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Pra'ip ye cfjfrc the Lc the Pi cf bis 4t. *u. V Printed i«3 rratejul Keftextons on the fij^Ml\Apj)edr^ntes ojjjnm.. Providence for Great Britain and its Colonies in America, which diffufc a general Jot. A S E R M O N Preached in the Old Church in Boston, OHoher 9. 1760, Being The T H A N K S G I V I N G-D A Y, [ On Occafion of The Surrender of Montr E A L,and thecomplcte Conqiieft oi CANADA, by the Bleffing of Heaven on his Britannic Majesty 's brave Troops, under the aufpicious Condud of that truly great and amiable Commander, General AMHERST. By Thomas Foxcroft, A.M. . One of the Paflors of the faid Church. \Praip. ye ths "Lo^Ti for ths Averii^lng of Jfrael, when the People I 'a^'dlhiglj offered themfelvcs.—My Heart is towards the Governors ofJfrncl^ that offered themf elves willingly among the People : Blefs ye the Lord.-- They that are delivered /r^w theNoife of Archers in the Places of drawing ll'atcr, iherejhall they rehear fe the righteoui JMsofthe Lord, even the righteous ASls towards the Inhabitants cf his Vtdages in IfraeL Songof Deborah & Barak. BOSTON: N. E, Printed and Sold by S. Kne&laxd in Qiieenftrcst, I 7 6 ^). f } ^Sfr^Sfr^^VV^V^ Grateful Reflexions on the Divine Appearances in behalf of Britain and its American Colonies, particularly in the Conqueft of C A N A D A, P S A L. cxyvi, 3. The Lord bath done great Things for us : whereof we are glad. ©@@@@NE grand Defign of the holy Scriptures Is ®@^@® to rebuke ihr -ommon Stupidity of a de- ^ ^ O ^ @ generate Wond, in not regarding the mighty @@-v®@ ^^^ of Divine Providence ; to call GOD ^@@^^ ^^ °"** Remembrance ; and point our At- ^ w.>^ VV^ tention to his Agency,as the primeEfficient, the fovereign Moderator of all Events, whether in the na^ tural or moral World.^The Book of Pfalms, in particu- ^r IS moft excellently calculated to ferve this important Ajelign ; efpecially as Example carry's with it a peculiar Jorce the moft ftriking and attra^ive to human Nature. f vL A •l''^'^^ ^^""'^^ ^^^°^^s very fingularlyabounds With admirable Patterns of devotional Exercifes, Medita- !n?r nT?''.'"iF'''^^ • ^^^^y ^here confefling and ador- Agent, the ongmal Creator and conftant Prefervcr, Bene- ?a«or. Proprietor, and Lord of all ; celebratinq the 57461 yi I nanKfiiivi\ ^-kH Ferfeaions of his Being and Government ; recounting the Operations of his Hand ; and rendering to Him all religi- ous Honours and Acknowledgments;, — many of which are in the Strain of Thankfgivingand BlefTing, — which were recorded in Scripture for our Jnaruaion and Imitation. In the Pfalm now before us (thought to be pen'd by E::ra, or fbme other Man of'Cod, about the Time of the Jews Return from the Babylonifli Captivity) we find the Church of Ifracl avouching the Agency of GOD in the gloriousTranfaaions and happy Revolutions of that extra- ordiiiarv Day. They had lately fccn very intercfiing and furprizing Occurrences in Favour of Zion ; which' dicy contemplate with facred Plcafurc and Wonder. It is a de- votional Admiration and Joy they exprefs on this mirthful Occafion J uttering their Words before the Lord, and afcribing to Him thcPraife of thofe (ignal and profpcrou-? Events they were now rcjoycing in. The Lord (fay ilicy) hath done great Things for us : whereof xvs are glad. Amidft the prefent Tumult of different and blending Paflions, betwixt melancholy Reflexions and plcafant Prof- peas intermingling with one another, on their fuddcn e- merging out of Servitude and Sorrow, into Liberty & Joy, they feemed to themfelves like them that dream. Their former Di/lrefi was fo recent in every one'sMemory, and liad been fo long k heavy upon them, that they flill feem'd to feel it, and could hardly realize their aXual Recovery out of it. Their prefent Enlargement was fo fudden,was attended v;ith fuch v/onderful CircuraRanccs, and promifed fuch glorious Confequences, fuperiour to their highefl and: moft fangulne Expcaations, that they were aftoniHi'd at ir, and could karcc " believe it for Joy." As it is llory'd of the Apoftle Peter, when miraculoufly delivered out of hig Jmprifonment, '* He will: not that it was true, which was done by the Angel ; but thought he faw a Flfioit'' : fo in the prefent Cafe, the People of Ge(S, marvellouily refcued from the Opprefllon of the Enemy, and redorcd to glorious Liberty, fay of themfelves, " We were like theoi that dream''. They were even loft in a pleafmg Confu- r» n '»U/i itingthe II religi- hich are ch were ation. icn'd by e of the find the ^ in the t extra- ingand ch ihcy is a dc- lirthful D, and fpcrom y ilicy) lUid. lending It Prof- den e- Their ry, and fecm'd covery en, was omifed eft and; 'd at ir, ry\l of L of hifj ch was ;Joii/ly )rcd to . :; theoi ^onfu- ■J' fion and Amazement, to find their Mournin? turned to liicceecling their Tears and Groans. Such a Revoh,,; „ leem'd ahiiofl inci-cdible to them. KevoJiitiou The very Pagans round about them were alarm'd and nf' Tr T; ^'P"'f' '° °'''"^"<= ^'"' Wonders L God of Rrael had wrought for his Favourite-Nation '.The' fa.d they among th. Heathen. TheLoau ha hdoneT a" rh>ngs f or them". Such uncommon Events and oi" /I tTlftw'i ^^r^' ^'^ ^i^="'= P^vidence eSe 1 „ behalf of h,sPeople, that they became theTonic of Conve ? ration everywhere; the flrikinq News apace flew Za J and fpread univerfal Surprize. The Heathen ihTn ft r* jvere not infenHble of a DiLelntcfpofitSn b LS ir ": ttn ft t-te if ''r"" "r.'' °^ "'^ ^^°- vvorSng Sllv tion tor t„e Ifi^-iehtes. How much foever t!>ey hated the 1.7' "^ r"'" ^r}"''^- '"^ ^""'J "ot buf own to Lor , ,he,r Goo had fignally appeared on their Side a,id wrought Wonders for their Relief and Welfair.- B^fi re the 7.«,. themfelves were confcious of this- and whl^ iTsi^T f '8*^'^°"" ■■"="'= "'^'■^ Provid t'ia Wo2 : tIeSubjea of common Talk only, the 7,-u,s ,oZ^ n Charaaer, m a juft Correfpondenc^e' wiA { d , Sl'd Attachment to the Service of the God of Heaven °nd in ' Order properly to fignify their Gratitude, as becTr^;a Peo" and f a Wav of I L r" ''T^'A""^ Acknowledgments ; •"lu in a Way ot Addrefs to the God of Tfrael hpv „r ered the grateful Confeilion in our Text "The lL^' l"th done great Things for us : whereof we aregLd-; ' penfationfr/p "' ■''?"""'"' °J. ^^'^ °f '^^ ft"pendous Dif- Prejudice and Snn..a%- ^ ? , ^' ^^'^"^ ^^^ J^^^^er of and'' ndlna^^ pT °u' "^.'^^^ ^""'^ ^^^T to invidious r! ^"^'g"ant 1 afhons, when thev view'd iheC^ oO... :n • Events .s the Pcodufl. of a ^^^^t^t^^ half T ^^^^mms^g^mi^mmmtmf^ half of them who were Partakers of the Benefit ; wheH they confiderM thefe Wonders as wrought, not by any of ihcir own gods, but by the GOD of the yews, whom, in his fuper-cminent CharaOer of ** the only living and true God, the Holy One of IfraeP*, they were truly Haters of ; and when they confiderM the fame as wrought in Fa- vour of a Nation, whom^ in their Charaf^er of * 'a holy Nation, and the peculiar People of the moft High", the Heathen rather maligned and dcfpifcd. However, while others might be vexed at thefe Things, and might envy the Jews, or at beft only (land amazed at thefe great Events, the obliged People themfelves, confcious of their being highly favoured of the Lord, took Pleafure therein, and devoutly confefTed GOD the Author of them ; faying, " The Lord haih done great Things for us i whereof we are glad^\ As Chearfulnefs is ufually exprefs'd by Songs, and Thankfgiving is the proper Language of Joy, on the Re- ceipt of Divine Benefits, they exprefled the Gladnefs of their Hearts in an Addrefs o^T'hanks^ a Hymn oiPraife; which is handed down to us in the infpired Records. It is one of the *' Songs of Zion", in which the Words of our Text occur. The People of God had been " fowing in Tears", but were now "reaping in Joy" : And theirpre- fcnt Rejoycing was "after a godly fort", as we may pre- fume their antecedent Sorrowing had been. They "walk- ed mournfully before the Lord*', while "their Harps hung on the Willows", untuned to " fing the Lord's Song" in their fuffer'mg State. But upon their Deliverance they " awaked up their Glory, and fang, and gave Praifc". They now "rejoyced before theLord , and paid their grate- ful Honours to the God of their Salvation. " Then (fay they) was ourMouth filled mthLaughter, and ourTongue with Singing^*, It is a Dilate of Reafon, as well as a Precept of Revelation, '* Is any merry ? let him fing pfalms". This is univerfally the Temper andTendency of devout Souls. They are difpofed to " fan£lify the Name of God'' on all Occafions of Mirth. Not refting in Laughter, in natural and civil Merriment, the Children of J— " bf Tv with ( licarfii inVie\ And fj Heart jthc Sf tLord,; And f vice, is pie; Vei tt rcjo ftowct jas the! [fhould with P chearf Him V exaltci \ with S marvel andW i Glory, inetactc /romH Xordi |the Cc fthat m; JKing.