A sermon preached before the House of Commons, on the 31st of January, 1688 being the thanksgiving-day for the deliverance of this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power, by His Highness the Prince of Orange's means / by Gilbert Burnet ...
there is a Charm in the sound of the word, which overcomes every one as soon as it is heard ▪ If some Noble Minds have a largeness of Soul which carries them beyond all narrow and partial Regards,
there is a Charm in the found of the word, which overcomes every one as soon as it is herd ▪ If Some Noble Minds have a largeness of Soul which carries them beyond all narrow and partial Regards,
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and that no disorder within should drive any away, or give so much as occasion to discontent or complaining in any part of their Countrey or Fields, rendred here Streets. Upon all this he pronounces, That the People was indeed happy that was in such a case; but that,
and that no disorder within should drive any away, or give so much as occasion to discontent or complaining in any part of their Country or Fields, rendered Here Streets. Upon all this he pronounces, That the People was indeed happy that was in such a case; but that,
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as if all other Happiness was only imaginary, this being the only real one. And it is certain, that if we can find a Nation that has both these, we must esteem it happy, without diminution or comparison.
as if all other Happiness was only imaginary, this being the only real one. And it is certain, that if we can find a nation that has both these, we must esteem it happy, without diminution or comparison.
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Who, I say, can look on all this without raising in himself all the just Expectations of every thing that is Great or Good? Or who can look back on those black Clouds that were hanging over our Heads,
Who, I say, can look on all this without raising in himself all the just Expectations of every thing that is Great or Good? Or who can look back on those black Clouds that were hanging over our Heads,
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and that seemed charged with Storms and Thunders, and observe the present Calm, and consider the Steps of Providence, I had almost said the Prodigies and Miracles of Providence, that have attended our Deliverance, without letting his Heart run out into all the joyful expectations possible? You feel a great deal,
and that seemed charged with Storms and Thunders, and observe the present Cam, and Consider the Steps of Providence, I had almost said the Prodigies and Miracles of Providence, that have attended our Deliverance, without letting his Heart run out into all the joyful Expectations possible? You feel a great deal,
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and you are now in the right way to it, when you come with the Solemnities of Thanksgiving, to offer up your Acknowledgments to that Fountain of Life, to whom you owe this new Lease which he has granted you of your own;
and you Are now in the right Way to it, when you come with the Solemnities of Thanksgiving, to offer up your Acknowledgments to that Fountain of Life, to whom you owe this new Lease which he has granted you of your own;
this is the true way both to maintain that which you have already got, and to improve it to all those happy ends to which even your Wishes can carry you.
this is the true Way both to maintain that which you have already god, and to improve it to all those happy ends to which even your Wishes can carry you.
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and these how much soever they may affect the Multitude, for whose sake it is, perhaps, that many are willing to shew an outward Compliance with such like Orders, while they inwardly despise them;
and these how much soever they may affect the Multitude, for whose sake it is, perhaps, that many Are willing to show an outward Compliance with such like Order, while they inwardly despise them;
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yet when they are observed with a Contempt that is too gross to be called Hypocrisie, they can signifie nothing unless it be to leave us under the Condemnation of those who honour'd God with their Lips,
yet when they Are observed with a Contempt that is too gross to be called Hypocrisy, they can signify nothing unless it be to leave us under the Condemnation of those who honoured God with their Lips,
and this may be either applied to the whole Nation, which being considered under the Figure of a Walled City, every hostile Invasion is like a Breach made in the Walls and Bulwarks of a Town;
and this may be either applied to the Whole nation, which being considered under the Figure of a Walled city, every hostile Invasion is like a Breach made in the Walls and Bulwarks of a Town;
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By going out, may be likewise meant an abandoning the Country, when the Inhabitants should find themselves so little safe within their Inclosures, that they were forced to seek for that Quiet elsewhere, which they could enjoy no longer at home.
By going out, may be likewise meant an abandoning the Country, when the Inhabitants should find themselves so little safe within their Enclosures, that they were forced to seek for that Quiet elsewhere, which they could enjoy no longer At home.
