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 /A ^Gfbat Britain $ Deliverance and Duty; 
 
 Reprefented in a 
 
 SERMON 
 
 R IN G ^O A Hants j 
 
 M A Y 4, 1746. 
 
 In grateful Commemoration of the glorious 
 VICTORY obtained over the REBELS near 
 INVERNESS in SCOTLAND, 
 il 1 6, 1746. 
 
 Publijh'd by Requeft, witb Enlargements. 
 
 By JOHN HORSEY. 
 
 Sarbarorum Claudius agmlnd 
 err at a <vafto diruit irnpetu, 
 Primofque & extvemas metendo 
 Stravif humum, fine elude <uitor. 
 
 Ho RAT. Lib. IV. Ode 14. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for the AUTHOR; And fold by J.OSWALD, 
 
 at the Rofe and Crown in the Poultry ; M. COOPKR, at the 
 Globe in Pater-na/ier-Roiu ; and R. KING, at the Bible and 
 Crown in Fore-Jlreet. MDCCXLVI.
 
 Stack 
 Annex 
 
 70%
 
 T O T H E 
 
 CONGREGATION 
 
 Which attends my MINISTRY. 
 
 Dear Brethren, 
 
 SINCE the enfuing Difcourfe ap- 
 pars in Print, in Obedience to 
 the repeated Requeft of feveral 
 amongft you, I hope it will be equally 
 acceptable in Reading^ as it feetns to 
 have been in Hearing. 
 
 The Providential Occurrence it re- 
 fers to, calls for liberal Afcriptions of 
 Praife. 
 
 a Ufe
 
 Ufe and prize your Liberty refcued 
 out of the Jaws of Ruin. What has 
 God wrought for Britain f Let me 
 call upon you, let me call upon loyal 
 Proteftants in general, to abound in 
 Thankfulnefs, for the kind Reprieve 
 Heaven has granted us, from Popery 
 and Slavery, from Prifons and Chains, 
 and torturing Deaths We may well 
 exult, now the lowring Storm is in 
 fome meafure dirperft : But muft not 
 our Pleafure fubmit to fome Alloy ? 
 Should we not rejoice with Trembling ? 
 The Campaign in Flanders is not yet 
 concluded ; the Defigns of the Loiter- 
 ing and Mercenary Dutch, are yet 
 impenetrable ; the Deftination of tke 
 Bre/} and Ferrol Squadrons is to us 
 uncertain. Whilft, however, there is 
 Matter for Joy, let us rejoice ; let 
 not the Children of the Bridegroom 
 mourn, whilft the Bridegroom is with 
 them, 
 
 You
 
 You will obferve this Difcourfe is 
 built upon an Evangelical Bafis. Pri- 
 vileges and Mercies are recited as In- 
 centives to Duty ; and I apprehend, 
 human Invention is unable to fuggeft 
 any Motives which are more influential 
 and forcible to a truly generous Mind. 
 To what an exalted Pitch fhould our 
 Joys and Praife advance, if we are 
 blefled withjpiritua! as well as tem- 
 poral Deliverances ? If freed from 
 the Curfe of a broken Law, the Ser- 
 vitude of Satan, the Tyranny and Do- 
 minion of our Lufts ; let us praife the 
 Father of all Mercies for his unfpeak- 
 able Kindnefs abounding to us through 
 Jefus Chrift his Son ; let us love him 
 who hath firft loved us. 
 
 May the God of all Grace blefs 
 this well-meant Difcourfe, to. the Ex- 
 citement of National Gratitude and 
 Obedience. 
 
 Finally,
 
 Finally, Brethren, that God may 
 dwell in your Hearts and Houfes, 
 preferve your Civil and Religious Li- 
 bertieS) improve your Gifts and Graces, 
 and bring you at length to that 
 World, where the Wicked ceafe 
 from Troubling, and the Weary are 
 at Reft 5 is the earneft Defire and 
 Prayer of, Sirs, 
 
 Tour refpe&ful 
 
 humble Servant, 
 
 Rfngwood, May 9, 
 
 J.H. 
 
 P. S. Since (thro 5 the Partiality of 
 Friends) I am expofed to the Cen- 
 fures of the Critical World ; being 
 confcious that I need, I therefore 
 intreat their Candor.
 
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 J U D G E S v. 2. 
 
