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OCCASIONED BY TheSkiQoefs of our Arms in the Redu^ion of that Capitals A T T H E R E QJU ESTOP Brigadier General Mo n ex ton, and by Order of Vice^ Admiral Savndexs, CoBunanderin Chief. •■< ■j By the ReverenJ ELI DAWSON, ^ Chapla^ of His Maiefty's Ship STERLiNO-CASTtB, on Board of which the Vfte- Admiral's hoifted his Flag, during the Siege. L b N D O N: Mited for R* Griffiths, oppofite Somerfet-Houfc in the Strand* . MDCCJ^. .„ ^>-'^ '*%■'■ .^vj 1 .1 #<-■ •% H'-'i ■ m k I . <» . '''y'f:;- *l ' '*^- - '<* ii^'''i,,tU^-iiM&''>^u. V '^*lr eH 8 M ti o D a I a •f '■■"<, ^hhiO mv/irMiinvO ^''. fs :tv /rj f/ri ■' "•''■ *. '* ':;^ o a Vi .'( 'vi.,' # <-k^ Jif Mi'i.*^t" '-*»,' •■V«».*4-«^>|j^*^(,^ ■-»r'«v'i-';-.1|»V,;J-*i , y. I .T A',:) I vl 'i i} ^ r»1 '/.'.'fiH '^l i-r'j^^^iO T O $ J<'^- I MADAM! .. DO myfelf the Honour of prefixiiig your Name to the following (hort Difcourfe. If I have taken too great a Freedom in doing this, without the prcjtioos CSercmoiiy of applying for Leave; this muft be my Apology, which is really the Truth : Dedic^on^rbeipg yecypommon, with refped to fuch occaiional Circburfcs, 1 could not omit the prefent Op- portunity of giving Expreilion to that high Veneration and Efteem, which every Englijhman muft fed for the late General, and for the Honour and Service He hath done his G)untry! This, Madam, hath cofl you in particular, very dear: But you have every Coniblation to fupport you^ in fb tender and affefting a Circumftance ; infomuch, that % r'^^ '\ ' I :i> -v.. ,:i:t }M'tt' '.,^' .:• D E D I C A T I O hX. i^ that I really look upon you as the Obje^ of Envy to all Britijh Matrons I For it is^not to be conceived, that the fondeft Wiihes of the moft indulgent Parent can rife higher^ fiian tjijt heri^n may live ai^d ^|^ikc Mr. Wolf ! ' ' * . V ■■ ♦."■ 'J- I am, u / a A u ^Str'^mtA UK'*^ i\vXy.I\^ai "io.iuonoli •il 'n.i\K.:j W/tH great Madam, ;i ocr I'iui )j£a'l;-i\:^ 11 'MM 'iteip€ i 1 J V..; ..'I a 1-l.jIfl.'/ f .;,f r .n t(v^<;Muqiv vai ^;;.i iiuui ■.:u. jt^yi oJ :::.jr(t.i- liiiif .H'^autm -qO jn'jij:'' 't .rno 7(>.a n tf( J ELI PAW? ON. [ i- #.- JOv:iQ ii, (ICIiJOJO •1* i*.-i 1:;'/ t\ ■mil r> ribttliyi'ixH ^1 rifvri I 3 'io V) I ?fi.!'?(' / . I / 1 . . ( i 'i'^Svl n;,.a';/ ,r; nji lUi I ' rr ■■'in vr 'V' J MlilX:!; )0Ji :) /iJuL'oJ iia 'Jn-T* .-^'^ W '",V, ■u;i;j'jjrii;rj f rfn: l- rrno' j\ii ^r-m )i *:.ifeil'^^!ifei ■ kii|.^k' ■ ■. ■ .'■''.- i.-:^J'i M'?- ::m ::i-yi: '4 J-' ■ i I-*' ^i-^ ».,., 1/- ,,? ! rv f 3 1 [■•T'-rffff rkv '«>■,:•.{.' !'//!• r ^"-'f 4*.j^^!^ '.'..a^*. 5iI"S'h«"» 1^ Psalms xviii. 49. Therefore will I give thanks unto thee^ ' ^ I OJLiQrdI . c^mot^g.the ^ Heathen ; ^ W y?//^ Praifes unto ^ U\ 7^ Namey ^\:u:0 \o \, ' ^ ' ■ - /.-^^ ■■,.,.•■•-.-. •-.- iHESE Words of the Royal Pfalmift are Part of an Ode, or Song, wbkh breathes a Spirit of Triumph} and was evidently wrote upon the Occafion of fOme remarkable Vidory over his Enemies : The Glory of which is pioufly afcribed to Almighty God, by the divine Penman. ll-i^-W < £ .V it. ■ '-7 • '■. . ■ : ■ . 'I' '' ^br after having given us (in the firft Part of this Pfalm) a molt elevated and fubiime Defcription of the Majefty of God j whom he reprefents, in all the Bbldnefs of poetic Fiftion, as vifibly pre- sent in the providential Affiftance afforded him. " That he " bowed the Heavens and came down ! — That the Earth ihook ^* and trembled at his Prefence ! — That a Smoke wenl out of his " Noftrils, and a Fire out of his Mouth!— That he u;jndered in *' the Heavens." He then proceeds to inform us j — " That the " Lord fent out his Arrows, and fcattered his Enemies ! — That he ftiorout hisLightcnings, and difcomfited them ! — ^That he taught his Hands to war ; fo that a Bow of Steel was broken by his Arm ! — That he purfued his Enemies and overtook them ! — "That God had avenged him; and fubdued ihePeople under him! '-' B —There u €t '**• J : -, % ■ t,.