By complaining, or, as the Word is strictly, a Cry, may be either meant that publick Howling that spreads it self abroad, upon hostile Invasions, and eminent Dangers;
By complaining, or, as the Word is strictly, a Cry, may be either meant that public Howling that spreads it self abroad, upon hostile Invasions, and eminent Dangers;
and a Cry being opposed to Justice by the Prophet, I looked for righteousness, and behold a cry, these Words may be likewise applied to the Cries of the Oppressed, with which the Wise Man was so deeply affected,
and a Cry being opposed to justice by the Prophet, I looked for righteousness, and behold a cry, these Words may be likewise applied to the Cries of the Oppressed, with which the Wise Man was so deeply affected,
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when he heard their Groans, and saw power on the side of their oppressors, but that they had none to comfort them, that he praised the dead more than the living:
when he herd their Groans, and saw power on the side of their Oppressors's, but that they had none to Comfort them, that he praised the dead more than the living:
so that these words of no complaining to be heard, import, that there should be such an equal and steady Administration of Justice, that the Poor should have no cause given them to go and spread their Complaints about the Streets. These words may be yet carried further, that as there should be no cause given to just Complaints,
so that these words of no complaining to be herd, import, that there should be such an equal and steady Administration of justice, that the Poor should have no cause given them to go and spread their Complaints about the Streets. These words may be yet carried further, that as there should be no cause given to just Complaints,
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I need not add to this Representation of the Happiness of a Nation, any thing in Commendation of it, this were an impertinent imposing on your Patience.
I need not add to this Representation of the Happiness of a nation, any thing in Commendation of it, this were an impertinent imposing on your Patience.
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Indeed if one were to make a Panegyrick on Tyranny ▪ and on a hard and unjust Government, he ought to turn over all the Common Places of VVit, all the Stores of Invention,
Indeed if one were to make a Panegyric on Tyranny ▪ and on a hard and unjust Government, he ought to turn over all the Common Places of VVit, all the Stores of Invention,
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But to commend that which I have set forth, is needless, where the Sense of every Man goes even before the Reflections that arise either from his own Observations,
But to commend that which I have Set forth, is needless, where the Sense of every Man Goes even before the Reflections that arise either from his own Observations,
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And indeed to see the Miseries of those Nations that have the Advantages of Sun and Soil beyond others, which yet are happy under a feeble Sun and fruitless Soil, is an Argument beyond all that Fancy or Eloquence can invent.
And indeed to see the Misery's of those nations that have the Advantages of Sun and Soil beyond Others, which yet Are happy under a feeble Sun and fruitless Soil, is an Argument beyond all that Fancy or Eloquence can invent.
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In short, Liberty and Justice are so naturally desired by all Men, and the Happiness of them is so sensibly felt, that any further Discourse for setting them off, is as little needful,
In short, Liberty and justice Are so naturally desired by all Men, and the Happiness of them is so sensibly felt, that any further Discourse for setting them off, is as little needful,
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2. Suffer me then to go over these Particulars, that in them we may have a full Prospect of all that we ought to propose to our selves, in order to our temporal Happiness: The first is,
2. Suffer me then to go over these Particulars, that in them we may have a full Prospect of all that we ought to propose to our selves, in order to our temporal Happiness: The First is,
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and Imprisonments, Cruelties of all sorts, and Death it self in its most terrible shape, must be the Fate of any that but dares to think of shaking it off.
and Imprisonments, Cruelties of all sorts, and Death it self in its most terrible shape, must be the Fate of any that but dares to think of shaking it off.
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yet this Nation did even during the Darkness, maintain its Liberty the best it could ▪ It had not force enough for a great while to get the better in the Dispute;
yet this nation did even during the Darkness, maintain its Liberty the best it could ▪ It had not force enough for a great while to get the better in the Dispute;
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and being once made free, it was a strange Presumption to imagine, that a Nation which has ever retained such a generous sense of Liberty, could return to so severe and so ignominious a Servitude;
and being once made free, it was a strange Presumption to imagine, that a nation which has ever retained such a generous sense of Liberty, could return to so severe and so ignominious a Servitude;
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but it is certain, they acted very fairly, by letting us see our Danger so seasonably, that we had a timely Warning given us, intimating to us how we were to be treated.
but it is certain, they acted very fairly, by letting us see our Danger so seasonably, that we had a timely Warning given us, intimating to us how we were to be treated.