- laccordi lings an lexalted 'bingi Inhabit 1n the 1 fhout I to God I fing ye : ; wh^H jr any of vhom, in and true y Haters ht in Fa- *'a holy gh", the cr, while ;ht envy jfe great of their • therein, whereof igs, and the Re- idnefs of ' Praife; >rds. It 3s of our )wing in theirpre- nay pre- f "walk- rps hung ong" in ce they Praife". ;ir grate- hen (fay Tongue ivell as a bim fing endency Jlify the t refting Children of I bf 2^on have their devotional Singing. Not contented , with entertaining one another, by 'fingirtg Ballads or rc- I hcarfing Poems among thcmfclves, on the joyful Themes inView, they addrefs Heaven with facred "Pfalms,Hymns, nnd fpiritual Songs, finging and making Melody in their Hearts to thcLoRD",inProportion as they are *' filled with |ihc Spirit." So Mary m, "My Soul doth magnify the I Lord, and my Spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour."— I And furely, it mufl be granted, this is our reafonable'Scr- % vice. " For it is good, to ling Prnif^s unto ourGod : fbr ic % is plcafant, and Praife is comely". 4 i Verily *^ every T>ay nVc fhould blefs the Lord.*' and J " rejoice in every gcod Thirg which the Lord our God be- I ftoweth on m\ But when he doeth greatThings fbr us, 5 as thefe furnifll us with Matter of exceeding Joy, fo they )fhould proportionably warmourHearts, and fill ourMouths with Praife ; introducing the livelieft Accents id moft chearful Notes into our Songs of Joy, while extolling Him who is great and greatly to be praifed. When God exaltcthtne Horn of his People, when he beautify's them Jwifh Salvation, cro^vns them with Loving-kindnefs. and |marvelloufly operates in his Providence for their Safety- land Welfair, he then expels they be abundantly joyful in ^Glory, and fing aloud the high Praifo of their Divine Be- inefaaor. On fuch Occafions, very eminently, the Call sfromHeavcn is in ihofe emphatlcal Strains-^* Praife ye the Xord. Sing unto the Lord a new Song, and his Praife in |the Congregation of Saims. Let 10^1 rejoycc in Him |that made him : let theChildren of Zion be joyful in their |King.-- « Praife him for his mighty Aas : prai(c him iaccording to his excellent Greatnefs. -- *' Declare his Do- iings atnong the People ; make mention that his Name is %jalted. Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done excellent "Things: be it known in all the Earth. Shout, thou inhabitant of Zion ; for great is the Holy One of Ifrael m themidft of thee.— - O clap Hands, all ye People : Jhout unto God with the Voice of Triumph. S\m Praifes ;to God fing Praifes. For God is King of all the Earth : fmg ye Praifes with Underffanding. the Shields of l\v^ 3 Ea arf:i '•I A Thankjg hi ng' Sermon f Earth belrni/ unto God : He is greatly exalted. — " Sm yc to the Lord ; for he hach triumphed glorioufly — "A{* cribe yc Grcatnefs unto God. — '* O fing unto the Lord a new Song : for he haih done marvclJous'Things ; his right Hand, and his holy Arm hath gotten him the Victory. ''Sing unto the Lord with the Voice of a Ffalm : make ii joyful Noife before the Lord, the King.-- " Let Mount Zion rejoyce; let theDaughters of Judali be glad, becaufe of his Judgments. — •* O give Thanks to Him who alone doeth great Wonders. O give Thanks unto the God of Heaven. — " Sing unto the Lord with Thankfgiving. Praife the Lord, OJerufalem : praife thyGod,0 Zion."-^ In this pathetic Language, and with much Re-iteration., the Scriptures urge the Duty of Praife, joyful Praife, and fervent Thankfgiving, to Him whofe Name alone is ex- cellent, and whs doeth excellent Things, great and mar- vellous Things, without Number. In Conformity to thefe Divine Injitn^lions, that is the Saint's Difpofitionand Refolution, and his Heart's Defire, in the Language of ..he holy Pfa'lmifl — '* Thou, Lord, hall: made me glad through thy Work : I uill triumph in the Works of thy Hands. O Lord, how great are thy Works ! — '* I will extol thee, my God, O King ; and I will blcfs thy Name for ever and ever. I will fpeak of the glorious Honour of thy Majefty, and of thy wondrous Works. My Mouth fhall /l^eik the Praife of the Lord : and let all Flefh blefs hii holy Name for ever and ever." — Not fatisf/d with his own perfonal Thankfgivings and Praifes, or with thofe of the happy />w/,like-niinded with himfelf. the good Man (with the Spirit of the Royal Pfal- mift) wifhes, that "all the Earth" may ling unt«> the Lord ; that ''all the Kindreds of the People'' may give unto the Lord the Glory due to his Name ; that " the People" may praife him, that " all the People" may praife him ; that "every one that bath Breath" may praife ihc Name of the Lord. — Not only does he ftir up his own Soul, and all that is within him, to blefs the Lord ; but confcious of his Ine- t].ualify to the heavenly Budnefs, he calls in Help, and . wouW ; Prii ccl. — " Sing mfly— "AA the Lord a igs ; his right e Victory. — aim : make ' Let Mount rlad, becaufe 11 who alone the God of hankfgiving. ,0 Zion."— 'le-iteration., i Praife, and alone is ex- at and mar- ihat is the irt's Defire, 'hou, Lord, triumph in sat are thy Jng ; and I ill fpeak of y wondrous ■ the Lord : nd ever." — givings and ninded with Royal Pfal- ^ unt€> the may give me ; that eople'' may may praife 1 ail that is :)f his Lie- Help, and wouU 4. would fain affociate others with himfelf herein. He would have all unite their Praifcs with his, to honoui* God more I fuitably to his Grearnefs, and to the Worthinels of the Oc- tcafion, on receiving of great and common Salvations, great and general Benefits. The Man who is animated with ihe Pfalmilts excellent Spirit, is ready to refound and echo to thofe his pious and affeflionate Exhortations — ''O mag- (nify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his Name toge- ther.— "O come, let us fing unto the Lord : let us make a joyful Noife to the Rock of our Salvation. Let us come .before his Prefence with Thankfgiving and make a joyful Noife unto Him with Pfalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all goc's. — "Blefs the Lord, O houie of Ifrael ; blefs the Lord, O houfe of , Aaron : blefs the Lord, O houfe of Levi : ye that fear the Lord, blefs the Lord. — " Kings of the Earth, and all People ; Princes, and all Judges of the Earth ; both young Men and Maidens, old Men, and Children ; let ihem praife the Name of theLord."~This now,I think,muft be theVoice of every pious Obferver of theTimes, and Lover of Zion, concurrent with the Voice of God in his Word and Pro- vidence, rerj:)c«Sting our Nation and Land at this Day. For, with the flricleft Propriety and upon the jufteft Grounds, we may adopt the Language of oar Text (and may we all, by a fpccial Lifluence from the Spirit of thrift, unite in an Acknowledgement fo appofite to our Cafe, with the like Fervor of Devotion, Gratitude and holy Triumph, as did the Church that firft made this exulting Speech I) Thif Lord bat/j done great Things for us : whereof it'd^ are Confonant to this is the Language of the Procl \ma- TiON f appointing the prcfent Solemnity : anditmay not be amifs now to rcfrefli your Memories by the Recital of its principal Part ; efpeciaDy as 1 propofe it for the Model of my following Difcourfe. j] " G r e .a t f By His iLxcelkncy Francis Bernard Efq. Governor \ji -iijv- aivTiuvc ui iiic A-iujjUii.ujei'.i- iJiiy, — I N. B. As I had preached from the Text, on a preceding Lord'sDay, a Sermon adjuftod to the ufual Form, the prefent Dilcourfe is to b2 confider'd as a Supplement to thar, and an AppUcaiion of it, upo i the << (I II 'I « t (I e f9.^l^ "^ ^"'^ manifold have been the Mercies ot GOD towards us : He hath given Viaory to the King, and caufed his Enemies to flee before him ; and hath at length compleatcdthc " Srf ^"f ^°! !vr'!,^°"'"'^^' by the entire Re- •' tS ? "^p^^^.^^ : whereby the future •< p^""fy °f o""- rehgious and civil Privileges is under God] putijtoourown Hands : Where- lore, that all the People of this Province may at one Tmc and with one Voice exprcfs their Thankfulnds on this glorious Occafion", the I^iefent Day is « appointed to be a Day of pub- ." ProvhKc.'?!!" "^"^^^^^'V'^'P within this rp.