Isa
.
40.
3.
The
voice
of
him
that
cryeth
in
the
wilderness
,
Prepare
ye
the
way
of
the
Lord
,
make
strait
in
the
desart
an
High-way
for
our
God
.
THe
Apostle
Peter
in
his
2
Epist.
1
ch
.
19
v.
recommends
unto
the
Faithful
,
to
whom
he
wrote
,
the
word
of
Prophesie
,
as
he
termeth
it
,
and
commends
them
for
heeding
of
it
;
They
did
well
,
he
saith
,
in
so
doing
.
That
word
which
Peter
means
,
is
indeed
a
light
shining
in
this
dark
place
of
the
Earth
,
where
we
walk
not
by
sight
;
't
is
the
great
Foundation
of
Faith
,
and
Hope
,
until
the
day
of
Glory
dawn
,
and
we
in
Gods
own
Light
,
see
all
Light
.
But
that
worthy
Recommendation
the
Apostle
seconds
in
the
two
following
Verses
,
with
a
weighty
Reason
;
Knowing
(
saith
he
)
that
no
Prophesie
of
the
Scripture
is
of
any
private
Interpretation
:
That
is
,
Not
of
any
private
humane
Invention
,
or
Extraction
;
't
is
not
an
effect
of
any
mans
peculiar
temper
,
or
more
than
ordinary
skill
,
That
this
is
meant
,
the
after-words
in
the
same
Context
do
plainly
evince
;
for
,
saith
Peter
,
The
Prophesie
in
old
time
,
came
not
by
the
will
of
man
;
but
holy
men
of
God
spake
as
they
were
moved
by
the
holy
Ghost
.
The
Spirit
of
God
,
(
the
publick
Interpreter
,
and
Revealer
of
the
Counsel
and
Mind
of
God
)
,
He
inspired
the
Prophets
,
and
was
the
Author
of
their
word
:
The
things
(
my
Beloved
)
which
are
reported
and
affirmed
in
Scripture
are
(
many
of
them
)
evidently
Divine
,
The
Heart
of
Man
could
not
have
conceived
them
:
The
Commands
and
Precepts
in
Scripture
,
are
(
many
of
them
at
least
)
evidently
Divine
.
The
Spirit
of
a
Man
could
not
have
formed
them
,
nor
enjoined
them
,
as
there
they
are
.
The
Promises
and
Threatnings
in
Scripture
have
Characters
of
a
Divine
Original
upon
them
in
like
manner
,
they
could
not
be
of
Man
;
And
I
confess
,
I
much
incline
to
think
,
that
the
Apostle
Peter
comprehends
even
all
these
under
the
Prophesie
of
the
Scriptures
,
which
he
speaketh
of
.
But
Prophesie
,
in
the
strict
sense
of
it
,
and
Foretelling
of
things
to
come
,
This
must
needs
have
a
peculiar
Acknowledgment
in
this
behalf
.
That
of
this
nature
,
which
is
in
Scripture
,
is
,
in
the
very
eye
of
Reason
,
more
illustriously
Supernatural
,
and
Divine
.
But
I
tarry
too
long
in
Generals
.
The
particular
Text
which
I
have
been
cast
upon
for
the
present
Time
and
Occasion
,
for
our
holy
exercise
now
,
(
my
much
Respected
and
Beloved
)
is
of
this
Quality
;
A
little
,
but
a
remarkable
piece
of
a
remarkable
Prophesie
;
It
is
a
few
of
the
words
which
this
Man
of
God
Isaiah
,
spake
as
he
was
moved
by
the
Holy
Ghost
:
And
I
cannot
but
conclude
,
from
what
hath
been
already
intimated
,
That
we
shall
do
well
to
give
heed
unto
them
.
Yea
,
if
the
same
Spirit
by
which
Isaiah
spake
them
,
vouchsafe
to
assist
us
,
in
our
poor
degree
,
we
shall
profit
by
them
.
The
voice
of
him
that
cryeth
in
the
wilderness
,
Prepare
ye
the
way
of
the
Lord
,
&c.
