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'i I Ii^ :ifh: . * PSALM xcviii. li fing unto the Lord a new fong^ for he hath done marvellous things : His right hand and his holy arm hath gotte?i hi?n the viEiory. AS we are now together in the Houfe of the Lord, to pay him our hum- ble and grateful Acknowledgments for the eminent Succefs which he has granted the New-EMgland Arms againft a neighbouring powerful Enemy, I could think of no Words more pertinent than thofe 1 have read to you, to employ your Medita- tions on fo remarkable an Occalion. Some indeed refer them to the Mejjiah, and his fpiritual Conquefls in behalf of a re- bel World } but others think they were pen- ned in Commemoration of fome (ignal tern* poral Victory gain'd by the Troops of I/rael, under the Command oi David yOwei- their Ene- mies. In this View of them they are properly applicable to the Defign of this Day's Solem- nity ; for the Lord hath done marvellous things for us ; his right hand and holy arm hath got* ten him the vitJory : And we are hereupon^ A 2 obliged i* ^ } '. i ? 4 A Thankfgiving'Sermon for obliged tofing a new Jong to the Praife of his great Name. In Ipeaking to the Words, I. I (hall confider God as getting the vi- 6lory by his right hand and holy arm. II. I fhall take notice of the marvellous things which he fometimes does in gct^ ti?2g the 'vidfory. III. I fhall {hew what Reafon a People, for whom God has thus gotten the Vi- ctory , have \.oJing a new Jong of Praife to him. Thefe are the Heads we are naturally led to difcourfe to from the Text : And we fhall endeavour to Ibeak to them in a Manner not unfuitable to the Occafion of the Day, and Circumftances of Divine Providence. I. I am, in the firfl place, to confider God as getting the victory by his right hand and holy arm. The infpired Pfalmiji afcribes this Glory to him. He does not take it to him- felf, he does not beflow it on the Troops of Jfrael', but acknowledges the Efficiency of God, and gives him the Honour due to his Name. His right hand atid holy arm hath gotten him the vidiory. Literally fpeaking, it cannot be faid of God, that he has an Hand or Arm ; for he is a pure Spirit, without bodily ^11 of his be *vi- 'tn, velloui n get- ^eople, he Vi- Praife illy led ^e fhall ner not ly, and der God and and ibes this to him- oops of ency of e to his rm hath king, it n Hand without bodily the ReditSJion of C^pc-^vtton. 5 bodily Shape or Parts : But as 'tis by the right Hand and Arm that Men are wont to put forth their Strength, thefe Parts of the human Body are figuratively applied to God. So he is faid in the Text to get him the victo- ry by his right hand and arm. The Language is ufed by way of Accommodation to our Capacities, and obvioufly leads us to con- ceive of Victory as obtain'd by God, brought about under the Direction and Influence of his powerful and all-wife Providence. And this is a Truth every-where acknow- ledged in the facred Writings. They fpeak of the great God as ruling in the Armies of Heaven and Earth ; as prefiding over the Kingdoms of this lower World, governing all their Affairs, and deciding all their Battles. The Names by which he is commonly known in the Bible are thefe : The Lord of Hojis, the God of Ar?nies^ the Lord Jlrong and mighty, the Lord fnighty in Battle j im- porting that he direds, prefides, and over- rules in all Armies, fo as to turn the Battle on which Side he pleafes. Nor is Victory ever obtained but under the Divine Guidance and BlelTing. 'Tis in the Faith of this, that David, the General, as well as King of Ifrael, fo often applies to God to be his Shield and Help, and fubdue the People un- der him. 'Tis in the Faidi of this, diat the Ifrael of God do fo often make their religi- ous thankful Acknowled«;ments to him for '' eivmo; 6 A Thankfgiving'Sermon for giving them the Necks of their Enemies. And 'tis upon this fame Account, that we meet with fo many facred Hymns of Praife, jn Commemoration of glorious Vidory in a Day of Battle. Not that God, in getting the Vidory, immediately exerts his right hand and holy arm. He does it ordinarily by the Interven- tion of fecond Caufes, and of fuch as are naturally fitted, in a human Way, to ac- complirti his Purpofes : Though this ought not, in the leaft, to take from him the Glo- ry of his Agency > for the Vidlory is not- withflanding his. He raifcs up and qualifies thofe who are employed in a Day of Battle, he fpirits them to the Service, arms them with Refolution, direds their Condudl, and crowns their Valour with Succefs. The greateft Generals arc abfolutely dependant on God. He gives them Prefence of Mind, or confounds their Thoughts ; he directs their Councils, or fuffers them to be led afide by a Spirit of Infatuation ; he renders their Pro- jec^lions profperous, or fruflrates their beft concerted Meafures j he gives Courage to their Armies, or ftrikes them with Surprize j and if he intends to render them vidorious, he will order fuch a Concurrence of Cir- camflances in their Favour, as that they {lull have the Advantage of their Enemies, and tread upon their High Places. And the RedtdEtion ^Cape-Breton. 