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 Thou {halt arife, and haye mercie 
 
 ' upon Zion : for the time to favor 
 
 her, yea, the fet time is come. For 
 
 'thy lervants take pleafure in her 
 
 . ftones, and favor the duft thet'eof. 
 
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 I H I S pfalm is remarkable for tHe 
 very great mixture, that there i^ 
 in it, of lamentation and of joy. 
 Nor'is thio an iiiconliftencie, to 
 be cenfured ; but rather indicates a beautic 
 and greatnefs of temper in the compofer 
 of it, which we may juftly admire. When 
 we look into the former part of it, and 
 obferve the paflionate and almoft defpairing 
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 language, in wliich he cxprefTes himfelf iril 
 relation to his own private forrows, one 
 might be almoft induced to imagine, that 
 his heart muft needs have been To much 
 engroffed by them, as to be but little, if at 
 all, at libertie for being afFcAed by any 
 other fubjeft; that a man, for example, 
 thus funk in grief, muft have been utterly 
 incapable of iharing in the joys of his coun- 
 trie 5 if not, thro* the exorbitant influence 
 of this felfifh paffion, have in a manner 
 loft the idea of any fuch connexion with a 
 national interefl ; and that the louded ac- 
 clamations of p:iblic exultation and ap^ 
 plaufe might in vain attempt to reach the 
 ears, much lefs the heart, of one thus 
 immerfed in private woes. For hear, how 
 bitterly it is, that he bemoans himfelf. 
 ** For my days are confumed like fmoke, . 
 *' and my bones are burnt as an hearth. 
 *'' My heart is fmltten, and withered like 
 •• grafs 5 fo that I forget to eat my bread. 
 By reafon of the voice of my groaning 
 my bones cleave to my fkin. I am like 
 a pelican of the wildernefs, I am like an 
 *' owl of the defert. I watch and am as 
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 it, had, in his turn too, forgoten the world? 
 Yet fee with what fervor, in what raptures 
 of generofitie and public zeal he inftantly 
 exprefTes himfelf in the words of the text, 
 and fome following parts of the pfalm. " Thou 
 " (halt arife, and have mercie upon Zion : 
 *' for the time to favor her, yea, the fet 
 ** time is come. For thy fervants take plea- 
 '* fure in her ftones, and favor the duft 
 " thereof. So the heathen (hall fear the 
 " name of the Lord, and all the kings of 
 •" the earth thy glory. When the Lord 
 fhall build up Zion, he (hall appear in 
 his glory. He will regard the prayer 
 " of the deftitute, and not defpife their 
 prayer. This (hall be written for the 
 generation to come, and the people, that 
 ** (hall be created, (h?ll praife the Lord. 
 " Foi; he hath looked down from the 
 ** height of his fandtuarie : from heaven 
 •* did the Lord behold the earth : to hear 
 *' the groaning of the prifoner, to loofe 
 «* thofe, that are appointed to death j to 
 " declare the name of the Lord in Zion, 
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 , what freedom and enlargednefs of foul is 
 it, • that he here expatiates, not merely up- 
 on the interefts of a fingle countrie, his na- 
 tive land, but even of the univerfal world. 
 So that now, inftead of looking upon him, 
 as a man overwhelmed in private forrows, 
 one would almofl: conclude, that everie 
 fentiment of the kind had been, long ere 
 this, abforbed in the love of his countrie and 
 of mankind. Yet it is not wholly fo : for 
 •prefently again he recurs to his own perplex- 
 ed and melancholic fituation. ". He weak- 
 /* encd my ftrength in the way, he fhorten- 
 *' ed my days. I faid, O my God, take 
 . " me not away in the midft of my days : 
 , *' thy years are throughout all generations." 
 With this thought, the apprehenfion of 
 God's eternitie and immutabilitie he con- 
 foles himfelf under his own perfonal afflic- 
 
