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I'.': « • • • • . • « • • • • • • • • • ■ ,m * ■* .. ••..' •• • .• f • • • • « • • . . . • ' '^ Thu Jh. " Peopi printed anc .'*■- Songs ofViStory direSted hy human Com- pajftony and qualified with Chriflian Benevolence \ in ^ SERMON Delivered 2XRoxhuryy OSiober 25, 1759. On the gco^cal For the Succefs of His Majefty's Arms, " more particuarlly, in the Reduiftion " of ^ebec, the Capital of Canada^ ■J '* I V t By ^mos Adams ^ A.JVl Paflor of the FIrft Church in Roxbury, '^ This Jhall he turitten for the Generation to come : jind tht " People nuhichjkall be created, Jhall praife the LORD:' BOSTON: Printed and 3oid by Edes and Gill, in QuecnrStrcQt* .M kii>— ^^•%^^'\^^''^'$^'%.^%.^''^^'^ t Advertifemerit. TpHE only Apology the Author makes for the Publication of this Dilcourfe, is, the Defire of feveral Friends in his Pariih who heard It. O ill ^*^'J^''^:^%.^^^^^S''^^^'%<^ << te ^i^%* S E R M O N, On the Reduftion of §iuehec. ogy ikes of the mds ^ard '^'^^ PROVERBS XXIV. 17, 18. P.ejoice not when tJnne Enemy fallelh, and let not thine Heart be glad when be Jlumhleth ; lefl the ' LORD fee it, and it difpleafe bitn y and he turn azvay his Wrath from him, E THINKS, myHeareis, I fee Joy and Triumph in every Face, a Smile in every Countenance : Surely no Heart can be a Stranger to the public Joy, no Tongue can be'filent amidft the Songs of Triumph ancj Viftory. This People have given ample Demonftrations of their Loyalty and Gladnels in all the publick Tokens of civil Mirth ; the adopted Language of this People feems to be that of the Church. " When the Lord turned " again the Captivity of 7JQn, we were like them that " dream; then was our Mouth fdled with Laughter ; '' and our Tongue with Singing : — th^ LORD hath " done great Things for us, whereof we are glad.". Methinks I participate the publick Joy ; I feel a little thofe Tranfports of AfTe^ion that kindle in every Breafl:. and exnand everv loval Heart. There iire none who more finccrely partake in the Joy of this Day, oif' rtat will) better to their Country and Nation, than he, A Sermon on the who aopears to lead in your Devotions, and to dire ickcu may bring fUc Kighteous into fome piftrefs for a Time, yet GOD will deliver them ^MKMMMnaMn Reduction of Quebec n •them out of their Hands ; " but the Wicked /hall fall into Mir^hief, i. e. into unavoidable Deflruftion, which is often their Cafe in riiis life, and always in the Life to come. Then this nccefTaryCautioh is added, ''Rqjoice not whert thin^ Enemy falleth, and let not thine Heart be glad wi.en he ftumbleth, £:c. that is, bleaie not thy felfm his Deftruftion. Which plainly teaches us, th/t the Love of our Enemies is a Precept of the Law, ai ■ well as of the Gofpel of Jefus Chrift. f The Caution in our Text, I am fenfFble, mtrftbe taken in a qualified and limited fenfe, antl there ar6 feveral things necefTary to be faid tb the right under- ftindingbfit, which 1 ihaJl briefly mention. As First. It is ndt unlawful for a People to rejoice when GOD has given them the Viaory ov^r their E- nemies. ' Tis hei^e fuppofed that our Enemies are un- juftiy fo, that they without Caufe rife up againft us Sohmbn cnu'i be fuppofed to prohibit in an unlimiteU and umverfal manner Joy and Tritrmph at the Fd?I of our Enemies, this would be to contradid^ the Kx- amples of the Church of GOD. It is fo far from being finf ul to rgoice at the Ruin and Downfall of an unreafonable and implacable Enemy, that 'tis our Duty to Praife GOD vi^hen we are able to fef our fttt upon their Necks. Such Enemie: are the Scourge of Mankind, and their Fall is a publick Good, a com- mon Benefit 'Tis indeed fad that any of the huxhan Kacelhould be thus pernidous and malicious to their Fellow- t !t mav be feid, our Text refpeu^s only our perfonal Enemies • be IiImV^" / »l»nk the Argument as (frongly concludes againft alJMahce andTCvcngful Delig.Ut in the Fail of our national Enc- rmcj, where the Guilt of Individuals is commonly lefs aagravaied ^^ pTf"^ "f °"''!y °"> '^' *"^"^"^<^ ^ an ambitious Prttlcc. Rcafomj of pubhek Safety may vindicate the Defliudlion ot our .national Enemiei. -vhich may not take Plnce in Cafes of pnvatc Injury. But nwuher in the one Cafe, ncr in the other is Malice or a rcventrcful Deliohr m niipPn»„.:-.„ u>„ii .- i td lawful : but are. in every Cafe, Violations of thatLaw of Cha- nty which GOD ha, eftablilhed as the B.fis of Order and Han bI iicfs throughout the Univerfe, "ap^v 8 A Sermon on the Fellow-mcn. that moerly from Principles of Pride and Avarice, they Ihoultl become the Plagues and Diftnr- bers of Mankind. 'Tis to be lamented that there art any fo It»ft to the Principles of Humanity as to delight in War and Blood : that any fhould defigncdly facrifice the Lives and Hapninefs of Mankind to unnatural Paflions. But fuch Men, fuch Princes, fuch Nations there have always been in the World. Cam in the firft Age of the World vi'as a Murderer: GOD has in all Ages permitted the Effpftsof fuch lavage Paflions, doubtle(s for wife and good Ends. — The Saints in all Ages have invoked the Afliftance of Heaven to van- quirti the Enemies of Mankind. And if it be juft and lawful to feek to GOD for Succefs in ajuft War, it is doubtlefs equally right and lawful to rejoice and give Thanks when he baslieard our Delire. Profji^rity in aJuft War is a great Blefling of Providence; it is a natural Duty we owe to the great Governor of the Univerfe, to obfervc the grand Events of his Provi- dence, the fignal difplays of his Power and Goodncfs, in the Punilliment cf the Enemies of GOD and Man. And not to pbfervc and rejoice in fuchFavours is to fruf* trate one End of his Providence. When GOD does great and wonderful Things for his People, to pa(s them by unnoticed, argues a flight of the Goodncfs of GOD. a want of a due Regard to the People of GOD, and a Defeft in our Love toMankind, whofe Profperity is often greatly affected by the Succefs of War. 