We were trembling at the Apprehensions they put us in sometimes, of their having one of the Keys of England, and one of the most important Posts of the Nation, put into their Hands ▪ which fell indeed afterwards into other Hands, that proved less cruel, because less strong:
We were trembling At the Apprehensions they put us in sometime, of their having one of the Keys of England, and one of the most important Posts of the nation, put into their Hands ▪ which fell indeed afterwards into other Hands, that proved less cruel, Because less strong:
But yet in that there was a particular Character of Reproach to the Nation, when a People conquered by it were become the Masters of the chief Posts in it.
But yet in that there was a particular Character of Reproach to the nation, when a People conquered by it were become the Masters of the chief Posts in it.
A Government which had broke Faith both at home and abroad, that persecuted with Characters of Cruelty beyond all that former Ages had ever dreamt of,
A Government which had broke Faith both At home and abroad, that persecuted with Characters of Cruelty beyond all that former Ages had ever dreamed of,
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that had managed their Persecution with so much barbarous Rage, as if they had intended to let the World see that the Inquisitors had yet Bowels left of which they had quite devested themselves;
that had managed their Persecution with so much barbarous Rage, as if they had intended to let the World see that the Inquisitors had yet Bowels left of which they had quite devested themselves;
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It is an Union in your Councils, and a Vigour in your Proceedings, that next to the Blessing of God, must secure us against the Breaches that may be made upon us by those two Enemies, who according to the Character given in the Psalm, are strange Children, whose Mouth we know speaks Vanity or Deceit,
It is an union in your Councils, and a Vigour in your Proceedings, that next to the Blessing of God, must secure us against the Breaches that may be made upon us by those two Enemies, who according to the Character given in the Psalm, Are strange Children, whose Mouth we know speaks Vanity or Deceit,
and who, how much soever they may have differed of late, will be probably brought to unite in order to their first dividing, and then their destroying us.
and who, how much soever they may have differed of late, will be probably brought to unite in order to their First dividing, and then their destroying us.
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Let us leave upon that Church the Infamy of Persecution, and not bring on our selves any share in the Reproaches that we so justly throw on them for so odious a thing.
Let us leave upon that Church the Infamy of Persecution, and not bring on our selves any share in the Reproaches that we so justly throw on them for so odious a thing.
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if there is an Universal Concurrence in the Civil Settlement, and afterwards an Union in Matters of Religion, we may hope that our Bank shall neither be broke thorow nor yet undermined.
if there is an Universal Concurrence in the Civil Settlement, and afterwards an union in Matters of Religion, we may hope that our Bank shall neither be broke thorough nor yet undermined.
Here suffer me to tell you, that in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth 's Reign our Adversaries saw no hopes of retrieving their Affairs, which had been spoil'd by Queen Mary 's Persecution,
Here suffer me to tell you, that in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth is Reign our Adversaries saw no hope's of retrieving their Affairs, which had been spoiled by Queen Marry is Persecution,
I my self have seen the Letters of the chief Bishops of that time, from which it appears that the Queen's Stiffness in maintaining some Ceremonies, flowed not from their Councils,
I my self have seen the Letters of the chief Bishops of that time, from which it appears that the Queen's Stiffness in maintaining Some Ceremonies, flowed not from their Councils,
And I have had in my Hands the Original Journal of the Lower House of Convocation in the 5th Year of that Glorious Reign, in which the matter of the Ceremonies was first argued,
And I have had in my Hands the Original journal of the Lower House of Convocation in the 5th Year of that Glorious Reign, in which the matter of the Ceremonies was First argued,
and when it came to the Vote it was carried by the greater number of the Voices of the Members that were present, to lay down all those Subjects of Contests:
and when it Come to the Vote it was carried by the greater number of the Voices of the Members that were present, to lay down all those Subject's of Contests:
or, in a word, the violating these two Sacred Things, Liberty and Property, and the Constitution of this August Body, which is the great Fence to both:
or, in a word, the violating these two Sacred Things, Liberty and Property, and the Constitution of this August Body, which is the great Fence to both:
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when Justice was only pretended to support the highest Injustices; when no Man's Fence was strong enough to resist precarious Judges, and suborned Juries;
when justice was only pretended to support the highest Injustices; when no Man's Fence was strong enough to resist precarious Judges, and suborned Juries;
when adhering to Law and Religion was become a Crime, and when Prerogative which is only a power to preserve the People on extraordinary occasions, was made the great Engine to destroy them:
when adhering to Law and Religion was become a Crime, and when Prerogative which is only a power to preserve the People on extraordinary occasions, was made the great Engine to destroy them:
the providing real Securities against the Returns of the like Dangers for the future, and the giving Remedies to that which is reparable for what is past:
the providing real Securities against the Returns of the like Dangers for the future, and the giving Remedies to that which is reparable for what is passed:
For now those who are the truest Patriots and the best Friends to their Religion and their Country, must reckon to be the most acceptable to the Glorious Instrument of our Deliverance, who carries in his Heart the Words that he ordered to be put on his Standard, The Protestant Religion, and the Liberties of England:
For now those who Are the Truest Patriots and the best Friends to their Religion and their Country, must reckon to be the most acceptable to the Glorious Instrument of our Deliverance, who carries in his Heart the Words that he ordered to be put on his Standard, The Protestant Religion, and the Liberties of England:
You see where, and how we have been broke in upon, and this will best direct you to secure us for the future, that so hereafter there may be no more breaking in.
You see where, and how we have been broke in upon, and this will best Direct you to secure us for the future, that so hereafter there may be no more breaking in.
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Multitudes thrown into Prisons and Dungeons, condemned to the Gallies, and by a Fury scarce known among Barbarians, the very Bodies of the Dead were made Subjects on whom they exercised their Rage.
Multitudes thrown into Prisons and Dungeons, condemned to the Galleys, and by a Fury scarce known among Barbarians, the very Bodies of the Dead were made Subject's on whom they exercised their Rage.
Common Cruelty is glutted with the Death of an Enemy, but it must be whetted by the Principles of an inhuman Religion, that can commit Outrages on the Carcasses of the Dead:
Common Cruelty is glutted with the Death of an Enemy, but it must be whetted by the Principles of an inhuman Religion, that can commit Outrages on the Carcases of the Dead:
All this was acted with so high a hand that Men of Quality and Learning, that had been Eminent in the former parts of their Lives for Vertue and Gentleness, seem'd to put on all the Fierceness of Inquisitors,
All this was acted with so high a hand that Men of Quality and Learning, that had been Eminent in the former parts of their Lives for Virtue and Gentleness, seemed to put on all the Fierceness of Inquisitors,
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And there was so little Dissimulation in the case, or shew of good Nature, that the barbarous Usage of our unhappy Brethren was heightned by the Circumstances and Manner of it.
And there was so little Dissimulation in the case, or show of good Nature, that the barbarous Usage of our unhappy Brothers was heightened by the circumstances and Manner of it.
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All the Happiness we could have expected was, that which was the Portion of some of our persecuted Brethren, that abandoning their Countrey, their Estates,
All the Happiness we could have expected was, that which was the Portion of Some of our persecuted Brothers, that abandoning their Country, their Estates,
and likewise those Blessed Provinces which have been the Sanctuaries of the Unhappy, and the Refuge of all that were persecuted for Righteousness sake, ever since they were a Free-State:
and likewise those Blessed Provinces which have been the Sanctuaries of the Unhappy, and the Refuge of all that were persecuted for Righteousness sake, ever since they were a Free-state:
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Another sort of going out that we were beginning to fall under, was the being tempted to forsake all those Engagements, that tie a Man to his Family and to his Native Country,
another sort of going out that we were beginning to fallen under, was the being tempted to forsake all those Engagements, that tie a Man to his Family and to his Native Country,
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and most particularly, by a Perpetual and Entire Conjunction with those Provinces, that have in so Noble and indeed Unparallel'd a Manner, supported and assisted our Great Deliverer, in so Vast an Undertaking.
and most particularly, by a Perpetual and Entire Conjunction with those Provinces, that have in so Noble and indeed Unparalleled a Manner, supported and assisted our Great Deliverer, in so Vast an Undertaking.