 , tions. ** Of old," as in mofl: fublime and 
 elegant language he proceeds, " haft thou 
 ** laid the foundation of the earth : and 
 " the heavens are the work of thine hands : 
 ** they fliall perifli, but thou flialt endure ; 
 *' yea, all of them fliall wax old, like a 
 
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 " garment : as a vefture, (halt thou change 
 ** them, and they Ihall be changed. Buttbou 
 «* art the fame, and thy years (hall have no 
 " end." Yet ftill he cannot content him- 
 felf with this confined and limited applica- 
 tion of a fentiment fo univerfally intcreft- 
 ing and important. He therefore concludes 
 the whole with glancing at that public 
 welfare and intereft, which, under the 
 government of this eternal and immutable 
 deitie, we may fo juftly believe will never 
 be forfaken. " The children of thy fer- 
 *' vants (hall continue, and their feed (hall 
 ** be eftablifhed before thee." Never, it 
 is as if he had faid, never (hall there be 
 wanting, a fucceffion of thofe, who (hall 
 worfhip God in the fimplicitie and puritie 
 of the true religion, and in fuch a manner 
 as (hall be at once moft honorable to his 
 infinite perfedions, and moft highly con- 
 ducive to their own, and to the common 
 happinefs of mankind. Such is the noble 
 and exalted fpirit of benevolence animating 
 the pfalmift, and " awakening all that is 
 " within him," in behalf of Zion, even 
 to the reraoteft ages ; notwithftanding the 
 comfortlcfs and ill-boding fituation of 
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 his own private aiFairs. This therefore 
 
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 Firft thing, which I would point out, 
 as deduciblc from the words of our text, 
 and as a nnioft important fentiment implied 
 in it ; that no forrows of our own are to be 
 fo far indulged, as to divert our attention 
 from the concerns and intereft of the pu- 
 blic, as not to leave the mind at libertie 
 to be even warmly affeded in its caufe, 
 and ftrongly fufceptible of its. joys. Were 
 there any one, who could juftly plead an 
 exemption from this public tie, on account 
 of the incumbencie and weight of his own 
 perfonal calamities, by paritie of reafon 
 everie one elfe might do the like, and 
 thus the communitie be wholly abandoned, 
 and left to fufFer (hipwrack amidfl the fur- 
 rounding ftorms and tempefls of private 
 adverfitie. Or, if it be only a certain der 
 gree of perfonal calamitie and diflrefs, that 
 is fuppofed fufHcient to releafe us ^om the 
 obligation of entertaining thefe more ger 
 nerous and extended views, will not eve« 
 rie man be at libertie to judge, in this 
 point, for himfelf ; and thus the fatal con- 
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 The proper conclufion therefore fo forcibly 
 exemplified in the temper of the Pialmift, 
 as reprefented in this truly pathetic and 
 afFedling compolition, is, that nothing of 
 this kind ought fo to contra<ft our views, 
 or to difturb the fweet and lovely order 
 of nature, as to efface the rememberance of 
 our countrie, or to eradicate thofe tender 
 impreffions, that have been wrought fo 
 deeply into our original, mental frame, in 
 behalf of the difFufed and general focie- 
 tie of mankind. Nay, even thefe af- 
 flidions befalling ourfelves, if borne aright, 
 will rather have a contrary effed:. It 
 is no part of our duty to be wholly unaf- 
 fed:ed by them. And he, that has no feel- 
 ings at all, in behalf of himfelf, will fcarce- 
 ly have much fenfibilitie to the interefls of 
 his kind. Whereas, if our private forrows 
 are rightly attempered, there will be in 
 realitie fome generous pafHon intermingled 
 with them ; it being fcarcely poifible, that 
 ^ny calamitie (hould be fo abfolutely perfo- 
 nal, as not in fome meafureor another to ob-t 
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 to flic truly bieficv^lcnt mind will be the 
 greatdl zrA mbft ienfible afflidion in them 
 aM. He therefore that forrowg in fuch a 
 manner as this, within the narrower circle 
 of his own private concerns, will naturally 
 have hisheartentenderedtowards the public, 
 and be difpofed with dill greater cordialitie 
 to embrace its views. He will enter into 
 its concerns with a truer fympathie, ha- 
 ving been before aCcuftomed to the like 
 generous fenfations, and be with a more 
 abfolute devotion of fpirit addi<fted to its 
 weal. And indeed, who would wifh on 
 any account to be releaied from the im- 
 preflions of fo felicitating an afFe^ion? 
 ivhat better fund of confolation can we 
 have under our own adverfities, than to 
 have our hearts fo connedled with the com- 
 mon welfare, and with the great defigns of 
 providence in relation to it, as enables us 
 warmly to take our fliare in everie thing, 
 that is conducing to its advancement and 
 ftabilltie ? and with what horror and fclf- 
 tondemnation muft any one, fooner or la- 
 ter, refitO. upon himfelf for having, if 
 in realitie he has, fo far debilitated his pu-p 
 