'Tis our natural Duty to eye GOD as fertin:^ at the Helm of univerfal Government, exerting his Influence and ex- crcifing his Picafure in the Fate of Nations and King- doms, we are to be alTefted with real Gladnefs and Gratitude ^o GOD, when he treads down the Enemies of Mankind/ Yea when GOD gives his People fignal SucccfTcs againft their Enemies, when the Power of their Pride 'and Ambition is broken, they are to give vifibie ar..! publick Demonftrations of Thankfulnefs, «^r ^Vr».« n f>.Ii^rU nr i\ mfrrpnarv Sinlrif. nor from a Spirit of Malice and Revenge, but from a Regard to th3 Reduction of Quebec. the good of the Church, and the Tranquility of Man- khiJ. When GOD gives his People remnrkable Tii- umphs; they are not only to feel aGiatitudc to Heaven^ but there are to be publick Methods of tcflifying our Joy, for wl/ich we have a divine Warrant: 1 don't Ipeak here of Fwflivals, and thofc civil and common Tokens of Mirth, that often take Place; but of praif* ing GOD with Songs of Joy and Triumph. Pjblick Praifes. publick Rejoicings, arr proper for Times of Triumph. If our common Mercies and Deliverances call for daily Acknowledgements, much more ^o fuch grand Events ot Providence, as greatly afTeft the Trnn- quility of Nations, and the Intetvaof Religion. Vic-' tory over an Enemy is often a great snd (ingular Fa- vour ; and dclerves fingular Thankfgivings. Agrcably we find the People of GOD by the fpccial Appro|iatii>n and Appointment of GOD, have in all Ages comme- morated their remarkable Victories and Triumphs^ by pv'.blick Songs of Praife and Tokens of publick Re-' joicing, they did not pafs over fuch great Deliverances without extraordinary Tokens of divine Gratitude, i'hus Mofes and ihe Ifraeliles rejoiced in the Dcftruc- tion of P/'^r not be glad of the Fall of our Enemies and the Miferics they (uffer in themfclve. conddered. There are k^^v.^ who can fport themfeivcs with Firebrands, Arrows and Death ; they take a fecret Pleafure to fee and hear of Battles, and the Horrors of ^\ ar ; they look on thefeThings as a civil Game ; they contentedly fee the Lives of Thoufands wantonly thrown away and take Delight in Feats of Arms . their Hearts are fo hard their PalTions fb Savage, that the moft inhuman Murders do nor affca them. But this is an inhumanTemper ; he muft be ftrangely hardned in- deed who can fee Men cut to Pieces, who tan behold with an unrelenringHeart whole Countries laid in Afhes. >\e mufl not delight to fee the World difpeopled by the dcftruaive Sword ; we ihould keep our fiearts ten- der to the Suffering of our very Enemies. We muft never be pleafed with the Shrieks, the Anguifli and ^V'ng Groans of an Enemy, or fport ourfelves with their Blood. Such a cruel Difpofirion has been often difcqvcred ; how many infulting Tyrants have over-run ■ nf'ir"' w^'u'"^ ^''^ r'^ ^^-^^^^ ^^^•'^"gh a great Part ot the World. mexAx, f^^ »ko:. D^nrJ*. .°i r_ _ . ih mfelves with the Blood of Millions? How many c, ucl Generals with Legions of barbarousRuffians, have made u their Sport to drench whole Couniucs in Blood, and I Reduction of Quebec. 1 1 5 People lies, yea ainft me, tRerefbre nong the eat Deli- Mercy to ermore." ' over the to yeru- to rejoice ilem with ioufe of ill of our emfclveii emfeivcs : a fecrer errors of le ; they vantonly IS ; their that the lit this is dned in- n behold m Afhes. 3pled by arts ten- Ve muft uifli and ves with in often over -run eat Part t r_ _ _ 1 ^ jpOl ICCI N many ns, have 1 Blood, and and delightfully glutted their execrable Pafllons, like (b many incarnate Devils, with unfpeakabie Barbarities, on Perfbns of all Ages, Sexes and Orders ; not except- ing the tender Mothers, and harmlefs Babes, in "their diabol.cal Paftime, — witnefs the Savage Barbarities of Legions of Rujjian Banditti in the PruJJtan Dominions, too fliocking to Name, — witnefs alfb the inhuman Cru- elties of American Savages, the very Thought of which is enough lo chill our Blood : And it would be happy were this favage Paftime confined to heatfien Savages ; too much of it, alas, has been feen in Chriftian Princes and Armies, iiow awfully degenerated are Millions in this apoftate World ! Thirdly, We muft not be glad when our Enemies fall, merely from the Hope and Defire of enriching our- felves with their Spoils. The pleafing Profpe^ls of being delivered from our Enemies, the Hope of feeing our Trade and Commerce protefted, of feeing our Country extended, with the Blefling of an undid urbed and lafti' ; Peace, and of tranfmiting our Inheritance, withPeace and Security to Pofterity, may lawfully make a large Addition to our Joy upon the Fall of our reft- lefs Enemies, and with fuch Profpe^ts our Joys may well life to a fuperior Heighth this Day. But is it not too manifeft that Wars in general, though they have pleaded fome better Defign, have been profecuted fole- ]y with a View to worldly Intoreft ? " From whence** fays the Apolile James, •' come Wars and Fightings a- mong you ; come they not hence even of your LuAs, ye luft and have not ; ye kill and dcfire to have, and cannot obtain, ye Fight and War, yet ye have not, be* caufe ye aik not ; ye afk and have not, bc'caufe ye alk amifs, that ye may confume it upon your Lufts," Wars are too often deiigned merely for the Acquifition of Glory, the Aggrandizement of Empire, and the Emo-" iumcnt or r\iches, riiucipios on which the Tyrants of the World have often attempted to enflave the Globe to their Love of J'ame and Glory : — Witnefs Leivis