These
are
the
words
.
Now
at
my
entrance
upon
them
,
I
doubt
,
I
shall
a
little
surprise
you
:
For
from
a
particular
Prediction
,
(
as
the
words
are
)
I
shall
raise
a
general
Doctrinal
Observation
;
and
the
Observation
I
shall
lay
down
,
before
I
at
all
open
the
Prediction
:
The
Observation
too
at
first
sight
,
will
seem
to
have
no
alliance
with
the
Prediction
:
But
I
hope
,
upon
a
little
progress
ye
will
neither
wonder
at
my
method
,
nor
disapprove
the
matter
.
To
me
they
have
seemed
both
convenient
.
The
Observation
then
,
or
Doctrine
which
I
spake
of
,
and
shall
begin
with
,
is
this
:
Doct
.
That
God
in
the
course
of
his
Providence
over
the
present
World
,
doth
make
,
sometimes
,
Magnificent
and
Royal
Manifestation
of
Himself
.
This
I
take
to
be
a
genuine
issue
of
the
words
,
and
I
make
it
a
foundation
for
the
Exposition
of
them
,
and
the
general
Subject
of
my
Discourse
.
The
same
God
who
is
named
and
concerned
in
it
,
be
present
with
us
,
and
grant
us
some
encrease
in
the
understanding
of
his
word
,
and
in
the
good
knowledg
of
Himself
;
even
for
his
goodness
sake
,
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
.
But
to
the
matter
:
I
shall
first
clear
the
expression
of
the
Text
,
and
of
the
Observation
;
and
next
,
enquire
into
the
thing
intended
by
the
Prophet
;
and
lastly
,
accommodate
,
as
I
may
,
the
whole
unto
the
present
occasion
,
and
our
use
.
1.
For
the
expression
:
Great
Princes
do
put
forth
their
Princely
Power
and
Wisdom
,
in
the
ordinary
,
constant
government
of
their
People
,
and
ordering
their
great
Affairs
;
and
they
are
hereupon
acknowledged
,
and
awfully
honoured
over
all
their
Dominions
:
But
sometimes
they
come
abroad
,
and
appear
in
special
Pomp
,
and
Princely
Glory
;
As
when
they
Ride
in
State
on
special
occasions
in
Peace
;
or
when
they
March
in
the
Front
of
Puissant
Armies
unto
War
:
Then
the
whole
Country
seeth
them
,
and
makes
Shouts
and
Acclamations
to
them
.
(
Beloved
)
God
is
the
Great
King
,
the
Soveraign
of
the
Universe
,
his
Divine
Power
,
and
Wisdom
,
and
Righteousness
,
and
Mercy
do
operate
and
appear
in
the
ordinary
course
of
Nature
,
and
in
his
common
governing
and
disposing
of
all
things
:
Oh
that
he
might
be
acknowledged
and
honoured
hereupon
in
all
places
of
his
Dominion
.
But
sometimes
he
ariseth
,
as
the
expression
is
,
Psal
.
12.
5.
sometimes
he
comes
abroad
,
as
may
be
said
,
and
as
indeed
the
term
in
effect
is
,
Psal
.
96.
13.
and
divers
other
places
.
That
is
,
he
worketh
sometimes
in
an
unusual
manner
,
in
a
manner
unthought
of
,
and
above
all
appearing
Probabilities
;
sometimes
,
he
sheweth
his
Royal
Greatness
with
Pomp
,
as
I
may
speak
,
that
every
one
seeth
and
admireth
,
and
saith
,
't
is
He
;
sometimes
he
doth
marvellous
Acts
,
great
things
,
as
the
Scripture
stileth
them
:
Now
,
this
I
call
his
Magnificent
and
Royal
Manifestation
of
Himself
.
And
't
is
such
an
effect
that
my
Text
refers
unto
,
as
doth
evidently
appear
by
what
followeth
in
this
same
Prediction
here
,
at
the
5th
.
ver
.
The
glory
of
the
Lord
,
saith
the
Prophet
,
shall
be
revealed
,
and
all
flesh
shall
see
it
together
.