 Praife ye the Lord for the avenging 
 of Ifrael, when the People willingly 
 offered themfelves. 
 
 AS it is our Interefl when God's 
 Judgments are abroad in the 
 the Earth, to learn Righte- 
 oufnefs; fo it is equally our Duty when 
 he crowns our Lives with Loving-kind- 
 nefs and tender Mercy, to acknow- 
 ledge our Deliverer. If in the midft 
 of Wrath God remembers Mercy, we 
 are called upon to ring of Mercy as 
 well as Judgment. But alas ! tho' 
 under Affliction we may feek him ear- 
 ly ; yet where is the Man, who in, 
 Times of Profperity fuitably rejoices ? 
 
 Altho*
 
 Altho' Ingratitude is one of the 
 principal Ingredients in a juftly odious 
 Character, and condemned by the 
 common Confent of Mankind, yet we 
 find its Contagion fpreads through the 
 whole of human Nature : Hezekiah 
 rendered not again, according to the 
 Benefit done unto him f : Ten Lepers 
 were cleanfed, but only one returned to 
 give God Glory J . Popularity by no 
 means foftens or changes its deteftable 
 Nature; for 
 
 If Communities indulge it, that In- 
 dulgence is branded with a Mark of 
 Infamy. Ifrael fang his Praife : They 
 foon forgat his Works || ; in their firft 
 Act they reprefent their religious Com- 
 plaifance, in the other their Ingrati- 
 tude. But 
 
 Left we (biafled by Numbers) fhould 
 copy after thofe ungrateful Precedents, 
 and rob the Lord of Hofts of that 
 Glory which is his Due, and bury in 
 
 f 2 Chron. xxxii. 25. jLuke xvii. 17, 18. 
 || Pfalm cvi. 12, 13. 
 
 Obli-
 
 Oblivion his late Interposition in our 
 Favour ; we propofe to point out the 
 Conquerors Duty from the Words firft 
 read ; which were occafloned by the 
 fignal Victory which Barak, at the 
 Head of the Ifraelites, obtained over. 
 Sifera the Captain of King Jabins 
 Hofts. 
 
 This World, once the Seat of Juf- 
 tice, Harmony, and Felicity, is (thro* 
 the Fall) become an ACELDAMA., 
 or Field of Blood : Nation rifes againft 
 Nation, and Kingdom againft King- 
 dom. From this melancholy Caufe 
 arifes a Legion of Evils, viz. op- 
 preffive Cruelty, horrid Rebellions, and 
 ungenerous Treafons. Whenever thefe 
 raife their monftrous Heads, Intereft 
 and Duty jointly prompt a People, 
 jealous of their Civil and Religious Li- 
 berties, to implore the Afliftance of 
 Heaven : This was the firft Weapon 
 which the threatned Ifraelites levelled 
 at S if era f. Neverthelefs, they durft 
 
 f- Chap. iv. 3. 
 
 not
 
 not tempt the Holy One of Ifrael, by 
 neglecting the means of Deliverance 
 which Providence put into their Hands ; 
 but, on the contrary, they fought and 
 invited the friendly Affiftance of their 
 Allies f. Thus they, in Obedience to 
 the Dictates of Nature, fupported by 
 Divine Revelation, wifely prepared the 
 Horfe againft the Day of Battle, tho 5 
 they believed that Safety was of the 
 Lord J : 'Twas their fettled Refolution 
 to look beyond Inftruments, determin- 
 ing, whilft fome trufted in Chariots, 
 and fome in Horfes, they would re- 
 member the Name of the Lord their 
 God || . Thus you fee, they commit- 
 ted their Way unto the Lord ; they 
 trufted alfo in him : nevertheless their 
 Trials continued till (poffibly) many of 
 them ftagger'd at the Promife of God 
 thro' Unbelief. Nor is it ftrange, fince, 
 for the Space of twenty Years, Sifera 
 mightily opprefled the Children of 
 Ifrael . It is no infallible Proof, 
 
 "fCh.iv. 10. $ Prov.xxi. 31. J| Pf.xx, 7. Ch.iv. 3. 
 