XIV. who under the Stile of Hii Moft Chrijlian Ma- B 2 . jepy, w u tiB jjjflM* > m i^-^ If 12 A Sermon on th& ,ej}y, in Violation of folemn Treaties, cttempfed in *l'ime of Ptace to ureft whole Countries from ihei.r Jawfiil Princes, to enlarge his own Dominions, with this fair Excufe, " That he flionld employ his Troops -*♦ in filch a Manner as his Dignity might demand.'' But it is a wicked Attempt to invade the Rights of Mankind, becaufe we covet their Country, their Trade cr Riches ; as Nations have no more Liberty to covet one anothcrs juft Rights and PolTeflions than privatef Perfons : as noticing can be a fiiitable Motive to dcr lire and "attempt to deflroy our Enemies, but the Nc- ceffiiy of it for the general Good ; (b when our p:ne- ^mics fail ue are not to be glad merely as it will ex- tend our Dominion and cnlarre ourTradc. This is Mat- ter oF Joy only as it is the happy Means of fccuring us the peaceful ^;ind certain Enjoyment of the Privi- leges and Poffeffions, the Lives and Religion, which .GOD has given us a natural Right to claim. It be- comes US then when our Enemies fall, to' rejoice from a good Principle, not merely froni the Hope of acquir- ing Riches, extending Dominicn, military Glory and Triumph from their Fall, but from a fingle Regard to the general Good ; the Prefervation of our Lives, Pro- \penies and Religion. We mufl look through all Vic- tories and Triumphs to Peace and Tranquility a'^ our £nal End. Thirs the great GOX), in all his Punifh- ii-ients,rejoiccs in the.Goed of hisCreation as his finalEnd. Fourthly. We muft uot rejoice when our Enemies fall from a Principle of Revenge. By Revenge, in this criminal Senfe, I mean a Delight in doing Mifchief to ■ another, becaufe he has done us an Lijury. This is a J'allion very fweet to corrupt Nature ; tis often difco- vcred in Individuals and in civil Societies, but is un- Jawful in both. When an Enemy I as been perfidiou?, bafe and cruel; when we lave long felt their Smart, wc r.Mu ally thirft for Revenge, we are impatient to tiilitk of Mticy, Leni'v or CcmpiTion to fucli an ill- c wh n we can render to •V rcj fhcm as they i^ve done to us, v/htn their Blood is Reduction (j/^ Quebec. »3 fj^lt to atone for the Blood their wicked Hands have fticd ; we are ready to fay, nothing is too cruel, nothing too hard for them to fuffer. But, my Hearers, even here wc are in Danger of carrying the Matter too fir, and of nourifhing in our Breafts that Revenge that muft not be felt, even towards an Enemy, '''^e are indeed to adore the righteous Judgment of GOD in revenging their Cruelties upon them even in this Life ; we are to adore that awful Providence which has recomppnccd their Iniquities into their own Bofom, and mercifully put it out of their Power to proceed in their execrable Barbarities upon ui. It was with this Temper that/hc Pfalmift gave Glory to GOD for avenging him on his mercilefs Enemies : " it is GOD that avengeth me.** It cannot be imagined ilwr 7) jtvW rejoiced with a Love of Revenge ; much lefs that there is any fuch Princi- ple in the Hearts of thofe pure and perfcift Spirits, of whom the Apoftle tells us, '* I faw under the Altar the Souls of them that were flain for the Word of GOD and for the Teflimony which they held, and they cried with a loud Voice, faying, I low long O LORD holy and true, dofl thou not judge and avenge our Blood on them that dwell on the Earth." So wc find the Saints called upon to adore and rejoice in the jufl: Judgment of GOD on the myflical Babylon. *' Rejoice over her, thou Heaven, and ye holy Apoftlcs *' and Prophets, for GOD hath avenged you on her.'* , Fifthly. We muft not Rejoice when our Enemies fall with an unrelenting Heart and unpityingEye. The Gofpel of our Lord Jefus Chrifl: enjoins us to '* love ourEnemies," to embrace allMankindin theArms of our Charity and CompafTion ; it allows of noMaliccwSpite orHatred towards any Part of the humanSpccies. That Love whicli leads us to wifii wtll . a Part or particular Society o^ our Fcllow-nicn, when Chrillian, will ex* tend itfelf ro all Mankind. We are indeed byNccclTity of Nature obligt ve^ ii) the hrft Placet, ut the Love of Self becomes vicious and exccni ive jA^hen it makes us malicious, or at lead regardlefs as to levcr] ...y,:X:-^^^.k»--'^M!^i.-'r-\^- i- lii 11 H A Sermon on the every Body el fe. We are next to our Selves to be kind to our Families and Friends ; but then our Regard to them is excefllve when it leaves us regard lefs of the public Goad. There is a proper and Jaudible Love of oinr Nation and Country, which leads us to wifh them well, and to feek their Profperity, and fometimes ▼emure our Lives^in attempting the De(lru(Slion of a Part of Mankind for the Safety of our Country, becomes a Virtue. But even the Love of our- Country becomes cxceflive and faulty, when we arc thereby de- tached from the generalGood ; when we are led to feek its Intereft to the real Prejudice of any Part of the hu- man Species. We muft not conGder our own Nation or Country as a Family having Priviledgcs or natural Claims above the reft of the World, all Nations are one Offspring, they have one Father, they have the fame natural Rights, they make but one Family, divided in- to fubordinate Societies, for the betterOovernment and greater Happinefs of the whole. It therefore becomes every Man, every Chriftian to have a tender Regard for the Lives and Happinefs of all that are clothed with boman Nature. We fhould pray for our Enemies, and wifli them well, fo far as the general Good will permit : an unrelenting Temper is unchriflian even to an Ene- my. It may be fiid by fomc that fuch an unpitying Spirit was encouraged by GOD himfelf in thelfraeliies, when he flriftly cnjoyned therh utterly