^^'-^'f "f'y ";f,"^ alTcmbled this Momini; jointly ",o retornThanks toAlmightyGOD," i„ general fo .'hiJgre.t 1,^ hT:" f ^;,T'«/°^='fds us", and in particular " fo h^ hav,ng fo v.fibly fupported us in .his juft and neceffiry War ; and at the ftmeTime, to accompany ourPraifes with mo therlnl " "^'^ Majesty's Counfels and Arms unto theEftabhlhment of a firm and honorable Peace.''— In the firft place, you fee, otjr public and thankful /"c- Wledgments are demanded for '" the,^..<,, and nanl it^Cl^^ni^f !°wards us."ingene;k-And furely, favours of Providence towards us (I mean the People of ^ Great u^^n'iVl '^^ Pro^^Jamarion.~Nor was it ti]I after I had refisn'd it up to the Importunity 0/ feme of my Friends, for the Pre^ that recolleaed. the fame Text is the SJbjea of feverll excel L sU jnons, two of the Minifters of the Toin had gTven heTubhc the orefs \t ti,WK ," "t^" '" \ "'"' ?"* '* ^^^ ®^ ^y **owcr to fun- on f/To/^K. the Mercies en Vidory lies to flee pleated the entire Re- the future rivileges is s : Where- vince may :prcrs their fion", the y of pub- i^'ithin this jointly ''to )r <*his great ticiilar *' for nd necedary Praifes with fr'ould conti- s and Arms Peace.'-— lankful Ac- and ?nam- \nd furely, e merciful ; People of Great: dd refjgn'd it Prefs, that I xceilent Ser- ; Public, the nfefs, might iikeJv would lad call'd to 'ower to fup- :tatheGea» ' Great Britain, and of thefc its dependent Colonies) have been both great and manifold ; and if view*d in a proper J.ight, muft be own'd the worthy Subjc<5l of our devout IVleditation, and juft Matter of our joyful and folemi) Thankfgivingto God; whofe Prcfence and Blefling are the original Sources of all true Profperity and Happinefs. If we iliould compare Britain and its Colonies with oiher Kingdoms or States and Provinces ; If we fhould particu- larly recollea the great 'Deliverances (great in their Na- ture, Circumftances, or Confequences) which God ha? wrought for us in Times of Dillrefs ; the great Prefer- vations he has granted us in Tinges of Dancer ; and thq great pofitive Bhfflngs, Liberties, Privileges', and Advari- lagcs, SuccefTcs, Increafes, Improvements, Extent of Dot minion and Commerce, Superiority in War, inteflinc Tranquillity, Health, Wealth, Plenty, a well- balla need Conftitution of civil Government, falutary Laws, and in- liumerable other Inftances of national Glory and Blifs, by which God has fignaliz'd his Goodnefs and Bounty 'to- wards us ; it would,on the whole, be abundantly manifeft, that the Lord hath dene great Things for us : ani in- _dced, hath not dealt fo with any Nation befides on t}ic Jace of the Earth. Britain, and in fomc Mcafure the Bnti/I; Plantations [oo, at this Day, are very much the Wonder and Envy of all the World, acquainted with their Situation, Circumftances, and Affairs.-— But it would carry me beyond my prefenf Purpofe, and oblige me vallly to exceed the fcant Limits of Time allow'd the Pulpit on thefe Occafions, Ihould I go into any diftinft Illuftrations of the comprchcnfive Articles hinted at. I muft therefore leave them for theEntertainment of your privateThoughts : and I am perfwaded, if you have any fuitable Conceptions upon thefe Heads, you will readily join with me in ac- Icnowledging, The Lord hath done great Things for us; whereof we have Reafon to hcg/ad. What 1 have chiefly in View at prefcnt, is a brief Re^ cognition of fome remarkable Events, that have been plamly owino; to the kind Interpolltion of a Divine Hand, i^ owr S^Qiy and Welfair ; which alone may fufficiently evidence 'i UJ, i' evidence the Lord's having done great Thw(rs for and which loudly befpcak a thankful Commemoration. Certainly GreatBritain is that hapnylfland where many the rtioft notable Tranfaftions of a favourable Pro vidence have been fcen, both in former and later Ages. JTo go but a little further back than one or two of the laft Centuries ~- Among the memorable Events in Favour of our Engltjh and Scottifi Nations, nowfo happily conneft- ed m one Kingdom, and among the lafting Glories of iffr/. tain we may very juftly fet an Afterifm on that capital and leading Inftance, the Reformation. Which was th^ Kingdom s Deliverance from theTyranny of theBiihop of Rome, and his deteftable Enormities ; the Church's Purification from Abundance of vile Errors, Idolatries and Superftitions ; the rcftoringof the Holy Bii le to common Ufe ; the fpreading of Chriftian Knowledge, and the ob- taming of a more fcripturalWorfliip than Britain for Ages before had ever feen • and in Confequence of a Divine tJleffing on Divine Inflitutions, the Recovery of Muki- tudes of Souls from Darknefs to Light, from Bondage to Liberty, and from Death to Life, in a moral and fpifitual fecnfe. A Work this, which muft needs appear truly fur. prizing, if we review it in its Rife and Beginning : if we 'TirVn"' ^;°^''^'j '^ ^' ""^"^ ^° '^^ Confequences andEffefts; ifwerefleft, how it has been guarded and watched over by a fpccial Providence, and carry'd Me thro many a dangerous Crifis ; how it has been fupported againft the moft powerful Efforts of the combined Forces of Earth and Hell in Oppofition to it; how it has been re. vived, when fometimes fallen into Decay and Languifh- ment ; and even when threatncd with utter Ruin, hafbeen renewed and re-eftablifhed, if not further advanced, by feme happy and feafonable, but unexpefted Turn of Affairs, ,n which have appeared very plain Signatures of a Divine Intcrpofition. And th6 the Reformation, fo Ibc cefsfully begun, and fo long fubfifting, has never been profecuted to fuch a Degree of Perfei^inn. ., m U,v. .^ Koom for; future Improvements and Refinements, accord^ mg to Scripture-Rule j yet was it, even from its firftCom- jncncement <'/ I 'ngs form, loration. fland,whcre urable Pro- later Ages. Bof thelaft: Favour of Jy conneft- ies of iffr/- hat capital Which was 'theBifliop ! Church's )Iatries and to common id the ob- n for Ages a Divine of Mulri- londage to id rpiriiual truly fur- ig ; if we ifequences irded and rry'd fafe fup ported ed Forces s been re- Languifli- , has been aneed, by Turn of latures of n, fo luc- ver been !, accord- firftCom- :ncement on the Lonquejt oj l; A^^^W ^■.!- mencement and in its loweft State,fuch aWonder of Mercy to Britain, as deferves to be had in evcrlafting Remem- brance, and juftly claims a very thankful Mention when- ever we are thus in the folemn AfTembly commemorating the great and manifold Mercies of God towards us. :; The fhort Reign of that illuftrious young Prince (our ' ^^\^Jofiah) King Edward the fixth, who flood at the Head of the Reformation in England, truly meriting his f hereditary Title " the Defender of the Faith", and ap- > proving himfelf the Patron of pure Religion, as well as a confpicuous Example of Royal Virtue and early Piety / his lliorr Reign, 1 Jky, if we had Lcafire to take a parti! cular View of it, would prefent us with fome of the moft \ admirable Scenes of Providence, and entertain us with a pieafing Variety of greatThingsdone for ih^BriUjh Ifrael cfpecially in the Condudl and Succefs of that glorious En- tcrprize, the Reformation, then fo happily in Purfuit. And when, upon the Demife of that incomparable Royal Reformer, a Pc//> 2;/^^w, the infamous Mary fucceeded to the Crown, who fet her felf to ruin the Pro' teftant Intcreft, and foon prevailed to reduce Things into the old Channel of Corruption ; reviving the Herefies and Idolatries, that had been exploded and purged away pro* ftituting Majefty by an abjcft Submiffion to a foreign Yoke and reconciling her Court and Realm to his offended Holi- ncfs of Rome ; but kindling the Flames of Perfecution againft the Puritan Reformers, and purfuing with Ven- geance all fuch as were brave and honcft enough not to ftrike in with her impious and tyrannous Meafures ; which drove greatNumbers of her beftSubjcfts intoExlle, impove- rifli'd Multitudes, ruin'd many a fair Eftate, and facri- ficed many a precious Life j --- O what a merciful Inter- pofitionof Pro"' ieuce was it, by the gw^^/j's Deceafe to put a quick PeriGu to her bloody Reign, and fo to themoft Ihocking Scenes i^f Hnrmr ' How admirable too was the Kindnefs of Heaven in re- ferving at the fame time a Proteftant Frincefs^thi^t iHuftri- ous Advancement totheThrone ! Which brought on a Lm Rcvolunon >n Politicks and put n new Fac'e upon rclig t, Mhn; once more broke olTtheRcalnvfroniicsSubjcaio., to the Sec of Rome ; purged theChurch from tliofe grofTer Superftifons m WorAip, it h.d relapfcd into ; reilorec Truth .nDoflrme j^called home many fa'mous LiJhts of he ■ ItrT'rr T- '^■■'='g"P?«^.fo which they had retired for Libertyof Confcence, and for the Safety of their Kerfons ■ 4nd mlhort, gaveafre/h Revival to rhe Hopes of p"ol tenants, at a Junaure when all feem'd to be loft.