 2 how-
 
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 however, that the humble AddrefTes of 
 the Diftrefled are neglected, merely be- 
 caufe not anfwered agreeable to Expec- 
 tation, or becaufe Tribulations abound; 
 for by terrible Things in Righteouf- 
 nefs, God fometimes anfwers his Peo- 
 ple, tko the God of their Salvation f : 
 Their Prayers are gracioufly heard, 
 tho' their Perfons are (for a Seafon) 
 awfully fcourged. But the Lord will 
 not always chide, or retain his apparent 
 anger for ever : Nay, he will efpoufe 
 and make that Caufe his own, which 
 for a Time wore the Marks of divine 
 Rejection. God, like a powerful Con- 
 federate^ w r ill reveal his Arm in the 
 Vindication of his oppreffed Petitio- 
 ners ; he will redrefs their Grievances, 
 and abundantly recompenfe their In- 
 juries : Witnefs the Inftance before us. 
 The fet Time to favour Ifrael being 
 come ftho' the Heathen raged, and 
 the People imagined a vain Thing ; 
 tho' the Rulers took Counfel together 
 
 f Pfclm Ixv. 5. 
 
 B againft
 
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 againft the Lord, and againft his Anoin- 
 ted ; faying, Let us break their Bands 
 afunder, and caft away their Cords 
 from us) he that fitteth in the Hea- 
 vens laught, the Lord beheld them 
 with Derifion -f : For he, having the 
 Hearts of all Men in his Hands, in- 
 fpired his favourite People with a juft 
 Refentment, gave them Courage to 
 attempt a Deliverance, and Refolution 
 to accomplijh it. Being equipt from 
 above, the People smilingly offered them- 
 felves to confront their infulting Ene- 
 mies. Barak 's Forces were not a Col- 
 lection of Slaves, drove into the Field 
 by the Threats and Cruelty of a Ty- 
 rant : No, he had the Honour and 
 Pleafure of commanding an Army of 
 Volunteers. And really their Conduct 
 when engaged, loudly proclaimed the 
 Concurrence of their Hearts with their 
 Spears ; for thefe Free-men dreading 
 the intended Yoke, encounter' d their 
 Adversaries with equal Bravery and 
 
 f Pialm ii. i, 2, &c. 
 
 Sue-
 
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 S-uccefs; infomuch that (being difci- 
 plined by the Lord of Hofhj Barafrs 
 blunted Sword triumph 'd over the nu- 
 merous and imperious Forces of Si- 
 fera. So decijive was the Battle, and 
 fo great the Slaughter, that he who 
 lately had Thoufands at his Command, 
 and therefore faid to one Legion, Go, 
 and it goeth ; to another, Come, and 
 it cometh ; now quits his {lately Cha- 
 riot, and, deftitute of all Attendants, 
 flies on foot, feeking Protection in dan- 
 gerous Obfcurity -f. Thus (with re- 
 {peel: to Ifrael) Darknefs was agree- 
 ably exchanged for Light, Sorrow for 
 Joy, and threatned Bondage for glo- 
 rious and invaluable Liberty. Upon 
 
 Ifrael\ obtaining fuch a feafonable and 
 important Victory, with how much 
 Decency does the infpired Writer intro- 
 duce the Exhortation, Praife ye the 
 Lord ?~ Man's Propenfity to over- 
 look the principal Agent (on fuch like 
 Occafions) {hews the Expediency of 
 f Chap. iv. 15, 20, &c. 
 
 B 2 point-
 
 pointing out the Object to whom the 
 higheft Praifes are due. 
 
 Every Community indulged with a 
 Revolution equally defireable with that 
 to which our Text has a Relation, is 
 bound by all the generous Motives .of 
 GRATITUDE, to afcribe Glory and 
 Honour, Thankfgiving and Praife, to 
 its Heavenly Deliverer ; is excited to 
 make honourable Mention of his Be- 
 nevolence, to obferve all his admirable 
 Providences concurring in the grand 
 Event ; to rejoice in him as a Father, 
 Friend, and Portion ; to devote itfelf 
 folemnly, ferioufly, and without Re- 
 fer ve, to his Service ; to make its con- 
 tinual Supplications to him, and re- 
 pofe its Confidence in him, whilft 
 Dangers are prefenting from any Quar- 
 ter whatfoever. In a word, the Re- 
 deemed of the Lord are called upon 
 to adore, admire, magnify, and per- 
 petually ferve him, who upholdeth 
 their Souls in Life, and preferves their 
 Feet from falling. 
 