to extirpate the whole Race of the Canaanites, ndt-to leave them Roor or Branch, but to blot out their Name from under Heaven. But 'tis worthy to be confidered this is a j)eculiar Inftance of divine Vengeance, nor is this Seve- rity to be an Example for us in common Cafes, and fuch a Conduft in the Ifraelites had been utterly unlawful without the pofitivc Injunftion of Heaven. It is alfo lobe faid in Vindication of the divine Conduft: that the orion r\iti»c» itr/i»-*r» millfT* r\\- v%'\r\t'^(\* -_-st tjiti! s :i iv 15 rr\.i\, uvjiiLV XJt. HJVJ;;i ,. \T. .1. -. ICi V iJvVXT was upon Earth a more abandoned .ind profligate fet of Men. There are feveral Paflagcs in thePfahnsof David in which at firft View he fcems to difcovcr an unnitying Ton pe> Reduction of Quebec. i e Temper to his Enemies, as when he prays, " let Death fcize upon them, let them go down quick into Melh" But ihcfeCurfes of David are uncoiumon and can hardly be made an Example for us ; he fpake under divine Inlpiration, in the Name of GOD, and perhaps often by Way of Prediaion; and it is obferved that ihofe Paflages which favour moft of a bitter ^nd unre- lenting Spirit, may, agreeable toGrammatical Conftruc- tion, be underftood by Way of Prediaion ; thcfe arc not the Defires of one that delights in the Ruin of his Enemies, but they are the Language of the ChurtJi acquiefcing in the righteous Judgments of GOD; thus that moft dreadful Commination in the hundred and thirty feventh Vh\m may well be underftood, " Re- member O LORD the Children of Edom m the Day of Jerufalem; who faid, rafe it, rafe it, even to the Foundation thereof, O Daughter of Babylon who art to be deftroycd; happy ihall he be that rewardcth thee as thou haft ferved us. Happy fliall he be that taketh anddalheth thy little ones againft the Stones;" we find the Pfalmift often breathing forth the Sentiments of* Love and Tendernefs toward his Enemies. In a Word tis dreadful to be obliged to the hard Neceffity of dcftroying Mankind, though not of our Nation and Intcrcft. Pain, Poverty and Death are iliocking to them as they are to us, they are Flelh and Blood as well as we, their Lives, Properties and Country are as dear to them, as ours to us, they juftly demand our Pity, even amidft the triumphant Songs of Vi»fory. A Gofijel Temper will feel a Tendernefs to an Enemy, and a Viaory will fill him with CompaOion. Thus the glori- ous GOD expiefTcs his l>ndernefs toward his rebelli- OLis Creatures : Judgment is his Orange Work, and he has (worn that he has no Pleafure in the Death of a Smner. We are then in our triumDhant Sonas m har- bour no uncharitable Paflions; we^are to feel ^ Pity and Benevolence to all Mankind, we fliould heartily fympathize with our Enemies, lamenting the hard NecefTity of fuvh dcaruaive Mcafurcs; that ihcy have made i6 A Sermon on the 111 ! TT M ■ , ^ made thetr.felves the Subjects of publick Vengeance^ it will be proper for us to confider, even when we arc tejoicing tor Victory, how many Thoufand Pcrfons, in- nocent as to the publick Guilt perifh in War ; thePridc f)f Princes and great Men, facrificesThoufands that have no Share in the publick Guilt. 1 nofe that fuffer, that fall inBaiile, are commonly innocentSubje61:s, altogether Strangers to the corrupt Maxims of th:ir Princes, " ai for ihefe Sheep what nave they done," had we been in the fame CirCumflanpes we (liould probably have fliarcd the fame difinal Fate, and equally mdrired the Deftru6lion we rejoice has overtaken them. Thus rca- fonable is a tender benevolent Spirit even towards our Enemies. Laftly. We muft not glory over our Enemies, as if by our own Power or Might we had gotten the Vic- tory. I am far from leffcning ihe Praife that is due to the Merit of brave Men, who have proved themfelves the faithful Friends of the Publick, and loved their Nation more than Life, the fincered Gratitude, the pubHck Honours, unfading Laurels are juftly due to them who chearfully expofe their Lives for us ; lading Tokens of ourGratitude are a Tribute due to the Me- mory of fuch as have purchafed our Happincfs with their Blood. But Religion i caches us to afcribe the Glory of all niilirary Accomplifliments to Heaven. We (liould confider the fupream Ruler, without whom not ** a Sparrov,' falls to the Ground," as holding the Balance, and pointing on which Side Victory Ihall light. " Thou hafl: faved us from our Enemies, and haft put them to Shame that !iatcd us; In GOD we boaft all the Day long, and praife thy Name for ever. Selah." These Hints and Obfervations, I flatter myfelf, are worthy to be taken into our ferious Oonfideration, this Day, when GOD is putting Songs of Victory into, our Moutl-.s, even Praife to the GOD of our Salvation. Let us then fee to It, that at this Time of publick Reioicing, v hilc we are fliouting Viftory, our Joy be huviianand Chridian : fuch ci Joy as will be pleafin.2;'to GOD, GOD, be glad deeply of Got mift, *' O vifit of thy thy Nat Lexu of the enlargir Europe France verfal E Liter pol doms) I of Mill been th lie Peac( gion ; f] the Con every A fay vvhe Cruelty dreadful Protefta dred Ti Country abjure t ments : his inhu many | ; Reduction of Quebec. ^1 tigeance^ I we arc Pons, in- thePridc hat have ffer, that [together :es, " ai we been bly have irired the ""hus rca- 'ards our jmles, as the Vic- is due to lemfelves ved their ude, the ly due to ; ; lading • the Mc- [icfs with :ribe the Heaven. K whom ilding the lall light. haft put aft all the jlah." " myfelf, Ideration, ctory into Salvation. f publick ir Joy be )leann.!2f to GOD, GOD, and give Glory to him. It is lawful for us to be glad, yea we ought to rejoice. 