The
plenary
and
perfect
Manifestation
of
the
Glory
of
God
is
to
be
in
Heaven
alone
,
there
within
the
Vail
,
there
only
is
the
Beatifick
Vision
of
him
;
But
even
here
on
Earth
without
the
Vail
,
some
seasons
be
,
when
he
gives
signal
tokens
of
his
Glory
unto
the
conviction
of
men
,
and
unto
the
high
affecting
of
their
hearts
.
Such
an
event
,
I
say
,
the
Prophet
here
in
this
Prophesie
foretells
.
But
to
come
nearer
the
words
,
I
must
advance
a
step
farther
in
that
resemblance
of
which
I
have
made
use
:
As
Princes
then
when
they
go
forth
in
State
have
the
way
prepared
for
them
,
and
as
much
as
may
be
made
plain
and
commodious
;
there
is
a
diligent
cleansing
,
and
righting
of
every
Street
and
every
Road
through
which
they
are
to
pass
,
and
oftentimes
Order
is
publickly
given
,
Proclamation
made
unto
that
end
,
as
ye
know
;
so
here
,
The
voice
of
him
that
cryeth
in
the
wilderness
,
Prepare
ye
the
way
of
the
Lord
,
saith
the
Prophet
.
The
purpose
of
God
was
represented
to
the
Prophet
under
the
likeness
of
a
Royal
Progress
intended
;
and
thus
he
in
his
rich
and
copious
manner
doth
express
it
;
he
intimates
a
Proclamation
(
as
may
be
said
)
to
clear
and
level
the
way
before
the
coming
of
the
Lord
:
This
is
the
voice
of
the
Cryer
here
.
Not
that
there
should
be
literally
such
a
thing
in
all
that
the
Prophesie
intendeth
;
But
the
meaning
is
,
that
God
intended
to
manifest
himself
in
a
Royal
and
Splendid
manner
;
would
work
in
a
remarkable
,
and
an
unusual
,
and
magnificent
manner
;
't
is
said
,
Make
strait
in
the
desert
an
Highway
for
our
God
;
In
the
Desert
,
where
there
was
no
way
,
nothing
but
Hill
and
Dale
,
nothing
but
winding
,
and
uneven
,
and
unpassable
ground
.
He
signifies
,
the
Lord
would
do
what
there
was
no
visible
means
to
do
;
would
do
what
no
one
did
imagine
how
it
could
be
done
.
And
this
I
take
to
be
the
true
reason
of
the
Prophets
expression
;
Ye
that
attend
unto
it
,
judg
of
it
.
God
would
reveal
his
Glory
,
as
in
a
Royal
manner
;
in
token
of
this
,
The
voice
(
saith
the
Prophet
)
of
him
that
cryeth
,
Prepare
the
way
.
Having
taken
this
view
of
the
expression
,
we
must
next
enquire
into
the
thing
intended
in
particular
;
Now
ye
may
please
to
follow
me
,
and
observe
to
this
end
:
1.
That
God
doth
sometimes
manifest
Himself
as
ye
have
heard
,
unto
Judgment
;
strangely
,
and
wonderfully
punishing
the
Scandals
,
and
Enormities
,
and
Refractoriness
of
People
.
Of
this
you
read
in
the
26th
.
Chapter
of
this
Prophesie
of
Isaiah
,
21
v.
The
Lord
cometh
out
of
his
place
,
(
saith
the
Prophet
there
)
(
as
the
Soveraign
and
Judg
of
all
the
Earth
)
to
punish
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Earth
for
their
Iniquity
.
Thus
the
Lord
came
forth
when
he
brought
the
Flood
upon
the
old
World
,
Gen.
7.
Thus
when
he
destroyed
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
,
and
the
other
Cities
of
that
Luxurious
Plain
,
Gen.
19.
Thus
he
came
forth
when
he
smote
Judah
,
and
Jerusalem
,
and
gave
them
up
into
the
Hands
of
Nebuchadnezzar
,
2
Chron
.
