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 mon, li's publication is intended at. an lninii>Ie tribute 
 of respect to (lepaiix'd worth, to i^ratify the ^vi^he.s of 
 a number of ins friends, and to make the Inhabitants 
 of this Colony accjuainted with ilie viilnons characte:' 
 of their deceased Monarch. 
 
 To those who may be disposed to fnul fault will) 
 the lovalty of his political principle.-, he bci^s to ob- 
 sei ve, that, those who taugl i Inin to tear Ciod, also 
 tau«,dit hiai to honor the Kniu ; inn! thut, as they call 
 themselves the advocates of liberty, they cannot 
 fnid fault with him for tukin'_r the liberlv to diller in 
 opinion from them. 
 
 Perhaps some; may think ih.al he has said too much, 
 and others, that he has said 'oo little, in favour of his 
 late Majesty. He can however, assure them, tliatfie 
 abhors fjattejy as n)uch as detraction, and has simply 
 ^vrifttii, what he in conscience believed to bo "the 
 irul!.', the whole truth, and nothing but tlic truth." 
 
 1'!?? Autlior befjs leave to npGloi;izcto the Sulxcri- 
 Leis for the len;jc'h of time vvhich has (lapsed l)etween 
 tlie preachin,^ and jjubiishing of the ftjllowin^,^ Ser- 
 iViDU. The fault is not U) be atlribuied to him, as 
 the manuscript has been lonii ready. The <!( lay iias 
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 " 77«?7/ shall pcn'sli, but (hoa shalt fudurc, yea all of 
 Ihem shall iva.i old like a gitrnwnty as i vesfuir s'aili 
 thou chati'^e fhcm, and fhn/ shiiU be diaih^cd. Ihit thou 
 art the same and (hjj years ihull hai\.' no end. 
 
 ^V^are Hsseiiibiod liorc this R-cnini; lo Iievvail the 
 loss of our late most ^rcuMous Si)vor(;i!V!i of blessed nic;- 
 mory. TlieiiuigiianiiiioU'-';, ((unlabie ami uiiarubiliour-, 
 Cj(H)r2:c', who for such a lout;- stales of. ears, ^ovcriv d 
 the Bntisli Kmiiire, has (:;one to tofi ^.^jrave, " tht; 
 house apijointed for all liviuL'." N'j lou<j;-er will lie 
 ao|)ear ainouf^st nioriab the friend of liberty, the f.i- 
 ther of i. s |)('U()!(% and the oriiatut.»it of ridiu''on. No. 
 The beauty of lirii.iin lias de|ni;tc(l, for Geo: ;>c the 
 "^i'ljird is no more ! Deatli ulio sel/cs both.th;^ I'rinct; 
 ami the Peasant, bv adihiiii ano'dar British Motjarcli 
 to the number of his j)rist):icrs, has j^^iv.^n to t!v- v. orn.l 
 a sjon d disphiv cd' his own pow (.'I', and <;f th(^ mor- 
 laht.y of our sijeeifs, ^^^l! :na\' wo exe luim : ''Ail 
 Jlesii IS as j^rahs, and all the glory o;' man is a-! {\vi 
 llower of .i;rass : the trrass wiiliir-'th, and the tlovver 
 thereof falleth away," IJul, wli;'e, iis loyal siibjiM'!--, 
 we lament th-j miuhlv dead, let us noLsonow as those 
 v;ho have no hope. Winie Rings art? renJOVe<l, and 
 K!n{»ires are ehatn^inir, our (jod eontiiiues the sann., 
 and \:< both able and wiiliuL,'- to "prolec: aial dei'end u.s. 
 For '* thou Lord in the b.'t;iiMdni;- hast laid the ibun- 
 %Io.licii of t!u.' c;irt!i, and ihe hvavenj a;c Iho '.vui'k of 
 
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 viaull dl' llioin shall vva\ old liko .i gaiim^jit , as ^i 
 \( ^tlll'(• slialf thou t !iaiii;(! ihcMii, and fhc v .-^hail h&. 
 'hahmd. Hut ihuii art llic baii.c hjmI »U\ vear* . shall 
 liau' i.(» ciul." 
 
 'liic doctniif conlaincd in our toxt is thiMmmtt 
 lahdily of'Ciod, whii li I '•hall rndi.avoiir to cslahlish. 
 
 1 shall ihcu shew that this is the otdy siii(? founda- 
 tion on whif h to le.^-t our hopts anndsi tho ( Iiaiii,'e.s of 
 this life; and conclude with taking- a vifw of the 
 ohaiacUT of our lalP ntost «,'ra<;ious Sovfici^n. 
 
 I. ll loo friqurntly Imppcns, that, \\\uu men spoak 
 
 of the- Drily, th(y darkin counsel by word-, w ilfiuut 
 
 kno\vltdL'(, fort^cHint^j I hat a finite mind cannot poy«i- 
 
 blv conu)rt lu'iid the hi<di attributes (\f an infinite 
 
 ■being, thty vainly a>jii:c In knouh d^c; pbuied beyond 
 
 -ihfir reach, and by aitcn)ptni,u lo cx|)lain the nature 
 
 /)f fiod and ihe tuanuci'of his CAisience, injure the 
 
 . ouse ihcy wish to jH-rve. Whenever I niedilatc? on 
 
 he Divine Hcin'j the question of Zo|»har, the Naania- 
 
 bite, loicibly recurs lo ruy mind, " Canst thou by 
 
 eariiiiiur find out Gorl ? caupt ihou know Ihe Al- 
 
 »i;;hiy to ficifechon." ? 'Ibis inlerroi^alory j/arries 
 
 onvi( lion with it: for it is evident, that, if all thr 
 
 ow( rs of crealed inleileet were cenler«'d in one mind, 
 
 i could not find ctir the kiiif^ eternal, iaiiTiortal and 
 
 :' ivisible, but wouk; .'ink before his Divine Majesty, 
 
 I keanaUiiii before the universe. In ord'M' ihat ] 
 
 ] av av(»id the ;*r<fnnnption of tlio-e who would bc- 
 
 \ ise above what isrevcal'd, I .shall speak of the di- 
 
 \ ne iirinnit#d)il!ty av.reeabiv to reason and revelation, 
 
 i id <.',() no i.n'. iu r ih-.wi Ihey accompany me. 
 
 In the iii^jiiicii vobnne tbi-, ^jerfceiion is tau^^ht an^l 
 i' ustratcd by a strikiiiii ;ind elet^ant comparison, 
 ( i(\ is tiierc called " t!ie tatli'j' of lights with whom is 
 ii variableness iieilber shadow of lurning." — or " with 
 w .on> is no parallax, nor tropical shadow." In these 
 ^ rds there is av) evident allusion to the sun. He is 
 t! • ".nftiTc oflLJit lo our world; is continuallv varv- 
 
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 altitiKk, to the Wititcr'a iiaiioucr arc, thaii^^iii^' liif 
 direction of the ^hailows JK'cordin^^ly ; and is sonje- 
 tim^s obs(nie«l by chjiids, (*|- (i lipped by tlie jntcr- 
 v^^ntion «)f' oilier bodies; bn' tli"re ur^' noin; of these 
 ( Ijaii^cs in " the Father ol" lii^hts," who is ever un- 
 clouded in hiin-'-ell", and shines ilnou<;hout infinity and 
 eternity vvirh inelVable and invariable glory. 
 
 That the Divine Bein^ i- innnnfablp, is evident 
 fV<»ni the i^fl.F K.MS rt-.NCl':, KTLI'.NITV, IMINNY, aiul 
 SIMPLICITY of his nature. 
 
 Missr:! ( KXIMKNCK is a {jifjofof bis iinnintability. 
 We live, move, and have a beinp;, bnt it is <lerive(l 
 tVonj God ; and, as every ellect depend; on the cause 
 vvhieh prodneed it, we are every nmnient dependant 
 upon liini lor its eonlinnance. 'J'liere was no neces- 
 sity from our nature that we shonld bi at all, and 
 now there is no necessity iba' we should eonlinue to 
 be. IJut the eteiDal has beiu<' ikh essarilv inherin<]r 
 in his tialnre, and exists in and of himself. When he 
 {ippointed Moses to <io and brin'j^ the descMHlants of 
 Jacob i.ut of ryypt the latter ^aid " nehold, when I 
 rcMiie Uii'o tile children of Israel and shall sav tmto 
 tlieiii, tlu.' (jofl of your Fathers bath sent me imto 
 \ou, and fhey shall sav to me, What is his name ? 
 What ^hail I " ay unto them r" Intimafiii;,', very ])ro- 
 b(d>'v, iu> wish that Gfxl would call himselfl)v some 
 riauK' thai woiijil express his f^lorious ebaraotei-, and 
 distinguish hiui from the idols <'f 111 ■ ll;-;ithen. 
 Wheieupe.ii belaid to Moses, " I AM THAT I AM," 
 \\liicl) name or title clearly jioints oe^t bis self ex- 
 i'^ferice and tliat ho .".loi^e truly and cs-senliallv exists. 
 Compared with him fwi-y crea'. urc is as nothinLj 
 and alto<j,cil)er \ unity, he beimv the author of all sen- 
 fiitive, rational, and sj/iritual life, and the first cause 
 or producer of eyery thiti^jf that exists, from the most 
 <»xul:<.d sniiit to the meanest particle of mutter. 
 
