NUMB
.
XXIII
.
23.
—
According
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
,
what
hath
God
wrought
?
THE
Blessing
of
GOD
descending
upon
the
Undertakings
of
Men
,
is
not
only
the
Glory
and
Crown
,
but
also
the
very
Soul
of
their
Labours
;
it
being
the
Work
of
a
Divine
Hand
,
which
finishing
the
many
Draughts
and
Lineaments
of
their
greatest
Essays
and
Designs
,
makes
them
prosperous
and
beautiful
in
their
Season
:
For
all
the
Excellency
of
Humane
Wisdom
and
Art
,
though
united
to
the
greatest
worldly
Strength
,
vanisheth
into
the
soft
Air
,
if
the
Almighty
doth
not
animate
and
cherish
it
,
so
as
it
shall
be
said
,
to
the
Praise
of
the
Eternal
KING
,
not
,
what
hath
Man
?
but
,
what
hath
God
wrought
?
Both
WAR
and
PEACE
attest
the
Truth
of
this
;
for
whether
the
Battel
be
to
the
strong
,
or
weak
side
,
't
is
the
Finger
of
GOD
gives
the
Day
.
If
PEACE
presents
it self
to
us
like
Noah's
Dove
,
with
an
Olive-Leaf
in
her
Mouth
,
betokening
Gen.
8.
11.
the
Waters
of
Destruction
to
cease
,
or
with
Wings
covered
with
Silver
,
and
her
Feathers
with
yellow
Psal
.
68.
13.
Gold
,
as
an
Emblem
of
future
Plenty
,
Wealth
,
and
Honour
,
it
comes
by
the
Grace
and
Supreme
Authority
of
Him
,
who
is
both
the
Lord
of
Hosts
,
and
GOD
OF
PEACE
;
and
who
having
his
Throne
amidst
transcendent
Glories
in
the
highest
Heaven
,
sits
nevertheless
on
the
Circle
of
the
Earth
,
beholding
and
governing
the
Inhabitants
thereof
;
and
his
Power
,
Justice
,
and
Mercy
are
alike
omnipresent
,
as
is
his
Existence
:
By
the
two
former
of
which
His
Divine
Attributes
exerted
into
Act
,
He
often
issues
forth
a
Commission
to
the
avenging
Sword
,
to
visit
such
Nations
or
People
,
as
his
infinite
Wisdom
pronounces
meet
to
be
exercised
therewith
.
But
when
after
some
determined
Period
of
time
His
Mercy
sweetly
interposes
,
and
mediates
between
Him
and
sinful
Man
,
then
the
Sword
is
recalled
into
its
Sheath
,
and
the
Scepter
of
His
Grace
is
held
out
unto
them
,
and
the
Glad
tidings
of
PEACE
proclaimed
,
to
the
abundant
Joy
of
all
those
,
who
wish
well
unto
themselves
,
and
to
Zion
;
and
of
whom
it
may
be
then
properly
declared
,
as
it
was
in
ancient
time
concerning
the
Jews
,
when
God
had
done
wondrous
things
for
them
;
According
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
,
what
hath
God
wrought
?
Which
Prophetical
Phrase
,
originally
relating
to
the
Jews
,
may
challenge
to
itself
Accomplishments
vastly
numerous
in
regard
to
other
Nations
also
,
and
with
Circumstances
as
various
perhaps
,
as
the
Occasions
thereof
have
been
manifold
,
throughout
the
grand
Multiplication
of
time
,
in
its
Fleeting
and
uncertain
Stages
,
redounding
always
by
some
Method
or
other
to
the
Glory
of
God's
Justice
,
or
of
his
Mercy
;
and
that
frequently
with
the
Impressions
of
stupendious
Remakrs
from
his
many
signal
Providences
;
which
,
when
they
are
Miracles
of
Mercy
to
one
Prince
,
Nation
,
or
People
,
may
be
Judgments
,
and
severe
Reprimands
for
the
Loftiness
and
Oppression
of
another
:
For
how
greatly
is
this
Assertion
verified
by
the
ancient
Dispensations
of
God's
Loving
Kindness
to
the
Children
of
Israel
,
in
their
many
Deliverances
,
and
the
Destruction
,
or
at
least
Humiliation
of
their
Enemies
complying
with
,
and
suing
to
them
for
PEACE
,
not
without
Overtures
of
very
honourable
and
advantagious
Articles
of
Agreement
,
if
they
would
please
to
accept
them
?
So
that
,
Happy
are
the
People
that
are
in
such
a
case
;
yea
,
blessed
are
the
People
who
have
the
Lord
for
their
God
:
Within
the
Circle
of
which
Felicity
and
Beatitude
,
we
are
(
all
Honour
and
Adoration
be
unto
God
for
it
)
now
circumscribed
,
or
rather
,
I
may
say
,
placed
in
the
center
thereof
,
because
the
Lord
hath
done
great
things
for
us
,
whereof
we
rejoyce
;
for
he
hath
broken
the
Bow
of
Steel
,
and
knapped
the
Spear
asunder
;
and
even
render'd
all
the
Artillery
and
Weapons
of
War
useless
,
by
making
the
Voice
of
PEACE
to
sound
every
where
among
us
,
with
Melody
of
Joy
to
our
Hearts
,
ballancing
at
last
the
Sorrows
and
Miseries
,
which
were
predominant
under
the
dull
and
melancholly
Aspect
of
WAR
;
and
that
not
for
any
Righteousness
of
ours
,
for
we
are
a
sinful
and
stiff-necked
People
,
but
that
He
manifests
his
Divine
Love
to
us
,
as
in
former
days
he
did
to
the
Jews
,
we
being
(
as
they
were
under
the
Law
)
his
CHURCH
under
the
Gospel
;
a
part
at
least
of
that
holy
Universal
Church
,
whose
lively
Branches
spread
any
where
over
the
face
of
the
Terrestrial
Globe
:
Our
FAITH
is
Orthodox
,
and
our
Form
of
Worship
pure
;
which
,
if
not
sullied
and
blemished
with
the
filthy
Spots
of
Immoralities
and
Ingratitude
,
will
be
a
sufficient
Antidote
against
the
most
venemous
Evil
of
the
old
Serpent
,
and
a
mighty
Preservative
of
God's
Favour
to
us
;
an
impregnable
Fortress
against
the
most
furious
Batteries
and
Attacks
of
Crafty
,
and
formidable
Enemies
:
For
where
holy
Religion
is
well
attended
with
Practice
,
God
will
be
a
Wall
of
Fire
in
defence
of
it
,
and
all
its
hearty
Professors
;
so
that
when
his
Beloved
sleeps
,
it
shall
be
in
Peace
,
and
the
greatest
Safety
:
For
he
will
stand
always
on
the
watch
,
that
neither
the
Subtilty
of
Man
,
nor
the
Machinations
of
the
black
Regions
of
Darkness
,
shall
prevail
against
those
who
firmly
adhere
to
him
:
Their
Bow
shall
,
like
Joseph's
,
abide
in
Strength
,
Gen.
