature
           would
           expose
           him
           to
           .
           For
           in
           such
           a
           state
           Men
           would
           be
           Wolves
           and
           Tygers
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           being
           fellow-creatures
           ,
           (
           made
           for
           mutual
           help
           and
           society
           )
           they
           would
           soon
           devour
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           the
           weak
           become
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           stronger
           party
           .
           Insomuch
           as
           Hobbs
           his
           
             Status
             Naturae
          
           ,
           would
           justify
           all
           Wars
           ,
           Rebellions
           ,
           and
           unjust
           Invasions
           upon
           the
           Rights
           of
           others
           .
           But
           for
           our
           comfort
           ,
           these
           are
           only
           the
           wild
           Fancies
           of
           one
           
           that
           would
           serve
           a
           turn
           ,
           and
           was
           timely
           calculated
           to
           support
           an
           *
           Olivarian
           Usurpation
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             is
             our
             Refuge
          
           ;
           and
           happy
           it
           is
           for
           us
           that
           we
           are
           under
           the
           conduct
           &
           guidance
           of
           his
           all-wise
           Providence
           .
           For
           if
           he
           be
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           it
           matters
           not
           who
           is
           against
           us
           .
           It
           is
           He
           that
           gives
           Peace
           ,
           who
           then
           can
           trouble
           us
           ?
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             on
             my
             side
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             fear
             what
             Man
             can
             do
             unto
             me
             .
          
           Tho
           the
           Winds
           blow
           ,
           the
           Sea
           rages
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Earth
           be
           moved
           with
           the
           Tempest
           thereof
           ;
           yet
           if
           we
           depend
           and
           trust
           in
           God
           ,
           we
           may
           rest
           assured
           ,
           and
           comfort
           our selves
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           these
           evils
           shall
           ever
           take
           hold
           of
           us
           ,
           that
           nothing
           shall
           harm
           us
           if
           we
           be
           followers
           of
           that
           which
           is
           good
           .
           All
           which
           administers
           great
           Comfort
           under
           all
           Pressures
           and
           personal
           Afflictions
           ,
           under
           all
           Straits
           ,
           Commotions
           ,
           and
           Distractions
           ;
           when
           enraged
           Faction
           ,
           and
           rebellious
           Fury
           threaten
           all
           with
           Ruine
           and
           Desolation
           to
           
           devour
           ,
           This
           (
           I
           say
           )
           is
           our
           Comfort
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           and
           has
           promised
           to
           deliver
           those
           ,
           who
           with
           a
           full
           Affiance
           trust
           in
           him
           :
           That
           it
           shall
           be
           well
           with
           those
           that
           fear
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           things
           shall
           work
           together
           for
           good
           to
           such
           as
           love
           him
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             will
             be
             a
             Refuge
             for
             the
             Oppressed
             ,
             a
             Refuge
             in
             times
             of
             Trouble
             .
             And
             they
             that
             know
             his
             Name
             ,
             will
             put
             their
             trust
             in
             him
             :
             for
             thou
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             hast
             not
             forsaken
             them
             that
             seek
             thee
             .
             And
             not
             only
             a
             covering
             from
             the
             Storm
             ,
             but
             a
             Shield
             and
             Defender
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Enemy
             .
             O
             Israel
             ,
             trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             he
             is
             their
             Help
             ,
             and
             their
             Shield
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           done
           with
           what
           I
           proposed
           to
           speak
           to
           from
           these
           words
           ;
           I
           shall
           only
           in
           the
           5th
           and
           last
           place
           ,
           draw
           an
           Inference
           or
           two
           pertinent
           to
           the
           Occasion
           ,
           and
           conclude
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Seeing
           the
           Power
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           orders
           all
           Events
           of
           Peace
           and
           War
           ,
           
           Let
           us
           acknowledg
           in
           all
           our
           Deliverances
           this
           as
           the
           Supream
           Cause
           of
           our
           Safety
           .
           For
           whatever
           are
           the
           Instruments
           ,
           't
           is
           God
           alone
           that
           gives
           the
           Success
           and
           Victory
           .
           