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 t)Iic ia^cdions thro* an excf ffive indtil^ 
 gence to more confined and felfifh views, 
 ' of whatever particular kind or nature, as 
 to have become incapable of being im- 
 prefled, in any generous way, even by the 
 mod important and intereftitig events, rela* 
 tive to the political and focial connexions 
 of mankind ! who, for inHance, would not 
 be a(hamed of an inabiiitie,thus coiiiradled, 
 for taking his patriot-lhare in thofe exhi- 
 bitions of public joy, that were fo lately 
 difFufcd thro* the feveral parts of this ex- 
 tended metropolis, on account of the hap- 
 pie execution of a defign, that refledls fo 
 much honor upon the refolution and mag- 
 nanimitie of thofe, who planned it, as well, 
 as upon our brave, intrepid countrymeni 
 by whom it has been cffedled. An event 
 fo full of terror and difmay, of perplexitie 
 and difappointment to the inveterate ene- 
 mies, we have fo long been contending with, 
 for the fecuritie and prcfcrvation of our na- 
 tional liberties and peace 5 and which, ac- 
 cording to all the views, that human pro- 
 babilitie can at prefent fugged, muft be fo 
 fruitful of important confcqucnces, not 
 
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 only to our own profperitic and happinefs 
 ^ as a free and protcftant nation, but to our 
 * proteflant allies, to the general interefts df 
 Europe and America; by no means ex- 
 cluding the now iavagc inhabitants of the 
 territories that we have fubdued. But this 
 naturally leads us to a ^' iua <i Wi i^ -^ui. 
 
 Second refle^lion, which feems fo ob- 
 viouily to arife out of the prefaging and pro- 
 phetic language of thepfalmiil in our text, 
 and that is, that there are certain periods, 
 certain coincidences, and concuring cir- 
 cuoTiAances in the a&irs and fituation of 
 public communities, from which the moil 
 plcafing expeftations may with rcafon be 
 formed, as to their advancing profperitic 
 and fuccefs. ** Thou (lialt arife and have 
 mercie upon Zion, for the time to fa- 
 vor her, yea, the fet time is come". 
 It is not improbable indeed, that, accor- 
 ding to the general fenfe of expofitors 
 upon this pfalm, written, as is fuppofed, 
 during the time, and towards the clofe, of 
 the babylonifh captivitie, there may be in 
 , this part of our text an cfpecial reference 
 to thofe prophccies> in which the happy 
 