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 As tlio cxisicucr of iioil is iVom and ofliiinselfit fol- 
 lows t!»:vt he c'.inuot cli.tnas yea must havo hcen, 
 ami iilwavs ^\^u<t dc, in tli<: ciitiic poss'-ssioii of all 
 ^ui-iNihli'|;crf(( tioti ; \\iun- !"• dr cIhk s " I air tin- Lord 
 Jcliovah, I <liai)'_,»' not," rliat, is, bcratisu 1 am riie 
 sclf'cxisttnt Jchovali I raimoL change. 
 
 Tlic K'rr'HN'i rv of (Jodisa proof of his immntabi- 
 lity, and dous from his si If.t'xistcnco. For if In; ho 
 sflf-cxisttnt, his existcncf is necessary, and that hcinsj; 
 nh«>"so t'xistence is necessary must he etcrmii ; that. 
 IS, there never was a poriod when he was noi, nor 
 there never will he a period when he shall cease L<> 
 lie. There was a pei ifxl wIkmi I he universe was a 
 mere vacuum, neither stni,niooii, norstars ; fiiv, earth, 
 nor water ; animals, ir)en, nor amjels existed; but 
 then the eternal was, self suHieient and self dependent. 
 The period is approaehini; with tc'di rapi<lity, wi)en 
 the earth shall be dissolved atid the elements shall 
 melt with fervent heaf, but " his years shall have no 
 end." " 'iimsbaith the iw'»rd ihe King of Israel, and 
 his Heth.'cmer the Lord of Hosts, 1 anj the tirst, ami I 
 am the last, and beside me there is no God." His 
 eternal existence compreliends a duration which has 
 neither beginnin"-, snecessir)n, nof end ; bcim; before 
 all creation, thronj^h all creation, beyond all creation, 
 immeasuraljje, boniulless. Compared with this Di- 
 vine attribute creation itself dwindles into nothing, 
 together with the whole periods of Providenee through 
 which creation rolls. As God is eternal lie nuist be 
 immutable, and ca!i never cease to be what he has 
 been, and now is, tiamely, all illimitable perfoetioii, 
 both natural and moral in himself. 
 
 The INFINITY of the Divine essence is a farthei' 
 proof of the imnuitHblity of God. If he be limited, 
 it must either be by himself or some other Being, 
 but no wise Being would limit itself, and no other 
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 nifiii) liiat tlic Divine <\s<?; nco U csti'mi'd llnuip.'h in- 
 i\v'\\>.' s;>:i<\-, ! lid t!::ir tln'to is a par? ot it in one plactj 
 atul a part oTit in ;!iio!!if r. W'c (>ii;;lil to c'.ukmmvc ot' 
 him a^ hcini,^ prc-ont iit »'\('rv placi', ai.'I :it ;«!! rimr-:, 
 in all the totality of iiisrssi'iK'', aiuJ in the lull and 
 jieirect exercise of all his es-if-utial pi-rlretioM^, lieinof 
 lhr(*ii,i^hont eternity, and tiu'ou.^hunl, iiuuiensity, iii 
 ev^TV period, and in every point, peif.'t tlv the same. 
 " Do not I fill hcavi'ii aiici •• rth saitii tlif Lord."' l''i- 
 nite bein;.!^ elian.ie either lor the heller or ("or tlxi 
 worse. Ihc^y eith: r aopro'.-iniate towards I he renUc 
 of perfection, or reee«le from it. Hiif. the Snprenu: 
 Bf inj^ can have nothinj; adiirfl fo him, neilher can lie 
 MilT<'r any diminntioti. Vv'liaievcr h*' is at on" time, 
 he mnsL be at bll times; v, nate\or he is any where, 
 that he mnst ahsolntelv bo every where; without 
 succession, uifhont limit. .(ion, alt<'i,'i thcr inh'-.ite ; 
 perfection inliiiire, enertrv ialhiiti', nioralily infinite. 
 
 The imnuit i!)ility of (iofl in.iv he inferred from 
 the SIMPLICI rv of his natm'c. lie is not like man 
 i'orni?(l of matter and spirit, or conrposetl of ditierrnt 
 properties and cpialities. " Per thon'.di we read of 
 several proj)eriiv's aliribitcd to imn in Scriplnrc, as 
 wisdom, Gjoodness, justice, i^e. we mnst not apprehend 
 them to be several ()owers, habits and tinalities as they 
 are in us, for as they are in God, they are neither 
 distingr.ished fioni one anothei", nor from his nature 
 or essence." Theref(»re the Most i I';j,!), whose un- 
 derstanchng- is infinite, does not appreliend himself as 
 composed of distinct attributes, but as all perfection in 
 the unity of iiis essence. 
 
 But, i)erhaps it may be urg^d in opposition to all 
 that has been advanced, that, God has frequently 
 changed his conduct towards nations and individuals; 
 sometimes blessing them with iiis favour, and atother 
 limes visiting them with tokens of his displeasure, 
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 of space, are |Mr.iiaiu ;ii, .>!i(i iniinuiahV , noUviilj- 
 staiidii):'; the periK-uiiil i'!Vohi'i(/iis xiiiuh ih(.\' are 
 dcstiiK il to iiiidt'mo. And w^^ieihe orl> winch we 
 inhahiJ. as i'xcd as th«n', ail \\(juid appear ns they 
 rcallv are: and the various rcvohilions whieh desci ibe 
 om' (hivs, our niontlis and years, we slioidd then eu- 
 (^une alter in vahi. 
 
 The changes v\lii(>li we pereeivr, reside not in tluMi, 
 l>tit in lis. 'I'he stars are fixeri, while the earth is 
 jjerpetually revolving ; and it is the inaeeairacy of 
 po|)nlar observation whieh indiiees iis lo transtV'r thv> 
 changes we j)erceive from ourselves lo then., and to 
 charge upon the fixed stars, that ehangv? of phice 
 which belongs to the gh>be we inliabit, and wih'li in 
 them has no existence. In like manner, it i'^ pc i- 
 ha|)S not impious to transft^r the analogy to the ini- 
 mutabiiily of God itnd llu^ matabiiitv of ourselves, \ve 
 can then with safety " assert (ternal providence, and 
 justifv the wavsof Cied to nian. " 
 
 That there is in God nn imrantablt.' 'n^jtred to viv c 
 vniii't he uiKiueslionaoIe, \ice being I'.v levei'se o( liis 
 iiainre; arid thai ihere ninct be in imn ;i!^ itmnmwb'e 
 ana'hrnent to h(diiie>s, ir beiiig ( oni;eH!i'J i,u hi.s 
 I'ssence, must be admitted o\\ the same grcumJ. And 
 VIS (.Tod IS thus immutable in inuiself, so lai. ,. ..s his 
 intelligent creatures hold their respeciivL- srni'On*, in 
 whic h his goodness had ]n'eviously ])laced tiicn;, so 
 Jong are his perfections bound to protect llu!n from 
 i^ve^y evil ; and conse(|uciulv to j)reserve them from 
 dissolution and tit.c:iv. But v/woi his creatures 
 
 ^ ' 
 
{ 11 ) 
 
 of that 
 
 silly iDfiy 
 ;iiinoa()lc 
 iDriliered, 
 '0 oti this 
 h'^avculy 
 * and a 
 HV. But 
 re";ioi).s 
 iioiivnlj- 
 h(.y are 
 i'iiich we 
 ;is thcv 
 'I'sci ibrf 
 ihni ru- 
 in them, 
 cartjt is 
 ii'iicy ot' 
 islVr tlio 
 ijiul to 
 
 of |il:ice 
 
 wiii'li ii[ 
 : is |»M-- 
 > th<i iii!- 
 'Ive'--, we 
 nee, ami 
 
 to \iv {> 
 
 (^ of II is 
 iii'ji.il;'t< 
 ' io lii.s 
 1. .\n(l 
 r.s ills 
 OP,*, in 
 K^n?, so 
 ii iiom 
 m fiom 
 cut I ; res 
 
 I'hange thc'ir s?o.rioas through the m'ltaliilitv n[' theii 
 uarures, they i:han<;e their relation o Goil ; and a 
 clian'j;e in th:'!' cc)inji>ir':\ i the n•JCc^^ary iCriilt ot" 
 thr'ir deparUHi' iVom I'lin. 
 
 lint this cha^'C ari--; di fiV'i^i ai:v nintabili(v iri 
 God, [)iit tVon- i'k' i. ..ii,!';i' Ii; ■, o!'!iis p.aMir , Ibr ^as 
 the peifeoiior.s el" (/od r,.- ixni'^l to )>.oiect and 
 preserve those wlio \vr:e rlcptinlen. u[>(i:i hia\ .so by 
 th(,' sLiiue imaiuiabihrv of Ins iriUtre, (jj-l Wr-e, hound 
 to Vv'ilhdr-iw his prott. tion Irom tlieiu, uhoii llx-y <ie- 
 parted rr<»in that station in which his goodness had 
 phicei'i theii*! and ent;iV'j;ed to pioteer th' ni As Ciod 
 iTianifesis Ills \o\'e to uil v.iio are found in the way ot" 
 holiness, and .nanifests his hatred to all w ho are found 
 in the way of vice, it is evident, that a eonlinnance 
 in the wav of hohness is necessary to the continuance 
 of his favour ; and we can v.o moi'<? conceive that 
 these eases can he reversed, whde llie nature of God 
 remains ininintable, than we can conceive the same 
 thintr to be atid not to be in the same instant. 
 