'Tib our Duty to be deeply affected with the marvellous Loving KindncTs of God. " Remember me, O LORD'* fays the rial-* mift, ** with the Favour thou beared to thy People, vifit me with thy Salvation ; that 1 may fee the Good of thy Chofen, that I may rejoice in the Gladntfs of thy Nation, and Glory with thine Inheritance." Letuis XIV the Great Grand Father and Predeccflor of the prefent Freqch Monarch, early laid the Plan f cr enlarging and aggrandizing the French Monarchy in Europe and America : And ever fince, the Court of France has been making all poflible Advances to uni- verfal Empire ; in which they have (through the kind Interpofition of th;it GOP who fets Bounds to King- doms) been hitherto difappointed, after the Profufion of Millions of Blood and Treafure. — France has long been the Scourge of Europe, the Difturber of the pub- lic Peace, and the fworn Enemy of the reformed Rcli- gion ; fhe has long been careful to intereft herfelf in the Contentions of Europe, and never failed to improve every Advantage to aggrandize herlelf. *Tis hard to fay whether Zv! ;• Joiagining they (hoiild find Trcafures there, diHurbcd the Alhe^s 0. the Dead. This was the fccon'd Time, that beautiful Ccu. ' y was laid waflc uidcr LnuU XiV ; Ut the fiames, with v-ln; i ii* J cftit: 'M i8 A Sermon on tht •n II F I profound Peace, when that*glorious Prince, sftcrward JVilliam 111. was raifed up lolavc that finkingSiate from beccminj, a Province of Frame * .• thelc will ftand to ihe nioft diftant Ages, infamous Monuments of the Pride, the Fuithicdhefs and Inhumanity of that Prince. In the Beginning of this Century the Houfe of Bsurbon became more formidable tp the World than ever. Lewis had by his victorious Arms carrietj fire and Sword into the German Empire. The Em|>eror was 00 the Point of lofing the Iraperir.l Throne : France was ready to give Lav/ to the whole Gernianick Body, and of annexing Spain and Italy to the Domini- ons of the Houfe of Bourbon, But in this important Crifis, when the Religion and Liberties of Europe iyerc awfully rhrcatned, GOD raifed un the Britijh Mart- borough, to humble the infulting Tyrant, and free the World fmra Bondage. The memorable Battle of ^/tf//- heim, a Day never to be forgotten, gave a fatal Turn to Turenne h7i^ cleftroyed two Towns and twenty Vilfagcs of the Palatifiati',viK:xc but Spj«rks in Comparifbn of thi| lad terTftle Dc- ftruitiun, which all Europe loak-cd on with Horror. Tlve Officera tiisnil'elves, who executed thcl'c Orders, were afliamed at being the Iiiltruiner.tj of fuch Ciudty,— when he figned the DcU-ru-'itioa of a wliole CoLirtjy, lie uas fcatcd in his own Palace txVerfa'uLsi furroucued with i'lenfures ; ;'.rd it appeared there, only a lawful Aft of Power, and the ur.foituncteRight of War. Had he viewed the Aif.iir jtfelf, it muft have filled hira with the utrpoli Hprror. Nation: who Had hitherto only blamed, while they admLicd ha Ambifion, now c?.chiimc<1 aloud ag^inlt his Barbarities. " * This Invjifion of //siV^j/;^ was in the Year 14)72. M. dc Vollatr, in I'.is A}>e of U'wi, XiV, gives us a ihockiog Idea oif the Bafe- ncfs of that Prince in this Aitenipt upon his '« ancient and faiih- f«] -Allies," anj of the diilreffed State of that Republic. " It is fingular, faj a he, and dcfcrves to be remarked,' that among all the Enemies that uere going to fall upon this little Statc,ihere V/ss not one that corJd.allcdoe any Pretence for a W.ir.-^goninf^ Turenne Con.-fc, Luxervhurg, Vauban, and au Hundred and^thir- ty l^houf^nd Soldiers, a prodigious Train of Artillery, and Plenty ot Money ; all iliat thlland had to oppofc was a yuung Prince, pf a wtalc Conilitution, who had never liren a Siege, nor a Battle, and abnat twenty-five Thoufand bad Soldiers, \yliO conilitnted the whole Guard of the Country." I ta the / \ tent of gra/p: As C been a preficd 1 have e\ fwre. 1 I Peace < I Breachc % mg Iron "I our hap glorious France growing Not tlicKing f plea fed painft tl difcovcr I the He ■ EIc(5tor k ijgn wai Domini^ of Ger long coi sAmeric The as in th Princes, Kowe, \ '-The L Britain , powcrfi " ginning 'Tis n< of the U|^ the mm Reduction of Quthtc. 19 ta the Affairs of France, and funk her, from that Ex- tent of Ppwcr, whi':h flic has never fmce been able to grafp : broke her Meafures for enflaving the World. As Great-Britain, ever fince the Revokition, has been a Weight upon the Wings of France, and fup- preficd her in h.er Rife to univcrfal Empire, her Princes have ever been the fwoi n Enemies of the Britijb Em- pire. No Method has been unattcmpted, either in Peace or. War, by Intrigues in foreign Courts, by Breaches of Treaty, by raifing Rebellions, and abbet- ing from Time to Time a popifli Pretender, to fubvert our happy Conflitution ; Great-Britain, ever fince the glorious Revolution in 1 688, had Reafon to look on ^France as the faithlefs Enemy of her Religion, and ^ growing Prbfperity. Not many Years fince, the Moft High, who rules in I theKingdoms of Men, fbr wi(e and good Purposes, was pleafed to permit the moft formidable Confederacy a- gainft the keformed Reli>Tion, that perhaps was ever di {covered. The Principals in this Confcd rncy were ^ the Houfes of Bourbon and ^ujiria, to which the [itSffcSliS'* I Elcaor of -S^vfl,^ King of y^./^W acceded. The De- TUe offima I^S" ^^^ ^^ dethrone the King of Prufia, to divide his med at being I I^ominions, and extirpate the Prorcftont Religion out he DeUru.'ilioa mo^ Germany '^ vi\\\\c France was fwiftly purfuing a I long concerted Dcfign to become foic Miftrefs ot North- 1 sAmerica. I The King of Pruffia, equally fliining in the Cabinet j^as in the Field, eagle-eyed to pierce the Cabinets of I Princes, and fpell out the dark Defigns of Hell and '^Ronie, foon became pofiicfied of this important Secret : ..:^ The Lion was roufed — in clofe Alliance with Greats KBritaif7, he adventured to wage War with the rnoft powerful Empires in the World. This was the be- ginning of that War whofe Flames are vet burning ; afterward TState from ill ftand to Fthe Pride, jjce. Houfe of ^orld than arrie^ Fire e Emj:^eror 1 Throne : Gernianick le Domini* 5 important \urofe were tifi Marl- id free the ■.