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 termination of that captivitie had been nqiir^-^ 
 culoufly foretold, and the reftoration of the 
 Jews to their native countrie and ancient 
 temple. But, notwithftanding this, the 
 mode of language is by no means un- 
 applicable even to prefent times, t^or na- 
 ture itfelf is not without her prophecies ; 
 which may to us in hmc meafure fupptie 
 the place of thofe, that were ufed to be de- 
 livered by the infpired feer^ of old. And 
 it is undoubtedly one part of the divine in- 
 tention, in the favorable events of provi- 
 dence towards a people, not merely to put 
 them in poffeflion of fome prefent e- 
 molument, not merely to excite fome 
 tranfient emotions of joy, but to infpire 
 them with hope, as to their future pro- 
 fperitie and encreafing grandeur. And, 
 if there be any fuch natural prognoftica- 
 tions now fubfifting in our own favor, 
 concerning which we might almoft ven- 
 ture to affirm, that nothing but our own 
 iniquities can defeat them j may we not 
 then, humbly, as we moft furely ought, 
 but yet with fome coniidcrable degree of 
 animating proprictie fay j ** The Lord will 
 
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"^' hiv^ mercie upon !Zion,ourbrlti(h Zion,for 
 *• the time to favor her, yea, thefct time is 
 ** tbme,*' That late inftancc of our national 
 fucceis^ which has'fbinluch exKilerated all oUr 
 hekrts> is far' from ilahding unconnected 
 and atbne, or ajijj^caring in tihe light of a 
 merely ^afoal exploit. No, it is of the 
 feibe «btoplexion with many bther events, 
 thiat haVe happily preceded it?, in the eourfe 
 of theprcfeflt Vear;ahd is to b^ looked upon 
 as part of a plan, that hasi beeh wifely for- 
 med upon a j lift and generous confcioufnefs 
 'of otirnathre ftrcngth and dfgmtifc,as a people. 
 It therefore carries in it fo much the greater 
 ccrtaintie, as to the confequcnces, that are 
 to be expcded from it, and ftrongly indi- 
 cates, what we may in reafon prefume tb 
 be, under God, the happie cffed: of our 
 national powers vigoroufly and with proper 
 l-cfolution exerted. It is but a very little 
 while ago, that we were almoft ready to 
 fink into defpondencie, on account of that 
 gloomy afpedl, which our public affairs did 
 then feem to wear. But by that plcafmg 
 change, which has fince appeared in them, 
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 ilflgky dK>* indeed a moft knppriaat in« 
 Aanoe, we are convinced, that th9l^;i|nf> 
 CGmfbitayeappearaoGcs vveH inot fowing io 
 any defedt incur inhereiitftreiDgtb, as a oatiof) s 
 xviddi miifl: needs have beeii^lik^ cocnpe^t 
 then, as nbw, to .the j^it>tei^$u»ce pf our 
 wonted dignitie and cbira^ec. flhia IJtisn 
 fhews us the mightie d^fifcf^c^^;^?! kf9i 
 Soon to be effeded by a truly JDafoctn^ Add 
 patriotic Q)irit animating thQ&^» who att 
 entruiled with the diroflion df our natio- 
 nal affairs, and that God ia /his p^v'i^fffKim 
 is ever willing to help that pe^tlj^, v^^hfH^lf 
 }uft fenfe of their dutie are indioed to<^ei?t 
 themfelves for their common &£Btle and 
 defence. We have been plainly, as ana? 
 tion in general, awakened of late into a 
 more lively con virion of the part, which 
 is feverally incumbent upon us, as member 
 of the communitle. And we fee, whal; 
 has been the confequence. We fee lh« 
 truth of that maxim, confirmed by prefent 
 example and vifible efFe(fls, which has been 
 ^ oft;:»> in theorie inculcated upon us to no 
 purpofe 5 that, *^ if we amend our ways 
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 ^ cie Upon us and be favofable uhto Us,?, 
 and that the connexion, which is fo much/ 
 and cannot indeed be too frequently or 
 forcibly, iniiiled upon, between national 
 virtue and national profperitie, is not the 
 mere chimera of imagination, but has its 
 indifpQtable foundation in nature. And 
 from hence, how plainly may we colled:, 
 what is our farther dutie, as the means of 
 advancing our national profperitie and ho- 
 nor ? For God*s fake, and for our coun- 
 trie's fake, let us not flop at thefe good be- 
 ginings. Let us not vainly prefume, that 
 becaufe we have done fomething in the 
 reformation of our public manners, we 
 have therefore done enough. Let not that 
 fomething, already done, prove abortive and 
 inefFedual for want only of proceding a 
 little farther, or by relapfing again into our 
 former lukewarmnefs and infenfibilitie. 
 But let thefe fair prefages, thefe goodly 
 hopes, fo vifibly arifing out of our better 
 fpkit, encourage us to go on, in the cul-' 
 tivatlon' and. improvement of it j and t» 
 correct ^verie vice $ cvcrie latent, everle 
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 the degree of their prevalence, to the pu- 
 blic weal, and to our own intereft and pro- 
 fperitie, as connedled.^ith it. There are 
 fome vices indeed, tjiat Tiore immediately 
 ftrike at the root, of public happinefs than 
 others. But (UU wbateyei; ga^tie paffion, 
 it is, that we indulge, i^t^ip^i^ft of^neceflatie, 
 fo far as indulged, fuj^pl^it. the. better 
 ones, and the love of our countrie among 
 