 II. As the Divine BeiuLi^ is immutable, it folUiws, 
 that lie is the on!/ sure toundatioti on whicii to rest 
 our lK)})es omid-t the chan'>(,'s of this life. Who, or 
 \vhai. t ise l/esitlt^s is snpeiio;- to mutaliog ? Is it live 
 holy angels ? No. Thoipdi Miev are inconceivably 
 holy and happy Ihev are not itniuu'.abie. Is it the 
 world ue iniiahit ? alas no ! " The world passetii 
 away and the hist thereof." V/herever we turn our 
 eyes we beliold mutability writl, n in the most ledgi- 
 l)le c!i;ir;veters. The kiii'j^doats of the world are in a 
 constant sta^c^ of tluctuvitiotu M'e have 'seen, and 
 yet do see empires pvpellin;': each oilier, and tiie last 
 risim; upon the ruins of the foimer. AV'hat is l-ecome 
 of so m-inv Kepublics and Monarchies which are 
 celehrate(' in the hisiorie f)a!.re ? Wiiere ar'* the cities 
 of X'.nevah, Tyre, Thebes, Bfd)ylon and JerusaleuK' 
 Their ,:;Iory hat long since (.lei;arted, and we searcli 
 for ihcir rwins in tiie dust atid under llie f;rass. Can 
 riches be d(:pended upon ? No. " They make un^o 
 
 ll 
 
 r 
 
 4lt~»i 
 
^ 
 
 
 ( 1^-) 
 
 thempclvos vviiip:?. aiiil fly awny.." If we be not depri- 
 ved ufliieii. by fVaiul, l»v violciioe, oi by disasters, yet 
 tbcv will tlv nu;iv iIkti'mIvc s. U.".v r.jr.tiv indi- 
 viduids li'civv; we kiiowi; or In ard til', v. Iiuse cuiVi/rs were 
 fdicd with gold and sdvcr, jipJ whoso j)ios|K;iilv ap • 
 peared to rest upon the iiiosi. s(;d)ie foundation, b 'iiic^ 
 .suddenly bereaved of their |)ossesMOiis and Inirlcfl IV<jm 
 the iunny monnt of piejspeiity into the bl('»ik vale of 
 adversity. Are the boiiors olihe world nK;re <luiable 
 than its riehes ? W(;re ue !<> iiidt'i^ bv the earnest- 
 iiess with which men cont'MHl for tlurn, wo should 
 answer in the aHirtnativ \ ikit [)lain n/attcr of faet 
 is ag-ainst su'di a con( lusion. In proof of this I need 
 onl}^ refer yon to Henry I\'. Ktnperor of Germany, 
 who was rethieed to such exigency that, he had not 
 wherewith to buy hini bn-ad — to Cardinal "Wolsey, 
 one of the most [jovverfu! and opulent subjects that 
 England ever knew — to Napoleon Bonaparte, who 
 was raised from a low ^i' nation to be a king of the 
 kings ofContinental En i)i'e, and who is now confined 
 on a small island in the midst of the ocean a mise- 
 rable object of blasted amljition ! Is the state of the 
 children of men more perujanent than that of the 
 world they inhabit, the kingdoms they govern, the 
 riches they amass with so niu( b care, and scjuander 
 with so much prodigality ? No. Man comes into the 
 world weak and helpless • advance^, from childhood to 
 vouth, from vouth to manhood, fiom manhood to old 
 age, and then he dro|)s into the grave. During these 
 diflercnt periods of life l;e is constantly changing 
 ]iis condition, his re i.l'MV'.", his views and his liowers. 
 *' Man that is iiorn 01' a wun^an hath l)nl: a ;hoii linu; 
 to live and is full of mise! V. Me conieth no aiul is 
 cut down like a flower : heil octh as it were a sh.ulo^v 
 and never continueth in one stav." How strikingly 
 do these considerations illustrate and contirm the de- 
 claration of the Psalmist— " Of old thou hast laid the 
 foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work 
 of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt en- 
 dure : ye£>, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; 
 
 /j 
 
t tlepri- 
 ers, yet 
 V indi- 
 ■rs were 
 
 illV i\\) • 
 
 (] IVotu 
 
 Viile of 
 
 Imable 
 
 carncst- 
 
 >liouI(l 
 
 of fact 
 
 s I need 
 
 .^nnany, 
 
 larl not 
 
 Wolsey, 
 
 [•ts that 
 
 e, vv ho 
 
 ; of the 
 
 on fined 
 
 a mise- 
 
 3 of the 
 
 of the 
 
 ?ii), the 
 
 (jiiander 
 
 into the 
 
 Jhood to 
 
 )d to old 
 
 )g these 
 
 haijfnnir 
 
 powers. 
 
 (>;-| fill IT; 
 
 a.\d is 
 
 rikin;:;ly 
 the de- 
 laid the 
 he work 
 halt en- 
 irment ; 
 
 ( 13 ) 
 
 as a vesture shalt thou cliunij^c thc^n), anil they shall 
 be c'hausjfed : but thoii art the same, and I'hy years 
 shall have no end." Om- Ciod is n(>t aif-M'ted l-.y those 
 frecnitnt chan^^f s that take ]A:\cc in the universe. 
 In tJKimidbt of them all he continnes tiie same. " He 
 is the same ycstcrdav, to day and foi ever." 
 
 His P(AVi:n is the same. In the bepjinninfr uheii 
 he created the lu avens and the earth, " he spake and 
 it was done, he commanded and it stood fast." The 
 ])ou'er which he then manifested in creatini;- the world,, 
 is still (lisphued in it's [)reservation. Could he b«* 
 deprived of this attribute for one moment every thing 
 that exi>ts would sink into a state of non-entity. 
 
 His KNOULRDGK is the same. " Known unto iiim 
 are all his works from the be;L,nnnint,s" or as the phrase 
 may be more literally reudered, from eternity. His 
 kiiowlcdj^e is not greater now than it was thousands 
 of years ago, nor will it be iuereas(;d thousands of 
 years hence. He knew from eleinily all that; has 
 transpired in th" universe simie its creation, and all 
 that will transpire ihrouL^hout the eouijlle.'s ages of 
 eternity. Let us not however imagine, that tlie fore- 
 knowledge of v.r(id has a neces;iiaT,ini; inlluence on thtf 
 inward principles or outward •. oiuluet of his intelligent 
 creatures. To suppose tills, would be to n^.ake him 
 the only free a£;eut in the universe, and angels and 
 jTieu but mere machines. Yea more, it woe.Id make 
 him the author of all evil, boi'i u.itural and moral. 
 Ky attempting to humanize th;; Deity, mvu have run 
 into great errors. Because tli;'\- cannot conceive how 
 Cod knows all things, past, prevent and to come, ex- 
 cept he had deeieed and delOMuined th:it such things 
 .should ha|)pen, they have eniieuvoureil to biiul both 
 the Creator atul his creatures v.iih their eternal pur- 
 poses and decrees. 
 
