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 Extraordinary Events the Doings of God ^ and 
 
 ' ■;- marvellous in pious Eyes » "• 
 
 Illuftrated in a 
 
 S E Pv M O N 
 
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 AT T H E 
 
 South Church in Boflon, 
 
 (New -England) 
 
 O N T H E 
 
 General Thanksgiving, 
 
 ' ThurlHay, July i8, 1745. 
 
 • " • Occafion'd by 
 
 Taking the City of Louijbourg on the Ille 
 of Cape- Breton, by New-England Soldiers, afllfted 
 by a Britijh Squadron. 
 
 )^Y rHOMAS PRINCE, M. A. 
 
 And one of the Paflors of the frnd Church. 
 
 Pfal. xcviii. i, 2. 0/iug unto iheLoRD a 7iew Song, for 
 He hath (lone marvellous Things : His Right Hand, and 
 his holy Arm hath gotten Him the Vi£iory : The Lord 
 hath made known his Salvation, his Righteoufnefs hath 
 He openly Jhewed in the Sight of the Heathen. 
 
 The FIFTH EDITION. 
 
 BOSTON, Printed: 
 London, Reprinted; and Sold by John Lewis, in Barthoiomcntt-. 
 Clofe, near Wefi-Smithfieldi ind by the BgokXcllers in Towa 
 and Country. 1 746. 
 
 [Price Four-pence.] ^r ' 
 
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To His Excellency 
 
 JVilliam Shirley^ Efq; 
 
 Captain General and Governor in 
 Chiefs in and over his Majesty's 
 Province of the Mafjachufetts- 
 Bay in New-Englandy and Vice- 
 Admiral of the fame. 
 
 OUR Excellency be- 
 ing, under the Di- 
 vine Conduct, the 
 principal Former and 
 Promoter of the prof- 
 perous Expedition to Cape-Breton *y 
 of^fuch vaft Importance to the 
 Trade^ Wealth, and Power of Great 
 
 A 3 Britain, 
 
DEDICATION. 
 
 Britain^ as well as Safety of Her 
 (L/fmerkan Colonies ; and fo much 
 to the Glory wherewith GOD has 
 crown'd his Majesty's happy 
 Reign: ,. . ,:m''-'-^\^ 
 
 
 „<•■■> 
 
 The following Sermon 
 
 is^ in Gratitude and Jufticc, 
 
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 with all Submiffion^ 
 
 Dedicated 
 
 By 
 Tour Excellency's 
 Moji Obliged, 
 
 :aI 
 
 Obedient y 
 
 Humble Servant^ 
 
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 '7 
 
 Tho' Prince. 
 
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 Than ksgiving 
 
 SERMON. 
 
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 Ps A L. cxviii. 23. 
 
 This is the Lord's Doing ! It is marvellous 
 
 in our Eyes ! 
 
 TTH O UT any Reference to the prime 
 and particular View of the Words ; I 
 fliall now only obferve the General 
 Truth reprefented in them, and then 
 apply it to the ispecial Occaj'nn of the joy- 
 ous Solemnity of the prefent Day. 
 F.-r, the General Truth exhil»ited m, 
 the Text IS this — that fomc extraordinary Events, with- 
 out being properly tenn'd miraculous, have fuch lively 
 Characters of their being the Doings of God, as they are 
 evidently fo to unprejudic'd and careful Obfervers, and 
 appear marvellous in their pious Eyes. 
 
 "Qy fame extraordinary Events^ I mean fome remarkable 
 Ones in the natural and moral World, even in the pre- 
 fent Ages as well as the former, which greatly affeCt 
 human Societies or particular Perfons, efpeciully the Peo- 
 ple of God, and thefc Events connected with the various 
 Means and Crt^y^'j leading to them. 
 
 By Events not properly termed miracukus > I mean, when 
 ! A 4 God 
 
8 
 
 yf Thani^scivinc Sermon 
 
 I 
 
 God docs not appear to work on his Creatures in a Man- 
 ner contrary to the ufual IVcyi ci his VVoi king, ^/w^/y in 
 thcmfclvcs confidcr'd. 
 
 And hy their having fuch lively Characters of their being 
 the Doings of God, as they are evidently fo to unprejudiced 
 and careful Obfervers \ 1 mean thefe Ciiaradlers arc di- 
 ftinjTi'ilhingly bright and legible to fuch qualified Pcrfons : 
 Or il they are inadvertent, or under a Prejudice ; they are 
 not like to fee them to be the Doings of God, much lefs 
 admire them in a pious Manner, or yield him the Glory of 
 them. See PJal. xcii. 4,-6. 
 
 But to clear this Truth, we muft confider thefe three 
 General Heads, as the Time allows.— 
 
 1. In what Manner may the fovereign God be faid to 
 operate ufually among his Creatures. } 
 
 ' 2. When have his providential Operations fuch lively 
 Characters of their being his Doings. 
 
 3. The pious Admirations they fliould raife up in us, 
 and W'lich they happily raife if we are duly difpofed. 
 
 I. In what Manner may the fovereign God be faid to 
 operate ufually among his Creatures. _ 
 
 And here we muit needs obfcrve, that as there are three 
 Sorts of Creatures or created Subitanccs, viz. Corporeal, 
 Spiritual, and CoTr.pos'd of Both ; fo there is a different Sort 
 of Operation of God upon and among them. 
 - ■ . ' 
 
 I. In his Operation on merely corporeal or material Sub- 
 Jiances — He not only by his continual Influence, prefervcs 
 them in their Being, Nature or eflential Properties of Soli- 
 dity, Extenfibn, l3c. which he has been pleas'd to give them ; 
 but to this Influence he alfo feems to add his further ufual 
 Operations in thefe three different Manners, viz. 
 
 (i) In continually caufing all material Subflances to in- 
 cline towards each other, in regular Proportions to their 
 Quantities and Diftances : Which is commonly called the 
 Law or Power o{ Attraction or Gravity. ^ ; 
 
 :"i..t: .1 
 
 (2) W''hen they come to a certain Nearnefs, he by a 
 contrary Operation moves them, in regular Proportions al- 
 
( i 
 
 I 
 
for the taking of Cape Breton. 9 
 
 fo, to^^ off : Which is commonly called the L;iw or Power 
 of Repuljion ; withfjut which all material Subftanccs on 
 Karth wou'd foon unite in one folid iiody. 
 
 (3) ^hc" they are forcc<^I within a certain Ncarncfs, 
 he by a diftVrenr Operation makes them move and jnin to- 
 gether in cercuin Degrees of Power: Which is commonly 
 called the I/iw or Power oHJohrJicn ; without which there 
 would be no fuch Thing as Union or Coherence in material 
 Subft-ances. 
 
 And thefe arc called the three prime and general Laws of 
 Nature in the material World ; whereby he chiefly appears 
 to govern it But yet it is moft evident that he confines not 
 himfelf to thife : For he plainly operates in divers other 
 Manners on the Planets^ Comets^ Rays of Light ; as alfo in 
 the Cafes of Elet'lrlc'ity^ Magnnijm^ CoU^ Hent^ ^c. Which 
 arc fo many various Ways of his Operation, needful for the 
 Schemes of Providence, and the Blefling and Chaftizing of 
 the World. 
 
 And in the different Proportions of all the various Powers 
 and Actions abovcmentioned, there is no doubt amazing 
 IVifdom •, which I leave the Learned of Lcifure, to confider. 
 
 To which we muft likewife add, that for the perfect Go- 
 vernment of all Things here below, in a due Accommodation 
 between the material and the moral World, for the latter of 
 which the former is made, preferv'd and govern'd ; — It is 
 doubtlcfs needful, that the abfolutcly fovereigii, wife andom- 
 niprefentLoRD, Proprietor, and Ruler of all, (hould referve 
 to himfelf the juft I-iberty, either mediately by brutal Ani- 
 mals, Men or Angels ; or where their Powers are infufficient 
 toanfwer his wife Derigns,by his immediate Influence (which 
 tho' unfeen by Men, may be fcen by Angels) to move and 
 order all material Subftances this way or the other, as He 
 fees befl. 
 
 And it feems abfurd to fu ppofc, that the infinite God, 
 who is abfolute and all-original Life and Power, fhould con- 
 ftantly afford to Angels and Men^ yea to the moft minute 
 Animalcula^ the Power of moving material Subftances even 
 contrary to the abovcmentioned Laws of Nature every Mo- 
 ment; yea that he fhould be continually making Millions of 
 Animals with fuch a Power as this ; and yet confine himfelf 
 •from doing as much as they, by his immediate Power. Thus 
 for Inftance, he now afFordy me by a iingle Breath the Power 
 of moving Millions of Atoms upwards againft the Laws 
 ■of Gravity : And can we imagine that this great and uni- 
 .^ • verfal 
 
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 10 
 
 A Thanksgiving Sermon 
 
 verfal Aof.NT has confined himfdf from doing as much 
 upon iUl Occafions, by his immediate tho' ficret Influence? 
 Or even infinitely more than this : As in raifing, turning, 
 allay in.- Winds and Seas, and numberlefs other Operations, 
 where other Powers interior to his are inrufiicient to com- 
 pafs his Dcfigns. 
 
 So, in Scripture, the vaft Varieties of Winds and Seas, 
 of Clouds and Vapours, Snow, Fire and Rain, Cold and 
 Heat, and other material SuWtances, are reprefented as 
 continually diredled by him, to fulfil his Plcafure. See 
 yobxxxVi, xxxvii, xxxViii. F/almlxv, cxlvii, cxlviii, ^r. 
 