 the felt, jitvj'i&jiq iHiicniiiii "ti^-^ T>ft.-» j 
 But by thefe general hints we are natu»- 
 rally led to fome .other happie indications 
 fublifting in our f^vpr^. ^n^. ftfongly. exem- 
 plified in thofe recent tidings, that have 
 been fo welcome to everie Briti(h ear. As, 
 for inftance, the fignal braverie of our 
 troops in that gallant action, furnilhing us 
 with fo pleafing a proof, that there are 
 ftill thofe among us, who can fland as fear- 
 lefs and undifmayed in the very facp of 
 danger, as others at a convenient diftance 
 from it. We cannot indeed enough la- 
 "ment the early lofs of that genfcrous hero, 
 .who led them on to conqueft. And yet 
 cjven.in that lofs itfelf, there are an>ple 
 jGDurce&ofconfolation, which, heaven graiit, 
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 may be richly enjoyed, by thofe who are 
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 Had he been lefs brave, he might indeed 
 have fpared his life — and have fruftrated 
 too that dcfign, for the fake of which he 
 was font on purpofe to expofe it. But he 
 fcorned to fpare it, or e- n to put the fuc- 
 cefs of the enterprife to the leaft poflible 
 hazard, upon fuch ignoble terms. He has 
 Shortened his days, and immortalifed his 
 fame. And was it not better ? better furely, 
 to die in glorie at thirty-five, than to have 
 dragged on his days in infamy and difgracc 
 to twice that period. And in his untimely 
 , death, as, on fome accounts, we are with 
 forrow to efteem it, tho* moft opportune 
 indeed and feafonable for his own renown 
 and England's glory, what an infpiring ex- 
 ample have we of that magnanimitie and 
 heroifm ; which, it is to be hoped, will 
 : fire the breaft of everie Britifh foldier with 
 the generous ambition of recording his 
 worth in the lading charaders of imita- 
 . tion ? And thus may the death of a fingle 
 hero be the means of making many, and 
 , its confequences amply compenfate the pre- 
 