49.
●4
.
and
the
Arms
of
their
Hands
shall
be
made
strong
by
the
Hands
of
the
mighty
God
of
Jacob
:
And
in
them
shall
that
glorious
Prediction
be
fulfilled
;
Surely
there
is
no
Inchantment
against
Jacob
,
neither
is
there
any
Divination
against
Israel
:
According
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
,
what
hath
God
wrought
?
Which
is
part
of
Balaam's
famous
Prophecy
concerning
the
high
Advancement
,
and
perpetually
ascending
Prosperity
of
God's
then
peculiar
People
,
through
the
magnifying
Favour
of
Divine
Protection
:
That
the
self-same
Sorcerer
,
who
came
from
●ar
,
for
Lucre's
sake
,
with
full
intent
to
curse
Jacob
and
defie
Israel
,
and
let
no
pious
Fraud
be
wanting
to
withdraw
Heaven's
Kindness
(
if
possible
)
from
them
,
should
not
be
able
to
utter
one
Syllable
,
but
what
was
an
Harangue
of
their
Felicity
and
Exaltation
,
or
a
lofty
Panegyrick
upon
their
noble
Exploits
,
seems
stranger
than
that
after
Wonder
,
even
to
a
Proverb
in
Israel
;
Is
Saul
also
among
the
Prophets
?
But
God
1
Sam
.
10.
12.
Almighty
to
serve
the
glorious
ends
of
his
Providence
,
could
change
the
Heart
of
one
,
as
well
as
of
the
other
,
or
cause
his
Spirit
of
Illumination
to
descend
for
a
time
upon
an
unsanctified
Person
,
crossing
his
hellish
and
carnal
Sentiments
,
by
powerful
Operations
from
above
,
strong
and
irresistible
Raptures
,
converting
his
Thoughts
of
horrid
Inchantments
into
exalted
Meditations
,
and
excellent
Speeches
of
Divine
Providence
,
with
a
forcible
Constraint
upon
his
Heart
and
Tongue
to
deliver
,
instead
of
his
lying
Divinations
,
nothing
but
Sacred
Oracles
of
Truth
,
comprehending
most
sublime
Speculations
concerning
the
Victories
,
Peace
,
and
Glory
of
that
People
,
whose
Cause
and
Interest
God
had
espoused
.
A
Compendium
,
or
short
Summary
of
all
which
the
Text
exhibits
to
us
;
for
by
it
we
understand
mighty
and
marvellous
things
done
for
the
Children
of
Israel
;
and
who
was
the
prime
Cause
thereof
,
the
Great
GOD
:
The
Person
he
was
pleased
to
substitute
,
and
make
instrumental
under
Him
for
the
effecting
of
that
gracious
Work
,
we
may
easily
understand
to
be
him
,
of
whom
there
is
elsewhere
frequent
mention
made
,
Moses
the
Servant
of
the
Lord
.
And
we
may
observe
the
Circumstance
of
time
,
when
this
was
brought
to
pass
;
in
those
days
wherein
Balak
hired
Balaam
to
curse
the
People
and
Congregation
of
the
Lord
,
and
he
was
forced
to
bless
them
;
According
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
,
what
hath
God
wrought
?
Such
a
Burden
of
the
Word
of
the
Lord
we
may
conceive
was
upon
this
famous
Magician
,
with
a
heavy
Vengeance
pursuing
him
,
if
he
did
not
proclaim
it
to
a
title
,
according
to
the
full
Contents
of
the
Charge
given
him
,
which
contain'd
that
word
only
,
which
the
Lord
put
into
his
Mouth
;
that
beyond
those
sacred
Limits
he
could
not
pass
,
to
do
less
or
more
.
In
testimony
to
which
stands
,
as
a
firm
and
lasting
Monument
,
our
noble
Argument
in
hand
,
divinely
spoken
by
a
wicked
Man
;
which
is
full
Demonstration
of
much
Force
and
Compulsion
:
For
otherwise
,
from
an
evil
Heart
and
Tongue
,
could
not
proceed
such
good
words
,
as
are
the
Extract
of
the
most
resined
and
sublimest
Thoughts
concerning
the
Dignity
and
Felicity
of
God's
People
.
As
if
he
had
inlarged
upon
our
comprehensive
Subject
,
as
we
may
do
by
a
very
natural
and
agreeable
paraphrase
,
and
expressed
himself
in
the
ensuing
Form
:
Hear
me
all
ye
Enemies
of
Israel
,
and
those
who
seek
their
Hurt
:
The
peculiar
Love
and
Favour
the
Almighty
consigns
to
his
People
,
and
his
memorable
Acts
effected
for
them
,
at
this
time
,
and
some
years
past
,
by
that
mighty
Deliverance
with
an
High
hand
from
their
Servitude
and
Bondage
in
Egypt
,
with
his
glorious
Conduct
and
Protection
,
and
triumphant
Conquests
vouchsafed
them
,
to
this
place
of
their
present
Encampment
in
the
Plains
of
Moab
,
and
his
Abhorrence
and
Refusal
of
Balak's
many
Altars
and
Sacrifices
,
and
my
Inchantments
and
Divinations
,
by
which
I
go
in
eager
quest
of
some
means
how
to
alienate
him
from
them
,
or
to
contract
and
lessen
the
very
great
Kindness
he
bears
to
them
;
that
thereby
I
may
have
power
to
lay
a
Curse
on
those
Hebrews
,
or
if
not
on
all
,
on
a
part
at
least
of
them
;
that
instead
of
the
Peace
and
Power
of
God
remaining
with
them
,
the
King
of
Moab
may
,
by
virtue
of
my
Malediction
,
victoriously
wage
War
with
them
.
All
this
,
and
what
else
remains
,
that
might
be
more
particularly
remembred
,
will
afford
excellent
Matter
to
compile
a
most
glorious
History
of
this
ever
blessed
and
happy
People
;
whereby
the
future
Ages
of
the
World
shall
,
as
well
as
this
present
Generation
,
be
astonished
,
and
marvel
at
God's
wondrous
Operations
;
which
,
as
they
shall
be
a
most
celebrious
Object
of
universal
Admiration
,
so
also
a
very
ample
Subject
of
innumerable
Discourses
and
Orations
,
be
they
of
Praise
and
Benediction
,
or
of
familiar
and
grave
Conversation
,
even
to
that
very
day
the
last
Trumpet
of
time
shall
sound
,
and
the
pleasant
Echo
of
all
Worldly
Fame
and
Grandeur
shall
be
shut
up
in
the
Abyss
of
Primitive
Silence
:
Which
mighty
things
,
we
speak
of
,
shall
take
their
Rise
,
and
solemn
Epocha
,
or
Date
,
from
these
remarkable
days
,
we
now
live
in
;
for
,
according
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
,
what
hath
God
wrought
?