 Nor may this be accounted properly miraculous — For it 
 would be itrange indeed that the huge Leviathan fliould by 
 a Power derived from Him, throw up a Cloud of Water 
 into the Air ; or even the moft minute Animalculum, by 
 the Pad of a Fin, in a Moment raife up Millions of wa- 
 tery Particles againft the Laws of Gravity, without a Mira- 
 cle: And yet for the great God to raiie up a fingle Atom by 
 his immediate Power, fiioidd be cftcemed a Miracle. And 
 as long as thefe ate the ufual, tho' the immediate Opera- 
 tions of God ; they arc no more miraculous, than his imme- 
 diate ImprcfTion of Gravity on material Subftances, or on 
 any primary Subitance whereby the Impreilion may be made 
 on others. 
 
 2. In his Operation on Subftances purely Spiritual — He 
 not only by his continual Influence preferves them in their 
 difiinguifhing Exiftcnce, Nature or eiiential Properties of 
 Life, and Powers of Perceiving, Thinking, voluntary Mo^ 
 tion, &c. He has been plcas'd to give them ; but to this In- 
 fluence he alfo feems to add his further ujual Operations 
 in iliele three Ways. 
 
 (i) 'Q'j producing and continuing fccret, inward Bents ©r 
 DifpQJitions in them ; as the holy Bents of holy Angels, and 
 holy Souls departed, 13 c, 
 
 (2) By raifing and continuing Lleas in their Imagina- 
 tions, Memories, and Uaderftandings ; as alfo impreifing 
 them with various Perceptionj of Delight or Trouble : 
 Whereby he chiefly feems to rule thf moral World. So 
 he continually gives the Millions of holy Angels his Direc- 
 tions : And they are conftantly attending to him, and in 
 every Part of the Univerfe accomplifhing his Orders. And 
 fo he makes the holy Angels happy with Perceptions of 
 
 pure 
 
 I 
 
as mucli 
 
 ifluencc ? 
 
 turning, 
 
 )crations, 
 
 to com- 
 
 ind Seas, 
 Cold and 
 fcnted as 
 re. See 
 iii, fe'f. 
 
 - For it 
 hould by 
 Water 
 ulum^ by 
 
 of wa- 
 t a Mira- 
 A.tom by 
 L". And 
 
 Opcra- 
 ns hnme- 
 ;s, or on 
 be made 
 
 ?/ — He 
 1 in their 
 )ertics of 
 ary Mo^ 
 this In- 
 jeraiions 
 
 Benis or 
 .'Is, and 
 
 Tiagina- 
 iprciling 
 '^rouble : 
 •Id. So 
 s Direc- 
 , and in 
 '. And 
 tions of 
 pure 
 
 for the Taking 0/ Cape- Breton. n 
 
 pure Delight ; and the finful Angels wretched with Per- 
 ceptions of Anxiety. - \ 
 
 (3) By awakening, JI)arpenmg,Jfren^thi'ning, guiding their 
 intelUSlual Powers, to conceive and penetrate ; compare, 
 diftinguifli, and judge of Things, and contrive and form 
 their Schemes ; and by exciting their Purfuits : Whereby 
 he fecretly and wonderfully governs in the midft of num- 
 berlefs Contingencies among the Creatures. 
 
 And then, 
 
 3. With Refpe6t to Creatures Composed of Subftances 
 both Corporeal and Spiritual, as brutal Animals and Men ; 
 his Operations on them may be of all the various Kinds to- 
 gether, according to their feveral Natures and Capacities, 
 we have in brief defcribed ; befides uniting them, keeping 
 them united, and fome peculiar Impreffions of Pleafurey 
 Pain, &c. fuitable to their myfterious Union. 
 
 And it feems highly reafonable to think, that where the 
 Powers of inferior Creatures fuffice not to accomplifti his 
 Defigns, He employs the higher, or both together : And 
 where they are all infufficient. He puts forth his Power 
 above them ; makes them inftrumental as far as may be, 
 and then a6ts by his own fuperior Influence. 
 
 As to brutal Jpimals — they no doubt receive their va- 
 rious InJlinSis from him : And he may by Angels often 
 give them Ideas and rule them. 
 
 And as to Men — He no doubt infpires their various 
 Geniufes : As alfo frequently, if not continually, ufes An- 
 gels, the Evil by Pcriiiiirion, the Holy by Command, to 
 fuggeft Ideas to them ; and then ufes tfmn to fuggeft Ideas 
 to one another : Which are inftrumental Caufes under his 
 permiflive, controlling and diredlive Influence, ofnumber- 
 lefs Pafllons, Appetites, Confultations^, Proje(3s, Refolu- 
 tions, Adions and Events. He awakens, fliarpens, ftrength- 
 cns, guides the intellc6lual Powers of Men : And where 
 the Powers of Angels are infufficient to give compleat Ideas 
 to perform his Schemes : He m-xy fecretly by his immediate 
 Operations, utterly unknown to iMen, fuggeft innumera- 
 ble Ideas in them ; and therewith infufe 'lis exciting Influ- 
 ence of Zeal, Adlivity, Courage and Refolution to fulfil 
 his Councils. 
 
 Nor may the unknown Suggejiions of good Angels he ac- 
 counted proper Infpirations ; any more than the Suggeftions 
 of Satan when he raifes up in our Minds Ideas of Scrip- 
 tures, 
 
12 
 
 A Thanksgiving Sermon 
 
 turcs, as he did in the human Mind of Christ : Or when 
 one Man by Signs fuggefts Ideas to others, and excites their 
 Courage. Nor are the Ideas and Excitations receiv'd from 
 God, either mediately by Men or Angels, or immediately 
 by Himfelf, proper Infpirations : Any more than his infu- 
 fmg Millions of Spirits every Moment into new Seeds or 
 Embrios of Animals, making them alive and adtive ; or 
 infufmg into them various Inftindts or Geniufes ; or im^ 
 prefling them With Pleafures, Pain, i5fc. 
 
 For, by Injpiration^ I mean, the certain Revelation he has 
 been pleas'd to give oi Him/elf and of his IVill, and of Things 
 paft and to come, by Christ and his Prophets and Apo- 
 flles of old, put into the Bible and confirm'd by Mira- 
 cles, as a definitive Rule of Faith, Worfhip, moral and 
 religious Conduft. Every Kind of Idea and Excitation, 
 or Propenfion in us, whether arifing meerly from our own 
 Minds, or from evil or good Men and Minifters, or from 
 evil or good Angels, or even immediately from God him- 
 felf, are therefore all to be brought to this only infpiredRule, 
 and tried thereby ; for which End it was infpircd and con- 
 firmed. And the true Origin of our Ideas and Excitations 
 is kept concealed from us, (without any internal Criterion to 
 judge from whence they come, as the Prophets had of Old) 
 that by this known divine Rule we might forever try them. 
 In which Trial we are carefully to ufe our intellectual 
 Powers : And being aware that in the midft of all we need 
 the Help of God, both in underflanding the Rule, and in 
 the Application of it ; to him we muft humbly and ever 
 repair in Christ, and feek for Guidance. 
 
 For Illuftration — I might cafily bring a Multitude of 
 Scriptures ; but the Time would fail me. I (hall only cite 
 to Deut. xxxii. i Satn. ii. 2 Sam. xxii. I Chron. xxix. "Job 
 V. xii. xxxii — XXXV. Pfal. xxxiv. xlvii. cii. civ. cvii. and 
 cxiii. Ifa. xxviii. and xliv. Dan, ii. and iv. yoel i. and ii. 
 Mat. X. 29, 30. Jdls xvii. 24, — 28. 
 
 In (hort, all Nature, both inanimate and animate, both 
 human and angelical, is full of God ; full of his perpetual 
 moving, guiding and over-ruling Influence j and as the 
 Apoftle perfedly expreifes it, Eph. i. 11. IVho worketh all 
 Things according to the Council of his own Will. 
 
 But then I may not omit to obferve, that agreeable to 
 Scripture Reflation, the eternal Word or Son of 
 God, who with the eternal Father and Spirit created 
 all Things ; in a perfedl Union with thofe divine Perfons, 
 He alfo upholds and rules the World from the Tirne he 
 
 made 
 
Or wheji 
 
 <cites their 
 eiv'd from 
 mmed'iatcly 
 1 his infu- 
 
 Seeds or 
 aftive; or 
 
 ; or im- 
 
 Uon he has 
 of Things 
 and Apo- 
 by Mira- 
 loral and 
 Ixc'itatioriy 
 our own 
 or from 
 jod him- 
 iredRule, 
 and con- 
 xcitations 
 iterion to 
 d of Old) 
 try them, 
 iteiledual 
 I we need 
 e, and in 
 and ever 
 
 itude of 
 only cite 
 xix. "Jab 
 cvii. and 
 i. and ii. 
 
 ite, both 
 lerpetual 
 i as the 
 rketh all 
 
 cable to 
 
 Son of 
 
 created 
 
 Perfons, 
 
 Time he 
 
 made 
 
 for the taking 0/ Cape-Breton. i^ 
 
 rnade it : But from the Fa//, He rules it alfo in the fpecial 
 Form of a Mediator : And upon the Exaltation of his 
 human Nature to Heaven, it is advanced to a wondrous 
 Participation with his divine Person, in his fupreme 
 Dignity, tranfcendent Glory and univerfal Empire. Sec 
 "John i Eph. i. Col. i. He/>. i. &c. 
 
 And thus have we fhewn in what Manner may the fo- 
 vcrcign God be faid to operate ujna/ly among his Creatures. 
 