— Hoiv R^p'T^'ZV^' Goodnefiof God in diftinguifli. ing this Prote/^ant Qjteen, not only by endowing her with fuper,or Ab.ht.es for Government and War, but by givi g herLength of Days ; and fo.prolonging her Reign (a Rcicn profperous and full of Glory, ,ho- in^ fome RefpeaTS wuhoutits Clouds) to the firmer Eftabliflament of thePro. ttftant Rdigion at Home, and its greater Security abroad ! ior£nta,n was then the common Afylum of Protellant Refugees ; and truly the Bulwark of the Proteflant Intc relt. _ Jn fine here. How marvellous was the Divihe Ap- fTZ%^' ^I'^T- "] ""^ '°"' Diflipation and Deflruaion of the Sfan,^ Armada, by a terrible Storm ; when at- temptmg an Invafion, aud thrcatning to carrvall before it > i.hat vaftly numerous and powerful /7.rt, which boafted It felf wvmaiU ,ndfecm-^ fupcrior to all Oppofitibn ; which therefore had .t not met with the fignal Blafts of i Tn't ;rr1 f^'"} ^lo^ldence. might have fucceeded .n .t dreadful Errand the fubduing The Queen and her Realm to the Sfan,/. Yoke ; and fo, might have been the lanhappyMeansof a triumphant Re-entrance of Popery, and a frelh Perfecution of Proteflants, if not the utter Extinaion of the Proteftant Rcligion,in Britah.it leaft. ♦..^r^T' ':';™*='l''«Inrt^"ce I ftall mention of anitt- tcrj^fingProvidence on behalf ofthe5n>//5Ifraei,occur'dirt thefollowmgRe,gn,thatofKlngjAMEstheFirft; and it was the foopportuneDifcovery of that horrid P.Ja PU commonly MGunfoz^der Treafin, juft a't thecriticd Moment, when npe for Execution ; whicl, being happily prevented. |ie< :# Ri iflen'ing ticf on a hkiTcd ■>on religion s( csSubje(f^ioit thofe grofler to; reflored eights of the d retired for cir Ferfons ; cs of Pro- 3ft. — Ho\V JiftingLiifli^ ing her with It by giving ^n (a Reign .efpc inentary Sxms\ then made, has had lading goodEffeas, a^i .' Britain is reaping Advantages from it to this very Day. |InAddi;km to the civil Oppreihons of that inglorious I Keign, there were eccUHaftical Impofitions, and in Confe- I qucnce hereof; violent Profbcutionsof the iVi?ij-f^;7/irw/;2e - Clergy (or Prote.lant'D/;^.'/?///?^ Minifters) which were the , Means of driving ThouCinds of the King's beit Subjeas . over to thcf^ remote Regions of America, in View of a iecure Retreat from the angry Storm ; and fo provM the C iinex|xaed iincxpcaed Occnflon of fome blcfTed Events, at once cn- i^rging the Kingdom of Christ, and cxtcndin^r the Do- minions of ^r//,i/«, to the greacAdvanccmcnt of it's Wealth Strength and Glory, as at this Day.- And what is won' dcrtu] to reflca on, at the famcTinic the King's Heart, by the good Hand of God, was bowed to favour thefe his emi grant Suhjeas with his Letters Patent, or Roy a IC bar tet s rlanning a good civil Governnnnt for them, and vouch' iahng them ample Powcrs,Privilegcs,Immunities & Rights • which have contributed fignally toihePrefcrvation,Growth and J^iounfliing of the Nexu^EngUimi Colonies, from whence a Series of vaft Advantages and BeneHts have been derived to the Mother-Kingdom. ~ The unhappy civil // ars, that fo long fubfified, between the Kin^ and Par- Jiament, and which were over-ruled in Providence to an ainazing IfTue ; yet feem to have laid the Foundation for Conlcquences. that not a little affefted the Weal of the Nation, and have been fubfcrvicnt to irs Safety and Prof- penty.-. The tragical Fate of that unhappy King h,is Jcftaftandmg Monument of the Abfurdity and Danpcr there is in a Proteflant Prince's giving Ear ioPopiJh Qo^n^ f^h, and the Folly of riiking his Crown by ftraininir his Prerogative, or ncglcfting his Parliament, or defpifina the ropuldce. ' ° The Interregnum that follow'd, however fome Circum- Itances attending it, or fome of irsTranfliftions, might cad a Gloon, over ir, yet I think, was not without a Alixture ot inch Events in Providence, in that Day, as confpiredto advance the Glory and Felicity of Britain, and fuch as may juftly ftrike the calm unprejudiced Rcflc<^or with Ad- mirarion. How fignally did the intcrpoh'ng Hand of God appear, m that, notwithftanding the long-continued Race of an intcfine War, which fb commonly corrupts the Manners of a People, there fhould be fuch Remains, yea. a yifible Increafe, of Sobriety and Virtue in the Nation ! i hat notwithflanding fuch Emulations and Clafliings amorg a Variety of Parties, and fiirh Chan^nc :,, .!,<, ^^l^■.a^^ uon of civiJGovernment.there fliould be fo much good Or- der mamtained,and the Courfb of Jultice ^qwqW prcfcrvcd ! In t 9 adu at once cn- linjT the Do- )fits\Vca]th, vhat is won- *s Heart, by lefe his emi- alCbartefs, and voiich- :s& Rights; ionXirovvth >nios, from J have been linppy civil g and Par- encc to an dation for cal of the and Prof- it I NG has id Danger ^'//^Coun- raining his fpifing the eCircum- night call Mixture nfpired to 3 fiich as with Ad- d of God ed Rage upts the lins, yea. Nat ion 5s among iiiiniuru- ^ood Or- cfcrved ! In .« I In Hiort. that there fhoiild Hill be fo ruch of thcFace of a Kingdom kept up, and io many Tokens of a flourlfliing Nation ; fuch a Degree of national Strength, of national i^yme, and Inrtucnce abroad— and above all, fjch an ap- parent Growth in Chriftian Knowlcd^^e, and fo many Sifins of a pvofpcrous State of Religion ! How marvellous die Goodnefs or God to Britain, in not fuffering either Anar- chy or Tyranny at any Time to be its Ruin, but over- ruling the Mifchicf s of both to produce good Etfcas in the When thcRefJoration of Monarchy in thcPerfon of Kincr ^^HARLEs the Second came on, it is obfjrvable, though togetncr with this. chcre was a Relloration of arbitrary Meafurcs or Government, thcmgh a Deluge of Corrupii- ons and Drfordcrs broke in with it, and though the Perfe^ cuiiun of Protcftant Diifcnters was renewed and carried on vvi.h a high Hand, yet by a Divine over-ruling Providence Good was brought out of Evil, and Britain's Happinefs the more advanced, and better fecured, in the Event For Jnllance, the Turning Inch a Multitude of worthy Ma- ^titrates out of their Offices.becaufe they did not feeLight to make {olcnm Renunciaii(Mi of an important political I ruKjple, wnich if (iiKcrely and univerfnlly ahhorred,'xn\ the Contrary cfpoufcd, there had no Place been left for luch a^glorious Event as the Revolutiou, or the Proteflant .Sz/.v.//:/.;, this doubtlefs had its Influence to confirm thole Gcnilemcn in their Attachment to Britifh Liberty nnd by their ExVnple to diff^fc and perpetuate a generou^ AVnrmth m the fame righteous Caufe; which ferved to pave tne Way for thof^^^/.r/.;^, E^^ent^, that have been the efjoaual Means of its^ Recovery and Eftabliflimcnt.— MO, the S,lcn.-ng llich a large Body of None or, for mi (I ^'^^ntfters perhaps as ufcf ul and truly valuable a Sett of C^ofpeW rcachers as any iNation was ever blefsM with, who were thruft our of their Livings, driven into Corners and muerably harraded with penal Laws,-rhis eventually turned to inc h..nor of tiioie pcrfbcuted Diflcnters.and the greater Creait of theh- Cn.fe, as thefe hard Meafures afforded tra:m an O^^ .-tunity to fignalize their Inrcgrity, 2 ,,i.a Mercft in genernl, by enforcing ,!,c F, i i, |' ' ^/^^ fivil Liberty and pure Religion. * * i'^i?i'n'tt^,r'"*p"'^"'^^"''y^''l^''"^'='"''^=C:,rc 11 uoou in the next Rcifrn t h-^t nf v;,.r. i Second I fl,.,„ H,e.erorc oniy'': fe e Sein rcncr' ^ intat uatcct in Iii.Counfels, .ind left of God to pnrfue inl Mcafures, relative both to Clnireh and State a o Iv f "v ^^Kicn tne Ujffercnccs between his Prr^piln..* c r • rv wnh Reference to their re.igiois'Diqt^tltlauS times free ^s fma r R V r '^V/-'"^^^"- '^'■e^i^' elcr.ped me Jnihe hally coning. ':^ A I ' natur V ^ " eir Zen I for a > had been Cm- ir.Tlly now but to its riifTc'iinp o tlie Divine Hration, eafily Enjoyment of be T)ifent'in^^ pofiijon innde rvcd to fup- Rcfiilt, this 5 on a Le^al ??, inckrJ, it e Prote/lant •s of the Re- on which it e Providenco '^d ; and the noft adverfci bie Caufe of e toiheCjCj James the "^ in general, he was bent i'as ftrangely piirfue fuch IS only fcrv- fopcs. For ', by Frowns tionsi^^c. to t SiibjC(Sls, )CcJal,fomc- times Bievjty omit- ^^■'•^y compo- ranfcript for ' perhaps as ' times gratifying one Party, and at other times courting the other, and all with an Aim to weaken the common Caufe, thefe Managements only fervcd to draw their Attemioii .