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 fent lofs we fuftain by it. Nor can we for- 
 bear, upon this occafion, to refle<ft, with 
 pleafure, upon that generally prevailing dif- 
 pofition now Co apparent amongft us, vo- 
 luntarily to arm in defence of our count rie, 
 and upon the revival, under the fan(ftion 
 of public authoritie, of our martial and 
 manly fpirit. Thefe are appearances, in 
 our favor, which have, I doubt not, al- 
 ready intimidated our enemies, and bid 
 fair, I truft, for preventing any hoftlle at- 
 tempt, that they may have been defigning 
 againft our native land, as well as of de- 
 livering ourfelves from that confternation 
 and difmay, to which, otherways, upon 
 the flighteft report of any fuch defigns, 
 we might be continually expofed. Again, 
 in the account of this great atchievement 
 we foe, how much of our fuccefs has been 
 owing to the fpirit of union, which, with- 
 out a fingle exception, fo far as appears, 
 prevailed among the feveral commanders 
 both by fea and land, and in fcenes of ac- 
 tion and enterprife fo extremely different. 
 This k not only a point of the highcft con- 
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military efforts, but is, in the pre- 
 knt iiiflance, a Aill more pleating and 
 welcome " token for good," on ac- 
 count of thofe difappointments in our 
 public meafures, that we have fo lately met 
 with, for want only of fuch a fpirit. And 
 juft: of the fame importance, as were the 
 union and harmonie, with which this par- 
 ticular undertaking has been fo honorably 
 conducted, to the fuccefs of it, is the fame 
 fpirit animating our national counfels in 
 general, and diffufing itfelf thro' the whole 
 communitie, to our intire happinefs and 
 profperitie, as a people. How juflly then 
 may we look upon it as a prelude to our 
 advancing glorie, that what in this in- 
 flance appears to be offo much impor- 
 tance, will likewife, upon a little attention, 
 be found to be the real fpirit now pre- 
 vailing, amongft us. Never were we a more 
 ' united people : never was fa<5lion fo nearly 
 fubfiding into abfolute oblivion; never fuch 
 a happy confent of minds for our common 
 faftty and defence. When to thefe feveral 
 circumftances we add, that generous en- 
 cduragement, which is amongft us fo pu- 
 blicly 
 
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 blicly glv^n to the cultivation of ^verie uie«-^ 
 ful art and- fcience, both in our coloniet; 
 and on our native fpot, that internal peadc, r 
 that florifliing; trade and. eJttended conik*'' 
 merce, which we havo fo.long enjoyed, > 
 even during a ftate of w^fi and by which/ 
 we have been fo happily jdiftinguifhed from* 
 many neighbouring nations^ among whom- 
 its defolating horrors have now for fonae* 
 fucceffive years been fo fatally .experienced 3 
 and deeply feeled ; when wc reflcdt.upoa ? 
 the many fignal advantages and viftorics t 
 that have been gained over our enemieer, » 
 belides that .lateft one,- of fuch pecu-.i 
 liarly high and eminent importance, and t 
 thofe perplexities and embaraffments, to • 
 which their public tranfadions muft by j 
 this means be reduced j when we refleft 
 upon the injuftice and iniquitie of their t 
 ambitious attempts upon the peace and ter- 
 ritories of the neigboring jiations.; when * 
 we confider, on the other hand^ what it is, . 
 that we ourfelvcs contend for, not merely t 
 for life, not for the fake of lengthening out '^ 
 a fordid being and ilavilh^ exigence, not for 
 the fake of adding flrength to tyrannic and . 
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 fupporting the exercife of an arbitrarie and 
 lawlefs power ; but for the mod previous 
 rights and liberties, that any nation ever 
 did, or any nation can enjoy : when, I fay, 
 we lay all thefe things together, may wc not 
 with fome humble confidence fay. ** The 
 ** Lord will have mercie upon • Zion j for 
 ** the time to favor her, yea, the fet time 
 " is conae." For what may not be exped- 
 ed from a fioriHiing, brave and united 
 people, exerting themfelves in fuch an in- 
 fpiring caufe j and in defence of thofe in- 
 eftimable privileges, which, it is fo na- 
 tural to prefume, (hould, in proportion to 
 their importance, invigorate our efforts for 
 their contini^ance and perpetuitie. And 
 this is .wi.in^^y^ ...i->-" - .s I ■ .■/ 
 