 We now come more briefly to confider, 
 II. When have his providentia/ Operations fuch wvely 
 Charadiers of their being his Doings, as they arc evidently 
 fo to unprejudic'd and careful Obfervers. 
 
 Even the common Operations in the meer/y material 
 World, the more we fearch them, the more they appear 
 to be the Doings of God. But there is fuch a natural 
 Athcifm, Biindnefs and Prejudice in us, as we are averfe 
 to fee it, and prone to afcribe them to Nature only, or any 
 Thing elfe than his ever acting Influence. A terrible Storm 
 of Thunder and Lightning, or a more fearful Earthquake, 
 or fome extraordinary Danger or other, feems needfut 
 to bring us to fee his Operations in Nature. 
 
 And fo it is likewife in his mixt Operations of Provi- 
 dence. When there is only a Circle of common Occur- 
 rences, we are apt to imagine there is only a Courfe of Na- 
 ture, blended with the common Powers, Arts, Contri- 
 vances and A6lion3 of Men; and the Doings of God ap- 
 pear not in them. We have therefore need of fome ex- 
 traordinary Work of God in Providence, to awaken our 
 Minds, and more evidently fhew his Doings. And this 
 he gracioufly condefcends to give us in the following Cafes, 
 
 I. When in Affairs ofva/i Importance, there is a won- 
 derful continued Trtf/;z and timely Coincidence oi innumerab/e 
 Varieties of Means, both in the materia/ and mora/ World 
 together, without our Power, and beyond our Profpedl, 
 all confpiring to fome great Event, exceeding happy in its 
 prefent Influence and future Tendency. 
 
 For tho' in fuch extraordinary Works of God as thefe, 
 the fevera/ Parts conMcr* djingly, are his ufual Operations, 
 and don't afFeft with Wonder, or ftrike our Minds with 
 fo clear and flrong an Evidence of their being his Doings : 
 Yet to fee them all fo perfectly adjufted, as to make up 
 One, great, wife, curious tind conftjlent Scheme, to accom- 
 pUlh an Event of vaji Importance i ^^Tlh yields fufficient 
 
 Evidence 
 
 
 urtH'llit r «■»»- ■' i-^r 
 
14 
 
 A Thanksgiving Sermon 
 
 Evidence of wife Defign and fuperior Management in Him, 
 who has all the Powers of Nature, Men and Angels in his 
 Hands, and over-rules them all to fulfil his Purpofes. 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 2. This yet appears with a ftronger Evidence, and even 
 Hill more wonderous j when among a great Number of 
 furprizing and important Incidents^ there are many fo mO" 
 mentous and critical, that if any one had not fallen precife- 
 ly in its fpecial Place and Juncture, there would have been 
 exceeding great Imbarraflments and Hindrances; and many 
 others fo effential, that if all and every one had not come 
 in exactly as they did ; the great Event had fail'd, and the 
 main Scheme, with all its valt and curious Apparatus totally 
 mifcarried. 
 
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 I \ \ 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 3. When in exceeding difficulty perplex' d and dangerous 
 Cajes which look almoft dcfperatcy and much more which 
 feem in a Manner loll, there opens at once a great Deliver- 
 once, beyond our Power or Thought : And much more 
 ftill, when the Deliverance opens with Succefs, and the 
 very Means of our Diftrcfs and Danger, are made fublcr- 
 vient to our Profperity and Safety. 
 
 4. And laftly, When in this Conjuncture, the fovereign 
 God is more than ufually acknowledged; looked to, and 
 trufted in, an extraordinary Spirit of Prayer is raifed up in 
 many; and all thefe furprifmg Incidents and Means, with 
 all our wonderful Salvations, Succefs and Happinefs, come 
 Q\\ in punctual Anfwers to many fervent and fiducial Ad- 
 dreffes to Him. 
 
 I might mention Other Cafes and illuflrate Thefe ; but 
 the Hour would fail me. And to make the larger Room 
 for the Application, we muft be alfo fhort on our 
 
 III General Head ; which is to reprefcnt the pious Admi- 
 ration which thefe extraordinary Appearances and Works 
 of God fhould raife up in us, and which they happily 
 i^aife if vi^e are duly difpofed. 
 
 Admiration is one of the fublimeft Actions of a created 
 Spirit, It is the rifing up of the Mind in a refpe(Slful View 
 of fomething it fees anid owns to be fuperior to it. And 
 when it rifes to the reverent View of God, it rifes to the 
 higheft and moft worthy Object, and pays him fome of the 
 JHionour in the higheft Meafure eternally due to his tran* 
 
 i,M«4 
 
 -'%Y^'- ^-jutmm 
 
 i i olJn. ~*?-»ail»* 
 
;nt in Him, 
 ngels in his 
 ofcs. 
 
 r, and even 
 sTumber of 
 lany fo tno- 
 len precife- 
 1 have been 
 i and many 
 I not come 
 'd, and the 
 ratus totally 
 
 i dangerous 
 nore which 
 ?at Deliver- 
 nuch more 
 /}, and the 
 lade fublcr- 
 
 le fovcreign 
 ced to, and 
 raifcd up in 
 /leans, with 
 inefs, come 
 Uucial Ad- 
 
 Tbefe ; but 
 rger Room 
 »ur 
 
 pious Admi- 
 and Works 
 ley happily 
 
 of a created 
 edful View 
 o it. And 
 fifes to the 
 fome of the 
 to his traji" 
 
 a- 
 
 An4 
 
 for the Taking of Cape-Breton. 15 
 
 And as this allwifc Creator has made us capable of this 
 noble A£iion, and in our very Make infufed a Difpcfition to 
 it on extraordinary Appearances ; he therefore frequently 
 docs extraordinary Things in Providence, to awake our 
 Atccntion and excite our Wonder; to give us more open 
 Difplays of his fupreme Wifdom, Pov/er and Government, 
 and raifc our due and reverent Admirations of him. 
 
 In the heavenly World \ from the inexhauftible Source of 
 his infinite Pcrfe£lions, no doubt there now are and will be 
 eternally furprizing Difplays of his Glories, to the perpetual 
 and entertaining Wonder of the happy Inhabitants. But 
 as in thifc lower Regions we frequently need them, he fre- 
 quently gives them : And if we were as obfervant as Eli' 
 phaz^ we fhould find abundant Caufe to cry out in Admira- 
 tion of God as He, Job v. 9. TVho does great Things andun- 
 fearchahle, marvellous Things without Number. 
 
 But when the fovereign God is plcas'd in dijiinguijhing 
 Favour to us, to go out of his common Courfe, and fhew 
 a vaft Contrivance, and over-rule a Multitude of all Kinds 
 of Caufes, making them confpire to fome great and happy 
 Events or do fomething extraordinary for our Salvation 
 and vafl: Advantage ; — Then he more highly obliges us, 
 and more loudly calls us to confider his wondrous Works ; 
 to fee Him, /. e. his fuperior Hand and Excellencies in 
 them, and pay our due and diftinguifhing Admirations to 
 him. 
 
 Then we flioidd carefully lay afide every Prejudice : And 
 our obliged Soul fhould open to every Beam of Light and 
 Evidence of the Operation and Care of God in all the Parts 
 of the Providence, and forming them all into an admirable 
 Syftem. We fhould enlarge our Views to fee the vajl Im- 
 portance of his wondrous Works, both to Ourfelves and O- 
 thers, in all its Branches : And attentively mind the various 
 Springs and Incidents in the Run of the Whole, and how 
 they ail furprifingly confpire to a profperous Iflue. Nor 
 yet — content with the bare viewing of thefe ; but our grate- 
 ful Minds fhould fee the IVifdomi Power, yujlice, Holinefsy 
 Truth and Goodnefs of God illuflrious in them ; and then 
 confider how He fhould thus be working for Us, while we 
 were unworthy of the leaft of his Mercies. Laftly, in our 
 admiring Views of the whole Work of God, our Souls 
 ihould rife into the higheft reverent Admiration of Him; 
 and then break out in mofl thankful Praife, as the pious 
 Pfalmift, — li is th( hQvm' 5 Doing ! It is marvellous in 
 eur Eyes f 
 
 And 
 
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 i6 
 
 A Thanksgiving Sermon 
 
 And as all this is clearly moft due to God on fuch Appear- 
 ances, it is the lively Bent and Practice of unfeigned Piety, 
 
 But we muft haflcn on to apply thcfe Things, in Pur- 
 suance of our firft Defign, to the great and extraordinary 
 Occafion of this happy Solemnity. 
 
 For, the fovereign God, who ruleth by his Power for 
 ever, and does what he pleafes among the Sons of Men, has 
 by a furprizing Courfe of Providence led us into a moft ad- 
 venturous Enterprize againft the French Settlements at G7/>/?- 
 Bretorty and their exceeding ftiong City oi Lqpiijbourgy for 
 warlike Power the Prid'^ and I error of thefe northern Seas ; 
 and by a wondrous Series and happy Coincidence of various 
 Means, delivered them into our Hands. And this, in a moft 
 fignal Manner, is The Lord'j Doing in the prejjnt Day, 
 and is truly marvellous in every pious ^ yea, I may fay, in e- 
 very unprejudiced and conjuierate Eye. 
 
 And here, I ftiall endeavour tliefe two Things, as the 
 Seafon allows, 
 
 1. In brief lay open to view the vaji Importance of the 
 Place ; that we may more clearly fee the Greatncfs 
 of the Mercy in giving it to us : And then 
 
 2. Look into the wonderous Scenes of Providence^ and 
 fee fome of the various and furprizing Steps that led 
 to the happy Acquifjtion. 
 