- ■4 k^UMMMiM lUMHill -v ._ "» " I • ^ .•.:• ,• v.. • .. ■[ 4 ) : .-. ■ " — ^Therefore (faith he) I will give thanks unto thee O Lord, " among the Heathen } and fing Praises unto thy Name." Reafon will moft afluredly approve this Conduft, upon every fiml- milar Occafion : And therefore, though the Jews and Ifraelites were much better inftrudted in the Principles o.f true Religion, and entertained more juft and honourable Conceptions of Go4, and a Providence fuperintending human Affairs, and dire^ihg all Events, than other Nations, before the coming of Chrifl: to enlighten and inftruft the World j — yet were they far from being a People parti- cular in thefe Sentiments } or lingular in the Pra^ii(e of acknpWr ledging the Power and Influence of Providcoce in Events that were fuccefsful : Or in paying pvibUijk H9nQur8 ^^nd W^f^J? ^. .P^l?!^ . .flM?|?i¥V^.MK^^^^^' . urW^^^r'io vnofe'^rTi* issirmnH cirl We find proper Acknowledgments of Tome fupcrior, coeleftial Power and Influence upon like Occafioqs in other Nations ; in- deed in all Nations : In all thofe more efpecially, where Arts and Sciences have flourifhed fo much, that their Policy and Religion became worthy of Notice, and have been tranfmitted down to diftant.AgcS anjd Countries. — —Their Temples were crowded ;-^ their AJtars fmoked with grateful Offerings of different Kinds :— They invoked .the AHiflance of their Dieities upon entering into a War; paid their Devotions alfo at the Concjufion of it: — And upon every, fignal Vidlory and Succefs, celebrated them in Songs of Triumph, as the primary Caufes and Authors of Succefs and pub« rK^Bleffings } and their Heroes were juftly mentione J with Hq-» hour in the fecond Place otilyt as Inftruments conducted by a divine Agency and Diredion. The ^r # "^ '•, . -'■•!»;y'|»^'<" ■ „^-!li»fc ;.-i- ':tk: ;^A'?.- •Ji Ki. >-^,**« '■■'■■ . X"s ] The Mode or Form perhaps might be objcdled to : This, in- deed, was oftentimes ridiculous and fuperftitious enough ; butth^ Sentiment was the fame. One common Principle which hath its Foundation in Nature, and the common Reafon of Mankind, lies at the Bottom of a PraAice, which has fo univerfally gained ground* in all Places, in all Ages of the World : The only Difference is in the Manner of Exprcflion. A Providence was evidently acknow- ledged in both Cafes } and the Confef)ion of a Aiperior divine Agency, and Influence in fuch Events, were made as full and plain by the fupcrftitious Heathen, as the more enlightened Jew or Chriftian. And how fliotkld it be otherwifc? — Where is the Wonder to 6nd |his uoiverfal Agreement amongd Mankind, in this Sentiment and Pra(^ice? Or can there be any Difficulty in accounting for itl ■• Surely the Ideas of a God and Providence, creating and governing the World,, if not innate, are at leaft fo far natural, that they can- not poffibly avoid prefcnting themfelves to the Mind of Man, oh numberlefs Occafions ; or fail of being immediately received for certain Truths, as foon as prefented to it. . , ., . • Every Man fees and feels his own Dependence ; and that too of every other Being about him. He is made fenfibie by conftant Experience, that whilft, according to the eftabliflied Courfe of Things, there is Room left for the Exertion of all the Powers and Faculties of the human Min i i yet, that every Defign, every En- terprize, every Adtion and Event of Life, depends upon Contin- gencies, which he can neither poflibly forefee, regulate, or diredt» And what he experiences as to himfelf, he may obferve (if he pays any Attention) in all public Affairs. All national Councils and Mea- ^/5 • 4 fares J ! if ■ ■\. fijate-v ' .-'i..^^ * ' ' V»-»iWW" -i-s... 1 , ■ - ■ t . » ', ■ ■' ' .'" ' * . , «■ :' ■ • i'i. k ■ *-v ' ■^if' -.1? % .