^, to the common Danger, to drive the contending Parties I nearer together, to make them willing to come to a Tem- ^per among thcmfelves, and unite their Efforts for the com- ^nion Safety. And fuch at length was the Union of the iwhole Nation in Oppofition to the King's Religion and Politicks, that an Invitation was fcnt to that celebrated General and Politician,thc I'rince ofOran^^ (iheKing's Son m Law) to come over to their Help, foV the Rcdrefs of Grievances, the Rcfbue of civil Liberty, ami Security of the Proteitant Intcreft. A Condna highly becoming a ^ .ree People, juflifiable by the great Law of Self-Preferva- ;|tion, and in my Views of it, fo near a-kin to the Parlia- #mcntary Oppofition to King Charles the Firft, that I Jiknow not how any can conditently approve the one and % condemn the other. This Precedent may fuffice forever irto filcnce all Pleas for indefcafible hereditary Right, Non- frefi(lance and paflive Obedience; which have fometimcs * n '"l^ /"'^? ^ ^^5^^' b"*^ "^^w ^^-em happily laid aHeep. i 1 his Condua, at leaft, has declared the general Senfe of the Nation, and left a notable Tcftimony to the Caufe of civil Liberty and the ProteOant Religion. In this a won- jfderlul Hand of God is to be feen and acknowledged.—- ^ u n^''^"^ the Way for iheNation's Deliverance? And ..ilia bicfred Deliverance it was, when King James, either I throughConfcioufiief^ of Guilt, or through Cowardize, un- ff der the Apprehcnfion of approaching Danger, made his ^1 J1.XU (as inglorious a one perhaps as that of his Royal Fa- I ther, though not in the fiimc Manner) firll abdicating his ;| Crown, and then fbrfl.king his Kingdom, and going into m ^ kind of voluntary Exile. By which Means a civil § War was happi^ly prevented; and hereby, purfliant to na- I rural Right the Nation was at Liberty to fill the vacant * 1 hrone by Eleaion of a SucccfTor. And upon whom fiiould the Eyes of the Nation more ' n.turaJly be turn\l, than their glorious Deliverer, who ^ Uc^a Ip nearly related to ibc Throne, efpecially by his Comfort, •m Confort, the eldcft Princefs of the Blood ? This wife and great Prince and his mod amiable Confort were accordingly by the unired Voices of the Lords and Commons, with the g-cneral Confcnr, confiicutcd King and Queen.-— A fur- prizing Revolution this, attended with fuch Circumnanccs, and followed with fuch Confcquences, as loudly fj^ak it a Wonder of Mercy to Britain,Vind owing to a fpecial In- tcrpofition of Divine Providence ! — This was an Event fruitful of abundant ITappincfs and Glory to the Nation : particularly, in the Eltabliilimcnt of civil Liberty, and rrovifion for the Security of the Protejlant Religion, by a Parliamentary SeirlLment of the Succeffion to the Crown in the Protectant Royal Line ; hereby greatly fuperadding to the Security and Strength given to both by the ihon prefent, juft, mild, Proteftant Reign. For Kint; Wil-- liam's great and generous Soul, not fatisfy'd with having refcu'd Britain out of the Hands of it's Enemies, nor with making it happy, by fecuringit'sReligion and Liberty, during his own Reign, look'd forward, even to diflant Futurity, and ftudy'd how to perpetuate the fame Happincfs in all following Reigns. As a Medium to this blcfled Purpofe, God pu: it into the King's Heart, to get the Crown legally entail'd, in fuch a Manner, that Britain might hope for a glorious Race of Pro- tcflant Princes, to fway the Sceptre in Righteoufneft; and in Mercy. — And the Royal Favour, not rellrain'd by Bigotry to any one Sett ci the King's ProteAant Subjcfts, but conducted by an impartial View to the public Good, procured an Aft of Parliament to eftablifli a Toleration and Allowance of Proteftant 'Diffenters ; to their great Relief and Quiet, as well as to th : greater Advantage and firmer Security of :hc common Crui?, v/hercin .11, whole Hearts are truly Protellant, l.\. <,oriliantly united. — However, while he edccm'd it his Glory to rule over a free People, and confultcd the general Good in allowing a reafonable Liberty to all his loyal Subjefts; yet, as be- «..(me 2. true Father, he at the fame time tcokCare to fence f'.em about with vvholefome Laws, for the Security of good Manners, and would indulge none in a wicked Li- centioufnefs. His Heart appear- d warmly engaged in the noble ioble C Proving IhcirMc lisaufpi rmatic Under hi miied i c rcmi s a Fa ugh: t it home ifndLibe f'.I.ccd >^s in ( 'fke ; an #ough til the ) JtiHltanc fns, to| Icroic E l^as foui Jropagat elieve, llie Chai pirincipa] Protefla ther at 1- Charitiei former ? lion at 1 the App this by t Influenc in fhefe je6ls hen deprived harraflcd iriimmin A Crifis, |bme pai lis wife and accordingly )S, with the N. — A fur- :umnancc8, lly C\yeuk it fpecia Mil- ls an Event le Nation : btTty, and eligion, by the Crown b per adding / the tlicn • <.in^ WiL- ^-ith having emies, nor id Liberty, to diflant the fame Medium to g's Heart, a Manner, e of Pro- Thteoufnefi; ;Ilrain'd by It Subjcfts, blic Good, Toleration their great vantage and ui], whole united. — ule over a n allowing et, as be- -e to fence Security of vicked Li- igcd in the noble iobic Dcfipn of exalting the National Chara£lcr, and im- proving the Genius of his People.by re£^ifying and railing [he;rMorals. And it is not the lealk among thcG lories of lis aufpiciousReign, that ihofc excellent "Societies for Rc- brmation of Manners ' had their Rife in it. and flourifhed Under his powerful Patronage. -—Nor was his Royal Care 'Imiicd to the Shores of Britain, but extended it felf to c rcmoreft Britifh Factories and Plantations beyond Sea. s a Fafher mindful of his Children abfent, the King ugh: theWeal of his Proteltant Subjefts abroad, as well as it home, and was equally concerned to fccure their Religion indLiberty. Where any of them were in Hazard of being ^I'luced to Popery, and To of being drawn into Slavery, he l^as in Care to have them provided with a good Prefer va- ^e ; and where anyFaftory orScttlement had notStrength ^ough within it felf to procure and maintain the Miniitry ol the Word, he took Care to make Provifion for their jt-initance ; and even for the Support of Proteflant Miffi- |ns, to profelyte the Heathen to Chriflianity, On fuch ^croic Defigns, and not on any little narrow Party Views, as founded that Royal Inflitution of the *' Society for iropagating the Gofpel in foreign Parts'*. — [Nor can I elieve, iiever entred into theKiNo'sgencrousHeart, that ifie Charities given on this noble Foundation, flioiild be j^incipally applied to ferve the Intention of reclaiming P rote ft ant 'Difjenters to the EpTcopal Communion, whe- ther at home or abroad. If fuch Application of thefc Charities be juftifiable in the latterCafe, why not alfo in the rormer I Were the Experiment made of fuch an Applica- tion at Home, perhaps it might have the good EfTcft,to put the Application Abroad under a different Direction. But this by the Way.] — I go on to obferve, how the benign Influences of the Royal Favour and Juflice reached to us in ihefe New-England Colonics. The King's loyal Sub- jifts here, in the laft preceeding Reigns, had been not only deprived of their inv:iluable Charter-Privileges,but cruelly hlirraflcd and oppreifed by various defpotic Meafures, and in imminentDanccr of lofine both their Relicion & Liberty. A Crifis, that no true Friend of either can review without ^me painful Feelings ! But thro the Mercy of an inter- pofing i'- »l ^^ m\ ml m j \M\^g Providence, thefe Colonies were delivered from Im^ pending Ruin, by Means of the glorious Rcvokition, and the happy Acceffion of King William to the Throne : who of his Royal Grace- renewed or continued their Ghar- ters, and with a Paternal Plcafure faw them cafed of their Grievances, and reftored to a (ccure and profpcrous State. Now were their Con. plaints turned into Songs, and they were /ike unto them that dream. They now found Re- pofe and Solace, in the undifturbed PolTedlon of Liberty and Property, of their Laws, their civil Rights, and their religious Privileges ; partaking largely in the National Happinefs, under the wife, the equal, the Proteftant Go- vernment of King WitLiAM, whofe Memory is blcfTed : And it may fitly be fubjoined here, on whofe Royal Head (even after the Lofs of his excellent Partner in theThrone) ftill the Crown fat fafe and flourifliing, to the Joy of his lo>al Subjects, both at home and abroad. But hisEnemies were covered with Shame, by finding therafelves frullra- ted in all their Attempts (whether in the Methods of In- furre<5lion and Livafion, or of AHadinaiion and Murder) to WFeft the Sceptre out of hi? Royal Hand, in order to rc- pjacc a fugitive and abjured King in the Britijh Throne. For it is very remarkable, how a gracious Providence watch'd over the Deliverer of the Nation, and the Shield of its Liberty, civil and facred ; to defend his Perfon, to fupporthis Throne, and to crown his Reign with Irofpc- rity.and Fame, to the great Glory and Happinefs of i?