 I. In brief lay open to view the vaJl Importance of the 
 Place ; that wc may more clearly fee the Greatncfs of the 
 Mercy in giving it to us. 
 
 The Ijhnd bclong'd originally to the BritiJ}) Empire : 
 Was at firft compriz'd in the general Name and grand Pa- 
 tent o'i New-England m 1 620; but in the following Year 
 fet off^ and included in Nova Scotia by a feparate Patent ; 
 and fince, in Nova Scotia comprehended in the Royal 
 Charter jof the Majfachufctts Province in 1691. 
 
 'It abounds in the beft of Pit Coal known in America : 
 And fo near the Surface of the Earth and Coaft of the Sea, 
 as to be very eafily dug and put in Veflels. Yea, from 1703, 
 Lahontan had told us of the French Ships loading with and 
 carrying the fame to Gaudalupe and Martineco, for the refi- 
 ning of Sugars, to their great Advantage.) And its comma- 
 dious HarLoiirs ; with its happy Situation in the Center of 
 our P^ifhery, at the Entrance of the Bay and River ofCa- 
 nadoi and in tijc Waku of all the Trade from Europe to 
 1 .. the 
 
 — *t^.''j'^-'3=!?"t- .'1^ i: 
 
hAppear- 
 ned Piety. 
 ;s, in Pur- 
 raordinary 
 
 Power for 
 Men, has 
 I moft ad- 
 its at C«/>^- 
 %urgt for 
 liern Seas ; 
 of various 
 , in a moft 
 l:nt Day ; 
 fay, in e- 
 
 gs> 
 
 as the 
 
 mce of the 
 : Greatncfs 
 
 dence, and 
 t)s that led 
 
 (jtice of the 
 ''icfs of the 
 
 h Efnplre : 
 grand Pa- 
 wing Year 
 te Patent ; 
 the Royal 
 
 America : 
 of the Sea, 
 rem 1703, 
 g with and 
 ar the refi- 
 
 its commo- 
 
 Center of 
 
 ver ofCtf- 
 
 Europe to 
 
 the 
 
 4 
 
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ri^Hl 
 
 I p' 
 
for the Taking 0/ Cape-Breton. 17 
 
 the Brit'iJ}) Colonics on the xMuin Land of jfmcrica^ and both 
 from thc7n and our JVeJl India IJIiih/ls to Eurul>e ; rendered 
 the Place of fuch vaft Importance — tliat I remember wliilc* 
 in EnglanJ^i when wc came to know the 'lory Miniftry 
 had by the Treaty o^JItrccht^'wx I7I3» reli[j;n'd it to tlie 
 French ; all ti iie-hcartc'd Britois vviio knew the Circum- 
 ftance of the Ijhnd^ muft giievoully lanicntcd tjic Refig- 
 nation, as full of teeming Mifchief to the Britijh Trade, 
 Wealth and Power, ;..id as one of the mofl fatal Adls of 
 that unhappy Miniihy. 
 
 And the tnifchicvcus Confcquoicc h.is fmce every Year 
 been a growins^ Confirmation of their judicious Profpe£ls. 
 (For the FrenchyvcW knowing the vaft Advantage of their 
 Acquirition,(have built a walled Citron the moft convenient 
 Port both for Trade j[nd Fortification ^1 — for thcfc Thirty 
 Tears been adding to its natural and artificial Strenkuh ]("and 
 • by immenfe ^ums and the utmoft Art an^l Diligence, made 
 it one of the ik\or\g^^FortreJ)'cs in Ajnerica^ if not in Eu- 
 r5/»ASuch as was not like to be taken without avcry power- 
 ful, fkilful and refolute Army both by Sea and Land, or be- 
 ing ftarved to a Surrender. In fliort, it was the Dunkirk 
 of North America t and in fome Refpeds of .greater Impor- 
 tance. 
 
 For, by Means of this IJIand and Fcrtif cation^ th.e French 
 have every Year enlarged their Fijhery ; and thereby their 
 Trade, Wealth and Shipping : And by fifliing cheaper than 
 we, they have more and more commanded the Trade of Spain^ 
 Portugal and Italy \ drawn away their Gold and Silver-; and 
 greatly diminifh'd our Trade and tifliery, a principal Source 
 both of the Britijh Wealth and naval Power. 
 
 So pernicious a Settlemcn't was thir. — that for above tliefe 
 Tzvciity Tears, it has feem'd to me, 'twere worth the v.hile 
 to engage in a IVar with France, if 'twere for notl ing clfe 
 but to recover this moft important I fla^ul to the BriliJhEiU' 
 pirc. Tho' a War was dreadful, the Neccflity and Hazard 
 feem'd every Year to increafe : The longer 'twas deferr'd, 
 the more powerful and dangerous they grew, and the lefs 
 our Hope of their ever being reduced. 
 
 Yea, from the Confideration of fuch a Jlrong Defence, 
 4lie Advantage of Woods, Sea-Coal, Fijhery, and Free-Gift 
 Land in this and the neighbouring Iflands, the Settlement 
 of Thoufands of People on them already, and tlie innume- 
 rable Poor in the Scu-Coaft Towns of France, ever fwarm- . 
 ing and coming over to them ; -^^it feems lii^bly proba! le, 
 that if the PtVtV continued mi:rh leIU^.r_, there would be 
 
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 18 ^ Thanksgiving Sermon 
 
 in a few Years Time fuch a Multitude of French Itihnhl- 
 tontSy as with the growinf', Numlicrs in tlic horilcrin'j; Con- 
 tinent of Neva Scotia and Cnrcula^ with the Addition of 
 the hulian Niitio-i<^ would t'Ncccdin[';ly vex and waltc, yea, 
 tnd.inger tlie Cojujuill of our I-JigHjh CrJoiies.j 
 
 At It'npth, without our S(.!'kinir, and in the mofl criti- 
 cal Time, the [jCWu was pleas'd to Ifave them to preci- 
 pitate a War upt n us. An unexpected Seafon opens to 
 make the dangerous Trial, if the Almighty would plci.fe 
 tu profpcr us. And now ^,7/ the northern Colonics^ and Ours 
 tjpeciall)\ began to feel tliiir deOru(5live Power and Influ- 
 ence : In a /hi; Months Time, infcllingour Coafls, taking 
 our Sliipping, ruininj our Fifhtry and Trade, deftroying 
 Ca»jo^ invadina A mpclti^ reducing us to Straits, and car- 
 r)ing our People Capti\e into a Place almoft imprcgnahle. 
 
 And :.s it was a Sa/rce of Privateers and A fen ofl^'ur 
 iliflrtfling to lis ; it was alfo a fafe Refort, both of their 
 Il^tji and Eaji India Flats, to their great Advantage in 
 returning Homeward. 
 
 Ot fuch vajf Imp'jrUmce was \.\\\fiJlrou^ Port of our Ene- 
 mies ; and this poflefb'd by one of the moft enterprizing, 
 powerful and adlive of Nations. 
 
 13ut in the Wifdom of C]oD, the ftronger it grew, the 
 better in the Ijl'ue for us : The French having built a regu- 
 lar City, and laid out ini^nenfely more to render it both 
 ihong and commodious, than wt fliould, if the Place had 
 been in o^vr Power. Yea, it feems moft likely, that \i they 
 had not poflefs'd it, there would neither have been a Bat- 
 tery, nor even a Houfe in the Port to this Day ; .no more 
 than in many fine Harbours of Nova Scotia j which, tho' fo 
 near the Fiihery, have been negle6led by us for fo many 
 Years, ft^m the Peace of Utrecht. But now in a feixj 
 Weeks Time, the fovereign God has plcafed to give us 
 the Fruits of thefe Thirty Tears prodigious Art, Labour 
 and Expence of our Enemies : And this by Means of fo 
 fmall a Number, lefs than four thoufand Land-Men, un- 
 us'd to War, undifciplin'd, and that had ne^'er feen a 
 Siege in their Lives. It is the Lord's Doi?Jg f It is mar- 
 vellous in our Eyes! 1 •■ ■ 
 
 n. Let us therefore look into the wonderous Scenes (£ ''■ 
 Providence^ and fee i'onn of rlie various and furprlzing 
 Steps which ltd to the Ijappy Ac^^uiftion. 
 
 And thcf^ we mav review under thefc Two Pleads. 
 
 I. 
 
 The 
 
9\ 
 <;nes c£ ' 
 rlzing 
 
 .. The 
 
 for f be Taking of Cape Breton. 19 
 
 1. The remarkable Sti'ps whici) hei to tlic daiigorous En- 
 ter prize : And 
 
 * 
 
 2. The furprizing Steps fucceeding us therein. 
 
 I. The rcmarkabb Steps of Providefice which Av/ us to 
 the adventurous Etiterprizc. 
 
 I have already hinted at thefe two Particulars — — 
 
 I. Our Enemies being left of God, in Oppofition to all 
 the Rules of Policy, but in too early Confulence of their 
 . fufficient Growth of Power, While engag'd with the ."^ueen 
 of Hungary y to hurry into a IVar with //j; while their trw 
 ding Ships were moftly abroad, their Navy not fo well pre- 
 par'd, and ours by the previous War with Slain ecjuipp'd 
 and ready to employ its Power for our Defence and their 
 Annoyance : It feems in as happy a Jundlure as we could 
 wifli for : Without which we fhould not have had the Ad- 
 vantage or Opportunity which they have opened to us. 
 