 From
 
 From the Correfpondence between 
 ancient and modern Events, you (pof- 
 fibly) may have anticipated the intend- 
 ed Application : However, be that as 
 it will, from the Sacred Hiftory we 
 may difcern, that a People highly fa- 
 voured of Heaven, may, for a Seafon, 
 be exercifed with very grievous Oppref- 
 fions. How unfcriptural then were 
 the late Apprehenfions of fome Bri- 
 tonSy who concluded themfelves judi- 
 cially forfaken, merely becaufe tried 
 with a temporary Affliction ? From 
 the foregoing Story we may alfo per- 
 ceive, that God hears, and remark- 
 ably anfwers the Prayers of the Af- 
 flicted. Religious Fafts and folemn 
 
 Humiliation are not in vain. We 
 
 may learn hence too, that when the 
 Almighty defigns Deliverance, Inftru- 
 ments are not wanting to effect it. 
 When Ifrael is to be refcued from 
 Egyptian Bondage with an high Hand, 
 and an out-ftretch'd Arm, God pre- 
 pares a Mofes for the important En- 
 
 terprize.
 
 L *4 J 
 
 terprize. If afterwards the litigious 
 Canaanites are to be fubdued before 
 the favourite People, he raifes up a 
 Succeffion of Heroes to prefide over, 
 and manage their Military Affairs. 
 And give me leave to add, if he has 
 doom'd Rebellion to Deatk^ he has 
 kindly raifed up, and amply qualified 
 WILLIAM^ to open its Veins and 
 extract its Vitals. May we not infer 
 likewife from the Premifes, that God 
 will guard and fecure the Religion he 
 has founded? Ifraefs Religion owed 
 its Exiftence to the peculiar Care and 
 Indulgence of Heaven ; for God gave 
 them his Judgments and his Statutes. 
 Well, having thro' his Kindnefs been 
 the Author ', his Fidelity engages and 
 prompts him to be the Guardian of 
 their Religious Conftitution. With 
 how much Confidence and Satisfaction 
 may Proteftants leave their Caufe in the 
 Hands of its ancient Patron ? This 
 Subject further intimates the Obliga- 
 tion refulting from the Reception of 
 
 Mercies :
 
 [ '5 ] 
 
 Mercies: Permit me then. Sirs, after 
 congratulating you on the joyful Oc- 
 cafion which is frefh upon our Memo- 
 ries, to call upon GREAT BRI- 
 TAIN in general, and this Society- 
 in particular, to praife the Lord for 
 avenging us on our Enemies. Ambi- 
 tion^ Bigotry^ and Rebellion^ joined 
 hand in hand, with a View to over- 
 throw our Civil and Religious Liber- 
 ties, and at the fame time dethrone 
 our legal Sovereign King GEORGE* 
 The Rebels, like a fwelling Torrent, 
 overflowed the North, and boldly 
 pierced into the very Heart of Eng- 
 land. The Country before them was 
 like the Garden of Eden, but behind 
 them like a barren Wildernefs. The 
 Traces of their Cruelty and Rapine 
 were every where vifible. Their dar- 
 ing and intolerable Infolence at length 
 rouzed the Britifi Spirit to fuch a De- 
 gree, that the People willingly offered 
 themfelves to engage the infulting Foe. 
 Upon the Advance of our Englifh Vo- 
 lunteers
 
 [ '6] 
 
 lunteers and Freemen towards the ab- 
 jecl: A$7<2i^ and Dupes, they fled. By 
 this Retreat the Britijh Lion was in- 
 deed for a while evaded, but they foon 
 fell into the Hands of the Northern 
 Bear, in whofe Empire being afTaulted 
 by the grim Tyrants Hunger and Cold y 
 the Defperadoes refolve upon, and of- 
 fer us Battle. But how different the 
 pra&kal End or View of the different 
 Armies ? The one ftrove for experi- 
 enced \ and therefore much -admired 
 LIBERTY; the other for religious 
 Fetters and Civil Bondage. Thus va- 
 rioujly prompted, the Forces meet, the 
 thundering Cannon loud proclaims 
 their mutual Indignation ; till the Re- 
 bels, galled by our fuccefsful Fires, 
 fled with Precipitation before our pur- 
 fuing Troops. Come, view the Fields 
 now drunk with Rebellious Blood ! 
 How great the Change ! The Men 
 that lately trod the Plains with bloom- 
 ing Hopes, or defperate Rage, are 
 now proftrate^ groaning^ bleeding^ dy~ 
 2 ing.
 