7 And now, if 'tis by the right hand and hO" ly arm of God ^ thatVidory is obtained, This (hews us where our Dependance ought to be for Succefs again ft our Enemies. Not on the beft Means or Inftruments j tho* we ought to make ufe of thefe, and may de- pend on them, provided we don't place them in tlie room of God : for he is principally and ultimately to be confided in ; and curfed is the Man, the Nation, the Province, that maketh Fiefti their Arm. The Lord Jeho- vah, and he only, is the Strength of his Peo- ple ; and whatever Truft is placed in Men or Means, it ought always to be in Subordi- nation to his all-governing Will and Provi- dence. And 'tis owing, I would hope, to fuch a well-placed Truft in God, that we his Peo- ple in this Land have been favoured with fuch remarkable Succefs againft our Enemies. We were not wanting in the Ufe of all fuita- ble Means j and yet I could not but obferve a general Difpofition in all ferious People, both High and Low, to own their Depen- dance on God, without the concurrent Blef- fing of whofe Providence they had no Hope of Succefs. It was this that brought us once and again publickly into the Houfe of the Lord, under the Countenance of Authority, to humble ourfclves before him, to confels our Sins, and beg that his Prefence might be with our Brethren gone againft the Enemy. And .*! 8 A "Tharik/gtving'Sermon for And upon no Occafion do I remember to have ll'cn a Spirit of Prayer more generally prcv.*iling among thofe who profcis a Regard to Rcli'jjon. Fervent Prayers were continu- ally going up to God from all Parts of the Country ; and may it not be hoped, that God has heard our Prayers of Faith and Truft in his Power and Goodnefs, and, in Anfwer to them, crowned our Enterprize againil the French Enemy with fuch fignal Glory and Vi(ftory ? Wc are likewife tau^^ht from what has been difcourfed, that the Glory of Vid:ories gained over Enemies is to be given unto God, To him therefore let us afcribe the Glory of our late Conqucft, fo nearly conneded with the Profperity of thefe Colonies. 'Twas by the right hand and holy arm of God that we got this Vidory : And to him be the Praife. Not that we are to be unmindful of thofe whom God has been pleafed to ufe as Inftru- ments in this great Affair. 'Tis the Com- mand of God, that we give Honour to whom Honour is due. And fliall we not think and fpcak of thofe, widi all decent Refpedt, and entertain a grateful Senlc of their Service, who have expofed them- felves to Hardfliips, and ventured their Lives in the high Places of the Field, for our Be- nefit J efpecially, when they have been ho- noured by God in being made victorious over our Enemies ? All Nations have don^ Honouf Hor Chie\ and dire^ f-oi the ReduElion of Cape-Breton. 9 Honour to their Heroes^ both living and aA ter they were dc .' : And :? they have fometimes exceeded herein, giving that Glo- ry to Man which was due to God^ tliis is no Reafon why we fliould not muice our grate- ful Acknowledgments to our IVarriors, and in Proportion to the Extent and Value of their Atchievements on our Behalf, and the Great- nefs of the Hazards and Didiculties they have gone thro' for our Sakes j always provided we keep within the Bounds of Religion, and honour not Man in Oppofition to God^ but in fubferviency to him, and ultimately re- fledting Glory on him. It has been remarked, the Song of Dc-- borahy tho' it gives the principal Glory of tiic eminent Vidlory it celebrates to God, whole is the Glory, and the Power, and the Vi(5lo- ry, and the Majefty ; yet at the fame Time it forgets not to give all jufl Applaufe to the Officers and Troops that acquired it under the Divine Condud: and Bleffing. A good Example this! and we may learn our Duty from it both to God^ and thofe he has cm- ployed as Injiruments in the glorious Con- queft we are this Day celebrating. We ought highly to efteem in Love and Honour his Excellency^ our Commander in Chiefy whofe Wifdom projected this great and neceffary Undertaking ; whofe Prudence directed to all fuitable Meafures to conceal it f''om the Enemy i whofe indefatigable I.a- B hours. ! ! .11: lo A 7hank/giving'Sermon for hours, by Night and Day, carried it on with fuch furprifing Difpatch; and, in a word, whofe juft Influence at Home^ and feafonable Applications there, procured thofe Ships of War, without which we could not have fuc- ceeded in this noble Defign. He has herein approved himfelf faithful to his Royal Mafier^ and a Father to New-England. The good Lord have refpeB to his Servant ! And may he long live at the Head of this Province, in high Favour with the King, and rejoicing in the Love, Reverence, and Obeifance of a loyal People ! Great alfo are our Obligations to our wife and valorous General, who, from a difin- terefted Love to his Country, laid by his own private Affairs, left his honourable Seat at Court, and, what is more, his beloved Re- latives and Friends, under all Advantages to be happy in the Enjoyment of them, to go at the Head of our Forces into the Enemies Land, and befiege their flrongeft Fortificati- ons in this Part of the World, expofing him- felf to known Difficulties and Hardfhips, and hazarding his Life, to make Acquifiti- ons for the publick Safety. BleiTed be the Lord his Strength, who taught his Hands to War, and his Fingers to Fight ; who hath been his Fortrefs and Deliverer ; who hath profpered his Councils and Arms, to the fubduing the People under him, and leading him into the Jlrong City, and putting him in Poflcfrion \* a I on with word, ifonable [Ships of |ave fuc- ts herein Mafier^ le good ind may nnce^ in loicing in ice of a our wife a difin- 1 his own 2 Seat at oved Re- ntages to :m, to go Enemies ortificati- fing him- lardfhips, ^cquifiti- bd be the Hands to vho hath ^ho hath , to the d leading g him in PoflcfTion • the ReduSiion of C^L^Q'^x^tcr^. ii PofTeiTion of its Strong-holds. May tne great Jehovah be ftill his Shield and Defence, and return him in Safety to liis own Land, that he may here fpeak of the mighty A(5ls of the Lord, and receive the jufl Applaufes of his People ! We fhould like wife be ungrateful, if we did not take a thankful Notice of our brave Commodore, to whofe Prudence and Vigilance, and active Courage, under God, it was ow- ing, that the Siege was covered. Relief for the Enemy cut off, and a ftrong Ship of War taken, which might other wife have obliged our Forces to return with Difap- pointment and Damage. His Readinefs, had there been a Neceflity for it, to have gone into the Harbour with his Ships, to join the Army in one general dreadful Attack upon the Town, ought .always to be remembered to his Honour : Nor will it be denied, that the Terror of fo many Ships, under the Com- mand of fo brave an Officer, had a powerful Influence in the Surrender of the Place. Up- on thefe Accounts the Name oi Warren will, I truft, be ever treated with Refped in New- England. Neither fhc 'Id we forget to make an ho- nourable Me' lUon of the other OfficerSy yea, and of the Soldiers, who, in order to reduce the City of Loiiijbtirg, endured Hardships, chcarfully went thro' Fatigues and Hazards, fearing nothing, and doing every thing Man could do ! ~ B 2 And I \ / h ! A i I f m' U |tt i! i 12 -^4 'Thanlfgiving'Sermon for And flmll we not love and honour thefe brave Inilruments in the Shame that has been brought upon thofe who hated us, and the Salvation God has wrought out for this his People ? We fliall be bafely ungrateful, if we withoid from them their jufl Praife, But our Acknowledgments muft not be confined to Men, nor principally made to tkem ', but to the God of Armies, the God whofe right hand and holy arm hath gotten us the I'iSfory, Not unto us, O Lord, not un- to any Skill or Valour, or Strength of our Army or Fleet, but to thy Name be the Glory. ^ — But I mufl not anticipate what will more properly come in afterwards. I there- fore go on to the next Thing propofed, which was, II. To take Notice of the marvellous things which God fometimes does in getting the Vidory for a People. Says David in the Text, Marvellous things hath he done : His right hand and holy arm hath gottefi him the vidiory. The meaning is, that it was in a marvellous Way, by furprizing Events, that God gained this Vidlory for IfraeL Nor was this the only Inftance in this Kind. God often appeared nsoonderfully for that People, and made bare his holy arm for the Deftrud:ion of thofe who rofe up againft them. Sometimes he miraculoujly exerted his Almighty Power, and did Things not only above, but contrary to the Courfe of or ir thefe as been and the this his eful, if ife. not be lade to le God otten us not un- of our be the hat will I there- , which IS things ting the in the : His him the ras in a Its, that in this nderfuliy his holy v\\o rofe acidoiijly \ Things Courfe of the ReduStion of Cape-Breton 1 3 of Nature, and all human Contrivance, to give them the Advantage of their Enemies. Thus, he rebuked the Red-Sea, and- it was dried up : He led his Ifrael thro' the Depth as through the Wildernefs ; while the Wa- ters fwallowed up the Egyptians. The Walls of 'Jericho marvelloully fell down at the found of Rams-Horns ; and the Lami>s and Pitchers of Gideon?> three hundred Men flruck the vaft Army of the Midianites with Confternation, fo that they madly turned every Man his Sword againft his Fellow. The Sun flood flill to favour JoJJma in the purfuit of his Enemies, while Hail-Stones from Heaven killed more than the Sword of Ifrael. And an udngel was difpatch'd from the Armies above to raife the Siege at yeru- falem^ by deftroying an hundred and eighty iive thoufand of the AJj'yrian Army in one Night, which obliged the reft immediately to retire from the Walls of that City. But, in the ordinary Courfe of Provi- dence, God fometimes does 7?tarvellous Thi?igs in fiivour of a People, and in order to their getting the Vidtory : Either by a fecret and inviiible Influence, difpofing and ranging fe- cond Caufes in fuch a Manner as to operate beyond all human Expectation ; or by in- terpofmg fuch a Coincidence of Events, as could not have been forefeen, and when brought to pafs, draw the Attention of wife Pbfervcrs, and force from them an Acknow- ledgment, /' ' / ■i ,1 1'' » H ,1 1; I I 14 ^ Thankf giving- Sermon for ledgment, that God's Throne is in the Hea- and his Kimrdoin ruleth all. vens, ana nis Kingaom ruietn over And of this we have had an illudrious In- ftance, in the memorable Conqueji that has brought us together this Day. I fcarce know of a Conqueft, fmce the Days of JoJJma and the Judges , wherein the Finger of God is more vifible. There has