 Perhaps this profound sijnje.' t w.is ni-'vcr ino;-e clearly 
 
 stated nor more strikingiv i!ii!>!r;i{(-d than bv the fol* 
 
 iowin'jr observations—-" Vv hen we s'leak of God's fore- 
 
 knowledge we do not speak acci.'r.iing to the nature 
 
 •f things, but after the luaiiner of meu. iov if we 
 
 li l S l' l iririT ir o » M ■-' 
 
 ~ft-^" 
 
 H 
 
I 
 
 
 / 
 
 ( u ) 
 
 t^peak proptrly, tlicro is no snch thinq^ a.s for<^^ 
 kaovvledf^e or aftt'r-knowledjxe in (Jod. All tirj.e, 
 or rather all ntcrnify, (for tmu' is only that small fra-- 
 raent oroteriiity, which is allf-tud to the thildt-nuf 
 nx'n,) bcAwj; [jreseiit to him at once, h(^ (I(k-< not 
 know onf thinLC btforo anoiJKr, or one ihirnr alter 
 another; hnt so(^s all thin'^s in o!i<i point of view, 
 from everlastinu; to everlaslinir. As all tirne\ Aviili. 
 every ihingthat exists therein, is t>.escnr with hitn at 
 one", whatc'V'r it was, is, or will be, i.) the end of 
 time. Bat, observe : we jnn.>t nor thuik iiiey aiebe- 
 canse he knows them. No, lie knows Mem ht'ean:^^- 
 they are. Jnsl as [(ifone may bj all.nved to ('com- 
 pare the thinf^sof men Mith the deep th!n<rs of God,) 
 now k.jow ihe san shines. Yet the sun does not shine*- 
 becanse I k.u>w it., but I know it ber'ause it shines. 
 Mv knoiA led.'re «uf>!^oses *.he sim to sliine, but does 
 rot in any wiseea'ise it In like mnnuer (.»od knows 
 that man sins, bur. lu know- it oeeause we sin ; and 
 his knowledi^n supposes our sin, but docs not in any 
 wise cause it."* 
 
 His (iOOHNKSS is always the same. Of him it is r«aid 
 " thou art i;ood and tlif)u doest irood." It is this at- 
 tribute whieli endears God to his creatures and en- 
 courages them to approaeh hi>^ throne. His njorul 
 goodness or Ins perfeet ouritv and holiness is un- 
 changeable, "Who is like unt.>thce,0 l^ord, amongst 
 the gods, glorious in holineis." Tin' holiness of the 
 Eternal removes hitn at the ijfreatcst dist;.*nee from all 
 moral evil, and makes him neeessarily to approve of 
 moval good. As the inor;d, so the eommunieative 
 goodness of God abi(l(!th (n over. It was this Divine 
 belf-[>roj)ension to deal well and boe.ntifuHy \\n!i ins 
 creatures that led him to ereate tiii.s world, and to 
 make it a cotiveiTient and pleasant abode; for stieh a 
 variety of rational and inielligcnt Beings — thai pr(?- 
 serves the world and, sen Is n.^ summer and winter, 
 seed-tinse and luii'vest — r]\u. l-.^A iiim to redeem the 
 world, after it had been brought; under the dominion 
 
 * R'.;v. J. Wchlev'i wuruj, vol. ix. p, 157. 
 
 ol 
 
 Th. 
 
 nJik»"^^S^<'»' 
 
 :.. ^"'1 mwjMur^-' 
 
my 
 
 ( i- ) 
 
 ofs'm. Wliat can iv(^ 'K v.omir:;i?e Cro:ition, Provi- 
 <loti<.:c, R:'ionvuti.>ii,.!';.l c. .at.r.i, goculneb^, prcservinj; 
 goodness, redeeming ;;oouiiess ? 
 
 Sn p!ci)!'M'os i- till' -tiyrv, 
 I'lKiiu'li fur .'ill, pn'>iii:h for f.-icli, 
 Jmicuji'ii fcr evi'imofj.'' 
 
 I n)i;,lit. cnlaru;e in tiie same munarr on the other 
 peri'ecrions ot' the Deity, Init ii is not so nocossniy lo- 
 4ny prcrspnt pvn|>ose, whicii is to y\u.'\v you, tiiat God 
 i« the only proper olijcct of trnst and confidence. 
 Tins i'^ a ncce>,siviy rp^nlt IVom the iinnintahility 
 oi" his nainre, l)nt t>prcial!y iWnw his nnchangeahle 
 puw\ei', vviMloin and ,L;oo(hu'Ss. For by his power iic 
 caji nlwavs dt-luer us !;ut of tlie ifpeatest dan:::ers ami 
 si">j»oit us ntidcr the heaviest caUunilips. " Ft-arnot 
 f !• I iifii with thee, be not dlsniaycd I am thy God.*" 
 h\ his wischjMj he can prcsone us fioni the snares of 
 ihe world, and iVoni the mac hin;itioiis of the powers 
 of darkness; he c;mi miidc us rluongh t!iis howliujj 
 wilderness to ihat celestial con;jtiy 
 
 " Whore s.'ilnts iinmnrt:il reiffn, 
 
 Iiilinili'dt.v «"(elu .: -1 the ni-lit, 
 And i;le;i!.iir;'.- h.-iuif:: ,>a!i;." 
 
 The G^oodncss of his '.M-nre will lead him to sweoteij 
 our l)it;er (.'upH, li ducn h'av ci'os-'.p.-', and sanctirv our 
 afHiclions during- die prcsei:i lilv, iind to npiiold us 
 amidst the agf/UiCS of ex[)iiii;^;' niiune and iiluinint; 
 llie vale of death. 
 
 If these things l>e so (and who ran disprove them) 
 what ii g'oiioiis objeel of ti'ust. a:id conlidencc is the 
 Lord (jur God, and how hup^pV} how secure are those 
 who are tlie ohjeets of hii; care, and the subjects of 
 his grace. " Lev tiie inlKi'oitar.is of the rock si nr;:, let 
 them shout honi the top of the monnfains, God is 
 our refuge and strength, a \e:y prrsent iiflp in trouble. 
 Therefore will not we fear though the earth be re- 
 nioyed, ,'in(l though the mountains be carried into 
 
 r- 
 
 -*!ft!?" 
 
H 
 
 ( 16 ) 
 
 tiie m!(l.->t f.f tiii^ SPIT." No wonder tli;it Abraham 
 trustini;' in H)f' i.;i;mitab!c Jeliovali went forth uut 
 knouiii:^' whidiM" iie went, — that Jeremiah (?\'claimefl 
 in the miiUe of th:* most severe personal and national 
 trouhle- " i he Lord i^ my poitton saith my soul 
 therefore will I liojje in hiai," — tliat Shadrach, Me- 
 uheeh and Abedneoo, sniiered themselves to be cast 
 into a bumiiiir fu rv I'urnaee. The siijnal deliveranees 
 that these an(;i(:nt worthies experienced proved their 
 faith and hope t'> Uo oi' God, and slijnid stimulate 
 us to copy ufrer their brii^hc e\'am;)le. I3y so doini^ 
 we shai! promote onr own conifoicand safet}'. For 
 as we are liere exposed to a variety of (diangOs in 
 every sta,c:;i; of life, and to nninberleis evils which hu- 
 nian foresi^^ht eamiol discover, nor human power 
 avert, by tleein<^- lor jiroU'dion to the immuLable 
 Jeliovah, wp shall find a eoverr iVom (he ^toral and a 
 iefii.i;« from the Uiiij "sf. Furthermore, a> he abideih 
 for ever, his ])roleetie»i will be extended beyond tlic 
 present world, and will be our solaee and defence 
 throngliont the eonntlrtss ages of eternity, Cau the 
 world atVord any liiin;^,' to eqnal this? oh, no, it is 
 neither snilicient Wtr onr happiness nor for our pro- 
 lection. It may promise us eomfort atid support un- 
 der trouble, but it's promises are delusive and ought 
 liot to be de])endt(! upon. 
 
 Bli:5, suldiinrirv l>Itss ! proinl winds rmJ v;iii» ! 
 Juiplicit (ri'!i-(in of Uiviiu' ilfcrrc, 
 A hold iiivasiiJti of il.c i i;^lits of liravrn ! 
 I clasp'd tlic pii.iiilonij and ! foiin,! ilicmiiir. 
 Oil had I \v<'ii.''i'i! i' en- \ny Imniil oinl)rncf ! 
 What darts of Uiioiiv h.ul un.-'ii my hc.-irf. 
 
 *' Let ((s then trust in t'le Lord for ever, for in the 
 Lord jchovah is everlas-tio'i^ strength." While the 
 Prinrrs o\' rlie eartli and its various kingdoms are 
 fluetuating he will be unio us a munition of rocks, 
 andulven '* the elou(} eapt towers, the gorgeous \yd' 
 laces, taesolenin teai'ples, the gl'jbv. itself" vitb all 
 Its variety of hill and dale, laud and water shall ^jerisl\j 
 
 ■^ 
 
 ,*»'v^S> 
 
( !7 ) 
 
 1- 
 
 111 the 
 
 lie the 
 
 IS are 
 
 r 
 
 ocks, 
 IS pa- 
 Jth all 
 |>erisl\j 
 
 . i 
 
 1j^ Vrill bt; llio streng'li ')!' our heart aiul our puitioii 
 lor ever." 
 
 "Jkiug ihiis jjiepjiL'd hy tlu' ( onsid'M'rvtion of the 
 Divine iaM))iit.ioility to c(ii>UMii|»I;ift; ihe y;r<-'at loss we 
 li;r.<i hUatHined in ihe (jeiuist' of h;s lato Majesty 'tf 
 hlessvd meinoiy, IcS ns iKnv tuke u biicl" view of his 
 ilhi.srrioiis diurair^r. 
 