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But they have now in a way much more frank, more dangerous to themselves, as well as more obliging to us, without either Bargain or Security, put all to hazzard,
But they have now in a Way much more frank, more dangerous to themselves, as well as more obliging to us, without either Bargain or Security, put all to hazard,
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Their very name ought to be to us, to speak in a phrase of Scripture Poetry, as ointment poured forth. We were their Neighbours, and Friends, and their Brethren before:
Their very name ought to be to us, to speak in a phrase of Scripture Poetry, as ointment poured forth. We were their Neighbours, and Friends, and their Brothers before:
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and Rewards to be so equally dispensed, with as little punishment as can possibly consist with publick safety, that there may be little occasion given to Complaint.
and Rewards to be so equally dispensed, with as little punishment as can possibly consist with public safety, that there may be little occasion given to Complaint.
and the avoiding every Invasion upon the Freedom of Conscience, which is the first, and the most Sacred of all a Man's Rights, are the surest ways to prevent all just cause of Complaint:
and the avoiding every Invasion upon the Freedom of Conscience, which is the First, and the most Sacred of all a Man's Rights, Are the Surest ways to prevent all just cause of Complaint:
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as to the manner of it, the entire freedom of serving God in the sincerity of their hearts, will put an end to many heavy and just Complaints, which have been poured out before God in the bitterness of many Mens Spirits;
as to the manner of it, the entire freedom of serving God in the sincerity of their hearts, will put an end to many heavy and just Complaints, which have been poured out before God in the bitterness of many Men's Spirits;
whose lives have been made a burden to them, only because they could not act contrary to those persuasions, which they were not able to change or overcome.
whose lives have been made a burden to them, only Because they could not act contrary to those persuasions, which they were not able to change or overcome.
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unless we can deliver our selves from an impatient and jealous temper, which forms complaints out of nothing, which creates imaginary Dangers, and suggests groundless Jealousies.
unless we can deliver our selves from an impatient and jealous temper, which forms complaints out of nothing, which creates imaginary Dangers, and suggests groundless Jealousies.
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every humour disagreeing to ours, or way of behaviour that we do not like, will be so swelled up to us by a disturbed imagination, that we will be often in the state of those that were in great fear, where no fear was.
every humour disagreeing to ours, or Way of behaviour that we do not like, will be so swelled up to us by a disturbed imagination, that we will be often in the state of those that were in great Fear, where no Fear was.
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But to speak in S. Paul 's words, I go now to shew you a more excellent way. For how much soever all these Blessings may affect you, here is one of another sort, to which, they all put together, cannot be compared;
But to speak in S. Paul is words, I go now to show you a more excellent Way. For how much soever all these Blessings may affect you, Here is one of Another sort, to which, they all put together, cannot be compared;
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When God inspired Moses to deliver to the Iews, a Religion by which he intended to wean them from Idolatry, in such a way as their Capacities and Inclinations could bear:
When God inspired Moses to deliver to the Iews, a Religion by which he intended to wean them from Idolatry, in such a Way as their Capacities and Inclinations could bear:
He proposed himself to them, under that simple Idea, of being the Iohovah, that, is he who truly and necessarily is, that by the simplicity of this Notion, they might be kept in,
He proposed himself to them, under that simple Idea, of being the Iohovah, that, is he who truly and necessarily is, that by the simplicity of this Notion, they might be kept in,
And this is the full meaning of those Words so often repeated in the Old Testament, I am the Lord thy God, which are sometimes a remembrance to the people of their Duty towards him;
And this is the full meaning of those Words so often repeated in the Old Testament, I am the Lord thy God, which Are sometime a remembrance to the people of their Duty towards him;
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so that the happiness of a people whose God is the Lord, amounts to these two things, the one is, that they serve and worship God sincerely, being delivered from the Corruptions and Defilements of Idolatry;
so that the happiness of a people whose God is the Lord, amounts to these two things, the one is, that they serve and worship God sincerely, being Delivered from the Corruptions and Defilements of Idolatry;
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and the other is that they came under the special Care and Protection of God. To make the true Jehovah our God imports, first, that we adore and acknowledge him,
and the other is that they Come under the special Care and Protection of God. To make the true Jehovah our God imports, First, that we adore and acknowledge him,
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and it working only on our fears, may subdue us into a blind compliance to some contrivances that way prove of advantage to those who have invented them;
and it working only on our fears, may subdue us into a blind compliance to Some contrivances that Way prove of advantage to those who have invented them;
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The pomp and solemnity of it will perhaps affect the Vulgar, but they being satisfied with the expence and trouble that their Religion puts them to, grow upon that, dissolute and immoral, severe and cruel,
The pomp and solemnity of it will perhaps affect the vulgar, but they being satisfied with the expense and trouble that their Religion puts them to, grow upon that, dissolute and immoral, severe and cruel,
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And as the Heathens departing from the Idea of the great Gods being the sole Object of Worship, their mixing with him an Infinity of Inferiour Deities,
And as the heathens departing from the Idea of the great God's being the sole Object of Worship, their mixing with him an Infinity of Inferior Deities,
and into which the Iews did frequently relapse, during the time that the Old Testament was written, in opposition to which the true Jehovah was the God of Israel: So another, not unlike this, in all its main Characters, was introduced among Christians.