 [ '7] 
 
 The jujl Rewards of Perjury and Re- 
 bellion ! See fome ungrateful Wretches 
 abufing the Men, who, touch'd with 
 Generality, gave them defired Quar- 
 ter, meeting the Wages of their Bafe- 
 nefs. With pleafing Horror view the 
 Stragglers falling by our purfuing, and 
 now unrelenting Swords. O let us 
 praife the Lord for thus avenging Bri- 
 tain ! 
 
 To Thankfulnefs we are ftill further 
 called, by a Survey of the Expence 
 which this feafonable FICTORTcofi: 
 us. True, fome (alas ! we think too 
 many) brave and bonefl BRITONS 
 fell ; Loyal and Rebellious Blood was 
 mingled, but how great the Difpropor- 
 tion ! Since, according to a modeft 
 Calculation, forty Victims were offer'd 
 at the Shrine of every Britijh LOYA- 
 LIST. Did not our God cover our 
 Soldiers Heads in the Day of Battle ? 
 If our perfidious Enemies are hewn 
 down when flying, fhall we have no 
 Refpect to him, who fometimes en- 
 C ables
 
 ables one to chafe a thoufand, and 
 two to put ten thoufand to Flight ? If 
 the acherfe Balls range aloft^ rather 
 than graze upon our Lines ; if French 
 Ingenuity is baffled, and fuccefslefs ; 
 if our opening Cannons difclofe their 
 awful Contents, fpreading Slaughter 
 and Deftruclion amongft our Foes, 
 muft we not own the Benevolence of 
 the great Engineer the Lord of Hofts ? 
 If invading Frenchmen^ ftruck with 
 the Terror of our Arms, furrender, 
 let us blefs the Lord who has efpoufed 
 our Caufe, and happily exchanged In- 
 fulls for Triumph. As Praife is doubt- 
 lefs very comely, fo it ought to be ad- 
 vanced in proportion to the Calamities 
 we are freed from, and the Mercies we 
 are in the Enjoyment of. 
 
 If none of either Sex, or of any 
 Age, were to be fpared, what Reafon 
 to abound in Thankfulnefs for a Deli- 
 verance out of their Hands, whofe ten- 
 der Mercies were intended Cruelty. If 
 
 guided
 
 [ '9 ] 
 
 guided merely by mercenary Motives, 
 methinks our grateful Acknowledg- 
 ments fhould be made to God, on the 
 behalf of KING GEORGE. We 
 have now a Proteftant P R INCE up- 
 on the Throne, and (if it is the Will 
 of Heaven) may he long {way the Im- 
 perial Scepter ! We are blefled with a 
 King) who has hitherto made the Laws 
 of the Realm the Invariable Standard 
 of his Regal Conduct ; being equally 
 tenacious of the People's Privilege and 
 his own Prerogative. He now fits at the 
 Helm, whofe Happinefs is to reign in 
 the Hearts and AjfeSKoris of his Sub- 
 jects. We have a Royal Father, freely 
 expofing his illuftrious Son to Toils ^ 
 Hardjhips y and Death itfelf, in De- 
 fence of his Peoples Interefts. Hence- 
 forth let all Calumny ceafe, let all Pro- 
 teftants warmly affect King GEORGE; 
 and fince he is the Minifter of God un- 
 to them for Good, let them be thank- 
 ful to that God by whom Kings reigr> 3 
 and Princes decree Juftice. What a 
 C 2 de-
 
 delightful Scene appears, when we be- 
 hold a numerous Progeny trained up 
 in the View of, and accurately ac- 
 quainted with, the Maxims of Civil 
 and Religious LIBERTY? Again, 
 blefs the Lord for the Prefervation of 
 his Royal Highnefs WILLIAM DUKE 
 of CUMBERLAND, in the late En- 
 gagement. View the MANLY 
 YOUTH leading on his Father's 
 Troops! See the Britijh HERO, 
 whofe Prefence of Mind, whofe known 
 Generality, whofe valiant Behaviour, 
 reflect a pleafing Luftre upon the Dig- 
 nity of his Birth. Behold him at the 
 firft Onfet boldly confronting his Ene- 
 mies in the Centre of his Forces ! Ye 
 Protejlants, behold the Britijh WIL- 
 LIAM exposing his Life for your 
 Sakes ! Follow him, whilft he rides 
 from Troop to Troop, animating his 
 Soldiers by his Prefence, Counfel^ and 
 Example ! May we not look on him 
 as our great Deliverer (under God) and 
 at the fame time cherifh Hopes that 
 