 Goorge t'lc; Thir-l was the sccou;! cliiKl of Frodo 
 vick, Prince of Wale.% son of (ieoij^ulhc Scroml, and 
 of Atigusfa, Princess of SaXL'XTotJia, Me was horn 
 on thetJitli of May, \7'o'>i, v. hich i^lnce the alteration 
 of the style, vv-.s becu'r.;.- ilie 4rh of June. At his 
 demise, therefure, he had rc^1l•hed the advanced age 
 of tJl years, 7 nionths, and 2i) days ; and had rei^Mied 
 nearl} uO yeanj. 'Ihoagh his Majesty's early edu- 
 cation w.i» eonduetetl more with a view to the busi- 
 ness of lite than its en;l> Mislnnents, it is well known, 
 thar he pos'.essed luanv vS tlie atiiaeiive <]ualilica- 
 tions of a well edn la'cd and aeeoniplished i^^entie- 
 man, and wa.> ia>c ouly a, v ;. ly admirer, but a liberal 
 • Mtron of ihe line arrs. 
 
 I do not, liuv>c\(.r, intttul to eularq^e on the secon- 
 d >.;y exet Uer(?ies in his Majesty's character, but to 
 r:;escr.l him lo vour view as the Sovereii,n and father 
 
 of tiis j)eoj>h', HUi 
 
 ! like the sju:, in ti\". zi'iiith of his 
 
 ocf , 
 
 durddi 
 
 niP^ upon thobe around nim 
 
 i h 
 
 his I 
 
 ieinan 
 
 inthieru-e. Aii lusnirtn^ penman, speaking of Sove.. 
 reicTu l*rinec.s, sars "He that ruleth over uian mu-»t 
 hej-ist, ruling in ihe fear of Go.l. And he shall be 
 as tl»e h^'lir of the inorniu;/. wl;en thu sun rijelh, 
 even a moriiine' \\ ithouf elou(ta ; as the teudor ,ii,i ass 
 sprin::'!ig out of the earth ]»v '.tear shinitig aftyr laio." 
 That our deceased Monarch acted with justice uiul 
 in ftie fear of God may be easily prove I. 
 
 To begin with the iirst, viz. justice. In his trani* 
 Rcuons wi<L fojH'i^^n princes and states, and in his 
 brhaviour towards his own people, he ever acte<l 
 agrtvably to the laws of uatiou;', and the statutes of 
 
 the 
 
 re?.! Ill 
 
 i 
 
 I IS a 
 
 meiuucholv, but undeniable tact 
 
 ihat, mouurchs iii iheii* pulilical transaction?, ,aiK: ;;€- 
 
z^^aiatm'"' "•"*- 
 
 !S ) 
 
 and act luorc lilc ]ni!)lic I'obbci^ iiirl inindi'iors, 
 tli.in llir Tith' rs and iru.irdiiius td' tin; iiiiiii:iii race 
 What virtuous imiii f ;iii read flio liisff)r\' of our own 
 or otlier nation?, u'itlioiU fcclinu' indi;:iiant at the dis- 
 honorable stralaii;cn).i cm;)!" v''d l)\' ilie mods of llie 
 earlh, to overreach and (leceiv(! one mioihcM' ; brcaiv- 
 inc; treaties, violating* oath's, i'ud tramplin;; upon ilu; 
 laws oretcrnal ju-ncr, as it' thev had a dispensation 
 from heaven to sin with injpniiii v. What a slrikinu^ 
 rontr.e.t i. ihcre hetween their eoiidiiet and that of 
 our lat" ina^iianinious nionaif h, w lio, in his tiansac- 
 tions with fVii'eifjn pov\eis acted Ironi the niost nprii^ht 
 juiiK^ipI's, and for the noldesl ends. Wlien he drew 
 the swoni, it was n<;t to pjratitv his own andjition or 
 rcvPHLTf*, hut to sustain the (h'^'niU' of his <rovern\nent, 
 to defend the rights of his subjects, and to reheve the 
 oppressed. His enemies, however, freipcently assert- 
 ed the contrary. I'hey not oniv condemned ins con- 
 duct towards (hll'i I'ent lMnop<.an. powers, but also to- 
 wards the United States (d' America, and represented 
 the American rebellion as (he clfect of his injustice 
 and obstinacy. {^li these charu^es re(|uire proof. 
 That it was either the obstinacy or injustice of the 
 Xing which led to that event, I catmoi for a moment 
 admit, as neithei' injustice nor obstii^aev were trail? 
 in the character <»r < »eo!i:e the 'l"hir<l. I am no? im 
 the habit of enierin'j^ into poiicical contiin e,^".'' ;. 
 They do not beconr^ t!)- puljiii:. liut, wiien if i.^ 
 necessary for mc lo uihidt; to Ihem, that 1 may jn.-^iify 
 the con(hiCt of my lai<- beloved Sovereiu^n, 1 catmot 
 forbear. I speak di^inlerestedly. I am not i hirelinri 
 champion. 'rherel()ro I cannot be accused of sinister 
 motives in so doinrr. it is my opinion, that the 
 Americans themselves were the principal cause of 
 that unnatural war vvhicii separated the English Co- 
 lonies in America from the British Empire, and that 
 the King could not, during- that {)eriod, have acted in 
 any other way than he did. The ungrateful Ameri- 
 cans had become rich, and poTjulons and powerful 
 
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 iimlcr llif iiiMlri'iml tl>»mmi()ii oi' ilw^ •nollirr ("')iiiilr\', 
 .Bf-iiig (('MM inns ni ilicir |ir>\vrr ;i?mI amMtioiH of imj- 
 terpris*', tluv waiclicd lur an <)pf!Oi't!it)i»v to llimw olV 
 lluir altc,i;Kin<'( . '1 lii.s ()|»j;()itiiii!' y llicy tuiijid and 
 »MiibriUf-<l, wluwi in I'iS the Hriti>li GovrMinicnt laid 
 a srii.ill \{<\ upon iIk m. 'ilitv (kuitd that it had any 
 ri^ht t<» lax l!i(in, icliisid i(» pay il.aiul iii'-idtod ihc 
 KiiiL:'s ofliccis. (lovrrurnoiit iii.-is'.c;! upon ohedit^jcr. 
 The Amt'iicans i-oiilimicd ohstiiuitc. Thtir Icadcis 
 ereclcd thi* siaiivlard ol r(:h* Ihon and inll.uucd the 
 passions of the people, by the most .^editions pidjli- 
 caiions. Hnt oiiulit ihc Kinj^ lo liave tiun< Iv sub- 
 miltcd to tht'in ? Would it ha\t.' been rii,dit toi' him to 
 have done so? \\\)i\\ ri^ht had the intud)iiants ol Boston 
 to l)e cxptnptfd Irorn taxes any more tlian llie iidiabit- 
 anls of Hmnin^ham ? Mi^ht not the inhal)itant.s of the 
 latter place have sai<l, we are not re[)resrnted in the 
 .Mouse ol Commons therefore we will rontribiite no- 
 tl'" no, toward.-, the ex pences c»f the Slate ? M'oidd it not 
 liave oeiii as iea-;onable and just lor liieni to retnsc? 
 as the others? I'ndoiddedly it would. Hiil the 
 truth i ", as Hriti>ii sidijects and professing Christians 
 they iiad no riirht to complain, Tlie British Consti- 
 . tulion aJlo\vs an une(|Uid representation, and there- 
 f(»re, every British snbject is bouml to pay the taxes 
 laid upon Inai by the King-, Lords, and Commons, 
 thoiiLjh he be not entitleil to vole for a Member of 
 Parliament. Besides, the connuand of our great law 
 giver is, ''Render unto Caesar the things that are 
 Ca'sar's." The King, therefore, embarked in the 
 Ameriran eoiitliet with a deep conviction of it's jus- 
 tice. Believing himself to be right, he acted through- 
 ouL willi corresponding courage. He loved his native 
 coimtry. He was a true patriot as well as a just 
 King, and would have dyed with his own blood the 
 last sand on the British shores, to preserve her ancient 
 Majesty unblenched, her rights unquestioned, and 
 her primitive Empire undiminished. How then 
 could it be expected, that such a King would suffer 
 the brightest gems to be pii!,l;ed from his oiown 
 
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 ■^vitliojtt inftKiiij? any oiTort to prrserve \Vt^m ? Hml, hr 
 <lf>iu' St, wh'v!. \vr,iil(l l''ijro|jr ? V/iiat vvo;iI'l Mntr.in ? 
 AVhiU: \\(»u!<l Amnica ? Wa what wmld ihost* 
 ^iscinlo.ji.Uiiol.s wlio .iccnsofl liivn oC ir.J!i? ice Aiwl 
 obsriii.'u^y have ^ai.l of him ? i'trv (■''■■iliflns'i, wouM 
 liHve brrii thc« liisl to exchiini, \\\ ,.nsillivuiinoii* 
 
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 As the Kin;:, in 111? roiuiiii.'t fovvan'^ fr>ri'ic';n powers, 
 wns over ^r.uud l)v the inut iip''ii;ht inolivos, he 
 al (> \{\k't\ W\>> p'Mph' v.ivh justice aiiil hiMnanily, 
 aii'i tfi^icf'ahie to tlr* Laws '1 '''^^ K'nj)'"'r», He <inl 
 not, like too niatiy »f h.'. I'Vtul.^ri'Psrjr'?, :itton.i»t to 
 rule th^ Uws, 'njf: miC,/ rot? tlie Ivws to nih^ him. 
 Though jt'alous (if the prproi^ativcs of tiic Crou'ti, he 
 fVui not iulVini'.e npoi) ihe lil»er;io> i>f »lif j>eoj)h\ 
 There never t'xisttfl u 'Sovfi-ci^^ii, vei-ha;).:; thpic never 
 lived a well edueatpil Ku;^'li-h ^( iittoniaii, more warm- 
 ly .'iitachcd to tlie Laws ol Emhiiif", and to the con- 
 stitutional fights of the Uritish nation ihan otir late 
 lamented Monarch. He has, however, been char^fffl 
 with entertaining- des[)Otlc pri.ciples, and conrtinij 
 arbitary power. But when, or where, did hedurin:^ 
 his long and tryinfc reii;n, betrriy a thirst for poweri 
 nnknown to the British Constitution ? "Was thoiii 
 ever in Britain, a period more favourable to civil and 
 religions liberty than the late reign ? Did the King 
 ever#laimfmy j)0\','eiR but snch as the Coiistitution 
 .^ranted him ? Did ho not leave il»e interest of the 
 cotintry to the deliberations of Parliament? Could 
 the House €)f Peers have enjoyed more autliority and 
 indej^f ndence in an aristocrncy, or the House of 
 ConKiions more dignity and freedom in ^ democracy, 
 than during the Inte reign ? 
 