/;- tain and its Dependences. — Thefe furely are Wonders of interpofing Mercy, never to be forgotten ; fuch as nnift al- ways make a difiinguifliingFigure in theEnglifliStory j and well deferve a grateful Mention on this Occafion. Nor wasCJueen ANNE's Reign, who next fucceedcd to theCrown, without thofelnftances of a benevolent over- ruling Providence in Favour of Britain and its Colonic?, that merit our grateful Reflexions. The peaceableAccef- - lion of this Proteflant Princcfs to the Throne, upon the happily delivered the Kingdom at prcfent from the painful ' Apprehenfion of a Po0? gucxIFor. The Security of her | Perfon ">»»» «*— • V red from im^ okition, and lie Throne : i their Ghar- afed of their porous State. ys, and they found Re- of Liberty ts, and their the National oteflant Go- y is blcfTed : Royal Head theThrone) i^ Joy of his hisEnemies Ives frulira- thods of In- I Murder) to order to re- ly^ Throne. Providence d the Shield 5 Perfon, to I'ith I'rofpc- :iefs of Bri' Wonders of ( as nnift al- Story J and ion. :t fucceedcd volenr ever- ts Colonic?, eableAccel- - ;, upon the C rr. ouccciiion, I the painful :urity of her . Perfon -f^erfon, and the .^upport of the Proteflant SucccfTion as Ihen by Law efiabliihed, being the Objects of public At- tention, and the common Care : her Reii^n like wife com- *nencingr with a Variety of great BiefTings and Glories, and proceeding for a while with a progrcfTive Profpefity and ▼ery promiftng Appearances, — ihefe Circumlt.inces gave .lurthcr Encourageiuents to tlu:- Friends of the Protettant tuccc:{[ion, and new Checks to the Hopes of its Enemies* |t liuilt be acknowledg'd, this female Reign was for a Courfe of Years very much fignaliz'd and honoured in ^l^rovidence. It was highly dignify'd, in particular, by a |u(t, a mild, a wife Admioiltration of civil Government ; py a Parliamentary Confirmation of tlie Revolution-Entail of the ^V/Vz/y^ Crown ; by aRatification of the legal Allow- .ance or Toleration of Protellanc Dilfcntcrs ; by the Union of England ^\m\ Scotland m one common Kingdom, to the ibengthning their common Incereils, in refpe6> of civil Li- berty and the Proteflant Religion ; by the Redu^ion of Port- Royal m^menca, which open'd the way for the Con- quelt and Recovery of all No\:a-Scstia ; — in fine, by m almott incredible Series of prodio^ioiis Victories, and tri- umphant SuccelFcs in War, under the ConduiH: of that xonfummaie martial Genius, the Duke of Marlbo- rough, a General mofl defcrvedly of the firft Charader in his Day. — But alas, in Procefs of Tim.^ much of the Glory departed Several of the laft Years of this Reiga make no very honorable or confiilent Figure in its Annals* The Queen, thro fome unhappy Weaknefs, was tempted to dilcard her old and belt Servants ; and a Change of her Minidry brought on a Change of her Meafurc'^. This Revolution in the public Counsels foon produced an Alie- ■ ration in the State of public AfTairs, both at home and abroad. The Qjieen was betray'd into an inglorious Peace ; ^ot a Crifii. when her Majcfty's Sword, in the almofl refift- Icfs Hand of her brave General, had humbled the Pride of France, and ** reduced its exorbitant Power nearly to its native Bounds, and had by xhcFrench King's own Con- icillon juii cut open an Entrance into the very Heart of his KingdgzB J which he acknowledgd would have been D of M >?. ,■;:( of his Power .. Zl^^ b'fotfo'rr;!:^?^^-? ivjajelty sCrown ; whofc Hopes therefore h;,rl Kp^n r fuVv ?d t S?r'''\^''"; .r''''^'^' 'f She had long Tranof«;ilr^r " ^V ^°"°""='' ^"h a dreadful 4s £*:'' C^'f^l^^f", both to i,V,>.i„ and its Colo- ?'"r . ^"'? "^^ ''""y'd into fome perfecutingMea- iures relauve to her Protefiant diflinting Subiefls Xh If an .nterpofing Providence had not hiM their TaS fnK'eVP fi '•''' "P'-f^ =" Fountain of MifchifoEal f f nJ B^iS; :o"ih"iJiit!-i:: it;;nsi der began ,p produce fotne bad Effei., of a^ery da"ee" reus Tendency, and even threatned the verv Zrftrr Uftrophe ; which I know not how ^nv PrJJfZ k' ton can rcfleft on without a fcnfiMe Paif R f °' ^"' Mercy .0 the Kingdom and itstperd™;];, GC)D ^w^ tionoftlie Throne and ,Z " a ^^ '"-^^en Vaca- i" immediate ypS.iLitLt'urs ''' fr'^'^' V"'°" Confortto the Kleflor „. ?''"''"'°"^' "»» 'he Mother of Sophia. " r/i^r/., .u^ c-_ ,. ,? *:f ^^RGE I. born Jmo 1660. theV/..'.r nf ir;»^ P i ^ w:e ^=;.ur.a s kelloration. So that in tliar Dn,/,' T" I V^ "> '■ ^' «J«nce was preparing greater -inW K«,? tu '"^'^^^^ » *^^^^ Provi- Nacion then dreamed o/T '' ^ ^^"^^ ^'^^ ^^'^«'«' ^^^" ^i^'* *^ '^: JJ^-^,^- -. . 1^0 Doubt, ^pprehenfions lidable to all nder to her been for ever with France Succefs, as it te it with an 5he had Jong 1 a dreadful md its Colo- xutingMea- 2^ at beft to thcNoti,>nsof anrW^/^,7/Wf A^r^rf,Yary K,ght of Princes an uninterrupted Succeffim of Bi(hop.^ and the like ; which fometimes put them upon the moft dcf- perate Confp-racies and Rebellions; but all In vain ! Their t-ounleli have ever been turned into Foolinmcfs, their At- tempts defeated iheKlng-sThrone clablifhed; & iheHopes ot bis Enemies feem now CKtinguilhed, or elle their ReaU awaken d, fo that at prcfent they appear to be among the ^a" "y. V?''' '"'' ''"^ °'^' -Difrmfnons of r.» and IVhig, High C hurch and Lou; feem to be much out of i>ate, and next to being bary'd in Oblivion. TifT''n/R°'TAu?i-°^' '^^F«'"<='" Majesty's important l.ife and RoyalAbihiies to fo advanced an Age,— theConti, mianee of fo many Branches of the RoyalFamily.- rhe excel ent Sp,nt& Talents for Government fo confpicuous already ,n the He^ apparent,- the extraordinary Genius and Application of the prime Minidcr, - the uncommon Degree of Harmony ,n the great Court of Parliament ;- he public Spirit of all Ranks in contributing fo readily and liberally for the Support of a vigorous War ;-.he Eftab- ilhment of a well-regulated Militia, andRevival of a mar- tial Spirit at home ; the bed difciplin'd and brave Troops abroad ; the mofl powerful Navy, that gives ^r,ta Counfels and confounded the ambitiousDefignsof i^ra«r^ : land at the fame time, what none can but obferve, & theEne- rmy muft needs envy, the peaceful Snie of Britain within itfelf, its Freedom fro:n Murmurs and Difcontents, its Se- •curity and Defence againd hodile Invafions and Depreda- , tions, its few LolTes by Sea or Land, its comparatively flittle Lofs of Blood, its extenfive and flourifhing Com- merce, its Improvement and Succefs in gainful Hufbandry j and in all Kinds of profitable Manufactures ; and in Con- Tequencc of all, its unrivalM Plenty and Opulence, which , enables the Subjedl with fucha Degree of Eafe to fupply the manifold Exigences of hisMajefty's Service, and chear- f fully bear the Burden of fo expenfive aWar — This is an uncommon Accumulation of glorious Events, a rare Con- , currencc of felicitating Circumftances, that can be paral- lel'd perhaps in no other Kingdom this Day upon Earth. Thefe Things confpire to refle£l a fuperlative Luflre on the latter Years of the King's Reign, and will make them ^ fhitie with an unexampled Glory in the Annals of Great ; Britain. — Well may "the King joy in God's Strength-^ '* His Glory is great in God's Salvation — " Honour and Majedy are put upon him — " On him the Crown flourifli- cth, and his Enemies are cloathed withShame." — Hecon- fcdes GoD to be "his Strength and hisShield.and theLifter ^^P o^^^'s Head"; and calls upon his People by his Royal Example, as well as Proclamations, to give all the Fraife to God mofl High, "whofc is the Kingdom, and theFovver, the Yi<^ory, and the Majedy.'