* r '■ ■ ■ > ../'" ■* 'ff.j " ■ ■* * • • ■ " ■ ■/''' ' , •'■ J ' } _ V ' I ^ ^ ■«;■■■ '■•* »■. * J , \ * ■ 'v' ". ■ -■•**■. ■'#•.. =4-^.- . ■" .-l^^ . . , : •• X; -ir'' ,^» , . «» .•?*ivj'-;,^''^. :-f , 5 ifc»il 1 . Jfc-^-. '^ XHl1T)ti •» J> w W\ '■.L' •y ' i .6 ] fures ) aU politkai Defigns-, planned with the greatest Wifdom, and carried into Execution with a Power every way equal, iF not fupe- rtor, to the E(fc& intended ; depend aliice upon Probabilities, and »r€ fubjedt to the fame Contingencies. The pubiick Feeling, therer ^c^^l^^is Qafe^ m\f(l be the.fafiie,ai tMt.of. every IndividbiK' ;» • *. . ',^ .';.", '. ,._, ,, »v» , *, •, ;*-, » ■"-, r ' -•--■t»f» !'- - : And if the Ideas of a creating Deity and fuperintending Provi- dence are fo natural, that they mud be prefented, received, and fubmitted to by the human Mind ; the Ideas alfo of religiou; Homage and WorHiip, in the difierent Branches of it, muH: necef* farily arifc along with them. The one is feen and felt at the very fame Time with the other. In* this Cafe, there is no OccaHon for intricate Dedudions. The Hmpler Operations of the human Mind are much quicker than the flower Procefs of learned Argumenta- tion. The Mind fees, and concludeis in a Moment. Thefe great Principles of Religion are as much intuitive, as any human Know- ledge, or aqy firft Principles whatibever can be fuppofed to be. We fee therefore, that the Bellgious Duties of Adoration, Praifc and Thankfgivlng, to. a fuperintending Providence, on fuch Occa- fions as the prefent, are not only authorized by the univerfal Con- fent of Mankind, but accounted for from the Plainncfs and Obvi- oufnefs of our Obligations to them. For the plainer the Rcafons for any Duty are, they are. fo much the ftrongerj and we muft fuppofe they will have a greater EfFedl upon all Minds properly touched with a Senfe of Ingenuity and Honour. You will eafily perceive, without my mentioning it, what this Obfervation leads to: It leads us to imitate the devout Pfalmift ; - and ■t <* t W X 4^ i r''f:¥"_^'^ * t [ 7 ] •nd teacheth uft how proper and pertinent the like Conduct is, in like Circumilances. Such are your Circum^lances at prefent ! I am, therefore, (after congratulating you upon Victory) to dircdl your Attention to tiie fupreme Difpofer of all Events, for the agree- able and important Succeid which haa crowned his Majedy's Arms in this Part of the World ! Succefs ! very feafonable, and not leCs beneficial to our Country, in many Refpedls, than didrefling to our Enemies I Succefs 1 which hath clipped the Wings of a Power and Ambition that foars fo high, and meditates, without ceaiing, our Deftru(flion, both at home and abroad. It wouid be needlefs (was it my Province) to enlarge upon the Importance of the Acqulfition, which, through the Favour ot Providence, we have (6 lately made. Every one may judge of this, by the particular Attention, which at all Times tBir Ene- mies have paid to the ftrong Hold we are ncrw fo happily poiTefTed of, as the Capital of an immenfe Province, fwelled to an ominous Bulk} and which, for fome confidenble Time pafl:, has lodced with a threatening Afpedt upon all our Norfb American PoflfeiTions, rii v.) l'l '-Jj!#-!.' -*■ ''■■'7 ■ -ct:'^ ^VJ^v' :s,i^-r ■'{•; 0--^ '^-'M •^' l^'-i::^.^ * ■ ." 'xl !• ;. ^^^V-:■■^ ' '^'->' ■», . . < i ■^- ' M, ' ^?'.frr ' ■t ■ -M:. ' ' -■ i . I*-*^- -. ._ 3.S.'"> ;:.>i..