And
now
the
providential
and
happy
Circumstances
,
we
are
this
most
joyous
Day
blest
with
,
by
an
auspicious
and
indearing
PEACE
,
and
the
happy
Consequences
,
we
trust
,
are
annexed
to
it
,
make
me
enter
upon
these
words
,
(
answering
,
as
it
were
in
a
full
Chorus
,
to
our
present
Thanksgiving
)
as
very
proper
to
be
parallel'd
with
our
present
State
,
and
from
my
Meditations
on
them
,
to
deduce
these
subsequent
General
Heads
.
First
,
That
GOD
hath
done
a
very
Great
,
and
a
I.
Gracious
,
a
Wonderful
,
and
a
Glorious
Work
for
these
Realms
of
GREAT
BRITAIN
and
IRELAND
,
for
their
Friends
and
Allies
.
Secondly
,
That
,
like
a
Moses
to
us
,
God's
Anointed
II
.
Servant
,
and
our
Dread
Soveraign
Lord
KING
WILLIAM
the
Third
,
hath
been
the
happy
Instrument
of
effecting
this
great
and
mighty
Work
,
in
the
Deliverance
of
EUROPE
.
And
,
Thirdly
,
That
all
this
shall
be
a
large
Theme
of
III
.
Discourse
,
of
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
,
not
only
in
these
days
we
live
in
,
but
to
our
Posterity
also
;
and
in
the
Generations
to
come
,
according
to
this
time
,
it
shall
be
said
o●
us
,
(
as
it
hath
been
,
and
yet
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
)
what
hath
GOD
wrought
?
First
,
GOD
hath
done
a
Great
,
and
a
Gracious
,
a
I.
Wonderful
,
and
a
Glorious
Work
for
these
Realms
of
GREAT
BRITAIN
and
IRELAND
,
for
their
Friends
and
Allies
.
For
such
a
marvellous
Scene
of
high
Atchievements
may
entertain
our
Contemplations
,
if
we
let
loose
the
Springs
of
our
Minds
to
ponder
aright
upon
those
noble
Passages
of
GOD's
Providence
,
the
Palladium
of
our
Safety
,
which
will
give
Wings
to
our
Fancies
,
that
they
may
mount
from
our
gross
Tabernacles
into
the
delectable
Regions
of
more
clear
,
and
distinct
Ideas
and
Apprehensions
of
GOD's
Grace
and
Glory
shining
upon
us
,
and
allure
our
Souls
to
take
frequent
Flights
,
not
into
some
sorrowful
Deserts
of
Lamentation
,
but
into
the
solacing
Mountain
of
the
Lord's
House
,
where
we
shall
find
that
a
joyful
and
pleasant
thing
it
is
to
be
thankful
for
His
blessed
Visitation
of
us
in
our
distress
,
dispelling
the
thick
Mists
of
our
anxious
Fears
by
the
Light
of
his
Countenance
darting
radiant
and
gladsom
Beams
into
our
Hearts
,
as
he
raised
up
an
Horn
of
Salvation
for
us
,
our
MIGHTY
DELIVERER
and
GRACIOUS
SOVERAIGN
;
when
our
Enemies
thought
they
had
totally
gained
the
Ascendant
over
us
,
and
the
Day
was
their
own
;
but
found
themselves
deceived
,
as
it
were
in
the
Morning-watch
thereof
,
when
GOD
looked
upon
them
,
and
sorely
troubled
their
whole
Host
,
for
their
Destruction
was
the
more
visible
and
approaching
by
the
Sea
of
their
own
Wickedness
returning
strongly
upon
them
,
as
the
Day
dawned
,
or
the
time
drew
near
,
which
they
hoped
would
be
triumphant
to
them
,
and
of
a
fatal
Climacter
unto
us
;
Yet
soon
experienced
they
were
,
miserably
deluded
by
their
Calculation
of
our
Ruin
;
and
that
in
prognosticating
it
,
their
Astrology
was
no
infallible
thing
;
when
the
evil-destiny
fell
upon
themselves
with
a
sudden
and
unexpected
Surprisal
,
and
happy
was
he
who
could
fly
fastest
,
though
with
ill
Wills
and
heavy
Hearts
they
drove
on
,
but
with
almost
as
quick
dispatch
as
Asahel
himself
could
make
,
who
was
as
light
of
foot
as
a
wild
Roe
;
compassing
2
Sam
.
2.
18.
Sea
and
Land
,
not
to
make
Proselytes
,
those
days
were
elapsed
,
but
to
seek
a
Refuge
to
escape
the
Vengeance
due
unto
their
Demerits
,
the
Sentence
whereof
their
guilty
Consciences
pronounced
loudly
unto
them
,
and
the
Terror
of
it
,
which
God
struck
into
them
,
made
the
Wicked
flee
,
but
not
without
hopes
of
returning
with
Fury
to
play
a
bloody
and
fiery
after-Game
with
us
;
and
to
work
their
Ends
by
Craft
,
and
Artifice
,
and
many
Stratagems
projected
in
their
deepest
Counsels
,
whose
Arcana's
were
often
,
perhaps
,
sealed
up
by
the
greatest
Art
of
their
wisest
Heads
,
with
purpose
not
to
be
disclosed
,
till
like
the
opening
of
Pandora's
Box
,
they
might
produce
the
most
Epidemical
Mischiefs
.
And
yet
that
the
Vanity
of
our
Adversaries
,
after
all
its
Efforts
,
hand
in
hand
with
Folly
,
should
meet
with
Confusion
,
and
their
Errors
with
a
Hiss
instead
of
a
Plaudite
:
This
was
GOD's
Work
,
a
great
Act
of
his
Grace
and
Favour
to
us
,
that
no
Ahithophel's
Counsel
could
give
us
the
mortal
Blow
.
And
then
,
when
WAR
was
necessary
to
produce
PEACE
and
Safety
to
us
and
Europe
,
it
was
a
wonderful
and
glorious
thing
,
that
a
CONFEDERACY
of
many
PRINCES
and
POTENTATES
of
different
Nations
and
People
should
be
so
closely
cemented
in
the
firmest
Union
,
that
no
Policy
or
Inchantment
could
dissolve
it
,
or
cause
any
to
violate
the
League
of
mutual
Amity
,
and
Defence
for
Publick
Preservation
;
unless
from
the
ALPS
we
may
behold
One
who
courted
imaginary
Interest
before
real
Honour
.
Again
,
it
has
been
the
good
Effect
of
God's
mighty
and
powerful
Operations
,
that
our
KING
should
be
preserved
safe
in
various
Perils
by
Land
and
Sea
,
in
his
generous
and
heroick
Enterprizes
,
through
the
many
Fatigues
and
uncertain
Chances
of
WAR
.