 A third particular fuggefted to us in the 
 following words of the text : " For thy 
 " fervants take pleafure in her ftones, and 
 " favor the duft thereof" This is ex- 
 pireflive of that tender afFe<5lion, which 
 the Jewifh people retained for their coun- 
 trie, notwithftanding their prefent eftrange- 
 ment and diftance from it. They recol- 
 Icifted with a kind of veneration and exta- i 
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 tic pleafure, the ftately buildings, and par- 
 ticularly the goodly temple of Jcrufalem, 
 tho' now, alas, in ruins. And even the 
 very " duft" of their native foil ferved, in re- 
 membrance and imagination, to excite their 
 afFedlionate wifhes towards it. It is plain 
 too, that this is mentioned, as a circum- 
 ftance* prefaging the favor of heaven to- 
 wards them. " The Lord will have mer- 
 cie upon' Zion, for the time to favor 
 her, yea, the fet time is come : for thy 
 fervants take pleafure in her ftones, and 
 favor the duft thereof." They loved 
 and " favored" it themfelves, and were not a 
 little delighted with the hope and expecta- 
 tion of feeing it again in all its glorie ; and 
 might therefore innocently and chearfuUy 
 entertain the animating hope, that heaven 
 would ** favor" it too. They could not but 
 look T;pon this as an emotion of foul, that 
 was highly pleailng and acceptable in the 
 fight of God, and might hence reafonably 
 encourage themfelves in concluding, that he 
 would not fail, in hisgratious providence, of 
 giving fuccefs to their laudable exertion of 
 themfelves in conformitie to its dictates. 
 
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 And furely this is a prefage of national 
 Jbappinefs, that cannot be wanting among 
 ourfelves. If very Haves, as we have 
 known, and as, at this very day, is the cafe, 
 are willing to encounter the greatefl dan- 
 gers, and to expofe even their lives in de- 
 fence of the mifcrable land they dwell in 5 
 miferable, oecaufe enllaved, however in 
 other refpcdts delightful, {hall we, the chil- 
 dren of libertie, inhabiting its temple, and 
 furrounding its throne, be indifferent to 
 her relidence among us. It can never be, 
 that any Britilh heart fliould be fo far de- 
 generated from the high-born fpirit of our 
 noble anceftors. And, according to the or- 
 der of God's univerfal providence, who 
 never giveth, but to thofe, who *' feek," 
 who never *' opens," but to thofe, who 
 " knock ;" and whofe promife, it is, a 
 promife delivered by the voice of nature, as 
 well, as in the venerable pages of holy writ, 
 tbat, if we " feek" him, he will be 
 ** found" of us, what happier omen can 
 we have in our favor, than fuch a fpirit of 
 loyaltie and good affection to our countrie 
 generally diiFufmgit£slf amongfl us? Amidfl 
 
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 fo many other flriking indications then of 
 thegratious views and purpofes of divine 
 providence, tovyraids us, on account of which 
 it may with fo much probabilitie be pre- 
 fumed, that " the time to favor our Bri- 
 " ti{h Zion, even the fct time is indeed 
 '^ come," let not that farther happie one 
 be wanting, which depends upon the zeal 
 and fervor of our own hearts in its behalf. 
 What is there, that (hould make us indif- 
 ferent in our countrie's caufe ? what, that 
 does not call upon us, with heart and hand 
 to join in our utmoft efforts for its falvation 
 and defence ; nor to " count" ojr fortunes, 
 or even " life itfelf, dear unto us," may we 
 but be contributing to its prefervation and 
 honor ? have we not the bell form of 
 government, the beft laws, the beft reign- 
 ing prince, the higheft civil libertie, and 
 the greateft freedom in religion, of any na- 
 tion under heaven ? But were it poffible, 
 that fuch mightie and interefting confidera- 
 tions, as thefe, fliould prove infufficient for 
 warming our hearts, and animating our 
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 by the noble fpirit of the pfalmift, as ex- 
 prefled in the conclufion of our text. ** So 
 •^* the heathen fliall fear the name of the 
 *' Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy 
 *' glory." In comparifon of the god-like 
 fpirit of univerfal benevolence, even the 
 love of our countrie is in a manner but a 
 felfifli paffion. And in fome inftances the 
 one, in the corruption and degeneracie of 
 it at leaft, has been known to operate to 
 the prejudice of the other. But in our 
 own cafe, and according to the ftridteft 
 renlitie and truth of it, they cannot inter- 
 fere, in fr.d they coincide. And the more 
 we love n.ankind, the more, for that very 
 reafon, lliall we be induced to iiitereft our- 
 felves in the profperitie and honor of our 
 countrie. Among all the bleffings, that 
 can be enjoyed by any body or communitie 
 • of people, there are none, that can by any 
 means equal, in their importance, that, of 
 which the pfalmirt here fpeaks, " the fear 
 " of God's name," or, as this facred lan- 
 guage imports, the reverential adoration 
 of him founded upon jufl and proper 
 