| [ 9 ] It certainly is a peculiar Happinefs, and a Happinefs for which . we are indebted to the good Providence of God j when the prin- cipal Commands in the feveral Departments devolve upon Perfons • of Wifdom and Ability ; whofe Souls are animated with a Senfe of E[onour and Virtue, and cemented into a firm Friendship by an ardent Zeal for the publick Service : For this Union produces the happieft EfFedl, and gives the furcft Omens of Succefs. Painful Experience will beft fpeak the Advantage of thisj if we will only refled how much the Want of Concord and Harmony in former Times hath hurt the publick Service j and ruined our Hopes from the flrongeft Armaments in fiich Expeditions as the prefent. •i- K/JJ. t ?,., Whofe Commands did the V/inds and the Waves obey, but thbfe of their Almighty Ruler, which conveyed fo large a Fleet pur- fuing different Tracks on the vafl Ocean, and conduced them from diftant Parts of the Globe, in due Time, to the Place of general Rendezvous ? — And who afterwards fent thofe propitious Gales, which wafted us along a new and very critical Navigation, to this Place of Deftination, without fuffering the leaft Damage ? — ^A Cir- cumftance which appears marvellous in our Eyesj as it exceeded our moft fanguine Expedations, and gave great Aftoniftiment to our Enemies! .,,.,.•...-. Thefe Indulgences of Heaven will appear to merit our warmeft Acknowledgments, if we confider, that in all the Variety of hu- man Affairs and Adions, none are more vifibly fubjed to fo many Contingencies and Viciffitudes as military Operations j — let me particularly add, military Operations of a mixed Nature, by Sea and Land. — Storms of Wind! Unfeafonable Rains ! Sicknefs and ■ peftilential Diforders 1 The Infertility of the Seafons, which create a Famine in thofe Countries- from whence the neceffary Supplies are '.i :' '^^<, ^■; , «»i' ■js&Ji'^ ■ • Ml!' [ 10 ] are cxpefted I Not to enter into a Detail of a thoufand other Cir- cumftances ; dll which arc above the Power of Man to regulatfe, and command at his Pleafure ; are under the fole Direction of Pro- vidence, who can iflue out his mighty Orders to adt in Alliance 'l|^'^^ with the weaker Force for its Prefervation, or even its Triumph. ^ a-'v. 'Vv The Indulgence of Providence therefore, without Doubt, is to be gratefully acknowledged for every Succefs and Advantage ; even though the Superiority has been never fo great on the Side of the . triumphant Party. — For it is not in Mortals to command Succefs: The Aid of Providence can flone fecure the Battle to the Strong, and Victory to the Brave. 'vi*' ■ '•■ . '■ \ '. I" We may obferve, however, that as it gives a higher Relifli of iV Joy, fo it muft be a higher Incentive to Gratitude, when the '•^•' Party that is inferior becomes vldorious. This was evidently our Cafe 1 which makes the Favour of Providence ftill greater For fo fmall was the Number of our Land Forces ! Such the Superiority 'V • of the Enemy, wi^h all the Advantages of Situation, that they ■ / thought themfelves fecure ;^ while the higheft that our Hopes could afpire to, was to be ferviceable to our Country, by making a Di- verfion in this Part of the Continent to favour our military Ope- rations in another. Surely ! no one can entertain fo ftrange a Suppofition (though indeed we live in an Age of ftrange Thinking) that an Acknow- ledgement, and Gratitude to ALiiighty God for Succefs and Vic- tory, Aiould in the leaft detract from that Refped, which I have already obferved is due, in the fecond Place, to Perfons of great Merit and Genius j wholiave been the diftihguifhed and glorious In- ftruments of Succefs in the Hands of Providence. For as the Love of God always implies in it the Love of Man, fo where there is Gratitude f "V ,i*i-_*.-.rf'.L ..-^•.f..^ ,r/.s.rL-,_..iV^.