As
also
that
,
when
for
our
Ingratitude
and
Wickedness
our
late
Soveraign
Lady
the
QUEEN
of
ever
Glorious
and
Blessed
Memory
,
received
a
sudden
Call
to
depart
from
us
,
her
unworthy
Subjects
,
into
the
Society
of
blessed
Spirits
,
as
more
fit
to
enjoy
so
pious
a
SOUL
;
by
whose
decease
our
Enemies
hoped
to
reap
advantage
against
us
;
yet
our
deplorable
LOSS
did
not
answer
their
Expectations
,
when
they
triumphed
in
the
midst
of
our
Mourning
and
Lamentation
.
And
with
what
a
deep
sense
must
we
confess
it
to
be
a
most
gracious
Act
of
GOD's
special
and
glorious
Providence
in
saving
his
Anointed
by
his
Right
hand
,
and
preserving
his
LIFE
from
fear
of
the
Enemy
,
hiding
him
from
the
secret
Counsel
of
the
Wicked
,
from
the
Insurrection
of
the
Workers
of
Iniquity
?
when
a
profoundly
impious
,
and
(
O
I
am
almost
at
a
loss
for
apt
words
to
decipher
the
Horror
and
Malignity
of
the
Crime
!
)
a
malicious
and
diabolical
PLOT
was
conceived
and
forster'd
,
with
all
the
Hellish
Art
against
the
SACRED
LIFE
of
our
most
GRACIOUS
SOVERAIGN
;
which
proved
abortive
,
even
then
,
when
its
cursed
Birth
was
by
some
cruel
and
ungodly
Men
impatiently
expected
,
and
by
others
forwarded
with
Venom
,
Spite
,
and
the
full
power
of
that
pernicious
Race
of
Men
,
who
were
united
into
such
a
Body
as
formed
a
monstrous
Hydra
,
with
the
most
direful
Intentions
of
Regicide
and
Assassination
,
and
many
dismal
Consequences
to
us
all
;
yet
their
many
fiery
Heads
,
being
providentially
discovered
,
were
struck
off
with
such
fatal
Blows
,
as
turned
the
total
Destruction
upon
the
horrid
and
cruel
Vermin
.
And
may
no
more
ever
rise
in
their
room
,
or
if
they
do
,
may
a
timely
Prevention
effectually
disappoint
their
wicked
Imaginations
and
Designs
.
And
now
we
will
always
acknowledge
it
to
be
the
great
Work
of
the
LORD
,
that
hath
frustrated
the
utmost
Attempts
of
our
Antagonists
;
who
,
rather
than
not
ruin
us
,
were
resolved
to
encounter
the
severest
Hardships
,
and
be
reduced
to
the
bitterest
Extremities
:
For
having
carved
out
our
Destruction
in
Essigie
,
they
were
so
full
of
it
in
their
Ambition
and
Fancies
,
that
rather
than
fail
of
real
Success
,
they
seemed
willing
(
being
instigated
thereto
by
their
implacable
Wrath
)
to
venture
two
Deaths
,
might
we
but
fall
a
Victim
to
their
Rage
by
one
:
Yet
the
happy
Scale
turned
so
to
our
Side
,
that
they
were
oppressed
and
weighed
down
by
the
Justice
of
our
Cause
,
and
GOD's
Blessing
thereon
,
which
was
infinitely
more
than
a
bare
Counterpoise
against
those
Children
of
Men
that
were
but
Vanity
,
those
Children
of
Men
that
were
deceitful
upon
the
Weights
,
and
altogether
lighter
than
Vanity
it self
.
Finally
,
Behold
we
GOD's
Work
displayed
with
all
the
eminent
Symbols
and
Characters
of
Greatness
and
Favour
,
of
Admiration
and
Glory
in
the
Eyes
of
all
considering
Men
,
when
he
hath
been
mighty
to
save
EUROPE
out
of
all
those
Perils
and
Miseries
,
which
like
a
terrible
Hurricane
threatned
her
:
He
hath
fought
for
us
,
and
we
do
now
(
blessed
be
his
holy
Name
)
see
the
Salvation
of
the
LORD
,
which
he
hath
shewed
to
us
,
by
making
the
Ensigns
and
Trophies
of
WAR
fall
down
at
the
appearance
of
PEACE
arising
by
his
Gracious
Providence
like
the
SUN
in
his
Brightness
,
pleasant
and
comfortable
both
in
the
Prospect
and
happy
Enjoyment
of
all
those
Bene●its
its
Influences
produce
to
the
Sons
of
Men
.
And
an
honourable
PEACE
it
is
that
God
hath
wrought
for
our
Liege
Lord
KING
WILLIAM
,
and
the
Princes
and
States
,
his
ALLIES
,
with
no
small
▪
Advantage
to
such
a
most
High
and
Potent
Confederacy
;
for
which
prosperous
Issue
of
Affairs
,
a
Blessing
of
Blessings
,
a
Celestial
Happiness
on
Earth
,
we
are
here
assembled
this
Day
to
celebrate
a
devout
and
joyful
Thanksgiving
.
And
now
put
all
we
have
said
together
,
and
think
on
much
more
,
and
we
shall
see
,
as
the
Finger
of
GOD
hath
ordered
every
particular
Motion
to
have
its
effect
,
according
to
the
good
Purpose
of
his
holy
Will
,
in
the
weighty
business
we
have
hitherto
discoursed
of
,
the
total
Sum
of
all
in
general
,
made
up
by
the
Addition
or
Induction
of
every
singular
Blessing
,
must
,
of
necessary
consequence
from
the
Maxims
of
Reason
,
inferr
that
it
is
GOD's
WORK
,
and
a
very
Great
and
Gracious
,
a
Wonderful
and
Glorious
WORK
,
that
He
hath
wrought
for
these
Realms
of
GREAT
BRITAIN
and
IRELAND
,
for
their
Friends
and
Allies
.
Wherefore
this
conducts
us
to
our
Second
General
Head
;
That
like
a
Moses
to
us
,
II
GOD's
Anointed
Servant
,
Our
Dread
Soveraign
Lord
KING
WILLIAM
the
Third
,
hath
been
the
Happy
Instrument
of
effecting
this
Great
and
Mighty
Work
,
in
the
Deliverance
of
EUROPE
.
The
whole
Series
of
Affairs
ever
since
the
first
Appearances
of
the
Happy
REVOLUTION
by
our
High
and
Mighty
MONARCH's
Arrival
on
our
Coasts
,
evinces
the
positive
Verity
of
so
clear
and
demonstrative
an
Assertion
;
only
this
Difference
will
distinguish
between
the
Case
of
the
Children
of
Israel
,
and
of
Us
:
Moses
was
sent
to
deliver
them
from
a
long
indured
Thraldom
,
and
our
KING
to
save
us
,
when
we
were
on
the
brink
of
Ruin
.
This
being
admitted
,
the
Parallel
is
true
,
and
we
will
go
on
to
averr
that
in
our
Preservation
,
and
the
whole
Course
of
the
WAR
,
the
Illustrious
NASSAW
hath
been
the
Man
of
God's
Right
Hand
,
whom
he
made
strong
for
Himself
and
Us.