been fuch a Train of Providences, fuch a Concurrence of favourable Circum (lances, making Way for it, as are truly wonderful ; and, if conlidered in one collective View, render it proper to take up the Language of the Text, and fay, Ma-rvelloiis things hath God done Jor us : His right hand, and his holy arm hath gotten us this vidtory. It may fcem ilrange, that fuch a Country as this, fo weak in Strength, fo unfliilled in the Ufe of Military Weapons, fo diftreffed for want of Money, fhould make an At- tempt upon fo ftrong and fenced a City as Lcuijburg at Cape -Breton: Nor (liould we have entertained the Thought, if it had not been clearly pointed out to us by the Pro- vidence of God. It was apparently Providence that gave Rife to this important Defign ; partly, by permitting the French, laft Year, to take Ca7ifo, and invade Annapolis, and form a Scheme to invade it again this Year ; hereby opening to our View, in the clearell: Manner, not only the Jufiice, but NeceJJity of reducino; this Place, from whence we were 1.'; )»* Hea- the ReduEiion of Cape-Breton. were expofed to fufFer fo much, both on our Sea-coajls, and Fronti er -bonier s : Partly, by lending a Number of rich Eaft-Luiia Ships into the Harbour of Loiiijhiirg^ for the fup- ply and manning of which, in their Voyage to France, fo many of their Men, and fuch C^antities of their Stores were taken off, and fo late in the Fall, as to render the Spring the Nick of Time (as we vulgarly fpeak) the moft favourable Opportunity we might ever expec^t for an Enterprize of this Nature : Tho' after all, it would probably have never been undertaken, if the Providence of God, notwithrtanding the moll prudent Steps, un- der good Advantages, to gain Intelligence, had not kept us flrangely in Ignorance, both as to the vafl Strength of the Place, and Number of Inhabitants that miijht fuddenlv be call d in to its AfTiftance. Many of our Officers and Soldiers, v/ho now know thefe Things, have frequently declared, had they known them before, they fliould never have gone upon this Affair. And as it was by the Dire<5lion of Provi- dence, we were led to form an Enterprize of fuch vafl: Moment; to the lame Caufe mull: it be afcribed, that fo many Things were remarkably ordered all along in favour of it, and fo as linally to bring it to an hap- py Iffue. It was apparently owing to a figiial Inter- pofition in Providence, tiiat (o many Perfons from I ' I ]!■ i f m ■ If H 'ill I U ! 1 16 y^ Tnyankfgiving-Sermon for . from all Parts of the Land, were fpirited to offer themfelves willingly for this Service ; and that within two Months from the Refo- lution of the Government to undertake this Delign, the whole Military Force was in readinefs for Embarkation, and under Sail for the Place they were intended to go a- gainfl. I believe I may fay, fuch an Ar- mament for an Infant Province, fo volunta- rily raifed, fo well fitted for their Bufinefs, and fo fpeedily difpatched away, can't be pa- rallel'd in Hiftory : Efpecially, if we take into Confideration, together with our Inex- perience in Affairs of this Nature, the con- fiderable Naval Force equipped; the great Number of Tranfports provided ; the vafl Quantity of Stores procured, both for the Support of our own Men, and the Annoyance of the Enemy : And as to many of thefe ne- ceifary Stores, fuch as Canmn-^hot ^ Shells of various Sizes, Mortars, Cohorns, Hand-Gra- nadoes, Scaling-Ladders, Field-Pieces, com- mon Carriages for many of our Cannon, and fpecial ones accommodated for the Tranfporta- tion of thofe Cannon that were to be ufed in Battery ; I fay, as to thefe Stores, they were not only to be bought, but to be made : And yet, to the Surprize of every Body, the whole Work of Preparation, which was took in hand, after the Determination of the Court, yan. 29th, was compleated by Af/^rr/j 2ifl, when the General ^diVo, his Signal for failing. ^ ' I may, I '■•I the ReduStion of Cape-Breton. 1 7 I may, not improperly, remark here to the Honour of this Province , that the Men, io fuddenly and ftrangely got together to go upon this Expedition, were of a different Chara(5ler from tliofe, who are commonly fent upon fuch Occafions. They were not the Scum of the Land, idle worthlefs Crea- tures, given to Prophanenefs, Intemperance, and univerfally debauched in their Manners. A Number of fuch there might be : But for the generality^ they were Men who had upon their Minds an Awe of God, and feared an Oath; they were Men indullrious in their Callings, and well able to provide for them- felves and Families ; in a word, they were Men of Life and Spirit, animated with Love to their King and Country^ and willing to venture their Lives, not fo much to ferve themfehes^ as to promote tlie pub lick Good, 'Tis a rare Thing for fo many Men, of fuch a Charad:er, to be engaged in a military En- terprize : And I can't but think, there was a fpecial Hand of Providence in it. It was owing remarkably to the Govern- ment of Providence, that the Weather was fo ordered in Favour of this Enterprize. Per- haps, the oldefl Man living does not remem- ber fo long a Courfe of moderate fliir Wea- ther as we were blelTed with, while pre- paring for the Expedition. There was not the lofs of a Day, either by S?iow, Rain, or