*'-t ■; A t 'I ] Gratitude to God, it will necefTarily be accompanied with a fendble RefeptmeKt to inferior Benefadlors. There is indeed lefs Danger of a Defeat in the latter Cafe. But what I plead for is agreeable lo our Saviour's Maxim, that this ought to be done, and the other not to be left undone. And indeed, this is fo far from precluding that Refpe^t and Gratitude which is due to heroic Merit -, that even the great Ancients, and one of their greateft Philofophers, as well as Poets, always chofe to grace his vidtorious Heroes with the im- mediate Prcfence and Afliftance of fome Deity : This he confidered as graceful and ornamental to them'; and a real Heightening to their Charafters : And furely we muft acknowledge the Sentiment to be not lefs juft than religious. Good God! Should our Morals be worfeP fhould our Senti- ments of Providence be lefs worthy and reverential than theirs ? Or doth not our holy Religion give us fo far more exalted and per- fedk Sentiments of a Providence, as muft naturally engage our At- tention the more ftrongly to it, in every Occurrence of Life, both public and private ? But to put the Matter out of all Doubt, and to (hew our Obligations to the Supreme Being, for his Favour and Blefling, in a clear and ftrong Light ; — let us aflc ourfclves thefc few Queftions j — Who is it that infpires the Heroe with Courage?-^ and the Commander with Wifdom and Ability ? — Whence cometh the original Genius for War, as obfervable in this as in all other Arts and Sciences ? — ^From v^hence does it receive its Cultivation ? — And by what Train or Series of Providences, does it expand itfelf unto all that Variety and Compafs of Knowledge, requifite for high and arduous Exploits ? — Who is it alfo that brings it to Light, and exhibits it on the Theatre of public Life and Adtion ? " It is «« God that teacheth their Hands to War j and the Spirit of th« ** Almighty, that giveth them Underftanding." a l> Owr >>7.J' rfi-. .** :'Jk. ;#&. *■■ *; *^ Our particular Thanks are farther due to Almighty God, that the Conqueft we have made (all Things confidered) has toft us no dearer : — -Peace be to thoTe gallant Souls wiio fell a generous Sa- crifice to the Honour and Service of their Country 1 — The Lofs in- deed of a great and able General, whofe Memory we revere, and will be ever dear and precious to Great Britain, muft conliderably abate our Tranfports of Joy ; as it deprives us of thofe fair Hopes which we might juftly have entertained of his future great Utility and Service to his Gonntry. Bvit though it may cool our Tranf*- .ports of Joy, it ought not to abate the Warmth of our Gratitude to the Supreme Being, for bis Favour and Aflliftance. ; ■ _ . > Providence is pleafed oftentimes, for the wi(ert Purpofes, to mix fome Alloy with, the BlefiingS he vouchfafedi to beftjow, to corredt that Levity and Vanity, which the Height of Succels too commonly infpires. TheCyprefsandthe Lawrel generally grow together, and flourilh in the fame Soil. But whence tfaefe Tears in the Day of Triumph 1 — '•Pardon me— —LWtme them not.—— r-Thc venerable Image of your deceafed General rifcs to your Imaginadon !— **They gu(h Spontaneous from! an honeft Fountain ! — ^Thcy are the Tears of Piety and Gratitude j— the natural Tribute due to his illuftrious Merit 1 But, remember he is greatly fallen 1 Tell how be fell, ye proud Towers I — Ye Ramparts 1 — were ye not Witnefles ? — Speak with what a Blaze of Glory you faw the Heroe furrounded 1 — Tell how ye (hook to your Foundations at the prefence of the Conqueror 1 TelLhow ybu faw your numerous Hofts, like the Duft, fcattered over the Plain !— Tell how vainly they fought Shelter amidft thefe ghaftly Ruins 1 — Ye Mountains of Abraham, decorated with his Trophies/tell how vainly ye oppofed him, when he mounted your lofty Heights with the Strength and Swiftnefs of an Eagle 1 — Stand fitted forever upon your rocky Bafe, and fpeak his Name and Glory to .r.'.l: ■vir . ..'. f* to all future Generations! — Ye Stiezms of Lawrence f and propiti- ous Gales ! fpced the glad Tidings to his beloved Country ! and let Britannia foon receive the laft, the richeft Pledge of her Heroe's filial t)uty aind Affedtion ! — ^Ye Heralds of Fame ^, already upon th« Wing, ftretch your Flight, and fwell your Trumpets with the Glory of a military Exploit through diftant Worlds 1 An Expl(»tl which, for the Finenefs of Addrefs in Stratagem ! the Daringnefs of the Attempt 1 and the Spirit of its Execution 1 Qiall take Rank with the choiceft Pieces of ancient or modern Story in the Temple of Fame, where it remains immortal !