             He
             is
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             this
             is
             his
             Name
             ,
          
           (
           as
           he
           tells
           his
           People
           Israel
           )
           because
           he
           peculiarly
           presides
           over
           the
           Armies
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           orders
           the
           Events
           thereof
           .
           Therefore
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Deliverances
           ,
           let
           us
           own
           him
           as
           the
           Author
           ;
           and
           ascribe
           the
           Honour
           to
           his
           Power
           .
           
             There
             is
             no
             King
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           )
           
             can
             be
             saved
             by
             the
             multitude
             of
             an
             Host
             ,
             neither
             is
             any
             mighty
             Man
             delivered
             by
             much
             Strength
             .
          
           This
           was
           too
           sadly
           experienced
           in
           the
           first
           Rebellion
           ;
           where
           that
           good
           King
           and
           Martyr
           ,
           King
           
             Charles
             the
             first
          
           ,
           outweighed
           the
           Numbers
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           then
           stated
           Policy
           of
           the
           head-strong
           Faction
           :
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           in
           this
           late
           accursed
           Design
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           the
           best
           information
           from
           Prints
           )
           neither
           
           their
           Numbers
           ,
           nor
           their
           Confederacy
           ,
           nor
           their
           Cunning
           ,
           nor
           their
           Courage
           (
           enflamed
           by
           an
           Enthusiastick
           Zeal
           )
           were
           so
           far
           to
           be
           despised
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           that
           we
           were
           able
           in
           a
           moment
           to
           blast
           and
           overthrow
           them
           :
           for
           the
           Case
           in
           appearance
           was
           quite
           otherwise
           ;
           and
           to
           God
           only
           must
           we
           ascribe
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           the
           just
           tribute
           of
           it
           .
           
             If
             the
             Lord
             himself
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             may
             Israel
             now
             say
             ;
             if
             the
             Lord
             himself
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             when
             Men
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             ,
             they
             had
             swallowed
             us
             up
             quick
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             so
             wrathfully
             displeased
             at
             us
             .
             But
             Salvation
             belongeth
             unto
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ;
             the
             Help
             that
             is
             done
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             he
             doth
             it
             himself
             .
             God
             hath
             shewed
             us
             his
             Goodness
             plenteously
             ,
             God
             hath
             let
             ussee
             our
             desire
             upon
             our
             Enemies
             .
             Not
             unto
             us
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             unto
             thy
             Name
             be
             the
             Praise
             ,
             for
             thy
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             for
             thy
             Truth
             's
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Which
           is
           the
           second
           Inference
           ,
           and
           the
           
           Duty
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Day
           ;
           Let
           us
           return
           our
           just
           tribute
           of
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           to
           our
           great
           Sovereign
           the
           King
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           for
           this
           so
           signal
           a
           Mercy
           ;
           well
           knowing
           ,
           that
           such
           publick
           Blessings
           (
           as
           his
           Majesty
           most
           devoutly
           words
           it
           in
           his
           Proclamation
           )
           are
           Invitations
           from
           Heaven
           to
           us
           to
           render
           chearful
           Expressions
           of
           Thankfulness
           to
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           .
           It
           hath
           pleased
           God
           in
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           Justice
           too
           ,
           to
           use
           various
           Methods
           to
           save
           us
           from
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           the
           hands
           of
           our
           Enemies
           .
           He
           hath
           tried
           us
           by
           a
           series
           of
           Mercies
           ,
           and
           a
           train
           of
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           this
           on
           purpose
           to
           make
           us
           such
           a
           People
           ,
           as
           he
           may
           delight
           in
           us
           to
           do
           us
           good
           ;
           and
           to
           save
           us
           even
           against
           our
           wills
           and
           obstinacy
           .
           But
           this
           last
           Deliverance
           is
           of
           such
           a
           nature
           ,
           as
           could
           we
           see
           to
           the
           bottom
           of
           this
           Rebellious
           Design
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           those
           who
           sit
           at
           the
           Helm
           ,
           are
           sufficiently
           acquainted
           with
           it
           )
           it
           would
           