 2. The People of Cupe-Breton early and fuddenly feizing 
 Canfo, inva(]iinQ Jnnapo/is, and M. DfViviers going io France 
 for additional Forces by Sea and Land, to renew the AfTault 
 in the Spring of the Year; — were improv'd by Gob as a 
 Means of rouzing us up with the Scnfe of Danger, and of 
 exciting our Governor to implore the King for fome naval 
 Help : Without which it feems that Commodore IVarrcn 
 with his Three Ships of War had not been ordered from 01 r 
 IVeJi India Iflands to Neiv-England : Tho' then, I fuppofc, 
 without any fpecial View to this important Enterprize. 
 
 3. By the Cape-Bretoners taking and carrying fo many of 
 our People into their Harbcur and City^ they were obliged to 
 return them to us : Whereby we came to be more acquaint- 
 ed with their Situation and the proper Places of landing and 
 attacking : And at the fame Time it is in the liTue happy, 
 they were not fully aware of the prodigious Strength of the 
 Fortifications y or of the great Number of A^en within and 
 near them 5 or we never had prefum'd on fuch an Knter- 
 prize : Yea, 'tis happy that fome few, who better knowing 
 the Place, gave the more exadl Accounts and (pake c:;lou- 
 raging ; yet we were fo fet on fending, they were not 
 regarded. 
 
 4. God v/as pleafed to eive la/I Summer a great Pltnty 
 
 B 2 of 
 
20 A Thank.soivinc; Sermon 
 
 fl" rro\iiU)n to "ur v.vtLwu Cclonits\ whereby wc were thii 
 »V^r//.(y prepan il to fupply foprc?v 'in Armament: And at the 
 f.ime Time «t:t flvjii the Crops m Ctiuida AU'ii the Frrnch 
 //v// ///,//./ /j/.ouJs, \\'\KfA)y 'tvvai apprehended that 'I'hofc 
 at C(ilh-Ih\ on v.-cre conrKlerahlyy//Y/;7t7<V/, and that hoth 
 the Ciinddii- French A\\t\ Indiuns were liindered the lail Year 
 fiom tro (Ming ouv inLiiul Ijonhrs. , 
 
 5. Dy our Accoiints ef flic Uiieafinefs of tlie Sivitzcn 
 T liiie, fur v/iint of i\.y ami Piovilion j and the Call and 
 Wants of the r Eajl and JTiJl India Fl,it in the Fall of the 
 Year, and their oiippl'es v\ iih Men and Victuals, if not Am- 
 jum:ition ; 'twas rcpicfliued, the remaining Fnnch were 
 t'lntht r ivt'dkrticd ; and wo were the more encouraged. And 
 *lwas fiiitlu'r remarkable, that their Store Ship^ fiom France 
 in the /v/// came fo late on their Coaft, and the Winter 
 There fet in k) early and fierce, as to keep them out of their 
 Harbour aiid drive them o^ io Alartinico, • , 
 
 6. From the fanpiiine Rcprcfentations made by our re- 
 turned Captives, of the Eafinefs of our taking the Place by 
 an early Surprizal before any Help ccmld come, either from 
 Fra).ce or Car.nda j God was pleafcd to lead our Governor., 
 vigilant and ai^livc for our Safely and Welfare, into the Pro- 
 ject : And early forming the Scheme j in the moft timely 
 I^eafon, in the midfl: of \V inter, when our Intercourfe abroad 
 was feakd up, to move and prefj it on the General AJfembly ; 
 and after, in convenient lime, on our ncigbbourijig Govern- 
 vicnts \ and with wondenjus Rcfulution, Circumfpe^lion 
 and Afliduity to purfue the fame. - r • • 
 
 7. Tho' when the Affair was firft propos'd to the Gtneral 
 Court., the DitHculcies fecm'd fo great, and the Expcnce fo 
 finking to this poor People, that they faw no Light to ven- 
 ture without a powerful, previous Help from England ; yet 
 upon further Rcprcfentations, that the Scafon would likely 
 be loff for ever, is'c. the Affair way unexpectedly reconfi- 
 der'd : And the fovercign God fo over-rul'd the Abjenccol 
 divers worthy Rcprefentatives, who judged iL too vaft an 
 Undertaking for us ; that 'tis faid the///'// R,j'dution for it 
 on "Jan. 25. v/as juil carried but by (jr^Maioiity : And e- 
 ven that .aid other Votes h id boon hi;}, V' ihj fiiperior Great- 
 nefs of tiic Kxpence h.aJ been then iir]a-!ned j it foonabun- 
 danily exce.-ii:ig thdr Expeclatioas, 
 
 \ 
 
 8. Wlcn 
 
c were thlf 
 And at tin- 
 the Fri'nch 
 that 'Ihofe 
 i that hf'th 
 liC hill Year 
 
 lie Stvhzrrs 
 :he Call and 
 ; Fall ol" the 
 , if not Am- 
 Froich were 
 jra^ed. And 
 fiuni France 
 tlie Winter 
 L uut of their 
 
 ; by our rc- 
 the Place by 
 , either tVoni 
 UP Govern or .f 
 into the Pro- 
 nioft timely 
 ourfe abroad 
 '■al AJfcmbly \ 
 ■nig Govern- 
 cumfpedilion 
 
 ) the Gtneral 
 z Expence fo 
 
 ight to ven- 
 Kngland ; yet 
 would likely 
 
 ,'dly reconfi- 
 he Ab fence of 
 L too vaft aa 
 Jclut'ion for it 
 ity : And e- 
 [jerior Great- 
 it foon abun- 
 
 8. WIcn 
 
 for the Taking c/Capc-Brcton. 21 
 
 8. When \\\Q. General Court hnti a'^reerl on this i»;rcat Kn- 
 terpii'AC, it is futpri/ing to thitik, with how prohuind a AV- 
 crefyy (6 many Members in rhc Centre offo p ipulous, obfer- 
 vint; ami int|tiilitivc I'o^vii as this, (V>r (<» many D'.ys, kept 
 their Confulratiuns ; 'ti'l the vaii(Hjs Farts of the I'lan were 
 fettled, Committees clif/tn, and all thiti'js ripe for enlilHng 
 Soldicts, hiring!; Vellels, buyin'* Mttcr;a!s and Proviftons : 
 And a:i furpri/in;^ to fee witli what a ucneral Silence all thefc 
 Things were done in this Citv and L -n I ; and the Armv and 
 Fleet e(|uipi»\l and read" to Cd\, whil'-- tlic reli: of the World 
 had fcarce any Intelligence of our Preparations. 
 
 9. As foon as ever the Deft^n was known anion'!; ns, it 
 was a" marvellous 'I'liing, that when this Province had lately 
 lift fo many hunflre/i Men Volunteers in the fad Kxpediiion to 
 (j'd'-thagenay not 0;,r in Ten being ali\!.- to return, theirW'ivcs 
 left Widows, and their Chihiren OiphaiT, ; — yet t') fee fo 
 many likely A/en, and I conclude the m-fl: of them Owners 
 of Land and Houfes, or Heirs of the ilmxc, and many Ril:- 
 gious, in all our Towns, readily liKing even as private Sol- 
 diers ; with the fniall Wages viTiLeiify-five Shilling !, Ne',V 
 Tenor, a Months to leave their gainful Farms and IVades, 
 as well as Parents, Wives and Children ; all r\s/ree Volunteers^ 
 to ferve their Cjod, their King and Country, in this hazard- 
 ous Enterprizc : Yea, more to enlifl than the Cour.t defired : 
 And that fo many Men of diflinguilhed Figurc,{[\o\x\A chear- 
 fully ort'er themfelves — even F'our of his Majesty's Csun-> 
 cil for this Pro-vince, among them the Hon. iVlUiafn Pepper- 
 rell, Efq; the firft of the Council; as ab^ the Hon. Deputy 
 Governor oi Connecticut Colony; and divers Others oi pub- 
 lick EJieem and CharaSter. 
 
 10. It was wonderful alfo to fee that tliring thofe Tvjo 
 ufually ftormy Months of February and March, the only 
 Seafon for our Preparation, God was plcafed to give us 
 luch a conjiant Series of moderate und fair fVeather, as in 
 that Time of tiiC Year has fcarce ever been known among 
 us : So that there was hardly any Impediment to our OfH- 
 cers going about and enlifting, or of our Soldiers in march- 
 ing, or our VefTels in fitting, or our Coafters in bringing 
 us Provifions, or our Committee of War in their various 
 Preparations, 'till all were ready to fail. 
 
 11. The extraordinary Thought, Contrivance, Order, 
 Management and quick Difpatch, not only of His Excel- 
 
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 y/ Thanksgiving Ser.mon 
 
 LENcy, hui alCo oi oi\r Cciouli cf If'nr, feems wonderful 
 -^that Gentlemen unus'u to fudi Affairs, fhould in Two 
 Months Time, think of and get every Thing fuitablc for 
 {o great and various an Armament by Sea and Land : So 
 that nothing proper fecnis to have been omitted. And I 
 have heard fome exprcfs themfelvcs with Wonder to fee 
 how Tilings would happen ; — Juft ; .. they wanted fome 
 Kinds of A'Interials or Provijions, an uncxpe<Sted Fiilji-l 
 would come in and bring them. ,, . ; ; • ^ i ■. , ;(', • 
 
 12. It is alfo wonderful — that though the 5w<7// Pj?r, 
 which has been fo fatal and dreadful to us, came into this 
 Town anc» Harbour^ as our Troops were coming in both by 
 Land and Water, and continued all the Time they were 
 quartering and anchoring here, very few of the Officers or 
 Soldiers having had it, and we were full of anxious Appre- 
 henfions ; yet it neither hindred them, nor did the dangerous 
 Infe6iion fpread among them, which in that critical JunAurc 
 would, after all, have wholly overthrown the Enterprize. 
 