* ^ And And furcly the marvellous Interpofitions of an all- governing Providence in Favor of Britain, whether of iormer or later Date, appear (by this imperfeft Reprefen- tation of them) to have been fuch as challenge the moft grateful Acknowledgments to our God ; nor arc to be re- flexed on without Admiration, Joy and Praife, not only by thofc Tcfidingin the Kingdom thus highly favored/but even by us in the Colonies, who,altho' at fuch a Diftance, h^ve felt the kmdly Influence of thefe national Salvations and Bleffings. ^ But now to come nigher home, I muft beg your Atten- tion, while I briefly remind you of fome Specialties in i)ivine Providence, that have a more immediate A fpea on the JSntt/b Colonies, and on New- England in particular ; but which ultimately redound to the Advantage and Glory or jbntatn ufelf. ^ " We have heard with our Ears, and our Fathers have told us , what great and good Things have formerly been done in Providence for the Inhabitants of the Villages in this new World,and efpecially for thofe in the Parts where we dwell — How God caft out the Heathen Native?, by antecedeni Wars among themfelves, and by various de- ftroying SicknciTes, -to prepare a Place of Habitation" for the firft Founders of thefe englifli Colonies — How he fitted, as It were, whole Nations, to plant this Land with a right ^eed— How he ftirred up the Spirits of Multitudes Cremote and unknown to one another) to emigrate from their native Country, to venture on a tedious and difficult Voyage acrofs the wide Atlantic, and come over to the uncultivated Regions of America, principally with a View to enjoy unmolefted, iheirReligion and Liberty, and tranf. mit the fame to their Pofterity— How he raifed up Friends to aflilt and animate them in their pious and heroic En- terpnze — How he laid remarkable Reftraints upon thole who were Enemies to the great Errand, on which ourAncdtors came over into this inhofpitable Wildernefs • and ftruck a vifible Terror on the nun^rous lawlefsSava' gcs around them, who quickly envy'd and maligned thefe new of an all- whether of St Reprefen- ge the mofl: irc to be re- not only by avorcd, but 1 a Diftance, al Salvations your Atten- )ecialties in teAfpci^on I particular; ^ and Glory athers have •merly been Villages in Parts where en Native?, various de- •itation" for — How he Land with Multitudes igrate from nd difficult over to the vith a View , and tranf^ up Friends heroic En- lints upon , on which i^ildernefs ; ivlefs Sava- igned thefe pew ■'-v'^ »/-• A Itew Guefts, but for a long Time dared not to hurt or dif^ fift them — How " they got not the Land by their owrt word, nor did their own Arm fave them" — - How won- (Jerful a Care the Lord their God, " under whofe Wings ^ey came to truft," exercifed over them in their Wilder- ^fs-Siate ; fcreening them from Dangers, relieving them DiftrelTes, fupplying their NecefTities, fometimcs very Unaccountably, and almoft miraculoufly — How he " mul- iiply'd both Man and Beaft," and provided for their in- ^eafingNumbers — How he " prevented his People with #ie Bleffings of Goodnefs" ; not only granting them great Peliverances, but great pofitive Good ; in the Heahhinefs if the Climate ; in their Strength to labour ; in the produce of their Fields ; in the Privileges, Liberties, and Benefits they enjoy'd, both of a civil and ecclefiaflical Re- ference, by Viriue"of thofe Royal Charter-Grants they ob- tained ; in the pious Magiftracy and the faithful Miniftry they were favored with ; in the College, and Schools, jjrivate as well as public for the training up of Youth, which were made the Prefervatives and Nurferies of ufeful Know- ledge and good Manners, and which were long a lingular Ornament and Charafteriftic of New- England ; — in the Comely Order and Harmony that generally fubfifled here, in Church and State, and in the Over-ruling of fuch Diflen- fions as fomctimes happen'd, to a defirable Iflue ; in the ifiteftine Peace and Tranquillity enjoy'd here at a Time when a horrid civil War raged in the Mother- Country, and the Nation were all in Confufion and Tumult among them- felves ; — in the notable Viftories obtained over the Indi' an Natives, when they proceeded to commit Hoftilities a- fainft the Englifh ; and in the Recovery of their Charter- .iberties, which had been taken away, at a Time of ge- neral Shipwrack of Charters, in an arbitrary Reign (as be- fore hinted) but were happily rcftored, when thofe who cnvy'd them, imagin'd they had fallen Viftims to their Malevolence, beyond all Hope of Relief. — In a Word it is wonderful, how our Fathers were enabled to go through the immenfe Fatigues, and fupport the vaft Expences of planting, cherifliing, and defending thefe New-England JSctilements, and that with little Aififtance ftom Home, and no Charge to the Crown. — In thcfe and many other Rc- fpe£^s, the firftGencrations of this People experienced very fignally the Care of an indulgent Providence. •' Have I been a Wildernefs unto Ifraci ?" the Lord may now fay, as to his People of old. And *' the Goodncfs of God endureth continually'^ We of the prcfent Generation, though "rifen up in our Fa- thers Stead an Increafe of finful Men'*, yet have not been forfakenof ourFaihers God ; but he is ftill in fomeMea- fure with us, as he was with them. Though he has not left us altogether unpunilhed for our growing Degeneracies, which fo defile and expofe the Land, yet neither has he left himfelf without a Witncfs, that He remembers ilic Love of our Efpoufals, and hath flill a Kindnefs far the Pofterity of a People who had fuffered for Righieoufncfs Sake. — We enjoy to this Day the great Privileges of God's Word and Houfe and Day, of the Miniflry and Church- Order : nor are without thofe fpiritual BleiTmgs, which fhew that God s Spirit remaineth among us. — We flill enjoy the Benefits of Magiflracy, good Laws, and civil Li- berties, hedg'd about with our Royal Chariers. — We (till enjoy the Advantage of Schools, and Means of education, truly of ineftimablc Confequence. — Superadded to all, God is caufinghis Goodnefs to pafs before us in a Variety of fecular Enjoyments, terrene BlefHngs, and temporal Sal- vations, which are io many Evidences of a continuing Pro- videntialCare for ourSafety& Happinefs* Surely, Salvati- on is nigh to us ; and in fome dcfirable Meafure, Glory fliil dwelleth in ourLand. God has been crowning thefe latter Years with his Goodnefs, in very remarkable Liftances. WhatYears of general Health have wc feen, in our Dwel- lings, in our Garrifons, in our Armies, in our Fleets, with- out thofe wafting Sicknefles that might have brought a Cloud on all our Affairs 1 — What Years of Plenty, what fruit- ful Seafons, what fuperabundant Harvefls, by the BlcfTing of God upon our extenfive Plantations, furniihing us for large iLxportauon, wiiuc E.nuui^n uus \j^qh ivi«. i-'i « ge- nerous Home-Confuraption ! — What a remarkable Pro- te£lion on our Borders, Ealt and WcH, even where they ^ "" were 'T^l7,,1^rr^ •n 11 n i^ n» i |i Were wont fomerlmes to get their Bread with the Peril of iheir Lives! What unmolefted Roads 1 What untroubled Fields ! What quietHabitations,almofl as fecure asin Days of Peace! (I fpQ:ik of ihcleNort hern l-'rovinces fifpecially ; for it has been fad lyotherwife with fome of the S^w/)6f r;?.) At the fame Time, what a Degree of Prote£lion on ouc Sea-Coalts, oiirFifhery, and Navigation ! [I can't but no- tice here, tho out of Place, how that formidable naval Ar- mament from France, in the laft War, f^at came tovifitand annoy thefe Pcfrcs,was by the Hand of God in Sickn-.-fs and Storm amazingly dcitroyed ; & we murvelloufly delivered.- The Defign was, Revenge upon New-England, for the ReduOion of C apE'-Bu e t on by our Provincial Forces.— Events io recent, 1 wonder they did not occur to my Mind before ; and To great and intercfiing, they ought never to be forgotten.] Verily, there has been as it were *'a Wall of Fire ' round about us. And tho in the Courfe of this War, God has fometimes hid his Face, and not fcem'd to ** go out with our Armies", but faw fit to exercifc and try us'greatly, by inaaive and fruitlefs Campaigns, by Repulfes, by Defeats, by Sliugh- ters,^ by Capri vations, by Surrenders of our Fortreites, &c. infbmuch that many began to dcfpair of Succeii, and upon a (ignal Occafion not very long (ince, a genera! Pa- nick run thro the Country, from an Apprehenfion left the Enemy fliould finally prevail againfl: us, notwithfianding our boaded Superiority in Numbers, Skill and Valour: ycc at Length we have had our Fears difTipated ; and no Room left for that old Complaint, ''The Summer is ended, and we are not faved" ! God hath in his own Time and Way (always the be1: and wifeft) returned, and vifitcd his People ; put our E- nemies toConfufion, and brought them down wonderfully. We behold them this Day repel'd from all their perfidi- ous Encroachments, and his ^r/V^wwVMajefty's jufl Rights recovered and fecured; his original View in ihis^mertcan War. _Not only fo, but beyond our moft fanguine Hopes at the Beginning, we behold his Majefty's viftonousTroops even treading upon the high Places of the Enemy ; the Enemy (^uite fubdued; and driven ouc of all their ftrong I e M^ Holds Holds ; tlie'r laft Fortrers now dclivcrec! up, and ttir.f wh ountry lurrcndreil toinei.iNo or Great Bi.i,^.,^, in the Perfbn of his General, -^ihc Inirepid, the fcrenc, the fuccefsful Amherst ; thac great Gencral.to whom L.u/j- and who now,by compleating thcRediiaion of allCAN aeta. lias had the Honour to crown the glorious Aichieycmcms of the Britijh Sword, and lo fliut up the Scenes ot War,in JS}ortb'J.nierica. In vain had there been repeated Attempts before, to cflea what is now fo happily accomplilV ed. Long had it been the common Opinion [Cai^t n ^G o efl deler^da) The American Carthage muft be reduced, Canada mult be cotfquer'd : or we could hope for no laQing Quiet m thefe Parts.. Long had this been the Objcft of our At- tcntion, and the Matter of our Prayers : but judg d an Event rather to be wilhed, than hoped for. let now at lenmh, through the good Hand of our God I'pon "s, we fee the happy Day of its AccompliQinient We hear the tovful News, - not of this or the otlicr Fortrefs of the *£ncmy reduced,— not of this or the other T.