He
hath
gone
forth
in
his
Might
to
fight
our
Battels
,
and
been
the
Soul
and
Support
of
the
Confederacy
,
uniting
and
corroborating
the
Princes
in
League
with
him
;
in
whom
under
GOD
,
they
fixed
their
full
Hope
and
Confidence
,
and
were
not
frustrated
in
most
weighty
and
important
Assurances
:
When
in
the
worst
Events
,
the
seasonable
and
auspicious
Turn
,
his
Presence
and
Conduct
gave
to
the
Affairs
of
Christendom
,
created
a
new
Life
,
with
increase
of
Spirit
and
Vigour
in
them
.
One
Instance
for
Illustration
hereof
,
I
shall
produce
:
That
Summer
His
MAJESTY
made
his
Royal
Expedition
into
IRELAND
,
the
Campaign
frowning
upon
the
Confederates
in
some
of
their
Countries
,
by
no
small
Disappointments
and
Losses
,
with
the
unaccountable
Misfortune
the
GRAND
FLEET
at
Sea
received
about
the
same
time
,
might
have
been
fatal
Miscarriages
to
the
whole
Body
of
the
happy
and
well-form'd
Alliance
,
had
not
the
true
Martial
Genius
of
our
KING
made
the
River
BOYNE
for
ever
memorable
and
famous
,
when
on
its
Banks
he
gathered
the
Laurels
of
an
intire
VICTORY
over
the
Enemy
,
which
crown'd
Him
a
second
time
KING
of
that
Nation
,
and
was
an
happy
Omen
and
Prelude
of
its
total
Reduction
in
GOD's
good
time
unto
the
Obedience
of
Him
their
Victorious
,
Lawful
,
and
Rightful
SOVERAIGN
.
This
great
Action
buoy'd
up
the
Spirits
of
the
whole
Confederacy
,
baffled
their
Enemies
,
saved
EUROPE
from
falling
into
a
grand
Convulsion
,
and
received
the
Praise
and
Thanks
of
Multitudes
of
honest
and
good
Men
.
So
that
the
happy
Consequences
of
that
providential
and
mighty
thing
,
at
that
nice
Juncture
of
time
,
have
been
apparently
many
;
and
the
KING
well
knowing
how
to
make
use
of
a
VICTORY
,
pursued
his
Stroke
with
such
unwearied
Diligence
and
Application
in
all
●●●p●cts
,
as
gave
Magnanimity
to
his
Allies
,
with
Constancy
and
Resolution
to
give
Life
to
Heroick
Actions
;
till
having
cut
the
way
through
many
rough
Difficulties
,
they
have
arrived
in
the
end
to
their
desired
Haven
of
Rest
and
Tranquillity
,
a
blessed
and
seasonable
PEACE
,
adorned
with
Honour
and
Advantage
:
A
PEACE
,
we
hope
may
be
as
inviolable
,
as
its
Sanction
and
Ratifications
are
sacred
by
that
great
Tie
of
Princes
mutual
Oaths
and
Stipulations
,
which
ought
to
be
,
like
the
Gordian
Knot
,
indissoluble
;
and
if
any
shall
pretend
to
be
the
Alexander
to
cut
it
,
he
may
acquire
the
infamous
and
degrading
Title
of
the
most
unjust
,
but
never
rightly
that
of
Ille
Magnus
:
For
nothing
can
be
truly
great
,
which
is
not
so
qualified
,
as
to
undergo
the
Test
of
GOD's
Approbation
,
that
it
is
good
:
And
the
ancient
Heathens
will
assure
the
most
ambitious
Man
on
Earth
,
that
he
can
no
way
obtain
true
Honour
,
but
by
passing
first
through
the
Temple
of
Virtue
;
and
breach
of
Vows
and
Covenants
hath
in
all
Ages
received
the
Brand
of
an
innate
Contradiction
and
Repugnancy
to
all
that
hath
the
Face
or
Name
of
Goodness
,
Virtue
,
or
Honour
.
Wherefore
we
will
discard
all
Melancholly
Diffidence
;
and
hope
in
GOD
that
this
Land
,
and
all
others
concerned
in
the
late
WAR
,
shall
have
a
long
REST
,
a
blessed
and
lasting
REPOSE
,
by
the
Period
PEACE
hath
put
to
War
,
and
thereby
caused
the
Gates
of
Janus's
Temple
to
be
with
us
no
longer
open
:
Instead
of
which
undeserved
Blessing
,
what
Wo
and
Misery
had
triumphed
over
us
?
if
God
,
of
his
In●inite
Mercy
to
us
,
a
wretched
and
ungrateful
Race
of
Sinners
,
had
not
raised
up
our
most
Serene
and
VALIANT
KING
to
be
our
Deliverer
from
that
deluge
of
Evils
then
flowing
upon
us
;
to
be
the
Restorer
and
Establisher
of
our
RIGHTS
and
LIBERTIES
,
Sacred
and
Civil
;
the
Great
Patron
and
Defender
of
EUROPE
,
not
only
by
his
Counsels
and
Directions
,
but
his
Valour
in
the
Field
of
Battel
,
sparing
neither
His
ROYAL
PERSON
,
nor
His
incessant
Pains
,
early
and
late
,
willingly
induring
for
us
the
like
Toil
,
that
Jacob
did
in
Laban's
Service
;
whom
Gen.
31.
40.
in
the
Day
the
Drought
consumed
,
and
the
Frost
by
Night
,
and
the
Sleep
departed
from
his
Eyes
.
Our
Preservation
then
in
Rest
and
Ease
,
hath
cost
our
most
GRACIOUS
SOVERAIGN
unknown
Watchings
and
Labours
,
all
which
he
hath
undergone
with
great
Courage
and
Conduct
,
Patience
and
Constancy
,
through
a
various
Scene
of
Circumstances
,
full
of
incredible
and
almost
inextricable
Labyrinths
;
and
all
this
not
for
some
few
Weeks
or
Months
,
but
it
hath
been
a
Thread
of
those
several
Years
spinning
,
which
,
if
we
subtract
but
one
from
the
Siege
and
Wars
of
Troy
,
runs
a
Parallel
of
time
with
them
,
if
we
count
from
that
twice
renowned
Year
and
Day
of
His
MAJESTY's
auspicious
Landing
on
our
Coasts
;
or
from
the
Alarm
and
Consternation
at
Salisbury
,
to
the
time
wherein
many
aking
Hearts
were
this
last
Campaign
replenished
with
a
sudden
and
unexpected
Joy
by
his
vigilant
Preservation
of
BRUSSELS
.