 And now our Army of Three Thoufand Lana Soldiers, 
 wirh all Kind of Stores being ready to fail about the 20th of 
 Jidarch^ in ?.ho\xt 2. Hundred VeJJe Is, befides Five Hun..-".d 
 Soldiers more fent from Gmneilicul^ and Three Hundred and 
 Fifty from Neiv Hampjhlre — we had i.lmofl every gloomy 
 Profpecl to make us tremble. < f r.iuU,;;;*« 
 
 For our I?: Lind Borders were now left hare of a great Part 
 of their Strength, by the enlifting of (o many of their able 
 'M.Qn Volunteers m the Expedition. And if the Enterprize 
 fucceedcd, the heavy Debts would almoft f'nk us. But if, for 
 our Offences, God was carrying forth a great Part of the 
 Flower oi our Country to be deftroy'd i a raoft difmal Scene 
 of Ruin feem'd to follow ! They were to fail Five Hundred 
 Miles to tiie Ejiemies Ifland, in a raw and Jiurmy Time of 
 the Year. And if the fear'd Infection had taken Place and 
 fhould break out among them, efpecially after their Land- 
 ing J what a general Terror would feize them from thd 
 Hand of God which there was no rcfifting, and in what a 
 miferabie Cafe would they be ! A naval Power with Stores 
 and difcipliii'd Troops were alfo early expedied Therefrom 
 France to conquer Nova hcotia : And after aU the Labours 
 pf our unwearied Governor, to obtain fome Men of JVar 
 from our neighbour ir.g Colonies and IVeft India Ijhnds^ to 
 come and prote£l a:id help us ; our hopeful ProfpeSis fern to 
 dwindle aivay — and v> e could fee no other but that, if Two 
 Sixty-Gun Ships of our Enemies, wj^ich were eaiiy expedcd, 
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for the Taking of Capo-Breton. a^ 
 
 fliould arrive before we took the Place, they would focn 
 make ouv Fleet and/f/v/n' C.iptivcs. — And then what would 
 become of this Counlry ! 
 
 So they muft run th:: moft dcfpcratc Hazards. The 
 Hearrts of many of the wilcft afliorc now fecni'd to fail. 
 Some repented they had voted for it, ajid others that they 
 had ever promoted it. Some juds;ed it heft after all for 
 every Man to go Flomc ; and the Thtiughtful ar.iv)i;g us 
 were \\\ great Perplexity. — out \cl a Vv\)nucr it was to fee, 
 that thofc who were vcntiiriri^i; into thei^jnger, fetMii'd to 
 befullcPc of Truft in Gou aivj Cour.ifie. Many hll'd their 
 Veliels with Prayers ; and afking Ours^ they threw tl>em- 
 felyes into the divine Protection, in the Name of God 
 thej Jtt up thtir Banmr-, and av/ay tlicy fidl'd. Pray for 
 us, and zueUl fight for \o\j — v/as the valiant and endear- 
 ing Language wherewith they Ii'ft us. 
 
 Thus have wc traced fome of tlic rcmarkahk St^ps which 
 led to this dangerous Enterprize. Wc now come , .^ 
 
 2. To view fom^e of the more furprizing Steps of Provi- 
 dence fucceeding therein to the happy AccompUjhment, 
 
 And as thefe are more in Number than can be reckon'd, 
 I may here but mention a few. 
 
 I. As it was very encouraging to think how m?iny pi'oi^s 
 and prayerful Perfons were embark'd in the Caufe, which 
 we accounted the Caufe of Qt^d and his People; it gave 
 further Ground of Hope, to fee fuch z Spirit of Supplica- 
 tion given to many in this Town and Land on this Occa - 
 fion. For, befides the folemn Days of publick and sgeneral 
 Prayer appointed by thefe three Governments ; there w^re 
 particular Days obferved in feveral Congregations. There 
 were alfo in divers Towns religious Societies, fome of Wo- 
 men as well as others of Men, who met every IVeek, more 
 privately to pray for the Prefervation and Succefs of their 
 dear Countrymen : And I have been well informed of tlieir 
 extraordinary Fervency, Faith and Wrcftlings, as fo m::,- 
 ny Jacobs, in this important Seafon, P/i?/. cviii. lo. — 13. 
 was ufually among our Petitions : As alfo, ' That God 
 ' £bould preferve, dire£l and fpirit our Friends ; and fur- 
 * prize and terrify our Enemies; and make them yield 
 ' without much Blood-fhed, and in fuch a Manner as the 
 ' Work and Glory might appear to be bis alone.* 
 
 
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 1. God then bcg::n in a remarkable Manner to hear 
 our Prayers : in that when lo many Vejfeh fail'd from 
 Hence and fnim New liauipfinre and Connilicut, in fuch 
 a turbulent Time of the Year, thro' a Courfe of Five 
 Hundred A4iL'S on the Ocean ; they every one arriv'd at 
 Canjo^ tht- Place of Concourfe, about f:xty Miles on this 
 Side Cape-Breiou without the Lofs of more than One Sol- 
 dier and Three Seamen^ and but Fifteen Sick ; and Time 
 enough to meet together and refrefh thcmfelves, and get 
 into Order for their Defcent "sx Louijboiirg. ''.♦.-vi 
 
 3. It was remarkable alfo, that God was pleas'd to keep 
 our tnjmics Shore and Harbour iaviron'd with he longer 
 than ufual : So that none of their Veil'els could enter nor 
 go fonli for Intelligence, 'till our Tivcnty Gun Cruizers 
 (v.'hich our Govcrncr fent above 2. Fortnight before the Reft 
 of the Fleet) came lliithcr : And that fome of their Fejfels 
 coming er.rly to them, both before and after the Harbour 
 was ope.i, v/cre happily intercepted and taken by Ours ; 
 thereby cur Enemies within fail'd of their Supplies, and 
 fVe were recruited by thofe ivithout. ■ ^ 
 
 4. That by a mofl gracious, feafonable and wonderful 
 PlretSlion of God, tb.ro' our GV'^rwr'j Scllicitations the 
 Fall 'tfoiL^ the brave and adive Commodore JVarren, a 
 great l^'riend to thcfc Plantationr, is ordered by the Go- 
 Tcrnmenc in Ergland^ to cone immediately with Three 
 Men of (Far from Ant ego to Bojlon : That on his Voyage 
 hither near Cape Sables, he, on Jpril I2th, met with a 
 Fijl)erman, who inform'd hiiB of our Army's behig gone 
 to Canfo thi IFcek before : That on board the Fifherman 
 there was One of the beft of Pilots, who had got out of 
 the Way of our Committee of War, to avoid being prefs'd 
 for the Service : That tho' the Commodore wanted frefti 
 Provifion and Cloaths for his Men in fo cold a Climate 
 and Scafon ; he wifely confider'd the neccffitous Cafe of 
 our Army, took the Pibt, generoufly tack' d about, went 
 after them, overtook them rt Canfo, to their great Joy ; 
 and inftead of flopping, pafs'd on to watch the Harbour of 
 Louijbourg, that no Supply from Canada, Martineco or 
 France might flip into it : IFithout all which a 64 Gun 
 Ship, y/:th ncir 600 iMcn and full of Stores, had entered, 
 and this great Affair had been foon defeated. '. ,. , , 
 
 5. That tiic Cc'iimodore, by the Fijhcrman, fent his Or- 
 
 ders 
 
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 tiers 
 
for the Taking of Cape- Breton. 25 
 
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 ders for the King's Ships that (hould be found in thcfe 
 Parts, forthwith to follow him : That the Fiflierman time- 
 ly arriving, our Governor immediately fcnt the Order to 
 a 40 Gun bhip at Plfcatoqua , ready to convoy the Maft 
 Fleet for England : And tho' flie was got to Sea, yet by 
 a Boat the Order rcacli'd her, and fending her Fleet into 
 Harbour, fhe bore after the Commodore and quickly join'd 
 him. So that our Jniiy before they fail'd from 6V/.v/o,Jiad 
 the Comfort of 4 Mt:n of /A'^r, under Gpd, to protect and 
 elp them. , • ■ ; ■ • > . ■ 
 
 6. That tho' our Fleet and Army fiaid near three TFceks 
 at Cayfo^ within 20 Leagues of Louijbnurg, and within Si^^ht 
 of thjir Ijhful y yet the People Tlnre knew nothing of it; 
 till early in the Morning Jprll 30, when they were To fur- 
 priz'd to fee us, that they had no I'ime to get in freih Pro- 
 vifion and Force of the neighbouring Country to help them. 
 It feems very wonderful, that none of the French or Indians 
 near to^Canfo, (hould happen to fee us, and give our Ene- 
 mies Intelligence of us: And when our Fleet and Jr/fy 
 were compleat and ready, the Ice went off at once ; and 
 the Winds and Weather confpircd to favour our Defcent on 
 theljland. ,i,,,, ..t .,.,,.,,..• k%.^,..; y. :. . . ..it^.vm^A 
 