Cold'y which is wonderful in this Climate, C at i8 A 'TljanhJgivi7igSermo?i for at this Time of the Year. Some, who have preferved an Account of the Weather for more than twenty Years back, have been furprized to behold the Difference between the Months of February and March, this Year, and the fore-going ones ; 'This, a con- tinued Courfe of good Weather; thqfe, as continually intermix'd with Storms of Snoiv, or Rain, or Severity of Cold. And the Weather was as remarkably fa- vourable to our Delign at Cape- Breton : For, as fome have obferved in their Letters, there was fcarce ever known, among the French, fuch a Run of good Weather, as while they were laying Siege to Loiiijburg j whereas, the very Afternoon they enter'd the City, the Rain came on, filled their Trenches with Water, and continued for fuch a Number of Days, that they mufl have gone through mfufferable Difficulties, and been in danger of railing the Siege. The French themfelves took Notice of this Difpofition of Providence, and faid, It was vifible God fought for us. It was obfervably owing to Providence, that our Soldiers were preferved from the Small-Pox, as fuch Numbers of them were in this Town, in order to embark, when that infeBious Diftemper broke out among us, threatning an univerlal Spread. And, perhaps, the Time was never known, when io many Perfons, in fo many different Parts of the Town were taken ill with this Sick- nelc^^ i nefi its : (pe( it ^ the I a \ mil Yes the] Mai and cret witl pere for noyi Fre> kilk Liv( I of I ter tcry I flon I ieen I moi ^ be a ' jatii \ Hec van our IS^v ion for who have leather for have been nee between Marchy this Tbis, acon- tbofe, as ms of Snoiv, jr I narkably fa- reton : For, Letters, there the French, is while they g ; whereas, r'd the City, rrenches with a Number of 5or>e through sen in danger wh themfelves f Providence, ght for us, D Providence, \^ed from the of them were iibark, when :e out among Ipread. And, inown, when different Parts ith this Sick- nefc>, the ReduElion of Cape- Breton. 1 9 nefs, and it was notwithflanding flopped in its Progrefs : Which is the more worthy of (pecial Notice, becaufe, if it had prevailed, it would unavoidably have put an End to the intended Expedition. It was owing to the wonderful Condudl of a kind Providence, that fo confiderable a military Force, at fuch a Seafon of the Year, fliould be carried in Safety to the Place they were bound for, without the lofs of a Man, or meeting with the lead Difafter; and that their Delign (hould be a perfedf Se- cret to the Enemy, till they were furprized with the Sight of our Fleet, going into Chap- pereaiige Bay. It was this that made way for landing our Men and Stores without An- noyance, unlefs from a fmall Party of the French y fome of whom were taken, fome killed, and the reft obliged to flee for their Lives. It was owing to the extraordinary Favour of Providence, that the Enemy, fo foon af- ter our landing, forfook their Grand-Bat- tery ; allowing us to enter and take PofTef- fion of it without the leail: Oppofition. This feems, on the one Hand, to have been a moft fatal Miftake to them, which can fcarcc be accounted for, unlefs from a Spirit of In- fatuation, or a mighty Terror feizing their Hearts: And on the other, the lending Ad- vantage put into our Hands j as it animated our Men with Life and Vigour, furniihed C 2 them ^ I li*j? jij 1) i 20 yl T'hanhfghing-Sermon for rh made 1 wl.h the heaviej} Catimn ia the Siege, and enabled theni with greater Speed, and lels Danger, to make their At- tempt on the Town. ' And here was a Series of Things remark- ably overruled in Providence. Not only were our Men diipofed and en- nbled to tranfport their Cannon (fome of wliich were of large Size and Weight) over Hills and Rocks, and thro' MorafTes, in which fomctimcs they funk with their Car- riages fo as to be buried in the Mire j but, in fight of the Enemy, and within reach of their Shot, they ereded Batteries, mounted Guns, fixed Mortars, and foon got all Things m readinefs, both to cannonade and bombard the Town : And all without the Lofs of fcarce a Man. And tho* they were nine and forty Days belieging the City, and had their neareft advanced Battery within lefs than thirty Rods of its Weftern Gate^ (as the Meafure lias fince been taken) and were playing from it mod of the Time, and re- ceiving the Enemies Fire -, yet the Men flain were but an handful. And the like lignal Prefervation they met with at their Battery by the Ltght-Houfe, This was the greateft Annoyance to the Enemy, and under God, the greateft Caufe of their Surrender. And the whole Time they were eredling it, and getting their heavy Cannon up the high and fteep Rocks, to the I n for ladc ufe of ath greater ; their At- igs remark- fed and en- [1 (fomc of /"eight) over /loraffes, in h their Car- Mire; but, hin reach of es, mounted pt all Things and bombard the Lofs of /ere nine and md had their lin lefs than rate, (as the i) and were I ime, and re- the Men flain tion they met Light'Houfe, I lyance to the i greateft Caufe! whole Time^ ng their heavy ;ep Rocks, to the the Redu^hn of Cape- Breton 2 1 the Amazement of the Enemy, they were continually played upon both by their Cannon and Bombs : And yet, if I remember