\eoi' Bleft' fatal Turn to ; at VerfailLs, >n)y a lawful lad he viewed oil Hprror. — a^mued hn ies." 4. dc Vohair, a of the Bafe- eot and faiih- guWic. " It , that among :1c State, ihcre ....,, ^^..,,„- Ired and thir- y, and Plenty yuung Prince, :, nor a Battle, coniHtated __ — .K-r"- /I . . UL vvnw.c iifuugc iLvcnrs rne vsoiiu il;mds amazed, 'Tis needlefs for me to enter into a particular Derail of the flrange Events of this bloody War, or to reckon I wp ihe Toils, the Defeats the Vi^ries ^nd Triumphs -"mmrmmmi^' n n ■I' i 30 A Sermon on the, ■?*. of the Pruffian Monarch. According to human Pro* babllity, he was but aJVIorfel to thofe devouring Armies that were brought agpind him : All the Friends 6f Liberty and Religion trembled at his approaching De- (t.-uaion. But GOD has Ihown us, that " the Battle is not to the ftrong.*' Through the kind Interpoliiion of Heaven he (iili lives : he lives, he fights, he tri- nmpiis, herifes from Defeats to more illuUrious Vic- tories : He maintains his Ground, he baffles the Power of France and Aiiflaa, aided by an Hundred Thouflmd Ruffians^ favage and cruel : he fparcs no Toils and Fa- tigues, he fears no Dangers, his Prefence gives Life KCi all his Undertakings. Certainly none but one di- vinely afTifted, I had almoft faid infpired, cou'd (land undaunted in (b many Calamities, and not fink under ithe Fangues of War. We admire the Man, we [adore !thc GOD who has given fuch Power unto Men. May Heaven ftiil preferve that precious Life, to be the Scourge of Antichriftian Power ; may he live to taftc the Sweets of Peace. ' Such a Scries of unexpe£led Triumphs, obtained in •rhe critical Moment, on moft of which the whole Fate -of War wa^ nicely fufpended ; and particularly that fjorious Vic%ry lately obtVined by Prince Ferdinand, by which :he Electoral Doiiiinlons of King G^^r^r^ were ^'favcd from the Arms of />tf/;raching De- ' the Battle nterpofiiion rhts, he tri- llrious Vic- s the Power d Thoiiflmd oils and Fa- 2 gives Life but one di- cou'd ft and fink under I, we [adore Men. May , to be the live to tafte , obtained in whole Fate cularly that Ferdinand, George wer^c every one of j m this joyfVil Tories as our irious Events I the People Earth do fet Anointed— langh ;. the hath fpokisn \ n in his rorej ngdoms were | melted : thc| Jacob is our j » Nor are the Tokens of divine Regard to our own Nation lefs worthy of our thankful Notice. The precious Li/e of the King in whofe gentle Sway the \vhole Nation has long been happy : The Heir to the Crown at full Age : The excellent AdminiOration of the publick Affairs by a wile.Miniftry, arc Pledges of divine Regard to 3 finf'ul Nation, not to be forgottc.n at fuch a Day as this. ' " 'Tis furprizing to think of the multiplied Inftances of divine Goodnefs, in the Succedes that have attended the Britijb Arms in the Courfe of this War. The Peftruftion of the French Trade and Commerce ; the Capture of fo many of their Capital Ships ; the fre- quent Defcents that have been made on the Coafts of France / our evident Superiority at Sea ; oui blocking up their Squadrons ; difappointing them in their darling Defigns ; and this Year putting it out of their Powi^r to execute an Invalion upon any Part of the Kingdom ; Thefe Advantages muft be very diftrefling to a proud . Nation, and humbling to the haughty Gaul ; they have fully retrieved the Glory of our Naval Power, fullioc Smiles of Providence : Thefe Inllauces of Goodnefs demand the grateful Praifes of every Heart to thft ,GOD who *• mcafuretli the Waters in the HolJow ^f his Hand.'* . ,1 . ^ ^ It is well known that one principalMeans,long fincc determined upon in the Court of France , ot extending tlieir Empire, has ber,n to extend their Settlements in North-America. The Defi-n was long fiuce laid to extend their Garrlfons andScttlements around thefe^r/- tijh Colonies, to fecure the Lakes and Rivers &: Pafles ; to (ex impenetrable Bounds to our Settlements ; to force the Indian Nation-? into their Intereft ; and make life of them as the infiruments of their Barbarity : And whcii the lucky Moment lliould arrive,tl^ liad nothing te!s in View ih:m ftriking a fatal Blow, and fwailowing *• ' up , ,.Ji>a - » f 22 A Sirmon en iht up ftli thel« Colonics at once. To this, of late, their Progrcfs ha? been very much accelerated. Oh what an extended Empire ! wihat a fhipendpus Pitch of Glory did that Narion promife themfelvcs ! With what Plca- fure did the proud Monarch furvey the future Gran- deur of fuccecding Kings ; his own Nation, at once the ^man Empire, Lords and Sovereigns of the World ! Our Danger, our deplorable Situation, our perpetual Sufferings, were not for fome Time fo fully attended tq; but at IcngthGOD who "mjkcth manifclt the Councils ** of the Heart," was pleafed more fully to reveal the Defignsof our Enemies, to' imprefs on the Heart of our Graciom Sovereign, a nioft tet ler Regard for tbcfe Branches of theNation,andaU at once to unite thcPow- cr of the Nation lo withOknd^ and break the Power of France in this new Worlds In the Beginning of thefe Troubles, G<*>I> was plea* fed in righteous Judgment R). chaltife and humble us, that he might exalt us and do us good in the latter End. 'Our Armies were defeated, our Fortrcffes ttiken, our 'Troo^TS returned from one ineffe^lual' Campaign after another.