 The late King was no less cnieful of the religious 
 than of the civil hlxrties of the p(.ople. He was a 
 decided I'rifMid to liberty of conscience, hence nnder 
 his paternal sway all classes of his subjects worship- 
 |ed (Jod under their own vine and fig-tree. Princi- 
 filcil himself, he admired principle in others. Far 
 fioin enforcing uniformity in religious minuta^?, he 
 
 
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 Id tliiM«» 
 
 IS, wouM 
 
 1 powers, 
 iv»*<!, he 
 i» in unity. 
 
 He (inl 
 on;i)t to 
 lie him, 
 o\vi'!, lie 
 
 peo(»l(\ 
 TO never 
 re vv.'irm- 
 the hon- 
 our hite 
 charqfffi 
 conrtiiiij 
 e durini,' 
 
 poupri 
 a:^ thoiv 
 ;ivil and 
 le King 
 stitutioii 
 t of ihe 
 > Could 
 ity am\ 
 ouse of 
 ocracy, 
 
 clii^ious 
 'i was a 
 e under 
 lorship- 
 Princi- 
 , Far 
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 iiOl oid V hel'i, that if w.i.s every man's ri^^lit, hut hfs 
 »);u UiU'ivnt untv to jndirfi lor Iniiiself in n>atters of re- 
 !iu;ion. H*:iu'«', dr.iiuL,- his/rij^n, ti.cTo was iiot oiily 
 nr> h!'>ofl shfd hy the tcn;cions 1 md of higotry, Imt 
 those penal l.;ws enacud Uj^u'o!.!. Chrls'.ians )n tiintfi* 
 of i^u'>rai)v ^ .ilid iK.rharily, were f.TS-jtni-^ed fiotn lue 
 S:aU«lc lv>ok. V/iirij a c.'rluin in<!iv.du;tl p.ojjost^l 
 to f-;-ir'ga !#id ir.'vf i\crli;MiiC'.jC to pnve'.it ti»c irtereahC 
 of lloeOffs to (lishcritlf.i; pre!»chc-r:-, !iis Mfjes'.y on 
 brinp; apphed *,o Oil the .s.il>)ect, r'.tuiucd i\n' ansJvu-yr, 
 iffiiehii) hhoidd pa", throc.'/li Inilh Houses it ♦;hall 
 110^ «»I»*::m'. my sanction, as lUei'j shall ho no p<nsrcu- 
 tioii ii srv i! i'^u. Il is i«.eli known to avany <^f voi:, 
 thai in tlit Ji.lantl of jimiaic;*, in the \V<;st Indies, our 
 riisfiiinariei*, for a time, had to (?n(:c.untcT gieat oppy. 
 sition, A law was enaeced to ])reveH Iherii from 
 disehartiirig their Miuistnial duties, and hocanse they 
 cho:«e to ol)(y G<><l, rather than maw, they sulVefed 
 nuudj persecution. Hut his Majesty refuse(i his royal 
 assent to the iiiw wliic.'h had [ia.s:ie(l, and Q;r*icionsiy 
 issued a «^en» ral instruction to the Governors of the 
 West Indja Ishafuls, kpf^iiriu*;: and coiriniaudin:; tliem» 
 that they hhouid not (Ui any pretejioo whatever, j;i?e 
 their assent to any law piissetl concerninpf r<;Ji<;io», 
 until thry shiUI have first trartsmitted t:he draupfht of 
 the hill to his Majesty and s^hail have received his plea- 
 sure respect ini; it, unless they take ciire in the passing; 
 such a law that a clause o«; inserted, suspending: il«» 
 execution until the picasine ii( !iis Majetity shall have 
 h-ren si«riiified upon it. In consecp-.onee of which iiu 
 .sfruetion the Missionaries were iiUcrated, our Chapels 
 were opened for divine worship, ami Uie work of God 
 {ircfitly prospered on tliat inland, i'hus did King 
 Georue Uie Third, ;»lorioii.sIy ronlrioute t )wardi the 
 ?;piritual a? well as towards the temporal euiancipatiou 
 of the sable de.'ceiulanls of Han\ for which Qod 
 uill opeiilv reward !iim " in that diiy." 
 
 H;s Majcj^ty's piety wa.-i not less conspicuous than 
 his justice, of hini.it iuay truly hj said that he ruled, 
 ;' in the fear of (r)l'' Tlioiij^h Sovcrcifjn of tjie most 
 
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 illiistrim.s ti!-.|»ii'r in tlir- uoild, lif considerrtl liiui'-rlf 
 MS .'ir< i)«mi;iMf lo liic (jovi'inor Dftlic iinivnse. I io 
 (IkI not vi< w Clri>tMiiiity as a |>()liti<'al i:tni\u<-, l>iit 
 as :i )«.'V< litHoM frojn lit nvi u, wliit li hu.s fur its ohjcrt 
 the |Mr;-«Mit iMnl t'li'iiial U'cliiiic (•! our .spccK's. lli', 
 tli*i< jl»u , l)i)la hy prt'ii'i)!. and (^xuinplc, slirwrd Ins 
 K'l'in'd toi tt. yVs >oon as in- asciMidi'ti Hu- tlnoni' In; 
 ishtv d ii ))ro(I;;.i;.tlion a„iMi«t vn'c iind iinnioridity, 
 <in«l niakniir ki<«*\\u his initniUMi to cnnii'i' inaiksof 
 i<»y;il J"a\oui' on tlu' \ntii«)(i>. 'I iir>ij<jli llns iMocianni- 
 lion has not Ixcn < lowiu'd w I'li that micos *vIji(Ij 
 ini;,',lit inivi' hi-cn »\|»<'c'k'd, inn! has ht-fii t't(» ric<|ii(nt- 
 ly disretjaidi.'d by tlioso who onuhf, to hav(.' cnfoicfd 
 .it,ii was a powcrCid clu'ck lo those infidi) principles 
 and piotliL,Mtc nnunic r> which ahoniided in the naiiou 
 at tho accession of his late Majcsfy, 
 
 The serious niaiuter in which his lute Majesty at- 
 tended the public worship ol'Cjod is highly worthy onr 
 notice ai:d imitation. WIhmj ni iln^ ChiiriMi, Ins 
 ^vhole dei)orinient was chara(rterised by ^ravity^ re- 
 verence, and devotion. Nor was his M;iie'stv' a njean 
 judi,'?' oFpnipit coinpo-ilioDS. It the Serinoiu. were 
 eillter polidcai or pan'-uyiiiul, ihev nevtir received 
 CKpressions ot his approbiUion. nisiiop W'arbnrloii 
 in oneot'hiM letters, observes, " Nichols, l^Jtler, and , 
 Vilsnn t'i Wotniinstcr, pit achinfr on(; afit r anotlier, 
 so bedaubed the Kinir, that he expressed his ollence 
 pnblicly, sayin.t:, lie came to Clia|)fd to hear the 
 |)iaises ot" Gi'd, not his own." At tlie tune of his 
 Mitjt'st v's C'oronation, when lie received llie Sacra- 
 Tn« n', he advised witli the Archi>ishop, if it weie not 
 pfnj.'eu to take off his Crow n dnrini^ the solemnity j 
 liis (.Trace <iesitnte(l ; tho Kini;- immediately removed 
 it and jiiaced it beside him, until that part of the ce- 
 rciiionv was over. 
 