 Provi-
 
 L J 
 
 Providence referves him to be & further 
 Scourge to the perfidious French ? If 
 To, then let us pay the King of Kings 
 fome fuitable Tribute. As the Gene- 
 ral > fo the Troops under his Com- 
 mand, acquired immortal Reputation : 
 See with what Firmnefs and Conftancy 
 they withftand the impetuous Enemy ; 
 with what Dexterity and Succefs they 
 ply their Arms. Highland Sword and 
 Target are now no longer Proof againft 
 the Englijh Bayonet. Horfe and Foot 
 acted their Parts, as if refolved to be 
 henceforth MEN of RENOWN. Oh 
 then praife the Lord, who taught their 
 Hands to war, and their Fingers to 
 fight. But remember you are not to 
 reft here, for our generous Religion 
 obliges us to render unto all their 
 Dues, and therefore Honour to whom 
 Honour ; fince then the Proteftant 
 Part of thefe Kingdoms in general, 
 during our Commotions, have de- 
 meaned themfelves honourably, let 
 them be mutually affectionate and be- 
 neficent.
 
 L 22 J 
 
 neficent. Should we content ourfelves 
 with this general Hint, it is poffible, 
 we may be wanting in Point of Gra- 
 titude^ to our deferving Fellow-Sub- 
 jects ; we fhall therefore defcend to 
 Particulars. How does the Roll {well 
 whilft we record the Britijb WOR- 
 THIES ! With how much Juftice 
 are GUEST, BLAKENET, and 
 AGNEW commended ? Englijhmen 
 applaud their Fidelity ', Bravery^ and 
 Succefs : Nor dare they overlook 
 LOUDON, CAMP ELL,&c. who 
 (free from Papal and Rebellious Conta- 
 gion) willingly offered themfelves to 
 revenge GREAT BRITAIN** 
 Wrongs. View this brief Catalogue 
 drawn from a long Train of Heroes. 
 And fince Heaven has graced the Mi- 
 litary Character with Merit > let us ge- 
 neroufly reward it with grateful Re- 
 fpeEl. I cannot (without an infuffe- 
 rable Affront both to God and Man) 
 pafs over in Silence the remarkable 
 Harmony which fubfifted between 
 2 King
 
 King GEORGE and his PARLIA- 
 MENT, during our National Dif- 
 tradions ; the one requires, the other 
 chearfully grants ; the one reminds of 
 Danger, whilft the other demonftrates 
 an unufual Zeal, ready Obedience, and 
 unjhaken Loyalty. With thankful 
 Eyes behold, and duly value the Bri- 
 tijh MERCHANTS, who, TRUE 
 PATRIOTS ! retrieved and faved 
 our threatned, finking^ and almoft ex- 
 firing Credit. See the Avenues to 
 King GEORGE daily thronged with 
 Loyal Proteftants of every Denomina- 
 tion, each ready to give his Majefty 
 the ftrongeft Affurances of his firm 
 Attachment to his Perfon and Govern- 
 ment. View the venerable and de- 
 ferving Clergy, engaging to employ 
 their Talents and Influence^ in quelling 
 Sedition, by expofing Popery^ and 
 cultivating the Principles of LIBER- 
 rrand LOYALTY. Lo! the Gen- 
 tlemen of the Long Robe appear, in 
 folemn Cavalcade^ ready to make a 
 
 Ten-
 
 [ H] 
 
 Tender to their Prince of Wealth and 
 Life. In a word, we may reflect with 
 Pleafure, and Admiration^ whilft we 
 behold all Ranks and Degrees of Pro- 
 tefta?^tS) both in our Colonies abroad, 
 and thefe Kingdoms at Home, concur- 
 ring in this common Resolution, viz. to 
 check Rebellion, to maintain the Sue- 
 cejjion to this Crown in the illuftrious 
 Houfe of HANOVER, and preferve 
 the Proteftant Religion againft Roman 
 Invaders and abjured Pretenders. Hi- 
 ftory may be long ranfacked, before a 
 parallel Inftance occurs, to that we 
 have now before us, wherein Prote- 
 fiants in general fo 'willingly offered 
 themfelves in the Defence of their 
 KING, RELIGION, and LIBERTY. 
 Altho', as poflefled of Humanity^ we 
 compafllonate the jlaughterd and in- 
 human Creatures (the Effect of Prayer 
 and Valour) let us be ever mindful of, 
 and thankful for the fignal Deliverance 
 we now commemorate. Praife ye the 
 Lord, for avenging Britain^ when the 
 