^t^;2 furren- tired, but of their whole Country conquered, conquered by Britifi Arms, and fubje^ed \o Brit'tjh Government. An Acquifition this, of vaft Importance to the Intereit and Lifluencc of i?r;V^/w, and of the lad Conleqiience tc> the Safety and Happinefs of thefe its Ci^/^«/.^/. —But after live ingenious Pieces already in your Hands, I need not olTbr a Word upon this Argument.— It feems, under Ood, - the future Security of our Privileges, rehgious and civil, is put into our HaiuV',beyond the Reach of Envy ; and wc now have none to make us afraid. ~ And if wc can hnd a Heart for fo good &great an Enterprize,a favorable Oppor- tunity now prefents for propagating o^xtReUgton ^Liberty, duil Government and Gofpel-Order, among our nev^ lel-^ h-'^Sub'ec^s, and our old Allies, And if by the BlelTing of Gud/ihey can be brought to taRe the Sweet and feel the good Effcas of thefe ineftimable Privileges, 'tis one happy CoBfequence wc may hope for, at lead, That it will con- In Am bef *• < •' i •' I •' I «« \ •I ttir.f itain, ic, the Louis ' ol'hb lino to made ; )rc, to had it A muil Aiiet in mr At- dg'd an now at us, we lear the f of the I furren- | lered by It. Interefi: lence lo iut after iced not IcrGod, nd civil, ; and wc an find a ; Oppor- Liberty, lew Fel- I BleOing i feel the ne happy will COH- (juer qncr all Remains of Enmity between us, and procure a laltingFriendHiipfor the fiuurc.— Such a Conquefl follow* ing upon This which wc are now celebrating, will make it doubly glorious, and add abundantly to the Joy we have on the prcfcnt "glorious Occafion", tho truly ^o in it felf, and perhaps not inferior in Glory to any pf the Kind, this Day to be found in the Britljh Annals. I congratulate my Country upon fo illuftrious an Event, fo fcliciunis a Conclufion of thefe martial Entcrprizcs,and up >n the joyful Profpc£ls now before us. We ioln our Thanks with thofc of the General, \ to the brave Taoors, that have fought our Battles for us, and been othcrwiib Inftrumental in doing for us tboje great Things, ivhsreofive are glad, Wc owe our Thanks to the General Imufelf, who has by his rcfpeaable Prcfcnce and Example been the very Soul of this dccifive Enicrprize, and in his Conduft and Succefs united fiiincs unrivald. We owe our Thanks to that great Patriotic M i n i s t E r , firtl in the Direaion of thefe Affairs, for his unwearyM At- tcntion to the Intereft of theColonics.and his confummatc Care, both in planning thefe Expeditions, and in pomtmg out the proper Officers to have the Command. Wc owe oMxThanks to theProviricialG o v E R n M E n t s , that have with fo much Alacrity and Rcfolution exerted themfelves in the moft zealous Efforts toaOift and promote his Majclly's Service, on thefe Occafions. We owe our Thanks to the Britifli Parliament, for their liberal Grams, in Support of his Majcrty's wifeMea- rures,and towards refunding theExpences ot iheColonies, E 2 who In the " Jounuil of the Piocecdings of the Army under Gen, Amherst', we find this Article among the Or',and .d''; to dgment Ivcs, in Llcrs,are nrtourn- e fhould various hling E- .ift Allay GoodwQ 2 to cor- It will lands our and dark iifadrous articular, iftcn been I the Piir- lave been Migbty,^ cExpencc I of heroic . Thcfc :h we can oys. But ift balanca ithout any fuch Ticonderoga. (plved ami4it ryrrtji fuch aggravated LofTes, and with an uncommonly fiiiall Eflufion of Blood. — However, 1 think, no ReHexions whatever fhould fupprefs our Joy on this grand Occafion, though they may be needful to red rain & moderate it. A Tranfport of Mind, on the News of a Conqueft and Acquilition, fo big with Salvation and Blefllng to one's Country as this we are now rejoycing in, is fcarce avoida- ble, and is certainly allowable. And the more nearly we are intercfted in the Succefs, n.nurally the more elevated will the Pleafure be. In this Refpc61:, though the Profpe- rity of the Pnijjmn, Hanoveria?j,:indjBrJti/i\nr\$in Ger- many at this Day isjufl: Matter of Joy and Praife; yet it is reafonably to be expe(^ed, that Vi£^ory nearer Homeland more immediately afTc£ting our fclves, fhould flrike our Minds with a fngular Force, and that fo great 8c important a Conquefl as that which occafions this Day's Solemnity, fliould open all the Springs of pleafing PalTions, and fweli the Tide of Joy beyond its common Bounds. Ncverthelefs, let it not be meerly a rejoycing over our E- nemies, nor only rejoycing in our ownProfperity. But let the Joy be fublimated, fpiritualized, and carried up to its proper ultimateObje£b, "theCaptam of ourSalvation," the Giver of Vi<5lory. — By all Means let us fee tdit, that our rejoycing on the pt'cfent Occafion be duly regulated — Not the meer Mirth of Brutes, centring in animal Pleafures — Not the Mirth of Fools, conduced as if we had no Fear of God before our Eyes,and expreflcdonly in Laughter & Levity, in lawlefs Feafiing and Frolicking — Nor yet only the more fober and temperate (but almoft as carnal) Joy of Hypo*- f rites, who honour God with joyful Lips,while yet in their Hearts and Lives they diflionour Him ; being in truth ''evil and unthankful", — > Nor let it be a proud and felf- boaftingjoy, as if "our ownArm had faved us", or our own AVortlji;ti^B liad'^COCuf€jtii3.thc'Sri«5tory. "Neither glory ye !i.iT?rIerj/;:-iT-*''AU:fiK?h- Rejoycing is evil."—" But he that clorieth/ Jet bitt-udory:ln'.iii*(;3IvORD." Ler o?ai^.R4J6ycing.t^ Jrfanry;Tacional, fplritual, devotio- nal, and ''ajfter a godly Sort", in all itsExercifes&Expref- ilons. — LettheJoy of ourHeartstranfpirc thro"' ourLips in the moft gratefulAcknowiedgments 8i Praifes loGod, in the %. Name > Name of Jef us Chrift. Thus will our Joy be confecratecf, and turned into a Sacrifice ; a <■ rpirUualbacnfice. accep- table to God by Jefus Chrift". And the facred Pleafure will be Gradually increafed by daily renewed Thank^iv- Wsandlraifeslonly, at the fame Time " let ourC.«- vcrfathn be asbecometh the Gofpel", that by our obed.ent ITves. as well as joyful and thankful Lips, we may teft.fy ourDelight inCoa, and prove theSincerity of ourGratitude to Him Surely the Call of Heaven to us at ih.s Day is m fuch Language asthat {iSam.i2.i4-)'-Ontyfi^rthcZord, andfervhil in Truth : for conftder horv great Thmgs Tlath do.c for you. Or, that (Pfal. a ...) Serveihe Lord with Fear, and rejoyce zo.th Tremblmg. A. God has been doing greatThings for us, furely he expeft great Thing!%m «s/m a way Sf praftical Returns. And be .t remembred, He that has done grealThings/^r us, thefame onaL do'great Th\.gs againji us. . ^e fce,h. alm,^>^ Hand can bring about great Changes m a little ^me. And when we refleft on the Mutability of human Affairs toge- ther with our Unworthinefs of Divine Favours, and our Defert of Tudements, it becomes us to < 'rejoyce with 1 rem- Enemies to rejoyce over us : and be may do it flill. What «n weexy, but the Tokens of his Difpleafure, jn this or fo^e other tremendousWay, unlefs hisGoodnefs efTcftu.. ally leadeth us to Repentance ! TTo our Praifes therefore let us Mom Prayers, hat Profoeritv may be fanaify'd to us, and made a prevailing ArXmwithus, from a'senfe of Ingenuity & Gratitude. foC thiLo.; wiih Gladnefs. Let us V'-f.^^^l Spirit may be poured from on high, to rcftorc Rel.gimi lo a KeLs and\iaorious State. Let us implore a Divine ttson theKing-sCounfelsand Efforts.for a fafeand ad- vaSemuPeace.^ Buo«biye:aUa4^^ Fra^f t^at the KingdoAof tlVe-SbboPGoaimiyiQuff.an- ced^- h theConc,ul(ii-o6&i5?o^*?r&Gran.9yfrt^ of Men may fpread thfoogh thoWofHl.-, th,t.tlt^r,c.m.y be °N„.!Jr'L';n,liehiehcft. Peace on Earth, ai>d Good- towards Men. Ve P ^ ^ J' #'5»