 His rolii;ion was not, niert ly a pnbiio religion. He 
 v.or-liipp'd (iod ii^tlie closet, as well as in the sane- 
 tnarv. ()u the ni,<j;ht of his Coronation when be 
 retirtd tf» rest, he conjposed a solemn praj'er, im|do- 
 rin,f;a blcssinf^- oil bis future reign ; which was seen 
 
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 riiiciples 
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 icsty at- 
 >r»liy our 
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 vily, re- 
 
 a iii(>ai} 
 Jiii> weic 
 leceived 
 arbiirtuii 
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 olleiico 
 lear the 
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 nic not 
 'imiity ; 
 einoved 
 
 the ce- 
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 hen lie 
 
 iinjjlo- 
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 on lii> tahit III \t njoiniuu. Indec d, il was his invari* 
 aM(! jirnctiee to rise eaily and dtu»ic on** hour rvpiy 
 niorninu; lu riadini^ tlK> S(ri(iiin'es, and i<> (Inset 
 player. I'Imis Ik- iin|»r«>\'d that time to Ihr best of 
 purposes, U'lii' ii loo many vva^l(' in viotli an(l indolence. 
 
 The let^ard whith ilu-kini;' ever t herif-lu <l lor the 
 v.oi'd ut" life Was another iiiomimnt feauiri' in his 
 tliaiaeter. It has been stHUil hv those who had an 
 o|))iorinnity of knowing;, that the IJihlc vva> ((m>tant» 
 \y on the lahle in his closei, aiui the ( (imnientaiy 
 \\ hieli he .seleetf.Ml for \<.\^ piivatc! readini? \va> Maiihevr 
 I l<'my's FA|>osilii)i). A j.ioiis feniidt; >ervant whoso 
 (iliiee it nas If) an aie.';e the lihiary room, has heeii 
 often heaid to say, I lo\( to follow my master in 
 his reading of the Seripliii. <, and (o observe the pas* 
 SH^ifCs lie tniiis d«»u ii. 1 w i>h evei\' body made the 
 IJible a-, nmeli ihcir stndv as my ^ood master <loe,s. 
 
 (.'onU uijilale his late Maji stv as a hnsband and 4, 
 latluT, ami yvn will dixover fmilier proof of his ac- 
 knowled;;ii);j; the Lord in al! lii< Ma\s. His domesiic 
 execjleneo, says an eloquei;! writer, eommaij(!e(i lh« 
 respect of Ins people and the l.ivi; <A' his fanuly. Af- 
 I'eetionaie and fai; jjfnl to 'he pailmr of lus eiown and 
 of hisea.c.s he did not. leave in r a prey to the melan- 
 choly attending" (U'H(;rted stale ihe \(.\y splendours of 
 whuh '«.'ern moik'iy Jo ontraj^e al]'(.'etions. The 
 time whieii could bo t;iken liom publii- and ofiicial 
 duiv w .!>. (I( voted to the .'^acred pKasmts of borne, and 
 the kiiiL;- r.il I:app\ i'l '\\<' b)som <;f his faniily en- 
 circled and r(\ued !i\- all Ins children, while they 
 were vet ehildieu, an ( \;iin'..l.' to al! ranks of Societv 
 n\M\ a repr'^aeh to tho.^r- fiivolons |.(.inL;s who prefer 
 tbt! ^laic of dissi'itatiiju io flie tiiarrii.s of their own 
 hearth, and (ievastate tli.' (omforts of v.edded life 
 by eriit I m-dcct or eriojjnal unkiiidness. 
 
 The Kuil; possess! /I a inosi benevolent heart and 
 expended considerable i;(jtns in reliewuuj tli'' indi,2;ent. 
 I will mention (jtu- ace of his pious chariiy, and the 
 noble mamiei' of diMiii; i!^, in vlie sevoro winter of 
 17^4 o his Mi'.ie^tN' r, ■■.•arc! iv',;s o<" the weatljcr was ta- 
 
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 king a solitary walk ou foo^. when !ie v.n> -n.\ uv two 
 boys the olrlcsttiot f:i|':iityt-.irs ofaue, who ciltl)f)'';/rn.> 
 rant tlratit -^vas the Kin.;, fnl' upo-i thci- kiiecs before 
 hi'm a^id '.vnngi!i<> tlu-ii- liai»«l* impJoiefi i-rlior" tlm 
 
 smallest ifclief ih''\' cried (or 'V 
 
 ;ire hiini.'v, v<'''.'^ ri>in- 
 
 gry, nndliave notli;ii;r to vn.t, more tli^v V'>rlH !i:r-e 
 said, but a torrent oi" icais '.vhich rrMshcsi dovm tl:'--r 
 
 innoreiU c'lie«-'k;: chcckf .1 fh 
 
 uUv 
 
 :i']Q- 
 
 th.. i\i'[, 
 
 of his ncotili" r-.^i^ed cise \ve(^;)ifig sn;)»i}i;;n:j rnui en- 
 couraged thciti to nrotenl with :hfir st^iv, li;c^v r'i.l 
 i--;o, r-ud related that their mothfr ha ' l/vrn ;!< 
 dhvs and still lav unbnrlt'd, thirt tholr i 
 
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 a^.^^^ vvhons 
 
 they were also afraid of losing was stroiclji^-fl hv 1;-;T 
 side upon a bed of straw in a sirk and liop' K-ss ron- 
 dition, and that they had neither nionev, i'oi.:!, n -r 
 firing at home. This artless t.*»le was more t!;H:i ef- 
 ficient to excite sym])athy in tl.f^ roy^l bosom, Mi» 
 Majesty therefore induced the boys ?o nrore«i'd honuj- 
 ward and followed them until Ihoy reached a uretcli- 
 tfd hovel, there he foi»nd the mother dead, appai enlly 
 through the want of common TucessAries, the father 
 ready to perish alsO, but si ill eneireliuij with his 
 feeble arm the deceased partner of his wous, as if un- 
 willing to survive her, the sensibiiify of the Monarch 
 betrayed itself in the t'jarsVvhich start'^d froku his eyes 
 and leanng all the cash ho had with him he hastened 
 back to Windsor, related to t!ie Qiie< n wh.iC ho lud 
 \viti>cssed, sent an irn'meUiate sunply of provi«:"!>ji-;, 
 rlothes, coals, and r^ery thini; nrees-ary fo!- the ic^^-i- 
 fort of fhe heirless family, aiul the umi: afrei \'. iM*;':' 
 ^ook the children under his prottction. l>y the df;uh 
 of his Majesty, tliCpoor iidi;'bita^ts ol'Wirdsor havo 
 not only lost a^overeign, but aVnliui and a berKfa'.;- 
 tor. *''\Tlu'n the car iieard iiim then it 'aiessed hirfi, 
 and Avhc»l th^ eye '^aw iiim, it .;9ve wicnesij to bin: : 
 because he delivered thr. {)oor that cried, and the 
 ■fatbcrl«r.5, and him that had nciic to help him. 'Tho 
 blessing of him that was jeadv to perish catiif upon 
 Jnm." 
 
 The K'n^^'rirQiT^ricritioys r'^^rird f)r an oath, proved 
 
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 lliii; tlie t\:n: of God uns beloro hi-i cvi?-, anci cannot 
 \)Q tiH» liij;ijiy c.jiuin'juded nor too fjrnfr.illy imitated. 
 It is u-f.H kiiiwn' rit-ic the Roman Cutliolics durinq" 
 tiie iiivt; icii^!!, (Ve.jiittirly applied for tho removafof:' 
 those fivil i]sai)d(:ies (>i''\viiirli they have long eom- 
 phiined. Hir, thoti.;h riie KiiiLj- made inaiiv liberal 
 couces'^ions 'o tiici);, lie woidd not grant ihem all 
 'h-n' elainied, l)i'c;Li:.ir he was well assured, tliitt» d)y 
 30<loin«», lie wotild en<iaii'4er llur ProtesUmt cstablish- 
 Mient. t.u which he wii-) not, only most confi('i(MUiou>lv 
 .irra'iicd, bnt htnind l)y his eoionuiioii unlli to defend. 
 'jo a fj<M-ta!n Nobh.iiiaii who lULfed him to iijratifv the 
 \\isii(-s of I lie i^l|li^!^, he tnad'? the I'ollowiiig- mai^nani- 
 nions d( < i:!!'n;ioii, winch is worihy of bcinif I'ecorded 
 i;i lr!t.!frs nf ;4'iM, '' Mv Lord, I aiii (iK' of those who 
 i • S[)eet. ao o-ttii. I h.n:.- tirn)ue,ss sull'! kmU '.o (piit 
 
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 , ■ 1') ;v (.oita;e, nf. place mv nerk 
 
 /ill :i block o;- :! '^c;"!tii!d. if my peopli*" irfpiire it, but 
 ] W.uc mo! f. >u!ii!:.'»;i fi) break th;»t oaih whi'd) I took 
 ill the rnost s"lenn maimer at mv- coffmation." Mi:i 
 iriterniil ruotiiidr adnionish^HJ liiiu to beware. The 
 i^iiilisiiius b.' iij)0!i l!i>e Sainpsrai, He arose and 
 ;>iake iheir cords like threads, find f^hewed liiat hi.; 
 moral s'rcij^ih was not u;oiie from him. 
 