 People
 
 People willingly offered themfelves. 
 And tho' we glory, let us rejoice with 
 Moderation ; and whenever a public 
 Thankfgiving fhall be celebrated, by 
 Royal Authority -, let us guard againft 
 Exceft and Riot, left by Intemperance 
 and Luxury on that Occafion, we draw 
 down frefh) or heavier Judgments on 
 our own Heads, or tranfmit them to 
 Pofterity. Certainly I may be chearful 
 as a Marty without being drunk like a 
 Beaft. I am not obliged by Religion^ 
 or the Rules of Civility ', to fliew my 
 Loyalty by reelmg Noife and Nonfenfe, 
 tho' thefe are (byfotnej efteem'd almojl 
 reputable on public Occaflons.- -With 
 how much Affe&ion and Pity fhould 
 we look on our Fellow- Subj eft s^ who 
 fufFered for their LOYALTY and 
 RELIGION in the late horrid RE- 
 BELLION? How many Families 
 are impoverished by the plundering 
 Mifcreants ? What Inconveniencies 
 from pinching Hunger ? What Hard- 
 fhips from the Inclemency of the Sea- 
 D fon,
 
 [ 26] 
 
 fon have many encounter'd, whilft 
 driven from their Habitations, they 
 took Sanduary in Caves and Moun- 
 tains? Put on then as Men, put on 
 as Englijbthen and Proteftants^ Bowels 
 of Companion towards your Country- 
 men. Remember thofe who have been 
 in Bonds, remember the Exiles ; fhew 
 yourfelves ready to contribute towards 
 the Restoration of their Settlement, 
 Peace and Comfort, whenfoever our 
 Superiors fhall require your Affiftance, 
 We have frnarted hitherto principally 
 by Sympathy ; let us fhew ourielves 
 worthy Members of the Britifi Body^ 
 by bearing our Parts in the LofTes fuf- 
 tained thro' an Attachment to the Bri- 
 
 tlfh Confti&tfion. And at the fame 
 
 Time let us be thankful for the Tran- 
 quility of England^ and our Exemp- 
 tion from the Surprize, the Dangers, 
 and Injuries, which were fo fenlibly 
 felt in the North. What Confpira- 
 cies were formed, how great the in- 
 vifible Ruin that threatned us, Time 
 
 which
 
 L 2 7 J 
 
 which brings fecret Things to Light, 
 may difcover. However, this we 
 know, that our Perfons, our Relatives, 
 our Religion, our Properties were not 
 fecure, whilft Rapine, Murder , Cruelty ^ 
 and OppreJJJon, were rampant in the 
 extreme Parts of thefe Realms. O that 
 we may as much diftinguim our- 
 felves by our Gratitude^ as Heaven has 
 diftinguifhed us by its Mercies ! What 
 tranfporting Pleasures do we feel, what 
 Life is kindled in our Breafts, now we 
 behold the benevolent Anfwers which 
 Heaven grants to our Sighs y Tears, 
 and Prayers ? How are we elated, 
 whilft our Interviews are fweetned by 
 mutual Congratulations ? The Clouds 
 which were Months a gathering, are 
 chaced away : The Sun of Righte- 
 oufnefs arifes with Healing, and Salva- 
 tion under its Wings. May the au- 
 Ipicious Day in fucceeding Years be al- 
 ways welcome to Britons ! May its 
 Name be wrote in golden Capitals, that 
 he that runs may read the grateful 
 
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 Senfe we retain of our happy Delive- 
 rance ! With Gladnefs let us meet the 
 returning Morn, when Liberty, facred 
 LIBERTY, dawned afrejh ! Our L I- 
 BERTY, eminently refcued out of 
 the Hands of Antichriftian Tyrants, 
 let us highly prize, and wifely im- 
 prove. We have now our Bibles in 
 our Hands, tranflated into a Language 
 we underftand, which we may perufe 
 without any Papal ObftrucStions : Let 
 us examine their Contents, with Dili- 
 gence equal to that of the Miner, when 
 he is fearching for hid Treafure. We 
 have not \\\z formidable Arguments of 
 Fire and Faggot laid before us, to con- 
 vince us of the Truth of Popifb Te- 
 nets ; each being left to follow the free 
 Di&ates of his own Confcience. Oh, 
 Sirs, let me befeech you to ft and f aft 
 in that LIBERTY wherewith Chrift 
 has made you free ; never entertain in- 
 different Thoughts about that Yoke of 
 Bondage, which your Fore- fathers 
 found . too heavy for them to bear. 
 