36.
17.
And
thus
again
,
when
he
overthrew
,
after
some
Threescore
and
ten
years
,
the
whole
Empire
of
that
same
Nebuchadnezzar
,
and
laid
that
great
,
proud
Babylon
he
had
built
utterly
waste
,
Jer
.
51.
25.
And
thus
God
will
come
,
in
due
time
,
to
Judg
the
Grand
Harlot
of
the
Earth
,
the
mystical
Babylon
,
Rev.
17.
8.
Gods
full
revelation
of
his
Righousness
will
be
at
the
last
,
great
Day
:
But
mean
time
he
will
preserve
in
the
World
some
sense
that
he
is
Just
,
and
doth
Judg
.
Besides
,
at
that
great
day
,
't
is
but
particular
Persons
that
shall
be
Judged
;
There
will
be
no
States
,
and
Kingdoms
then
;
therefore
the
Lord
visits
those
in
the
present
World
,
where
only
they
have
their
Existence
:
And
when
the
measure
of
the
Impiety
of
Kingdoms
is
full
,
then
he
saith
unto
them
,
as
he
did
to
Israel
,
Amos
4.
12.
Prepare
to
meet
your
God
,
ye
sinful
People
.
He
judgeth
them
with
Terror
,
and
there
is
no
Counsel
,
nor
Defence
against
him
.
Let
not
the
most
Prosperous
,
or
Triumphant
Nations
be
secure
.
But
our
present
occasion
(
Beloved
)
,
and
that
likewise
to
which
my
Text
doth
refer
,
is
of
no
such
dismal
Nature
.
Therefore
note
,
2.
Sometimes
God
comes
forth
,
and
manifests
Himself
in
Magnifick
Royal
manner
,
to
shew
mercy
,
to
refresh
,
to
deliver
,
to
restore
,
to
build
up
,
to
bless
,
and
put
into
a
State
of
Renown
upon
Earth
.
He
is
good
with
the
very
goodness
of
an
Almighty
and
ever
Blessed
God
;
and
sometimes
he
makes
glorious
,
and
almost
incredible
Demonstrations
of
it
;
Unto
him
be
Glory
.
Thus
he
did
when
he
first
brought
Israel
out
of
Egypt
,
and
led
them
into
their
Inheritance
,
Then
his
way
was
prepared
in
the
wilderness
indeed
:
But
with
what
glororious
Pomp
did
he
make
his
Progress
:
The
strength
of
Egypt
,
that
ancient
mighty
Kingdom
was
utterly
broken
,
and
fainted
;
the
Waters
of
the
Red
Sea
were
divided
,
and
cast
up
in
Heaps
on
one
Hand
,
and
on
the
other
;
the
Mountains
did
burn
and
shake
;
the
Clouds
and
Sky
thundered
;
Nations
upon
every
side
did
tremble
;
All
Nature
did
Resent
the
Presence
of
the
God
of
Jacob
;
so
wonderfully
did
he
work
for
that
People
then
.
Here
was
a
right
Stately
,
Royal
shewing
forth
of
his
Magnificence
and
Soveraignty
.
Other
passages
of
a
like
kind
,
I
might
recount
.
But
,
There
are
,
particularly
,
two
concerned
in
my
Text
,
and
them
I
must
particularly
insist
upon
a
little
:
The
first
of
them
,
(
Good
Brethren
)
,
was
,
The
Lords
bringing
back
that
same
People
of
Israel
from
their
Captivity
in
Babylon
:
This
was
such
a
manifestation
of
him
,
as
I
have
spoken
of
.
Now
that
we
may
take
a
little
account
hereof
,
pray
consider
the
Calamity
of
that
People
;
when
they
had
been
,
as
it
were
,
long
sick
,
and
weakned
,
by
divers
sad
events
;
they
were
in
the
close
(
as
I
may
say
)
utterly
slain
:
Multitudes
fell
by
the
Sword
;
multitudes
dyed
with
Famine
;
multitudes
with
Pestilence
;
and
the
sorrowful
remainder
were
carried
away
Slaves
into
a
strange
Land
;
their
own
in
the
mean
time
was
devoured
,
and
laid
quite
waste
;
their
Cities
were
burnt
with
Fire
;
and
(
oh
the
grief
of
all
)
Jerusalem
it self
,
and
the
Temple
in
it
,
(
both
rich
Cabinet
,
and
rare
Jewel
)
were
consumed
together
.