 7. It is alfo remarkable, that the French had made no 
 Fortification at the Place of our Landings though 'tis faid 
 they defigned it, and were preparing for it: And tho' they 
 had Bix Hundred regular Troops, and about Fourteen Hun- 
 dred other Men in the C/Vy, that yet they fliould make fo 
 fmall an Oppofition at our going afhore : That God fo 
 encouraged and helped the few who landed firft and en- 
 gaged them, as to beat them away With the Lofs of Eight 
 of their Men fain, feveral wounded, and Ten taken cap' 
 iivcy without the Lofs of One of Ours : That thereby hq. 
 ftruck a Terror in our Enemies : And tho' our People 
 were fo eager of Landing, they were ready to quarrel to 
 get into the Boats, and the Surf ran high j yet all our 
 Army landed fafely, without overfetting a Boat or lofing 
 
 8. That he moved them to improve the Time and forth- 
 with march up Five Miles, thro' a thickety, rocky, hilly 
 and boggy Country, and enclofe the City. That in the 
 
 following Night he led fome of our Soldiers, thro' flrange 
 Places to the Storehoufes near the Grand Battery, which 
 
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 4. 
 
 was ftrongly fortified with Walls and Ditches, and at each 
 End a very thick Bomb-proof" Tower : That the Store- 
 houf'.'S full of combiillihlc Matter, being fet on Fire, 
 burnt and flafh'd in fuch a Manner, and in the Night 
 encrcasM the Ent-mies Terror : That the Wind alfo bear- 
 ing a prodigious black Smoke upon them, in which cx- 
 peding our Army to enter, they were every Soul frighted 
 out of it into the City : And that in the Morning, but 13 
 of our xMcn obfcrving there was neither Flag flying, nor 
 Chimney fmoaking, nor Perfon appt-aring, but the Gfit^s 
 open, ^c. ventur'd in and took Pufiellion. ' '''"' 
 
 g. That yet the Enemy aware of their fatal Error, foon 
 after came with Forces in many Shallowaei to recover it : 
 But 8 of the 13 going out or the Battery and meeting 
 ■with about eight more of our Friends, run to the Water 
 Side, and fo plied the Boats with Small Arms,* as damp'd 
 and hindcr'd them, 'lill feeing more of our Forces com- 
 ing, the Boats turn'd back to the Town again : And if 
 they h^d come but one Hour fooner, they had regain'd the 
 Battery before we found it defcrted. And thus this ftrong 
 Fortrefs of 32 great Cannon, 30 of them 42 Pounders, 
 which might alone have maintain'd* itfelf againft all oyr 
 Army, the Lord deliver'd into our Hands, without the 
 Lofs of a Man, or Shot of a Gun, and before we demanded 
 it: Whereby he at once fav'd us both Time, Toil and 
 Blood, and furprizjngjy gave us a great Power over the 
 Harbour, as well as fo many of the largeft of the Enemies 
 Cannon, with a great Number of their own Balls and 
 Botnbs to improve againft them. .^ ,. ,, .. 
 
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 10. That our Army was preferv'd from the dangerous 
 InfeSfion : And tho' being open to the Air, Fogs, 3,nd 
 Dews, upon the Melting of the Ice, in a raw Climate and 
 ^eafon of the Year, tlie Q?iXn^-Dyfentery feized many j y^t 
 fome of our Phyficians in their Letters fignified, that it 
 look'd almoft miraculous, they fhould fo foon and gene- 
 rally, without Means, recover. 
 
 11. That they fliould be infpir'd with wondrous Con- 
 ra^c, Eagcrnefs, A£l?oity and unfainting Strength : Be 
 
 Tqpported under tlieir extraordinary and coriftant Toils, 
 Fatigues and i^ahours, in carrying Stores, drawing Canno:i 
 over Hills zi^d Viillcy^^ over Rocks and tliro' Morafles, 
 up to the Middle in Mire j and in digging Trenches, rai- 
 ' ; ;' ' • " ■ •■ " ling 
 
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 d at each 
 he Stor€- 
 on Finj 
 je Night 
 alfo bear- 
 vhich cx- 
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 ying, nor 
 the G^tes 
 
 ror, fooii 
 •ccover it : 
 i meeting 
 the Water 
 as danip'd 
 srces com- 
 n: And if 
 jgain'd tiie 
 this ftrong 
 Pounders, 
 nft all ovir 
 ithout the 
 ; demanded 
 , Toil and 
 er over the 
 he Enemies 
 Balls and 
 
 e dangerous 
 Fogs, v^nd 
 
 Climate and 
 many J y^t 
 
 fied, that it 
 
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 ndrous Cou- 
 trength : Be 
 -iftant Toil?, 
 mng Canno'.i 
 ro' Morafles, 
 renchesj rai- 
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 for the Taking ff/ Cape Breton. 
 
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 fing our Batteries, firing Shot and Bombs ainioft incefi'antly 
 both Day and Night againft the City : And that Goj) io 
 fpeedily taught their Hands to IVar and their Fiuftrs to 
 Jighty as prdently to throw them with great txudnoiti, 
 and do continual Execution among our Knc mits ; dif- 
 mounting their Cannon, heatinsji; down their HouTes, Gates 
 Walls, Flankers, and greatly diitfeiSng theni. 
 
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 12. That when a new 64 Gun Ship from Frarce witli 
 near Coo Men, and great Qiiantities of Arms aaie! Stores, 
 came fo near the Mouth ( f the Harbour and before a 
 fair Wind, that two Flours mme would have given her 
 Entrance ; Ihc was happily diicover'd by /bnie of our 
 fmaller Ships, who led her along to the larger and fuon 
 made her Strike; tho' after ne:^j' livo Hmrs clofe Ensraiic- 
 meht ; wherein 'twas wonderful, iiie loft above 30 Men, 
 and they but 5 : And tho' by the Fog in the Night they 
 loft her, yet in the Morning they happily recover'd her; 
 to the growing Difcouragement of the Beficged, aad our 
 encreafmg Strength and Benefit, r frj .. v>^v;> 
 
 That tho' to (hew our Dependance on God continually. 
 He was pleas 'd to fufter the barbarous Indians^ twiice to 
 furprize and murder fome of our People ; yet in fevcral 
 Land- Encounters both with French and Indians, in divers 
 Parts of the Ifland, He was pleafed to give us the Vidory, 
 
 Tliat- by Means of the extraordinary Difpatch of z 
 Mejfenger^ our Governor in February fent to the King 
 for naval Help ; God was pleas'd to lend io many Men of 
 War fucoeffively, as by the 12th oi June, with the 64 
 Gun Prize, and tbofe who where thiere before, to amount 
 io Eleven i to the finking Fear of the Enemy, and the 
 xifing Joy of our Fleet and Array ; as alfo to preferve a 
 happy Harmony between aur ''jarious Oncers. 
 
 That tho' God was pleas'i to humble us in defeating 
 our Attack in the Night on i heir ftrong Ijjand Fort ; yet 
 He happily guided, and with fuiprizing Strength, Agility 
 and Quicknels helped us to hoift up fome of the heavieft 
 Cannon and Mortars on the Light Houfe Cliff", which 
 overJook'd that Fort in which they trufted to hinder our 
 entering into their Harbour : And then ajjijled in cafling 
 our Bombs fo exadlly, as after the two or three firft, to 
 throw in every One of the reft, and do fuch Execution 
 as quickly beat them out of this ftrong Hold they thought 
 impregnable, and frighten the City to a quiet Surrender. 
 
 That God fhou'd move them to it in that critical Mo- 
 ment, 
 
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 mcnt, when the Nnvy and j^rmy had jiift agreed on a ^^- 
 n^r^//, dcfperate and fierce AlJ'ault both by Land and /1^'<7- 
 /^r ; which was like to be exceeding bloody and of doubt- 
 ful Conlcquence : For upon the Capitulation, when our 
 Forces entered the City, and came to view the inward 
 State of its Fortifications ; they were amazed to fee their 
 extraordin.iry Strength and Device, and how we had like 
 to have loft the Limbs and Lives of a Multitude^ if not 
 have been all deftroy'd. And that the City (hould Sur- 
 render when there was a great 13ody of French znd In" 
 dians got on the Ijlandy and within a Day's March, to 
 moli'ft us. 
 
 That in all our clofe and conflant Afl'aults and Skir- 
 mifhcs, feme of our Batteries being within P//iol Shot of 
 the City, and receiving fuch a vail Number oi' Balls and 
 Bombs alinofl continually by Day and by Night, we fhould 
 not have above Twenty Slain at our Batteries, and not a- 
 bovc a Htaiclred in all ; in fo raw-'a Climate, and Seafon, 
 and under fuch Fatigues, not lofe above a Hundred move by 
 Sickncfs ; and of fo many VeJJ'els tranfporting and cruizing, 
 in fo many Storms in March and April, lofe but One ; tho' 
 this a Cruifer of a Hundred Men, fuppofed to be overfet, is 
 z grievous Lofs. 
 
 That in the Time of the Siege, there were many other 
 furprizing Events in our Favour — Such as timely Supplies 
 to our Army, either by Tranfports or Prizes, as we were 
 near to want them — That the very Balls from our Enemies 
 'Canr-on were of no fmall Service, being as faft almoft as they 
 fell, catched up and put into Ours, and returned with Ad- 
 vantage. — That digging zTrench to prote£l our Men, and 
 meeting a Rock in the Way we could not remove ; juft as 
 we left it, a Bomb from the Enemy came down in the 
 moft fuitable Spot, and without any Harm remov'd it for 
 liS, ^c. 
 