From
what
hath
been
delivered
upon
our
two
first
General
Heads
,
though
but
a
small
Epitome
of
all
that
might
be
spoken
,
it
is
manifest
that
without
GOD's
Aid
it
would
have
been
utterly
impossible
,
and
without
King
WILLIAM's
Endeavours
under
Him
,
as
His
blessed
Instrument
;
it
is
most
improbable
that
this
great
Work
,
which
is
wrought
for
us
,
had
received
this
joyful
Conclusion
by
a
General
and
Desireable
PEACE
,
instead
of
all
the
Miseries
and
bitter
Calamities
,
which
might
have
long
since
invaded
us
,
and
all
our
Properties
:
And
therefore
we
will
close
this
part
of
our
Discourse
with
the
Israelites
Watchword
,
or
Signal
to
the
Battel
against
their
Enemies
the
Midianites
,
Judg
.
7.
20.
The
Sword
of
the
Lord
,
and
of
Gideon
;
only
varying
the
Phrase
,
so
as
to
accommodate
it
to
our
own
Purpose
,
and
affirm
that
not
only
ours
,
but
Europe's
Deliverance
,
hath
been
wrought
by
the
Sword
of
the
LORD
,
and
of
KING
WILLIAM
.
And
from
hence
I
proceed
to
my
Third
General
Head
;
That
all
this
,
which
is
done
III
.
for
us
,
shall
be
a
large
▪
Theme
of
Discourse
,
of
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
,
not
only
in
these
days
,
we
live
in
,
but
to
our
Posterity
also
;
and
in
the
Generations
to
come
,
According
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
us
,
(
as
it
hath
been
,
and
yet
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
)
what
hath
GOD
wrought
?
Signal
and
Gracious
Providences
not
only
require
,
but
sometimes
enforce
Acknowledgments
bearing
some
Analogy
or
Proportion
to
the
Good
they
do
;
especially
,
when
they
are
free
and
general
,
and
not
contracted
within
the
narrow
limits
,
which
concern
but
few
Objects
,
and
moreover
give
a
Product
that
becomes
a
Blessing
of
the
first
Rate
or
Magnitude
;
such
as
is
after
a
long
WAR
,
and
all
its
concomitant
Miseries
,
a
sweet
and
flourishing
PEACE
,
which
immediately
affects
the
present
time
,
and
is
not
lost
in
future
Ages
:
For
unless
Reason
and
Sense
abandon
Men
,
their
Spirits
will
upon
such
Occasions
be
so
excited
,
that
their
Lips
will
be
presently
open
,
and
their
Mouths
filled
with
such
grateful
Speeches
,
as
shall
shew
forth
God's
Praise
:
when
the
Subject
is
so
copious
,
it
calls
for
a
suitable
Return
,
and
shall
not
die
for
want
of
Commemoration
,
so
long
as
it
is
exhilarating
and
pleasant
;
for
then
with
a
lively
air
it
stirs
them
up
to
rejoyce
in
the
Lord
,
and
joy
in
the
God
of
their
Salvation
:
And
that
the
Remembrance
of
so
great
a
Blessing
may
not
be
lost
from
Posterity
,
the
Alacrity
of
the
Times
will
summon
all
Men
to
declare
God's
Mercies
,
as
the
Prophet
Joel
did
call
upon
them
to
rehearse
his
Judgments
,
chap.
I.
v.
2
,
3.
Hear
this
ye
old
Men
,
and
give
ear
all
ye
Inhabitants
of
the
Land
:
Tell
ye
your
Children
of
it
,
and
let
your
Children
tell
their
Children
,
and
their
Children
another
Generation
.
Or
for
the
better
memorial
of
it
,
a
Book
shall
be
written
,
wherein
shall
be
declared
the
righteous
Acts
of
the
Lord
,
and
his
loving
Kindnesses
to
the
Sons
of
Men
;
so
that
the
Tongues
of
the
now
unborn
Babes
shall
from
their
Cradles
begin
,
and
through
the
several
Stages
of
their
Lives
,
unto
their
Graves
,
continue
to
sing
the
Praises
of
GOD
for
his
mighty
Works
in
these
days
,
together
with
the
Renown
of
his
VICEGERENT
,
our
most
Gracious
SOVERAIGN
,
the
Glory
and
Fame
of
his
Valour
and
mighty
Acts
,
which
may
so
amaze
and
astonish
them
,
as
the
Greatness
of
Solomon
did
the
Queen
of
Sheba
,
when
a
Transport
of
Admiration
overpower'd
her
Senses
,
so
as
almost
to
bereave
her
of
Life
,
it
being
recorded
that
upon
her
own
personal
Experience
of
his
Wisdom
,
and
view
of
all
his
Glory
and
Majesty
,
which
more
than
double
exceeded
the
fame
she
had
heard
of
him
,
there
was
no
more
Spirit
in
her
,
1
King
.
10.
Wherefore
the
marvellous
Acts
of
the
LORD
shall
be
had
in
everlasting
remembrance
,
and
His
Anointed
.
Servant
King
WILLIAM
shall
not
be
forgotten
;
for
it
shall
be
said
how
GOD
,
in
his
tender
Mercy
to
us
,
stirred
up
his
Heroick
Spirit
to
cross
the
Sea
with
Naval
and
Land
Forces
to
deliver
us
from
the
many
Evils
that
did
encompass
us
;
and
protect
our
Religion
,
our
Laws
and
Liberties
.
It
shall
be
said
how
all
Opposition
fell
before
Him
;
how
His
MAJESTY
,
and
His
ROYAL
CONSORT
,
of
Glorious
Memory
,
were
installed
in
the
Thrones
of
their
ILLUSTRIOUS
ANCESTORS
,
and
with
the
Joys
and
Acclamations
of
the
People
solemnly
crowned
our
KING
and
QUEEN
:
And
the
Fame
of
their
Wisdom
and
Government
shall
carry
such
an
Emphasis
with
it
into
the
Ears
of
Men
,
as
may
cause
them
to
envy
us
,
and
the
days
we
live
in
.
It
shall
be
much
spoken
how
familiar
the
Cardinal
Virtue
of
Fortitude
was
with
Him
,
and
how
readily
He
embraced
every
fit
moment
of
exercising
it
to
the
Benefit
of
Mankind
,
with
peril
of
His
own
Life
.
It
shall
be
said
how
a
Bullet
at
the
BOYNE
was
let
fly
with
hopes
,
no
doubt
,
to
put
a
fatal
Period
to
His
Life
;
and
yet
by
a
special
Act
of
Providence
,
did
as
it
were
only
salute
Him
,
and
was
as
a
Token
or
Pledge
of
His
next
Day's
Triumph
by
Victory
in
the
Battel
,
and
of
the
after
total
Reduction
of
the
whole
Kingdom
of
IRELAND
unto
the
Power
of
His
Scepter
.
And
moreover
,
a
mighty
Voice
from
our
Times
shall
echo
in
the
Ears
of
future
Ages
,
resounding
the
farther
Praises
of
GOD's
Mercies
,
and
the
Labours
and
Successes
of
His
Anointed
:
The
Victory
at
SEA
shall
The
Right
Honourable
the
Earl
of
Orford
being
then
Admiral
.
not
be
overwhelmed
with
Oblivion
in
that
devouring
Element
,
on
whose
Surface
it
was
obtained
;
when
by
it
a
fair
advance
was
,
we
may
imagin
,
made
towards
the
Happiness
,
we
this
Day
enjoy
.