Then
the
appointed
Publick
Service
of
God
did
utterly
cease
,
and
there
was
left
no
solemn
Assembly
in
all
the
World
to
worship
him
.
This
was
doleful
,
and
verily
deserving
a
whole
Book
of
Lamentations
.
But
think
farther
of
their
hopelesness
in
this
heavy
case
;
The
Dry
Bones
in
the
Vision
of
Ezekiel
37th
.
chap.
were
an
apt
Emblem
of
their
Condition
.
There
was
no
likelihood
at
all
of
their
Reviving
;
There
appeared
no
way
,
no
means
in
the
Earth
for
their
deliverance
.
Well
might
Jeremiah
express
it
as
he
did
,
and
say
,
Lam
.
1.
2.
The
daughter
of
Zion
weepeth
sore
in
the
night
,
and
the
Tears
are
on
her
Cheeks
,
and
among
all
her
Lovers
there
was
none
to
comfort
her
.
None
at
all
,
this
was
dark
night
indeed
,
horrour
of
darkness
,
and
to
say
true
,
a
shadow
of
death
.
But
notwithstanding
all
the
provocations
that
had
been
on
their
parts
,
and
notwithstanding
all
this
wrath
on
Gods
part
,
yet
he
did
determine
to
be
Himself
a
Light
unto
them
.
He
had
taken
order
indeed
aforehand
by
our
Prophet
that
they
should
be
comforted
,
effectually
comforted
,
Comfort
ye
,
comfort
ye
my
People
,
saith
your
God
,
speak
ye
comfortably
to
Jerusalem
.
I
,
but
how
so
?
Cry
unto
her
that
her
warfare
is
accomplished
,
that
her
iniquity
is
pardoned
,
Isa
.
40.
1
,
2.
It
was
foretold
there
should
be
an
end
,
and
issue
out
of
even
this
their
great
,
and
desperate
calamity
.
Oh
but
could
that
be
,
was
there
any
possibility
of
it
!
Yes
.
The
Lord
undertook
to
do
it
himself
,
to
come
in
royal
manner
and
do
it
;
And
as
he
undertook
so
he
performed
.
He
came
in
due
time
,
and
at
his
coming
obstacles
were
removed
,
bonds
loosed
,
dry
bones
gathered
flesh
,
and
lived
,
Judah
was
delivered
.
He
blasted
the
Glory
of
the
Caldeans
that
had
brought
this
calamity
upon
them
,
and
that
became
as
the
flower
of
the
field
,
vers
.
the
8th
.
And
he
inclined
the
spirit
of
that
generous
victorious
Persian
to
set
them
at
liberty
.
And
so
those
Jews
as
from
their
Graves
returned
to
their
dear
Country
.
Jerusalem
and
the
Temple
rose
up
out
of
their
Ashes
,
were
again
builded
,
God
was
worshipped
again
,
their
dark
night
became
light
.
At
this
the
Jews
themselves
were
ravisht
;
They
sung
,
When
the
Lord
turned
the
Captivity
of
Zion
then
we
were
like
them
that
dream
.
And
the
Heathen
on
each
side
of
them
were
astonisht
,
and
convinc'd
at
it
,
and
acknowledged
the
God
of
Israel
.
Then
said
they
among
the
Heathen
,
The
Lord
hath
done
great
things
for
them
,
Psal
.
126.
1
,
2.
Lo
,
here
was
,
(
my
Beloved
)
here
was
a
Magnificent
and
real
Manifestation
of
God
,
a
making
bare
of
his
Arm
,
so
as
all
flesh
saw
it
.