-! Whilft, we truft in God, HE is gone to take PoiTeflion of that more fubftantial Immortality; into which all Patriots j all Lovers of Virtue and Mankind, who hold their Lives in ready Refignatibn to the Call of God and their Country, will mod affuredly enter. - ^ . '■■ ■ >■ ' ■■■'] i And fpr Our farther Confolation, as Well-wifliers to our Country, let us remember, that the God of Battles, who teacheth our Hands to War, can, whenever he pleafet^,, raife up other Inftrumcnts for the Protedion and Profperity of our Nation} if we are but fo prudent, as to make a be^ttcr Ufe of the prefent, than we have of former Bleffingsj — if we offer up unto him the Fruiif of our Lips, giving Praife unto his Name j and the Obedience of our TJves, as the Token of our Gratitude. Since Gratitude for Favours re- ceived gives the fureft Grounds of farther Hope, and Confidence in God, for Profperity and Succefs. " ' %■ c-^ And to conclude Circumftances which contribute to Viilory, or are the Occafions of Defeat, are generally called the Fortune of War. Strange Impropriety of Language ! Would they not be much better ftyled the Providence of War ? unlefs we can fuppofe all thofe Events on which the Fates of Armies, and copfequently of King- * Alluding to the Exprcflcs fent with the News of the Surrender of ^ubec to Grtat Britain and the Continent of Amtriia, ■< doms, , % ■«S^ ■3 ,1.:.- *..•' w^ttarittmmtimt r^'i k'.^i-* ft,. doms, depend, have no Meaning, no DiriedMH] at all. And if we do not obferve and aclcnowledge a Providence in th^ g^re$ter, hem (haU we do it in the /^r Aif^ifs and Coinsiprn^ ofih^naw I^fc? For if a Sparrow falleth not to the Grouttd, .without the Notice of our Heavenly Father } if the very Hairs of our H^ads are all num- ber^; if thenainutefl Creature^ or the leaft Particle of Matter, p^- eth not unnoticed, but receives all the Variety of itsModijScationsfrotm the Diredtion oH his unerring WIfilom : Is itnot nEHich:more exp^ed, that thofe greater Objeds and Events, in ^hich the Fate of Numbers is concerned, and which have fuch a wide and extenfive Influence 4 in the World — (hould ftrike our Attention, and infpire us with the moft auguft and venerable Ideas of that unerring Wifdonli, which guides and dite<3:8 them in theil>eft Manner, to the pood a^d ^ nefit of the univerfel Syftem? ,; . _ ],.,, ,, .;,.„,.J- ,i^'' :lf •^' ' r;. «i^ ■ ■*** V", ■/•■• -:)•^■ •■if' -.?■ '. '.T " * ' ..<./i5 , We cannot leave Providenee out of the Quefiion in thefe Cafes, without tlie grofTeft Infidelity ; lor withokl our religious Acknow- ledgments, without great Prof^ilenefs* and iuch an Infenfibility and iDeadriefs.tQ all, the PriQcip)e»3od Spirit of Religion, as would be a Shame to the Keafon of Man, as well as a Reproach to pur R,eli> , gion as Chr:*tian8.-^f^ i^idjatni^^u •jiiilo-.s^/.J^j 2g^;u^;*|^. ii^ffnaj Let us, therefore, offer unto God the Fruit of our Lips, giving Prriie untu his Name '.gratefully acknowledge him as the Author of all Good, both public and private j— humbly implore his future Bleffing and Protedion upon our Country j and that fuch Succefs may crown the Meafures of Defence, which the Perfidy and Am- bition of our Enemies oblige OS to have Recourfe to, as qjay.^^e effibdual to^wocurc aiaft, howjwable, an4 IsUUng Peace, -JyM That Peace maybe w^hin owr Wails, and Prolpierity In our ra laces,— may God, the Parent of all Mercies, Grant ! >pr' ■ ^ -< ■|- S^VA^**-''"*** ■ -«.•*!; •' -^1 ♦ ■ * -K»- 'i> ;v'* .. .,' 'f - : .f ', ' ** ■ ,■-';■"' ^ ,•.- '* ■ V .1 • .•vf--3'- 4 ' "■■■¥¥ W'-'i . ■ ♦