And
HIS
MAJESTY's
Annual
Voyages
over
the
great
Deep
,
with
God's
stopping
the
Water-flouds
,
and
commanding
the
Winds
and
the
Waves
to
serve
Him
,
may
make
an
Addition
,
not
to
Annals
and
Chronicles
only
,
but
also
to
the
Book
of
Nature
,
in
what
concerns
Spring
and
Autumn
;
the
former
being
the
usual
Season
of
the
Royal
Expedition
,
and
the
later
of
a
Joyful
Return
from
those
Campaigns
,
which
can
never
be
forgotten
,
so
long
as
their
Actions
were
animated
with
so
much
Life
and
Vigour
,
that
they
cannot
easily
languish
;
which
,
when
hereafter
past
the
Memory
of
Man
,
shall
be
preserved
alive
by
their
immortal
Fame
in
the
Records
of
our
Times
;
and
there
being
so
great
a
hand
of
GOD
throughout
the
whole
Affair
,
all
may
be
accounted
sacred
,
and
kept
as
such
in
the
Archives
of
all
Ages
,
till
the
General
Conslagration
shall
summon
Time
to
conclude
all
in
universal
Silence
,
and
to
be
no
more
:
But
till
the
last
period
of
all
things
,
it
is
very
likely
the
late
WAR
,
and
the
present
happy
PEACE
shall
be
obvious
to
the
view
of
all
Men
,
in
those
Historical
Volumes
,
which
from
such
abundant
Matter
may
be
composed
by
expert
and
ingenious
Pens
,
and
which
shall
give
a
lively
prospect
of
many
Heroick
Atchievements
,
and
shall
present
to
the
Eyes
of
the
Reader
the
almost
impregnable
NAMUR
beleaguer'd
by
our
KING
,
and
notwithstanding
the
powerful
Opposition
within
it
,
in
view
of
a
very
numerous
Army
sent
to
its
Relief
,
by
Him
so
vanquished
,
that
it
was
con●●rained
to
a
Surrender
:
This
shall
always
carry
on
it
Marks
of
Admiration
,
together
with
the
many
other
Great
and
Noble
Acts
of
His
Valour
,
and
Sage
Conduct
,
to
the
finishing
Stroke
of
that
Prowess
,
and
Wisdom
which
is
better
than
Weapons
of
War
,
when
He
so
timely
saved
BRUSSELS
aforementioned
,
and
stemm'd
thereby
the
Tide
of
many
Evils
,
that
might
have
succeeded
thereon
,
instead
of
that
Blessed
PEACE
which
crowned
that
Brave
and
Generous
Action
,
and
all
the
like
Fore-runners
of
it
:
So
that
from
henceforth
,
according
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
us
,
(
as
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
,
)
what
hath
God
wrought
?
And
now
it
remains
that
we
make
some
Application
of
the
Premisses
;
and
therein
give
Glory
unto
the
GOD
of
Israel
for
his
unspeakable
Mercies
in
that
Great
Work
,
which
so
nearly
and
highly
concerns
us
and
many
Nations
,
which
bears
the
Character
and
Face
of
an
universal
Good
to
a
large
part
of
Mankind
,
and
not
limitted
to
a
few
.
May
then
the
Return
of
Gratitude
and
Praise
to
the
LORD
OF
HEAVEN
and
Earth
,
be
made
by
all
far
and
near
,
who
have
tasted
or
heard
of
his
Great
Goodness
unto
the
Children
of
this
Generation
,
and
which
may
be
an
unknown
Blessing
to
many
succeeding
Ages
;
who
may
too
be
so
sensible
of
it
as
to
rise
up
in
Judgment
,
and
condemn
their
Forefathers
Ingratitude
,
if
GOD's
Goodness
doth
not
now
draw
Men
to
Repentance
,
and
influence
their
Hearts
to
love
him
,
because
He
first
loved
them
;
and
after
all
other
Acts
,
hath
so
lately
and
signally
poured
his
Benefits
upon
us
,
in
delivering
us
from
the
hand
of
our
Enemies
by
that
PRINCE
,
for
whom
we
,
and
many
Kingdoms
and
People
are
bound
to
pray
,
and
offer
the
Sacrifice
of
Praise
;
and
likewise
in
knitting
together
many
Potentates
for
the
common
Defence
of
EUROPE
,
and
in
so
guiding
and
governing
the
Stream
of
the
WAR
,
that
according
to
what
measure
soever
,
more
or
less
,
the
Race
hath
been
to
the
Swift
,
or
the
Battle
to
the
Strong
;
yet
a
beloved
PEACE
is
now
the
hopeful
Issue
of
many
Years
travel
:
This
is
the
LORD's
Doing
,
and
it
is
marvellous
in
our
Eyes
.
For
truly
the
Work
is
exceeding
great
;
it
is
stampt
with
no
mean
figure
;
it
represents
on
one
side
Omnipotence
,
and
bears
on
the
Reverse
Divine
Grace
and
Favour
;
and
if
the
Work
,
GOD
hath
wrought
for
us
,
be
truly
denominated
Great
and
Gracious
,
the
Sequel
or
Argument
,
it
infers
,
is
strong
and
cogent
,
and
the
Motive
is
ponderous
,
both
strictly
obliging
us
to
a
correspondent
Performance
of
our
Duty
unto
the
Almighty
Benefactor
,
instantly
serving
him
day
and
night
;
to
bless
the
Lord
,
praise
,
and
exalt
him
above
all
for
ever
.
Bless
therefore
thou
the
Lord
,
O
my
Soul
,
and
all
that
is
within
me
praise
his
holy
Name
.
Let
every
thing
that
hath
Breath
praise
the
Lord
.
Praise
ye
the
Lord
.
And
is
this
Work
of
Salvation
,
the
LORD
hath
wrought
for
us
,
magnified
by
another
double
and
inseparable
Motto
or
Signature
,
that
it
is
wonderful
and
glorious
?
With
what
pious
and
holy
Admiration
of
Divine
Goodness
and
Mercy
,
with
what
high
and
noble
Contemplations
of
Adoration
and
Honour
ought
we
to
address
our selves
unto
him
?
And
all
this
not
to
be
stinted
in
the
Theory
of
the
Mind
,
but
to
proceed
with
due
Operation
on
our
Souls
and
Bodies
,
in
point
of
Practice
;
to
offer
them
in
doing
our
Duties
unto
the
Lord
,
as
our
reasonable
Service
,
in
token
that
his
Benefits
are
both
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
in
preserving
our
RELIGION
,
our
LIVES
,
our
LAWS
,
and
LIBERTIES
.