right, there was no more than one Man flain. The whole Number indeed of Men loft, whether by the Sword, or Sicknefs, or Difafter, du- ring the Siege, did not amount to more than an hundred and twenty. This is the Doing of the Lord^ and ought to be marvellous in our Eyes. The like has fcarce been known in the World. But befides thefe Favours of Providence, there was a moft feafonable Coincidence of Events, all tending to point our View to God, and to lead us into an Apprehenfion of him as remarkably appearing to grant us Succefs. Such was the coming in of a large Supply of thofe very Provifions which were wanted, juft as our Forces were ready to fail, and without which they muft have been delayed. Such was the taking a Number of Store- Ships going to the Relief of the Enemy, as well as intercepting a Packet from France to the Governor of Cape 'Breton^ which might have contained Advices of great Im- portance to the French^ and Dilfervice to us. And fuch alfo was the taking a large Ship of War, with more than five hundred Men, Provifions for eight Months, and about an hundred Barrels of Powder more than her own proper Store. Had the Providence of God 2 2 A Thaitkfgiving' Sermon for God permitted her to go in fafely, it might have dcfcnted our Defign. Such a Number of Men and fuch a Quantity of Piovifion and Ammunition, would liave given Heart, as well as Strength to the Enemy, and {{^Mnt think, muil have obliged us to raife the Siege. But what a merciful Turn did her Capture give to our Affairs ? Not only were the E- nemy weaken'd and difpiritcd, but a great part of their Strength put into our Hands to be turn'd againfl them ; befides that our Army received a Supply of Powder, which was now fo wanted, that our Cannon mufl have been filent without it. * And this Event is the more worthy of Notice, becaufe of the Incidents in Provi- dence remarkably leading to it. A Packet^ Boat from Great Britain arrives to Commo- dore Warren in the Wejl-Indies^ ordering him to Bojlon with feveral Ships of War, to advife with Governor Shirley for the Pro- tection of the Norther?! Colonies y which is the more obfervable, as the Commodore ^ thro* the Ignorance of his Pilot, had juft before loft his own 60 Gun-Ship, by means where- of he could give our Governor, who had difpatched Letters to him, advifing him of the Defign againft Cape-Breton^ no great Encouragement to expert his Help j though being now acquainted with the Refolution of this Government, he was prepar'd and difpos'd to haften away witli the greater Speed, N 1' ii % for : might himbcr ovifion I Icart, (1 Ibme c Siege. L^apturc the E- ii great ands to lat our whicli )n mufl rthy of Provi- Packet- 'ommo- Drdering ^ar, to le Pro- vhich is y-e, thro* t before where- ^ho had him of 10 great though jfolution ir'd and greater Speed, the ReduSlion of Cape-Breton. 23 Speed, upon his Orders from Home, But had he come to Bojhn, as he intended, a- greeabie to his Orders, he had probably been too late at Cape- Breton to have met with this Ship of War, A Vellcl therefore is ac- cidentally cad in his way at Sea, accidentally to Man, but intentionally by God, giving him certain Information that the Neiv-Eng- land Forces had been fome time on their Voyage ; upon which, though in want of Water and Provifions, he altered his Courfc, and arrived before the Harbour of Louijluirg time enough to take the Vigilant^ a fine new 64 Gun-Ship, defignedly fent from France for the Protection of the French^ and Di- fh-efs of the Engl/JJj. But the moll afloniriiina; Article in the Condui^l: of Providence, was its dlfpofing the Enemy, by furrenuering tlieir City and For- treffes, to prevent that jjeneral Ailluilt, both by Sea and Land, which had been refolved upon, and mull have occafioned a mod dreadful Effufion of Blood on both Sides : And God only knows what the Event would have been ; as the French were fo flrongly fortified, and had within their Walls 600 regular Troops, and, at leali, 1400 of the Inhabitants, whom they had called in to their Afliftance. Upon the whole, the Reduclion of Louif- burg, confidering tlie immenfe Sums of Mo- ney that have been laid out by the King of France % \ ^^. I' Ji- 24 -^ Thanlfgivtng- Sermon for France to render it impregnable ; and conii- dering alfo that it was accomplifhed by in- experienced, undifciplined Troops from iWw- England, is an Event truly furprizing, and will be fpoken of as fuch at home, and hand- ed down as fuch to the Children yet unborn. We may fay, upon a Review of the Pro- vidences obvioufly leading to undertake this Affair, and vifibly favouring it when under- taken, and all along remarkably concurring to its being delivered up into our Hands, Marvellous things hafi thou done for us^ O Lord ', thy right hand and holy arm have got- ten us this viSiory. And to thy Name be the Glory -, which leads to the lafl Thing propofed, viz, III. To fhow what Reafon a People, for whom God has thus marvelloujly gotten the Vidlory, have to Jing unto him a new Song of Praife. David, you fee, calls upon the People of Ifrael to Jing imto the Lord a 7itiv Song, for the Vidiory his holy arm had gotten for them. This gave them new Matter for a new Song, and jufl Occafion to fing it un- to God. And the fame may be faid of us the Peo- ple of God in this Land. He has given us a ?2ew and great Occafion to fing Praife to his Name ; and we fliall be horribly ungrateful, if we negledt to do fo. And the Ingratitude will rife in its Bafenefs ^nd Malignity, in proportion for i confi- l by in- ig, and i hand- unborn. be Pro- ike this undei- icurriiig Hands, • us^ O ive got- ime be Thing 3le, for tten the So?ig of 3on the d a Jitw dgotten itter for g it un- he Pco- iven us fe to his grateful, gratitude nity, in :)portioi\ the ReduSiion ^Cape-Breton. 