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 apprehenfions of the tranfcendent and 
 matchlefs " glories" of his nature. But we 
 all know, how much this exalted and 
 divine principle has been obflruded, in 
 its happy influence upon the mind, by 
 the corruption, in popifh countries, of 
 that very fyftem of chriftianitie, which 
 was intended to elevate and enoble ev ' ry re- 
 ligious and devout afFedion, and to advance 
 it to its higheft pitch of puritie and excel- 
 lence. And, as to the poor American In- 
 dians, as they have never had the oppor- 
 tunitie of corrupting, fo neither of im- 
 proving, this grand difpenfation of divine 
 mercie and love. But where, let it now be 
 afked, is that nation or people of the earth 
 fo likely to be the intended inftruments of 
 divine providence, in difpelling, either Po- 
 pi(h or Indian darknefs, than we of this 
 reformed countrie, this enlightened and 
 happie land ? Or when the period, which 
 we might have better fuppofed introdudtorie 
 to fo interefting and delightful a fcene, as 
 now ? and with what confiftencie can we 
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 charitic of chriftians, if we would not b^ 
 chearfully contributing our utmoft ta fo 
 
 defirable an end ? • — ■ ^ *-^uv„...m- 
 Upon the whole then we fee, in what 
 manner it is, that we are to exprefs our 
 fenfe of that fignal triumph over our ene- 
 mies, which has been fo lately the fnbjedl 
 of our common joy. Whether this be in- 
 deed " the time" appointed, in the order 
 and decree of heaven, for bringing about 
 thofe great events I have been hinting at, 
 I by no means intend abfolutely to deter- 
 mine. I have been only endevoring to ani- 
 mate your minds with the fame pleafing 
 hopes that I find arifing in my own, and 
 to direct your thoughts to fame probable 
 enough prefumptions in favor of them. But 
 this I know, that the period is now arriv- 
 ed, which we ourfelves had in expedation 
 Jet^ as that, which we hoped, might prove 
 wholly decifive in our favor, as a people 
 engaged in war, and put an end in a man- 
 ner extremely happie and glorious, both 
 for ourfelves and our allies, to all the hor- 
 rors and defolations of it. The acquifi- 
 tion of the place, which God has now put 
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 into our hands, his, in this view of it, beeii^ 
 for fometime paft, coniidered, as one of 
 the gi'and and ultimate obje^s in the plan 
 x)f our military operations. And now he 
 has ** arifen, and fhewn mercie unto us,** 
 in the very way that we ourfelves had in 
 thought and eager expedtation been, as it 
 were, prefcribing. ** This is the Lord*s do- 
 " ing, it is marvellous in our eyes/' 
 And is there nothing then to be done, on 
 our part, and by way of return ? or 
 ihall providence by fuch fweet and gentle 
 invitations, by fo pieafing and welcome 
 a voice, be calling upon us, to " regard the 
 " things, that belong to our peace," and 
 we, after all, in ungrateful difobedience, 
 as well as, in the height of folly, be un- 
 mindful of them ? O never, never let it 
 be faid of us, as it was of old concerning 
 Jerufalcm j ** how often would I have ga- 
 thered youj as a hen gathereth her 
 chickens under her wings, and you 
 *< would not!'* But let us be all concur- 
 ing with the intimations of providence by 
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