Here
was
a
King-like
coming
forth
of
God
to
shew
his
People
mercy
;
And
well
might
the
Prophet
say
,
The
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
Wilderness
,
Prepare
the
way
.
This
is
one
particular
which
is
directly
and
primarily
intended
,
in
the
Text
,
and
in
this
Prophesie
;
And
who
should
despair
of
the
Church
of
God
,
even
at
the
lowest
ebb
.
But
this
was
that
I
say
which
the
Prophet
did
primarily
,
and
(
as
I
may
term
it
)
literally
here
foretell
;
but
God
had
yet
a
greater
Mystery
in
it
,
and
guided
the
words
of
the
Prophet
so
as
to
signifie
the
same
withal
.
The
truth
is
,
(
Brethren
)
Gods
great
purpose
was
to
send
his
own
Son
into
the
world
,
and
therefore
his
works
,
and
(
generally
)
all
his
words
from
the
beginning
had
a
Tincture
of
,
and
Reference
to
this
.
Many
times
when
other
things
were
uppermost
,
and
most
in
view
,
yet
they
were
but
as
the
Shell
,
this
was
as
the
Kernel
inclosed
in
them
.
The
greatest
Reference
lay
to
our
blessed
Lord
and
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
.
Now
thus
it
was
in
this
Prediction
which
I
am
handling
,
Deliverance
from
the
Captivity
of
Babylon
,
lay
uppermost
,
and
was
first
in
sight
,
but
under
it
was
signified
,
The
coming
of
the
Messiah
,
and
of
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
by
him
.
This
is
the
second
,
the
other
great
particular
,
of
which
I
gave
you
intimation
.
Our
Lord
and
Saviour
the
Son
of
God
,
(
't
is
true
)
came
in
great
meanness
,
and
the
very
form
of
a
Servant
,
so
he
lived
,
and
so
he
died
.
Let
no
person
ever
grudg
to
be
put
into
a
mean
estate
.
He
came
in
great
abasement
,
but
never
was
the
like
Manifestation
of
God
from
the
beginning
,
nor
shall
be
to
the
end
.
That
very
meanness
there
was
,
made
it
more
marvelous
and
magnificent
.
God
was
,
God
was
in
that
despised
in
that
Crucified
Jesus
,
as
never
in
any
other
.
God
was
in
him
Reconciling
the
world
unto
himself
;
Breaking
the
Head
of
the
old
Serpent
,
and
destroying
his
work
,
laying
the
Foundations
of
new
Heavens
,
and
a
new
Earth
.
God
was
in
him
executing
,
and
acting
,
those
great
things
upon
which
the
hope
of
all
former
ages
had
been
builded
,
and
the
faith
of
all
after-generations
was
to
be
fixed
;
things
that
neither
eye
had
seen
,
nor
ear
heard
,
nor
heart
of
Man
could
ever
have
conceived
,
if
God
himself
had
not
revealed
them
.
Nay
,
the
same
Jesus
was
very
God
,
manifested
in
the
flesh
;
Oh
magnificent
,
beyond
compare
,
and
divinely
royal
coming
forth
of
the
most
High
into
the
World
!
who
is
able
to
set
forth
,
or
to
conceive
all
the
glory
of
it
.
Men
and
Angels
shall
to
eternity
admire
,
and
praise
him
for
it
.
But
(
Beloved
)
in
this
my
Text
for
its
part
was
very
punctually
fulfilled
,
and
more
expresly
than
it
had
been
at
the
deliverance
from
Babylon
.
Before
this
coming
of
God
in
Jesus
Christ
,
John
the
Baptist
really
was
,
the
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
Wilderness
,
Prepare
the
way
of
the
Lord
make
his
paths
straight
.
This
the
same
John
affirmed
of
himself
,
Joh
.
1.
23.
And
this
the
other
Evangelists
with
one
consent
affirm
likewise
of
him
,
Mat
.
3.
3.
Mar.
1.
3.
Luk
3.
4.
The
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
therefore
,
was
a
thing
eminently
intended
in
this
Prophesie
.