25 the )portion to tne mar'nellotis Things which the right hand and holy arm of Cod hath done in getting for us fuch a glorious Con- queft : A Conquefl:, putting us in Pofleflion, of what may be called, The Key of North Ay, merica ; and which, if wifely improved, may be of vaft Service, not only to this and all the neighbouring Governments, but to. Great Britain alfo, by guarding our Navi- gation, and fecuring to the Englijh the Cod- Fifhery, the Value of which will be great at prefent, and may in time go beyond Ac- count. 'Tis obfervable, it was a common thing for God's People of old, when they fuccced- ed againfl their Enemies, to celebrate the Praifes of that God who appeared for them, and gave them Victory. We have many Songs of Praife upon fuch Occalions in the facred Writings. Such was the Song of Mofes for the Victory of Ifr'ael over the E- gyptians^ recorded in the 15th Chapter of Exodus. Such was the Song of Deborah and Barak for their entire Conquefl oi'^abin and Sifera^ as we may fee in the fifth Chapter of Judges. And fuch alfo were feveral of the Songs of David, for God's powerfully deli- vering him out of the Hands of his Enemies, as thev are to be met with in the Book of Pfahns. All which Inftances of religioully acknowledging God , upon Occafion of Vidtories obtain'd, were written for our Ex- D ample, i h H I C.'. I 26 A "Thanh/givifig' Sermon for . ample, and call upon us, under the prefent Circuinftances of Providence, to enter into God's gates ninth thankfgii^ing^ and into his courts with praife. And as this is the Defign of this Day's So- lemnity, let us unite in praijing the Lord for the avenging of Ifrael. Let usfngpraijes to the Lord God of Ijrael. Let the infpired Language of Mofes, and the whole Body of the jfewifi Nation, be ours upon this memo- rable Occafion : / will fmg unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly. — T^he Lord is my ftrength ajtd fong^ and he is become my fahation. He is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation : my father's God, and I will exalt him. — The Lord is a man of war, the Lord is his name. - — Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power. — Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods ? Who is like unto thee, glorious in holinefs, fearful iji praifes, doing wonders ? Thou hajlf retched cut thy right hand : — Thou, in thy mercy, haft led forth the people which thou haft redeem- ed: ' — Thou haft guided them in thy ftrength. — Let us recount the many Favours of God to our Brethren ; the many wonderful Inter- pofitions of Providence, making way for the glorious Conqueft they have gained: And let us mufe on thefe things, till our Hearts are warmed, and our Tongues opened to lliew forth the Divine Praifes. Let us extol our God and King, and hlejs his name for ever and for e prefent nter into d into bis Day's So- ' Lord for prai/es to i infpired ; Body of is memo- tbe Lord, The Lord become my ill prepare od, and I m of war ^ 1/ band, O — J^bo is rods? JVbo fifiretcbed thy mercy, afi redeem^ ilrength. — irs of God ;rful Inter- vay for the ned: And )ur Hearts opened to et us extol me for ever and the ReduEiion of Cape-Breton. 27 and ever. Let w.% [peak of the glorious honour of bis Majejiy, and of bis wondrous works. Let us Ipeak of the might of bis terrible acis, and declare bis greatnefs. Let us abundantly utter the memory of bis great goodnefs, and fng of bis right eoufnefs. And let not the blefTcd God Jiave Occafi- on to fay of us, as of his People of old, T'beyfang bispraife, they foon for gat bis works. 'They forgat God their Saviour, which bad done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red'Sea. Let uii not think it enough, my Brethren, that we have laid afide our worldly Bulinefs for a while, to appear in the Sanctuary of God, that we may fpeak and fmg his Praifes. The Lord has done great things for js. The God of Jefhurun hath rode upon the Heavens in our Help, anditi bis Excelleficy on the Sky. And this wonderful Appearande of God for us, (liould excite our Love, warm our De- votion, confirm our Faith, encourage our Hope, and infpire us with the firmeft Refo- lutions of all holy Obedience to the Com- mandments of God. I Let us not think, that God will be pleaicd I with meer external Offerings of Praife, Nay, ! be hath JJoewed thee, O Man, what is good. I And what doth the Lord thy God require of I thee, but to do Jufiice, and to love Mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God^ Behold, to D 2 obey n 4 :i|:ii II v . y ■ . *i/' i'j^ i 28 ^ Thank/giving- Sermon for obey is better than facrijice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 'To love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our un-^ derjlanding, and ivith all our foul, and with all our ftrengtk, arid to love our neighbour as our [elves, is more than whole burnt -offerings and facrifices. Let us, together with offer- ings of praife, order our converfation aright •, fb {hall we glorify God, and he will 9i]\\JI:}ew us his Salvation. And let nie here mind you of one Way, wherein 'tis peculiarly fitting you {hould ex- prefs your Gratitude on this joyful Occafion j and that is, by pe wing mercy to the Poor. 