and into which the Iews did frequently relapse, during the time that the Old Testament was written, in opposition to which the true Jehovah was the God of Israel: So Another, not unlike this, in all its main Characters, was introduced among Christians.
and the Worship was reduced to a plainness and simplicity far different from the Pomp that was allowed by Moses: and yet how many under-Mediators have been brought in to divert us from depending solely upon the only Mediator by whom we are taught to come to God? And how have the Christian Churches been defiled with so many visible Objects of Worship,
and the Worship was reduced to a plainness and simplicity Far different from the Pomp that was allowed by Moses: and yet how many under-Mediators have been brought in to divert us from depending solely upon the only Mediator by whom we Are taught to come to God? And how have the Christian Churches been defiled with so many visible Objects of Worship,
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than that of the Heathens ever was? But the freeing our Temples and even our Thoughts from Idolatry, is but one branch of that which is implied in this, That the Jehovah or Lord is our God: for this signifies that we not only do not worship him in a way unworthy of him;
than that of the heathens ever was? But the freeing our Temples and even our Thoughts from Idolatry, is but one branch of that which is implied in this, That the Jehovah or Lord is our God: for this signifies that we not only do not worship him in a Way unworthy of him;
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but that we do adore him in those instances that become this Relation of his being our God: and this we do when we seriously call upon him and pray to him,
but that we do adore him in those instances that become this Relation of his being our God: and this we do when we seriously call upon him and pray to him,
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as shew how little we believe that which we profess; if it is plain, that Prayers and Thanksgivings, Worship, and Sacraments are only. Words or Rites of form;
as show how little we believe that which we profess; if it is plain, that Prayers and Thanksgivings, Worship, and Sacraments Are only. Words or Rites of from;
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and if the whole frame of our Lives, and the disposition of our Hearts shews that these things are only masks and disguises put on to deceive those that have some regard to them:
and if the Whole frame of our Lives, and the disposition of our Hearts shows that these things Are only masks and disguises put on to deceive those that have Some regard to them:
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And if he is not our God in this first sense, we have no reason to expect that he should be our God long, in the second sense of these words, that is, That he will protect and defend us.
And if he is not our God in this First sense, we have no reason to expect that he should be our God long, in the second sense of these words, that is, That he will Pact and defend us.