And
then
,
if
ever
the
glory
of
the
Lord
was
revealed
,
and
all
flesh
did
,
or
well
might
see
his
Salvation
.
Now
thus
you
may
see
the
Text
competently
opened
,
and
the
observation
which
I
have
raised
,
also
cleared
,
and
verified
,
God
in
the
course
of
his
Providence
over
the
present
world
,
doth
sometimes
make
magnifick
and
royal
Manifestations
of
himself
;
he
hath
so
done
indeed
.
Now
my
dear
Country-men
and
Friends
,
a
passage
,
I
will
not
say
equal
,
but
in
a
degree
of
this
nature
,
a
passage
of
this
nature
in
our
own
Land
,
the
present
day
of
the
Year
doth
bring
to
our
Remembrance
.
To
exaggerate
and
to
exalt
the
Acts
and
Successes
of
Kings
and
Rulers
,
above
their
just
measure
is
an
immodest
and
ignoble
flattery
;
On
the
other
hand
to
depretiate
and
to
debase
them
below
their
real
value
is
gross
injury
and
malignity
.
The
respects
of
Decency
and
Equity
,
of
Conscience
,
and
Religion
,
engage
us
to
weigh
the
truth
in
all
things
,
and
judg
according
thereunto
;
this
I
have
aimed
to
do
.
And
hereupon
,
I
must
needs
say
,
That
the
restoring
of
Royal
Government
in
our
Land
,
and
the
restoring
of
it
in
the
Royal
Person
of
our
Soveraign
,
this
was
a
Magnifick
and
royal
effect
of
the
hand
of
God
,
by
whom
Kings
raign
.
Ye
that
are
of
Age
may
remember
what
our
condition
was
.
If
some
things
did
please
a
part
of
these
Nations
,
yet
the
whole
body
reeled
to
and
fro
as
having
no
firm
ground
to
stand
upon
;
We
were
as
if
these
brave
Islands
had
been
taken
off
from
their
ancient
bottom
,
and
floated
,
and
been
driven
here
and
there
on
the
Seas
that
do
surround
them
.
The
most
partial
(
I
perswade
my self
)
cannot
,
will
not
,
gainsay
it
.
The
Setling
of
Authority
and
Rule
upon
a
steady
Basis
,
is
the
real
strength
and
confirmation
of
States
and
Kingdoms
,
't
is
of
bottom
consequence
unto
all
their
welfare
.
And
when
for
want
of
this
Mens
Hearts
did
well
nigh
fail
at
home
,
and
Enemies
did
deride
,
and
contemn
,
and
design
upon
us
from
abroad
,
it
pleased
God
himself
to
interpose
,
and
to
prepare
a
way
in
the
Desart
,
a
way
where
none
was
.
It
pleased
God
to
come
himself
,
and
to
re-erect
the
Throne
,
and
to
place
our
dear
Country
upon
its
proper
Basis
,
to
fix
our
Government
;
as
if
hereto
had
been
the
voice
of
him
that
crieth
.
The
way
was
in
an
unusual
,
in
an
unthought
of
manner
prepared
prepared
suddenly
,
Hearts
inclined
,
Obstacles
removed
,
and
the
thing
effected
.
I
know
(
Beloved
)
ye
are
ready
to
join
with
me
in
a
just
Acclamation
to
it
,
and
to
say
,
It
was
the
Lords
doing
,
and
is
memorable
in
our
account
.
't
is
plain
,
God
would
not
have
it
done
by
Plots
or
Insurrections
,
or
force
of
Arms
,
he
would
not
have
the
Kings
way
smoothed
with
the
Peoples
blood
.
No
,
the
God
of
Peace
determined
to
bring
,
and
brought
home
the
King
in
Peace
:
He
is
that
God
that
ruleth
in
all
the
Kingdoms
of
th●
World
,
and
doth
even
whatsoever
pleaseth
him
.
Let
us
humbly
and
earnestly
beseech
him
to
Preserve
the
KING
,
to
stablish
the
Throne
,
to
be
gracious
to
our
dear
Country
;
to
second
his
former
wonderful
works
,
with
renewed
effects
of
his
Divine
Presence
in
all
our
need
.