* i ri* Ouk firft Attempt to recOTCr our Claims on the River Ohio, were fruftrated with the difinal SKutghter of a brave General, and feveral' hundred veteran Troops. Our Frontiers, for feveral hundred Miles, became in- ftantly a vr,;l Y\M of Blood, a vaft Extent of Country became deferv'-'s every PoP. clarmed us with fad-Relati- ons of fav age ijarbaritics, the bare mention of which would too much damp the Joy of this Day, Txy this followed the Surrender of our Gnrnfon at 0/wf^ grit Treafure. This procured the Evacuation of Sench Fort ©« 2?^/«, with thor Settlements on theR ver 0A« ; fo thij we obtained with mconnderable tfswh tcollus feveral hundred brave L.ves to at- Xt in vain before. Here a flop was mftantly put to heSreldfal Incurfions of the Savages, on the fouthern FromTers; thus clofed the laft Year much to the Advan- tage of the Britijh America. ^This memorable Year was ufnered in wuh the ear y Pledges of the Continuance of the divme Favours. Shall I mention theReduaion of a Fortrefs on theCoaft of^A.,andthelfland oi Guadaloupc >n«he/^ What :S:nt-Afpeado 1 V^^^ ^z what thev did but two Years ago : How did the^ j .oe of Toy fwell in our Hearts, when ine rcpcaicu - ."."b- of our happv SuccelTes crowded upon us i BOT our grand an,! moft important Conqueft wh.cU has ■• more efpecially" called us to theHoufe of GOD to Day, b y t to mention. While General MUr^^ m UFiW^'^V.ti i4l*W I Reduction o/" Quebec. aj rontinaC, uation of ipents on ifiderable ves to at- [ly put to ibuthern leAdvaii- the early Favours. J tbeCoaH: :h« JVeft' Defeat of J o^Nia- ;tween the littleLofs, Conqueft, s, in that noft Precl- nlaiidSeas, ths before, irethren, is Eyes. itages, the y under his ithout Lofs idred brave ear. The nitted; and f was found ere? WhaC we^r, from d the Tide luefl, which ife of GOD ral Amherft was tlius makinq Advances towards the EncniiesCountryi General WOLFE, with a Body of chofert Troops, convoyed by a flrong Fleet, penetrated the Lnem.cs Country, by the Way of the River St La^urence t^r^A laid Siege to their Capital. In the whole Condua of thct Enterprize, tis pleafant to obferve die vidblGSmi es of Providence upon that fuccefsful Undertaking— the earlv Arrival of the grand Fleet, a profperous Voyage, the fruitlefs Attempts of the Enemy to burn our Ships, feemed to be Prefages of a happyConqueft. But to^ pals by other Circumftances : In that important, that Critical Moment, when the Fate of all was tryed m Batt c. What a vifible Interpofition of Providence do we behold, to crown our hrgeft Willies with Succefs ? When we confider the Circumftances of that glorious Day> already come to our Knowledge— the fuperior Numbers of the Enemy-the Intrepidity of our little Army-the fud- den Deftruftion of their broken Troops—— and the Strength of their Capital ; we ftand aftoniflicd at the divine Goodnefs. " Not unto us, O LORD not un- to us, but unto thy Name, we give Glory- 1 by right Hand, O LORD, is terrible ; thy right Hand hath daQied in Pieces the Enemy*'— It has been rblcrved, that the Fate of mighty Empires often depends on a Combination of minute Circumflances ; the greateit Viaorics have beert won by feizin::T a particular Mo- ment. But, methinks, if ever Providence united a Number of fuch Circumflances, and pointed to the cri- tical Moment, it was when this Viaory was obtained. Thus GOD in a Day gave us a- fignal Conqueft, made tis Matters of the imprecnable City of jg^z/^^^a," which Nature and Art confpired to render invincible. •* Ok that Men would praife the Lord for his GoodiicH, and 'for his wonderful Works ; he hath broken the Gates of Brafs, and cut the Bars of Iron in funder.^ But is there riot a Cloud to fiiade the ovcr-powerirrg. XjUIHC Kii mat i^Uy o i"-iv> V** y^' J News of this Conqueft could not hnve failed to ex- cite, WAS much obltru^.ed by the FalJ of that ivMq D General; ■W 11 i't 26 j4 Sermon on the General, who muft not live to reap the Fruits of Vifto^ rv, to compleat his Conqueft, and wear the Laurels ot that Day, i whofe Glory, his Wifdom and Valour lo creatly contributed ; the Tears of Sorrow burft from the Eye that fparkles with Joy.-Might he have lived to feel the Joys of Viftory, to reap the Fruits of his ard\iDus Undertaldngs, to receive the Approbation ot bis Prince, ^.nd the Acknowledgments of a greaiful Peo- ple ? But Heaven forbids... 'Tis not my Province to cive the Charafter of this young Hero : His rare Military Accoraplifhments ; his prudent Zeal and the clorious Succefs that has crowned his bold, but not ralh or unadvifed Attempt, will tranfmit his Name dear to our Childrens Children. The Canadians have long been a Scourge to Am- England. The Hiftory of our Wars will abundantly difcover the inhuman Cruelty of that People m abet- ting, encouraging and affifting the barbarous Natives 'in their unheard of Cruelties committed upon the Peo- ple in this Land. GOD is now revenging upon theni the Ocean of innocent Blood, which has long cried from the Ground for Vengeance againft them. Uur Fathers long fince found the NecciTity of rediicing that Country, that this was the only Means of the peaceful PoiibnTion of this Land, and twice, aafs, they attempted it without Succefs. The.firft Expedition was commanded by Sir inHunn Pbips, who f^' led from hence with Two Thoufand Men, on the Ninth Day of M^ufi, in the Year 1690, and landed near ^ue- bee on the fifth Day of OMer following. He land^ edhis Troops at fome Difta nee from the City, and, twice attempting to penetrate -x Wood that led to tne Citv he was repulfed : and having re-imbarked his y^rmv, his Ships were difperfed in a Storm, and by a Train of Dlfafters not more than half his Army ever retur ned. A dreadful blow to this, tuCu hu Uiil K?i»iS"i;. refervt Feftivi Thanl that GOD, forme( and Ic Land, Inheri Forcf 'ied to our Fathers wa^ *"^ ' iclervea , of Vifto*' Laurels of Valour Co )urft from have lived uits of his Dbation of hatful Peo- y Province His rare il and the ut not rafh me dear to ;e to New* abundantly )le in abet- 3US Natives on the Peo* upon them long cried % hem. Our )f reducing cans of the , alafs, they pedition was failed from Ninth Day \ i>ear j^"^" . He land- eCity, and, It led to the Tibarked his m, and by a ;s Army ever iYear 1711^ my Hearers. • Fathers was I'cferved Reduction of Quebec. 