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 As an Antidote againft Supinenefs, and 
 Indolence of this Sort, fiirvey the 
 bloody, monftrous, treacherous, unna- 
 tural, and abfurd Principles of Po- 
 pery : A Scheme, (a Religion I can 
 fcarce call it) calculated to overthrow 
 Civil Society, and to extirpate all true 
 Religion from the World. View i 
 with Abhorrence, and ufe your utmoft 
 Endeavours to make it truly hateful 
 in your refpecJive Families, and 
 throughout the Nation. Prudently 
 inftil the Principles of LIBERTY 
 and HUMANITY into the unculti- 
 vated and tender Minds of Children 
 and Servants, that they may not be- 
 come an eafy Prey to feducing Pa- 
 pifts. From which Practice your De- 
 pendants will not only reap unlpeak- 
 able Advantages, but you yourfelves 
 deferve the Character of loyal Subjects, 
 real Patriots, fencere Proteftants, and 
 grateful Profeflbrs. By uiing our Pri- 
 vileges thus difcreetly and wifely, we 
 fhall have growing Occafion to thank 
 
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 Heaven for our late Victory. Again, 
 let us guard againft criminal Security, 
 let us always exercife a proper yealoufy 
 towards Papifts^ who are frequently 
 moft fair and beautiful without ^ when 
 they have the blackeft Defigns lodged 
 within. Let us be always ready (a- 
 greeable to our late Refolution) to go 
 into the Field in behalf of a Prote- 
 Jiant King againft any Romijh Confpi- 
 rators. Let the Arms we lately pur- 
 chafed with that laudable Intent (if ne- 
 ceffary) be always in Readinefs upon 
 any Emergency of that Sort. We have 
 Reafon to fufped Popifh Plots, and 
 defperate Attempts "are not entirely ex- 
 tinguifhed. But Thanks be to Hea~ 
 ven for the ProfpeEls of a feafonable 
 Check, whenfbever their Efforts may 
 be renewed. What a pleafant Emo- 
 tion did we feel, when this Society, 
 this Town, this County, when the 
 various Counties in ENGLAND 
 affociated) in order to raile independent 
 Regiments againft the common Enemy ? 
 
 Were
 
 Were any Proteftants undetermined at 
 the late Crifis, halting between our 
 legal KING and an invading PRE- 
 TENDER, let them, in order to 
 eftablifh their Judgments, make the 
 Tour of France, where Poverty, Sla- 
 very, and Difcontent among the Sub- 
 jetts (the bleffed Fruits of Arbitrary 
 Power and Ecclefiaftical "Tyranny) may 
 convince them of their prefent prefe- 
 rable Situation ; and read them a Lec- 
 ture, which fhall filence their Cla- 
 mours, and teach them to acquiefce 
 in the mild and reputable Government 
 of King George. As Praife fhould 
 afcend for Mercies received, fo likewife 
 fhould our daily Prayers for further 
 Succefles. Let us furround the Throne 
 of Grace with our warm Supplications, 
 that the late Indulgence may be the 
 Fore-runner or firft Fruits of a plenti* 
 ful Harveft. With what Ardor fhould 
 we follicite the Continuant of the di- 
 vine Favour ? With what Conftancy 
 and AfFedtion fhould we embrace re- 
 
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 turning Sabbaths and unadulterated 
 Ordinances ? And lince all Bleflings 
 are conveyed to us on the Account of, 
 and thro' the Mediation of Jefus Chrift, 
 let us prize him as God's Ordinance 
 for Salvation, who ever lives to make 
 Interceffion for his People. In fine, 
 fince God has kindly delivered us out 
 of the Hands of our Enemies, let us 
 ferve him without Fear, in Holinefs 
 and Righteoufnefs before him all the 
 Days of our Lives. Amen. 
 
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