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yet till their sins grow up to that height that he will throw them off, he will continue to watch over them, with so distinguishing a Providence, That all the World shall see that his eyes are upon those that fear him,
yet till their Sins grow up to that height that he will throw them off, he will continue to watch over them, with so distinguishing a Providence, That all the World shall see that his eyes Are upon those that Fear him,
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And, as we do all with joy feel and acknowledge this day, he can raise up deliverances for his people, even when they seemed to be as sheep appointed for the slaughter:
And, as we do all with joy feel and acknowledge this day, he can raise up Deliverances for his people, even when they seemed to be as sheep appointed for the slaughter:
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but overturn a mighty Empire, and that with so little confusion and disorder, not to say so little blood and destruction, that instead of Scenes of horrour, all was Welcome and Acclamation;
but overturn a mighty Empire, and that with so little confusion and disorder, not to say so little blood and destruction, that instead of Scenes of horror, all was Welcome and Acclamation;
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that if this does not soften us first into Repentance, and then into acknowledgments, and to the performance of those Vows that we made to him in our Distresses, We may fear that we shall fall under that Curse of the Tree which continued Barren,
that if this does not soften us First into Repentance, and then into acknowledgments, and to the performance of those Vows that we made to him in our Distresses, We may Fear that we shall fallen under that Curse of the Tree which continued Barren,
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4. I come now in the last place to propose to you those things by which you can secure to your selves and the Nation this great blessing of the Lords being our God; I doubt not but you have all the former part of my Text enough upon your minds:
4. I come now in the last place to propose to you those things by which you can secure to your selves and the nation this great blessing of the lords being our God; I doubt not but you have all the former part of my Text enough upon your minds:
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It is indeed your Duty, and you ought to do it, but even in order to the securing our Temporal happiness, you may all now see how necessary it is to take care that God be always on our side,
It is indeed your Duty, and you ought to do it, but even in order to the securing our Temporal happiness, you may all now see how necessary it is to take care that God be always on our side,
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You see such revolutions, and such disappointments in all humane Councils, and in the fairest probabilities, that I hope this will make you for ever consider of what importance the blessing of God is to the success of every undertaking;
You see such revolutions, and such disappointments in all humane Councils, and in the Fairest probabilities, that I hope this will make you for ever Consider of what importance the blessing of God is to the success of every undertaking;
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and to lay this before you in instances that are fresh and speaking; you saw several Assemblies of Parliament, from which the Nation did expect a happy Settlement, and yet all were disappointed:
and to lay this before you in instances that Are fresh and speaking; you saw several Assemblies of Parliament, from which the nation did expect a happy Settlement, and yet all were disappointed:
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After that you saw another, from which you expected every thing that was fatal, and yet God made that the means of maintaining our Laws, and our Religion:
After that you saw Another, from which you expected every thing that was fatal, and yet God made that the means of maintaining our Laws, and our Religion:
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then we may justly apprehend that this short reviving, will be but an interval of a moments breathing, to try whether we are fit for a total deliverance,
then we may justly apprehend that this short reviving, will be but an interval of a moments breathing, to try whither we Are fit for a total deliverance,
The first is, To secure us for ever, as far as humane Wisdom and the force of Law can do it, from ever falling under the just apprehensions of the return of Idolatry any more amongst us;
The First is, To secure us for ever, as Far as humane Wisdom and the force of Law can do it, from ever falling under the just apprehensions of the return of Idolatry any more among us;
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for God be thanked there is not much of that, as of Rites, and matters indifferent, that so we may be brought to glorifie the Lord our God with one Heart and with one Mouth.
for God be thanked there is not much of that, as of Rites, and matters indifferent, that so we may be brought to Glorify the Lord our God with one Heart and with one Mouth.
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4. You can make provisions for the support of so great a part of our Clergy, who being destitute of the necessary means of subsistence, are neither qualified for those Sacred imployments,
4. You can make provisions for the support of so great a part of our Clergy, who being destitute of the necessary means of subsistence, Are neither qualified for those Sacred employments,
nor any way able to render themselves more capable for maintaining even the decencies of Divine Worship, much less for the discharge of so high a Trust,
nor any Way able to render themselves more capable for maintaining even the decencies of Divine Worship, much less for the discharge of so high a Trust,
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Let us for all this Sing a New Song to God, even sing praises to him, who has hitherto Delivered One, that we hope shall be to us a David from the hurtful Sword.
Let us for all this Sing a New Song to God, even sing praises to him, who has hitherto Delivered One, that we hope shall be to us a David from the hurtful Sword.
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and let us carry it on to those Glorious ends of settling our Religion, and delivering our Nation, not only from all Oppression and Injustice at present,
and let us carry it on to those Glorious ends of settling our Religion, and delivering our nation, not only from all Oppression and Injustice At present,
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And then let us Celebrate with the highest acknowledgments, and the justest and gratefullest Returns possible, Him through whose means we enjoy our quiet,
And then let us Celebrate with the highest acknowledgments, and the Justest and gratefullest Returns possible, Him through whose means we enjoy our quiet,
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