27 referved for us their Children This is the joyful Feft val they defired to celebrate with unfeigned Thankfgivinjs. The Language of their Hearts was that of the Pfalmift, ''^fe wa.teth for thee, O GOD in Slon; and i^l^e fliall the Vow be per- formed.'^ May t'his p J^eDawn of our ^ture Peace and long Tranquilit^^Now we hope to tranfmit t h s Land, purchafed with the Blood of our Fathers, a fair L.heritLe to our lateft Pofterity. Oh could our dear Forefathers look out of their Graves how would they congratulate the riling, the extended Hopes of their degenerate Offspring! How chearfuUy would they join the facred Songs of this Day 1--Is this that long ixpeaed, that long wifhed for Day ? " L^RD bou haft been favourable unto thy Land ; thou haR brought . back the Captivity of 7...^; thou ^^^^ f^jreiy^.V^^ ^ Iniquity of thy People ; thou haft covered all their Sut^ Selah. Thou haft taken away all thy Wrath : thou haft turned thy felf from the Fiercencfs of thine Anger-- I will hear what GOD the Lord will fpeak ; for he will fpeak Peace unto his People, and to his Samts ; but let them not turn again to Folly. Sure y h,s SaJ- vation is nigh unto them that fear him ; that Glory may dwell in our Land. ^ These Things, my Brethren, are the Work ot GOD ; His Influence, his Swperintendency is as real when he governs and fucceeds feconJ Caufcs as when he exerts the miraculous faving Strength of his right Hand ; All fubordinate Caufes are but Inftruments in the Hand of the firft Caufe, and exaaiy accomp i(h the wifePui pofesof his pcrR^a Mind. It is a free and undc^ ferved Mercy thatODD has given us. When wc confidcr how unhumbled & unreformed wc have been by lornier Chaftilemenrs, we have Reafon to wonder at .the C^ood- n^fs of GOD, that he is no.v proving us with Mercy. If he had punifhed us feven Times more ^"^J?^"''^';;',' H'e muft have faid, righteous ' *^ in thy Judgments. =iy Lortij Mercy afcr'ibe <»f GOD,, not to rejoice in his Solvation, not to alcribe •fiwpapwww i>fc s8 \ '& A Sermon on the ,he Power and die Viaory to him who has gWlfied his Power in the Sight of the Heathen ^" T ^f ^l*^- will be very provoking to the Eyes pf his Furity. While Ihen wc are adoring the holy Seventy of GOD in taking fuch fignal Vengeance upon out ancH r„t Enemies ■ and while we are joyning our hearty P yer" a bec;mes Chriliians, that GOD would puy: our\naiV,es and fanflify his awhil V.fitation upca tliem, for their Repentance, and Return to GOD. Oh l.t us love the' Lord our Strength »nd our Re- Jeemer. bet us fee to it, that wc rejo.ce m GOU w h a true fpiritual Joy. The civ 1 Demonftrations of publick RejoicinS "-'y ^ fui'able Toketis of our Loyalty, and of ourAflTcaion to ourCountry anoNatmn ;. %. has Len the Cuftom of Nations to encourage nw, ial Bravery by Marks of the publick Notice But ,hefi' are not die Methods of exprefllng our Thank, fuln s to GOD. We muft fee to it that we praifft him vith our whole Heart, that we love h.m, and de^ lioht in him, and dedicate ourfclves to his. Glory. This is not to be a Day of carnal SF";"'^^'^"'"™'; n,ch Thin?? do not become thePrades of GOD. How nfui riblc; how provoking nmft it be to GOD for any 6 to ^o from'the Houleof GOD to vain and carnal IZLnA Kcveirm.,s .' It will nuke this Day '^ Im- aulty, even our Iblcmn Meetings. ^ Let us alfo rejoice with 'IVemblmg. It does not become us to be lifted up with our SuccelTes, and for- ge the uncertain Fate of War, or o.ir abfolute Depen- ^hnce on the GOD of Armies; left he v,(.t u, with iXm^nt W' ■"■-. dill in the Field of Battle, we are S^en wed in .r. The Fate of Kingdoms (ill 1 q iering on the Point of the Swprd ; " the R-,"?is not to the fwift, no. the Battle to the llrong ; . we have not yet put oii tne narucici. wn ... •-.. j-^-. - "^ -^ lications with our Songs, that OLir- mo ift fe m GOD would finini his Work, and comp eat our Jivcrancc th;a " h? would chooie our Inhcritn.nce tor the Excellency of Jacok whom he lovcth JM •4IH .*^*»»*"'" glorified Behalf, rity. rcrity of )ur ancH r hearty )uld pity- ion upcn o GOD. our Re- in GOD mftrations ns of our d Nation ; •age mar- ice. Buc rr Thank-. we praife x\, and de-t lis. Glory, yicrimcnt; iD. How iD, for any and carnal )ay '^ Inl- t di'CS not bs, and for- ute Depen- ifit us with ttle, we are igdoms iiill prd -, " the the llrong ;'*, -. Int lie ir\lil. Songs, that cat our Den icritn.nce for ovcth." Ira Beduction of Quebec. IK a WW; let the Goodnefs of GOD kaJ «5 Kbtcfi ' Our Love 'and GratUude have now the. S Sl"ll we dare to provoke him aga,n w.th our ll-ra/^f t:r t^e fL^^ ^e ha. do. for t. Rrght^ufnefs before Wm ^U the Days of our L ve. It wUl be very difpleafing to GOD .f we forget his Works and grow worfe after all this K.-'/j^!: ^/^^^ after all that is come upon us for our ev,l Deeds, and for our ereat Trefpafs, feeing thou our GOD halt fliZd^us lefs thL ourlniquiues defovi, and haft liven us ftch Deliverance as this ; ""'"Id we =8 » break thy Commandments, and jom in Affuity with thePeopfe of thefe Abominations ? Wouldft not thoa ^Aere fiv-uld be no Remnant nor efcapmg l ,. And now blefled be the LORD GODoflfrael. f.om eveHalhng .o cverlaOing ; and Ut all the People fay Amen ; praife ye t.ie LOKU. ■ • •