Let
us
beseech
him
,
that
he
please
to
make
both
Head
and
Body
,
both
Soveraign
,
and
Subjects
faithfully
mindful
of
,
grateful
for
,
answerable
to
his
great
Obligations
upon
them
;
they
are
great
indeed
,
and
what
should
England
render
,
All
,
both
its
Princes
,
and
People
for
his
Benefits
towards
them
.
But
(
my
Beloved
)
for
our selves
,
ye
know
Religion
,
as
to
the
main
of
it
,
is
,
respect
for
,
and
nearnest
to
God
most
high
.
He
sheweth
himself
in
his
ordinary
works
,
and
his
tokens
are
new
every
morning
.
But
sometimes
he
reveals
his
Glory
,
convinceth
very
Heathens
themselves
.
He
plainly
manifested
his
Glory
in
Christ
Jesus
with
unspeakable
Grace
;
Oh
know
we
him
,
and
encrease
in
that
knowledg
of
him
;
Believe
him
,
and
encrease
in
that
believing
him
;
Fear
him
,
and
encrease
in
that
fear
of
him
;
Be
near
him
in
heart
and
life
,
and
encrease
in
that
divine
nearness
to
him
;
Let
our
Religiousness
be
in
reality
,
for
that
God
,
the
great
object
of
it
really
is
,
is
really
glorious
,
really
governeth
now
,
and
will
judg
with
supream
Authority
hereafter
.
Be
indeed
a
godly
People
,
since
he
indeed
is
God
,
and
filleth
every
Age
and
Country
with
such
Tokens
of
his
Glory
.
Withal
,
trust
we
in
him
,
He
hath
often
done
great
things
,
things
unlookt
for
,
unthought
of
;
He
hath
appeared
to
help
the
needy
when
there
was
no
other
help
at
all
appearing
.
In
the
Churches
,
or
in
your
own
lowest
Condition
be
not
dismayed
,
nor
let
your
hearts
fail
within
you
.
To
close
all
for
this
time
.
Let
me
be
in
my
poor
measure
the
voice
of
one
that
crieth
,
and
(
much
respected
and
beloved
in
Christ
)
Prepare
ye
the
way
of
the
Lord
;
For
your
parts
,
(
not
to
speak
of
other
things
)
God
cometh
to
you
in
the
Gospel
,
mighty
to
save
;
Oh
let
his
way
be
ready
that
your
Souls
may
live
and
rejoyce
in
his
Salvation
;
Jesus
Christ
cometh
in
the
Sacrament
,
ye
that
are
particularly
concerned
,
Prepare
his
way
,
examine
,
humble
ye
,
reform
ye
,
covet
fresh
evidences
,
and
ensuring
of
your
Union
with
him
,
that
ye
may
draw
nigh
,
and
make
his
faithful
pledges
unto
you
,
and
feed
your
Soul
unto
eternal
life
.
All
of
us
,
one
with
another
in
the
name
of
God
,
and
his
Christ
prepare
we
for
his
last
,
and
greatest
,
his
most
Magnifick
and
Royal
Manifestation
of
himself
.
Prepare
we
for
that
dreadful
day
when
Christ
shall
appear
in
the
Clouds
,
and
all
Nations
be
gathered
before
him
,
and
every
Soul
receive
according
to
what
hath
been
done
in
the
Body
,
make
ready
in
simplicity
,
and
with
earnest
endeavour
now
,
strive
to
be
,
and
to
do
in
all
things
,
that
ye
may
be
then
found
in
peace
,
without
spot
,
and
blameless
,
and
be
taken
into
his
own
,
eternal
,
blessed
Kingdom
,
which
can
never
be
troubled
,
never
be
shaken
.
Now
,
the
Lord
himself
teach
you
all
,
and
direct
your
Hearts
,
and
Prepare
your
way
,
and
be
in
the
midst
of
you
to
all
gracious
saving
Purposes
for
his
Names
sake
.
Amen
.
FINIS
.