 That from the Army's leaving Canfo, April 29, to their 
 'landing May 30, and during all the Siege, there fhould be 
 fuch a continual Series oi fair IVcather, as was never known 
 in the Place before at that Time of the Year, 'till their en- 
 tering into the City, June 1 7 ; and then the Clouds to gather 
 Blaclcnefs and pour down Rains for Ten Days together : 
 Which would have fpoilcd our Batteries, filled our Trenches, 
 and greatly hindered and difabled us !— It feem'd to clofe the 
 Scenes of Wonder ! — As if the fovereign God would fuf- 
 pend the hurtful Operations of Nature, 'till he had qu'te 
 accomplifhcd his great Dejign, deliver'd the Fortrefs into 
 
 our 
 
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 Scafon, 
 
 more by 
 
 ruizing, 
 
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 /erfct, is 
 
 ny other 
 ' Supplies 
 we were 
 Enemies 
 ft as they 
 with Ad- 
 len, and 
 ; ; juft as 
 m in the 
 /'d it for 
 
 , to their 
 fhould be 
 ;r known 
 their en- 
 to gather 
 together : 
 rrenches, 
 clofe the 
 /ould fuf- 
 had qu'tu 
 trefs into 
 our 
 
 for the faking of Cape-Breton. 
 
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 our Hands, and led us into a Place of Shelter. 
 
 In {\\c mean while^ it is alfo remarkable, that the North 
 American Coafts have been unmoleftcd by botii the French 
 and SpaniJhlVeJi- India Privateers^ 'till this great Affair was 
 ended. And that by Means of L/« Vivier\ Projcd of taking 
 Annapolis in the Spring or Summer^ both our Frerch and In- 
 dian Enemies have been all this Time diverted from our ex- 
 pofed inland Borders j they being drawn to Alenis, and to 
 make a tranficnt Show at Annapolis : So he was guided into 
 his mifchievous but fruitlcfs Projcd, and to go even to 
 France, to promote our Safety, and give us an unmolefted 
 Seafon for the taking of Lou'ijbourg. 
 
 Laftly, that though our Governor, our General 
 Court, the Council of JVar^ the General, the Conmiodorcy 
 the Officers and Soldiers, both by Land and Sea, have dif- 
 played a wonderous Wifdom, Zeal, Courage, Refolution, 
 Diligence, and unwearied Application ; yet they have the 
 eminent Honour in receiving thefe from God, and in his 
 employing them toatchieve and bring about fuch a glorious 
 and happy Addition to the Britijh Crown and Empire : Nor 
 without his number lefs other DireSiions would all their Skill, 
 Care, Toil and Diligence, have availed any thing : And to 
 Him be therefore all the Glory. For the infinitely inferior 
 Brightnefs fparkling in them, is wholly derived from Him, 
 both by his original and continual Influence ; like the Glit- 
 ters oi Diamonds'^xom the Morning Sun, and when He whol- 
 ly hides his Light, they vanifh. And yet the brilliant Dia- 
 monds are more to be valued than unfhining Pebbles. 
 
 And thus have we feen this Pajfage of Scripture, in a re- 
 markable Manner exemplified in the prcfcnt Day. 
 
 And now who can in common Reafon deny a particidar 
 Providence in this great Affair ? Who can in Reafon ima- 
 gine that fuch a Multitude oi various and contrary running 
 Wheels, both of material Caufes and fpontaneous Agents, 
 Ihould all be made to work together, and in the midft of 
 Thoufands of Difficulties and Contingencies, in the happieft 
 Seafons coincide, to accomplifh this great Event; with- 
 out a su PR E P-iE Contriver, Mover, and Director F We may 
 a thoufand Times more confiflenrly apprehend the ff:o/i cu- 
 rious Engine in the World to be made without Defign, and 
 to work without a moving Power. 
 
 Yea, thofe who own not Thefe to be the Operations of 
 GoD, as a wife, foverei^n, free, and a6i:u:il Rukr among 
 Men. and Elements; mull not only deny the Scriptures, btt 
 even the voiy Fi'Wuuitii^us of ail Religion, or Adoration cf 
 
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 this fiipromc Cjovcnior. For they nmit dt-ny there is any 
 Ncctl, or iJmy, or Wililorn, of fearing Hin», or priy'"g 
 to Him, or hopinjr f)ii Him in any Kn)crgcMicic;i ; or of" ac- 
 kn()wleilgin[';, admiring, praillng, loving, or thanking Him, 
 for tiic vreotji and riioji mar-jflhus Salvations. 
 
 But as for l/j — In i\\c Name of Goj), our (jOD in 
 Christ, yea in the Name of the Son of Cron, as fupremc 
 L )rd and Ruler of Heaven and Earth, of Men, Angels 
 and lilemetus, A'e lifred up our ]> mners : To Him we 
 looked and praj'cd : In Him we put our Truft and fought : 
 And now. He has hoard and profpcr'd, to Hitn we will 
 iX'iCnhc the Pr (life f .;•- ' • .. ' > i 'li , **" : 
 
 Whatever Injlrumenis or Means he us'd, wc will blefs 
 Hitn for them j wc fee them form'd, endow'd, excited by 
 Him i wc fee them in his mighty and all-a(^ive Hands, deri- 
 ving Strength and Guidance from Him, and employ'd conti- 
 nually to fulfil his Pleafure. We will o*vn, the Work is his 
 in the highelt Senfe : It was all comprehended in his fo- 
 vereign View, Defign and Providence ; begun, carried on» 
 accomplilh'd by his all-governing Wifdom, Power, and 
 Efficacy ; and the whole together is marvellous in every 
 ferious Eye. 
 
 When the Tidings came of furrendring the City, * we 
 
 * were like Them that dream : Our Mouth was fill'd with 
 ' Laughter, and our Tongue with finging : Even the Hea- 
 
 * then then faid, 77;^ Lord hath done great Things for 
 
 * them ; and We — The Lord hath done great Things for usy 
 ^ whereof tuc are glad. Not unto us, O Lord, not un- 
 ' to us, but unto thy Name give Glory : Our God hath 
 
 * done whatfoever he pleafcd : The Lord hath been mind- 
 
 * ful of us : And we will blefs the Lord, from this Time 
 ' forth and for ever. Thine O Lord is the Grcatnefs, 
 ' and the Power, and the Glory, and the Vidtory, and 
 
 * the Majefty ! For all that is in the Heaven and in the 
 
 * Earth is thine : thine is the Kingdom, O Lord, and 
 
 * thou art exalted as Head above all ! Both Riches and Ho- 
 
 * nour come of Thee, and Thou reigneft over all, and in 
 
 * thine Hand is Power and Might j and in thine Hand it 
 
 * is to make Great, and to give Strength to all : Now 
 
 * therefore our God, wc thank Thee and praife thy glo- 
 
 * rious Name. Give Thanks to the Lord, call on his 
 ' Name, make known hijs Deeds among the People: Sing 
 
 * unto Him, fing Plalms unto Him, talk ye of all his won- 
 
 * drous Works : Declare his Glory among the Heathen, 
 
 * his marvellous Works among all Nvitions !' ^ 
 
 O that 
 
far the Taking of Cape-Breton. 
 
 3t 
 
 Sing 
 
 C that when we have fang bis Pmife^ wc may not un- 
 gratefully yir^/*/ hii lyorki^ or return to Sin\ which is to 
 rob him of hib defcrved Glory, and fly in tiic Face of our 
 great Prcfcrver and Bencfadtor ! ft is the vilcft Degree of 
 Ingratitude and provoking Bafcncfs j It is to fight againft 
 Him who has bf;en marvclloufly fighting for «j, and given 
 U9 a wonderous Series of great Salvations. Yea, this will 
 be the dangerous Way to move him to turn our Emmy ; to 
 chaiige the Courfc of his flighted Difpcnfations, and give 
 the Place into our Adverfaries Hands again, with a more 
 dreadful and mifchicvous Increafc of Power than ever, to 
 punifh us. And tire Sins of Drunkcnncfs^ Profanation of 
 the Name and Day of God, Uncleannefs^ Injuflice^ Op' 
 preffton. Contempt of Christ, and Oppofttion to the Ptiri- 
 t; , Power and Pra^ice of his holy Religion j arc fome of the 
 highefl and mofl dangerous Provocations and Preparatives 
 to ruinous Judgments. 
 
 Yea diffinguijhing Aptearances of God to fave and pro- 
 fper us, are difiinguijhi,ig Obligations^ not only to difiin- 
 guijhing Degrees of ^oy and Praife, but alfo to diflinguijh- 
 ing Degrees of P/V/y, i. e. of adlive Gratitude and Love 
 to God, of perpetual Contrivances and Labours to pro- 
 mote his Glory and holy Kingdom in Ourfelves and Others, 
 and to a conftant Life of Service to his Caufe and Peo- 
 ple. And as the Failure of this will not be a rendering 
 to him according to his fignal Benefits," but a moft un- 
 grateful Treatment of Him ; his Eyes are always on us, to 
 obferve us nowy and to judge and recompenfe us Here 
 or Hereafter. 
 
 But let us rejoice, not only in our own Sahation, the 
 Salvation oi all our Colonies, and fome of the moft impor- 
 tant Branches of the Britijh Trade ; But let our Joy . 
 
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 enlarged. Methinks, when the fouthcrn Gates of Loiiif- 
 bourg were opened, and our Army with their Banners 
 were marching in ; the Gates were lifted up — the Gates 
 were lifted up — and the King it/' Glory went in with 
 them. Even the Son of God, the Lord of Hofts, the 
 Lord ftrong and mighty in Battle — having gain'd the 
 Conqueft, he rode in Triumph and took Polfeffion. He fet 
 up his Standard, proclaim'd his Gofpcl of Peace, the Glad 
 Tidings of Salvation, open'd tlie Prifons, redccm'd his Cap- 
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