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           strike
           us
           with
           horrour
           and
           amazement
           for
           the
           danger
           we
           were
           in
           ;
           and
           fill
           our
           hearts
           and
           mouths
           with
           joy
           and
           gladness
           for
           the
           strangeness
           of
           the
           Deliverance
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           God
           hath
           wonderfully
           appeared
           in
           the
           Preservation
           of
           this
           King
           and
           Nation
           .
           He
           hath
           delivered
           Him
           out
           of
           six
           Troubles
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           seven
           :
           So
           that
           those
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           in
           his
           own
           case
           ,
           may
           (
           without
           a
           tort
           )
           be
           in
           some
           measure
           applied
           unto
           Him
           ;
           That
           tho
           he
           was
           in
           Perils
           of
           Waters
           ,
           in
           Perils
           by
           his
           own
           Countrymen
           ,
           in
           Perils
           in
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           in
           Perils
           by
           false
           Brethren
           ;
           yet
           the
           Almighty
           God
           still
           was
           his
           God
           and
           Refuge
           :
           And
           notwithstanding
           the
           Counsels
           of
           some
           to
           debar
           him
           of
           his
           Right
           ,
           (
           the
           Consequence
           of
           which
           the
           greatest
           part
           then
           assembled
           (
           I
           charitably
           suppose
           )
           did
           not
           think
           of
           ,
           )
           yet
           God
           frustrated
           them
           ,
           and
           setled
           him
           peaceably
           in
           his
           Throne
           .
        
         
         
           This
           I
           mention
           (
           God
           knows
           my
           heart
           )
           not
           to
           exasperate
           ,
           or
           satyrically
           to
           grate
           upon
           any
           ;
           but
           to
           excite
           our
           Praise
           and
           Thankfulness
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           that
           Evil
           hath
           wrought
           so
           great
           a
           Good.
           
        
         
           
             Let
             us
             with
             all
             Sobriety
             and
             Reverence
             render
             unto
             God
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             our
             Deliverance
             and
             Peace
             ,
             all
             Praise
             and
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             saying
             in
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             (
             with
             which
             I
             will
             conclude
          
           )
           The
           Lord
           liveth
           ,
           and
           blessed
           be
           my
           Rock
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           God
           of
           my
           Salvation
           be
           exalted
           .
           It
           is
           God
           that
           avengeth
           me
           ,
           and
           subdueth
           the
           People
           under
           me
           .
           He
           delivereth
           me
           from
           mine
           Enemies
           :
           yea
           ,
           thou
           liftest
           me
           up
           above
           those
           that
           rise
           up
           against
           me
           :
           Thou
           hast
           delivered
           me
           from
           the
           violent
           Man.
           Therefore
           will
           I
           give
           Thanks
           unto
           thee
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           among
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           sing
           Praises
           unto
           thy
           Name
           :
           for
           great
           Deliverance
           giveth
           He
           unto
           his
           King
           ,
           
           and
           sheweth
           Mercy
           to
           his
           Anointed
           ;
           to
           David
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Seed
           for
           evermore
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           be
           ascribed
           all
           Honour
           ,
           Glory
           and
           Praise
           now
           and
           for
           evermore
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41476-e320
           
             *
             Vid.
             Earl
             of
             
             Clarendon's
             survey
             of
             
             Hobbs's
             Leviathan
             ,
             p.
             8.
             where
             he
             tells
             my
             Lord
             ,
             that
             the
             reason
             of
             his
             writing
             that
             Book
             was
             (
             to
             express
             it
             in
             his
             own
             words
             )
             
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               I
               have
               a
               mind
               to
               return
               into
            
             England
             .