 Coidd 1 addnee no fii;lher evidiMice to prove th;it 
 
 ;iiepii"iv ol" llie lale Kin<:: was real and peisonal, 
 
 wliatT have aheadv advanced woidrl iustifv' ns in 
 
 hopin'j; favourably coneepni;i^ hliii. On sncdi an oc- 
 
 easio!>, however, it on-^ht not to be ruri;ottt?n, that 
 
 (h? adveiuicious diatinclioMS of birth, rank and for- 
 
 fmie, do '.iwt KJier our relations and oldiiijati »ns to our 
 
 .'iiaveiily fatiior, .and that tlte ■^•riplnies point cMit 
 
 b:it one way to heaven, both for I he Pri»»''e wnd foi' 
 
 \\ie. Peasant. It is possible for a toan to be r^iinia • 
 
 and serious in his public and private <•■ vo'unis, to 
 
 pos.-ess a benevolent di.sposition and Lo I -ir an oafr, 
 
 and yet be detlitnle of vital godliness, which i-^. failii, 
 
 Vs'oikintr by love. TIioukIi these are tlie concomitant •. 
 
 of [genuine faiili, they are not faith iiself. For 'Mhe 
 
 \:n<:(ioai of Ciod is not mcatw and drinks, but vighteoii.>- 
 
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 ness, peacr-, itnd j.n in tho flory Glujsf." It is 
 therefore, with ji,Triit pUasiirc 1 iiiiorirj y'>'J< that, we 
 have cviM'v ^^a^<>ll to believe, <Mir larc gi.icioiis So- 
 vert'i;;!! |)osse.ss( 'I iliti^ stiving faitlj, 
 
 Wliiili « lifi-(>< 't*i- rcffircs. 
 The witnes-^ in liiniKcIf In- hatli, 
 Aim! miNf ions-ly lit-lii-vcs, 
 
 «^c, in tli<-! liir.giniije of iiisjiiiatioM, '• helieved witii 
 bis heart utilo righteonsin ss." A ^( lultjiian, in tho 
 liabit of ortirial atieiidaiKe nj-'on ihe late; Princess 
 Ameha r'lirinp: hei- iiuhsposirion, sj)eakin<:^ of Iht-; 
 conduct of the King' on that oocai^idn said. His Ma- 
 jesty j.peuks to his <hiuii;iit.er o{ ilieoniy hope of a 
 sinner being in tlie blood and li^bleopsuess of Jesns 
 Christ. lie examines her as to ?l:t iiuej^riiv and 
 sUen^ih of that h(ij)ii in her own son!. The Prmcess 
 Eistens with <ahnness and (U li;^bt. to the conversation 
 of Iter venerable parent, anii K-plics lo his (jnestions 
 in a very serions and alleciionafe manner, notliinj; 
 (added he) can be more striking;, than the sight of the 
 King, aged and nearly blind, ben<lin}f over tjie eouch 
 on which the IVineess lies, an>! speaking to lier about 
 salvation through Christ as u matter far more in- 
 terestinij: to them both than the hiiriie.-t nrivileq-Ci- 
 and most exalred pomps of royalty. 
 
 "NVe cannot for u moment doubt, but liuit the piely 
 of our lute Sovereign had a powerftd ctVect upon 
 the mora! character of his people, and contribute^i 
 in no small degree to the establishment of tiiosr reli- 
 gious insii'iitU)ns u liich do honor to onr aL;e and na- 
 tion. The iVil'te Socief.y whi;h is pouring a tlood 
 of heavenly il,^lll■ u|j< ;i the world, having already 
 opcMid tlui Scriplu.es (>u the tond) of Confuuius, iu- 
 serlfd tlicni inro the rock (»f Hir.i, ;ind pasted them ou 
 thecriroi' JiiggtM'naut.— 1 hose Missionarv Societies 
 whirh uw sending i'<.>rtlMnen of Ciod to make known 
 to the !1{ ;!t!)en " llu; nnsearchalilc ricli*^ of Christ." 
 Those S-r.iiay School Socie?i(!S which have for their 
 obje'^t the moral improvement of the young and rising 
 gencriii'Ori, a^ v.e!l ^^ niauy other institutions 'A' 
 
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 Societips 
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 ilie same niWiiie were ostid)Iish(^d dnrlnp, the latt> 
 xijj^n. The n.'uneof Gcorgt the Third, is, therefbro 
 identifird with those Societies and they will be hand- 
 ed down togt'thcr to the latest veneration. 
 
 Over the last nine years of his Majesty's life an 
 aufu! veil hus h< m drawn. By an all-wise and in- 
 scrutable I'lovidence, the majesty of the man has 
 heen placed in the most awful, yet respectable ruins. 
 In the periods of the dce^)est national solicitude, his 
 mind has ft It no intcr<\st ; in the hour of the most 
 acute domestic ftclini,', his eyG has been tearless; 
 and alike ii^norant of the national trium|)lis, and his 
 own domestic bereavemeiUs, he descended into tliO 
 p;iave, covered v^ ith the tears and blessings of a free, 
 a grateful, and an admiiin;^ people. 
 
 Cli.'nti-, pious, •ifdfiist, ineiriliil and jusi, 
 His pvidp liis people ; utid liiii (iud his trust. 
 To tlie ihiril Geoi'jje, jipijrnvin;; lieavcn ordain'd, 
 A life ant)leini'<hf (!, aii.l a dcatit unpnin'd. 
 
 Thus did George the Tiiird terminate a reign of 
 nearly 60 years, the longest ot any Briti.sh Sovereign, 
 a reign full of the n)o«t important revolutions and 
 events that the |)age of history can di.sclose— a reigti 
 replete with victories, both naval and military, the 
 greatest that ever were achifved— of domestic tiis- 
 tresses, perhaps the severest that ever were endured ; 
 and make n)» of interna! and foreign conjinolion.s, ter- 
 rible in their aspect and direful in their effects. But, 
 during ihitt long and perilous |)eriad, Jehovah pre- 
 served our king and our country, our laws and our 
 liberties, surely •' blessed arc th.e ptioph' Ahj.^o Go({ 
 is the Lord." 
 
 Now that (ji^orge our father Ijas .^one to his glorion; 
 reward at God's rightMianci, lee us joyfully Irausferom- 
 allegiance to his illustrious son and successor, and 
 bear iiim wp on the arms of faith and prayer. Our 
 inolhe' ounlry has conquered her externa] enemies, 
 but some of her degenet^alo chi<dren are rebelling 
 agaiti.'-t her, and during the piescnt national distress, 
 aribiu'i' fVcnn unavoidable circiunstances, arti endea- 
 
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 /oui';n«.j Lu'ovt'rciii!! i^n^'gli'^rioii^ OxistilnUosi ; nien'* 
 whi) arc infidels iri it4i«~jlor; infd smarcliists in j)olitics, 
 uiuler tli« .spec.ioii.'i pr<'iei»c« ot reloriii aw sprcadiuij;- 
 iheirpernicioib' priii<;i|)Ips, and ari' /ndoiivouring" to 
 ponoh the minds of fii.i i\1;ij>esiy's Stiujccts. Allow- 
 ing, tliaf a rationai rf'i'Mca (S iH»t.rs.^ai'y, tiiese are not 
 ihe characfers who'artM apahle of (-irectinp; if. Tlu* 
 Coui^titutioii. re«(uires skiifid {)liysiciiiiis, not i^no^a^t 
 i^uack's. Undei-" tliG jv/retence of contijtln;^; .Jxjses, 
 iHev w'oulfl do for our inotfier couiiii'V wli.it ihei.* 
 j;':'C(|jcc.s-wis ill anarciiV nnd iiifid litr did for France. 
 'rlH'y' u'oidd murder \wc kiiij^— oveiluru her alcais — 
 dem()Vi\]]ZQ lier peojjle — and for an a{^<^ of reason 
 give h^raii'n^e of proscription, biooil, and murder! 
 Purely then it is our Jnty as iHiihfnl snhjects, to prav 
 lliat the counsel of ihese Ahilhopi.ls may be tunic 1 
 to foolishness, and that as George the Fouiih b.a;? 
 CDmc 10 tlj'j throne amidst distresses unexampled, lie 
 may be enaWed to alleviate them. 
 
 I more particuJarfy call upon you who are Me- 
 thodists, to engage in this labour of love. Our pri' 
 vileges*as a' people are great, let us shew onrselV'^s 
 worthy of them, by fearing God and honoring our 
 Sovereign; Our loyalty during the last reign was 
 conspicuous,' let it, be no less during the present. 
 Recollect my dear brethren, piety and loyalty ought 
 €verto"-go hand in hand. Hut it is unnece.ssary to 
 exhort yo« to this dtily. I know your hearts are. as 
 mine wh'en I pray, May the reign ofCi^orgf^ the 
 Fourth be glorious I Wav Ins end be pe:!<;t' ! l*eaie 
 be ' witliin ' thy walls Oh ! Biitain, an;l pio:i,)crhy 
 within thy palaces. For my i)ie'(hre]rair;i covnp..!.' 
 iiions sake I will n;>w say peace be vvith thee ! 
 
 AMEN & AMEN. 
 
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