'Tis obfervable, when the yews prevailed againfl their Enemies, and folemnized the Feaji of Furirn in Thankfgiving to God, they gave gifts to the Poor, as we read EJiher ix. 22. And if, when we faft, and humble ourfelves before God, 'tis proper to deal our Bread to the hungry, when we fee the naked to cover them, and fatisfy the affiled Soul ; is it not reafonable alfo when we are called to ferve the Lord with gladnefs, and to come before his Prefence with finging, to be in the exercife of that Charity which (hall refrefli the Bowels of the Poor and Needy ? Can there be a more fit Occafion than a Day of religious Gladnefs and Thankfgiving, to open our Hands in liberal Diftributions, caufing the Widows Heart to fing for Joy ? Let us in this way do good, for with fuch Sacrifices God is.well ilcajed. But 1 i the ReduEiion of Cape-Breton. 2 9 But what I would more efpecially re- commend to you, is, tlie exercife of all Chriftian CompafTion towards thofe of the Enemies whom it has pleafed God to put un- der our Power. Of old it was faid^ thou Jhalt love thy Neighbour, and hate thine Ene- my , but our Lord Jefus Chrift fays, love your Enemies, This Chri/iian Law muft not indeed be conftrued in prejudice of that Love which we owe to ourfclves, our Families and Country, which may make it necelTary to take up Arms : But when by this Means our Enemies are fallen into our Hands, we (liould treat them, not only with Humanity, but Chriftian Love j being ready to all the Offices of Kindnefs and Compaflion towards them. We fhould not infult them, we fhould not upbraid them, we fhould not treat them with Harlhnefs and Severity j but endeavour to make their captive State as comfortable to them as may confift with the publick Good. Some of you, it may be, have Friends or Relatives among their Enemies. How would you defire they fliould treat them ? Would not you be glad, if they were kind to them? Would you not think hardly of them, if they Ihould fliut up their Bowels of Compaflion, and behave towards them with Difkindnefs ? Let us treat thofe who are our Captives in the iame human Chriftian Way, we fhould be glad our Friends fhould be treated, or ourfelves. .-:i ■i' ill 1^: HI ^ ( . ; 30 A TT)anhfgiving- Sermon for . ourfelves, were we in our Enemies Power. That is the Prcfcription of the Bible, Prov, XXV. 21. If thine enemy be hungn ^ ghe him bread to eat \ andifhe be thirjty^ give him water to drink. And the Reafon follows in the next Verfe, For thou Jhalt heap coals of fire upon his head^ and the LordJIoall reward thee. But I have no need to ufe any Ar- guments upon this Head. I believe there is no Place where Prifoners of War are ti'eated with more Kindnefs. They have no Reafon to complain for want of all reafonable Liber- ty, or that they are not fuitably provided with all things neceffary : Though the Cafe of fome of them may be fuch as to call for Chriftian Charity ; and in this Cafe, I would hope, there are none of us but would wil- lingly open our Hands for their Relief ^ and in fo doing we fhould honour God, and be- have like the Difciples of Jefus Chrift : Nor fhould we in any wife lofe our Reward ; it would be laid up for us in Heaven. And now as the ConcUifion of all, May it pleafe the good and gracious God, to over- rule this glorious Conquefl to an happy liTue, the Good of our Nation and Land, May he give all needed Diredlion as to refettling the Place. And may all proper Care be taken, that the pure Gofpel of Chrift be preached in this part of the Dominion of An- tichrift. May the Man of Sin, that Son of Perdition, the ReduElion of Cape-Breton. 3 \ Perdition, be no longer acknowledged as Chrift's Vicegerent. May all Gra'ven Images be pulled down, all Su^rjlition removed, and the Religion of our Lord Jefus Chrift, as it is contained in the Bible, be upheld and pradifed there. And may the happy Period come on, when Nation fhall no more lift up Sword a- gainft Nation, nor the Alarm of War be heard on Earth. This happy Time can't be expeded till the Lord Jefus Chrifl: has taken to himfelf his great Power and Reign ; till he is feated Ki?ig upon God's holy Hill of Ziotiy and has generally fubdued the Lufls and Paflions of Men : And when this is once the Cafe, that will be fulfilled which is fpoken by the Prophet Ifaiah, The Wolf Jhall dwell with the Lamb, and the Leopard Jioall lie down with the Kid ; and the Calf^ and the young Lion, and the Failing together ^ and a little Child jhall lead them. And the Cow and the Bear JImU feed, their young ones pall lie down together. They Jhail not hurt nor deftroy in all my holy Mountain. The Meaning is, Love and Peace fhall reign on Earth among Men. The good Lord haflen this bleffed Time, for his Mercies fake in Jefus Chrill:. Amen. F I N I S, vf 11