And
may
all
Princes
and
Potentates
,
Nations
and
People
,
with
us
fall
down
and
worship
the
LORD
GOD
Omnipotent
who
reigneth
;
may
all
become
true
Saints
militant
in
Lives
and
Conversations
,
and
with
the
innumerable
Multitude
of
the
Saints
triumphant
,
break
forth
into
that
sacred
Cry
,
Salvation
to
our
GOD
which
sitteth
upon
the
Throne
,
and
unto
the
LAMB
;
Rev.
7.
10.
and
with
them
perpetually
chant
out
the
holy
Angels
Doxology
;
Blessing
,
and
Glory
,
and
Wisdom
,
and
Ver
.
12.
Thanksgiving
,
and
Honour
,
and
Power
,
and
Might
be
unto
our
God
for
ever
and
ever
.
Amen
.
And
hence
I
pass
,
from
thus
rendring
unto
God
the
things
that
are
God's
,
to
render
also
unto
Caesar
the
things
which
are
Caesar's
:
For
hath
our
Most
Excellent
and
Serene
Soveraign
Lord
the
KING
been
,
under
GOD
,
the
Principal
and
Happy
Instrument
of
the
Preservation
of
our
NATIONS
,
and
most
Parts
of
EUROPE
?
Hath
he
been
a
Moses
,
and
a
Deliverer
unto
us
all
?
Hath
he
undergone
a
long
and
tedious
Scene
of
Toil
and
Trouble
,
of
Disquiet
and
Anxious
Cares
,
as
so
many
Thorns
in
his
Crowns
,
with
his
Watchings
and
perpetual
Labours
,
to
indulge
us
all
with
Quiet
and
sweet
Repose
,
in
saving
us
by
a
great
Deliverance
?
Our
Duty
then
commencing
from
hence
is
,
That
we
copy
out
to
our selves
the
Men
of
Judah's
2
Sam
.
20.
2.
Fidelity
unto
their
Royal
David
,
and
cleave
unto
our
KING
;
and
as
with
one
Heart
,
and
one
Mouth
,
praise
,
glorify
,
and
bless
GOD
for
the
many
eminent
Preservations
of
HIS
MAJESTY
,
and
for
His
late
prosperous
Return
to
His
Liege
People
,
with
the
Glories
and
Triumphs
of
PEACE
;
and
next
,
that
we
set
the
most
fervent
Affections
of
our
Souls
to
work
in
Prayer
,
that
His
MAJESTY
may
long
reap
the
Fruits
of
His
Labours
in
Joy
and
Tranquillity
,
and
that
all
His
Subjects
may
have
the
Grace
to
be
most
thankful
to
Him
,
and
honour
Him
with
many
Honours
,
whom
the
LORD
himself
hath
thus
far
dignified
as
a
lively
Pattern
of
Solomon
,
a
noble
Transcript
of
that
Great
Original
,
in
as
much
as
he
hath
magnified
him
1
Chron
.
29.
25.
exceedingly
in
the
sight
of
all
Men
,
and
bes●owed
upon
him
such
Royal
Majesty
,
as
hath
scarce
been
(
weighing
all
Circumstances
)
on
any
King
before
in
our
Israel
.
And
we
all
of
this
,
and
our
two
Neighbouring
Kingdoms
,
are
most
obnoxious
to
the
severest
Lashes
of
Cen●ure
and
Reprehension
,
for
the
black
and
odious
Vice
of
Ingratitude
to
GOD
,
and
the
KING
,
if
for
our
Salvation
we
are
not
willing
and
obedient
in
all
our
Duties
unto
the
Lord
,
and
his
Anointed
,
considering
how
great
things
are
done
for
us
,
beginning
auspiciously
with
a
Revolution
too
marvellous
at
first
to
find
Faith
in
some
,
when
it
was
intimated
to
them
,
and
desired
by
their
very
Souls
;
that
they
,
and
all
things
dear
to
them
might
enjoy
Safety
;
but
the
Affair
was
too
great
to
be
presently
credited
:
So
that
the
Grace
of
GOD
,
and
Love
of
our
good
KING
did
for
a
time
transcend
the
Belief
,
and
exceed
the
Hope
of
Man
;
and
the
mighty
Work
was
not
begun
and
then
let
fall
,
and
the
Design
vanish
,
but
it
hath
been
carried
on
with
such
Steps
and
Marks
of
Providence
from
on
high
,
such
a
vein
of
Diligence
and
Dexterity
here
below
,
to
an
happy
Termination
of
War
by
the
Blessing
of
PEACE
descending
from
the
Soveraign
Fountain
of
all
Happiness
,
that
it
hath
Rhetorick
sufficient
to
perswade
all
reasonable
Men
to
fear
God
and
honour
the
KING
.
Can
Men
then
be
ungrateful
for
such
Blessings
,
and
Miracles
of
Kindness
?
If
they
can
,
they
may
provoke
GOD
to
recompense
their
Folly
by
a
suitable
Calamity
,
and
to
cover
himself
with
a
Cloud
,
that
their
Prayer
shall
not
enter
through
;
for
they
that
despise
him
shall
be
lightly
esteemed
:
And
if
any
will
not
reverence
the
KING
with
that
Awe
,
and
Love
,
and
Congratulation
,
which
become
Men
,
who
have
received
many
and
most
exalted
Benefits
by
Him
,
the
Dishonour
will
be
theirs
by
rendring
themselves
unworthy
of
Him
;
and
yet
they
shall
honour
Him
too
,
notwithstanding
their
bitterest
Envy
and
worst
Wishes
,
when
thereby
they
place
Him
in
the
Rank
of
those
ancient
Heroes
and
Worthies
,
who
for
their
many
good
Offices
received
bad
Requitals
;
yea
,
to
carry
this
infinitely
higher
than
Men
,
how
hath
GOD
himself
been
slighted
for
his
Mercies
?
and
CHRIST
,
who
came
to
save
us
all
,
suffered
on
Earth
the
highest
Indignities
and
Affronts
:
The
Servant
then
is
not
Jo
.
13.
16.
greater
than
his
Lord
,
neither
he
that
is
sent
greater
than
he
that
sent
him
.
But
to
exemplifie
the
World's
cross
Dealings
to
some
Men
of
no
small
Merit
,
we
may
introduce
on
this
Theatre
the
valiant
Gideon
,
to
whose
House
the
Children
of
Israel
shewed
not
Kindness
,
according
to
all
the
Goodness
which
he
had
shewed
unto
them
,
as
it
is
written
,
Judg
.
8.
35.
and
no
wonder
,
if
we
consider
the
Remark
of
the
foregoing
Verse
,
that
they
remember'd
not
the
Lord
their
God
,
who
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hands
of
all
their
Enemies
on
every
side
.
Next
we
will
subjoin
some
in
the
Heathen
World
,
as
Aristides
,
Sirnamed
the
Just
;
Lycurgus
,
that
famous
Lacedemonian
Legislator
,
of
whom
the
Oracle
could
not
determin
,
whether
he
ought
to
be
register'd
with
Mortals
,
or
by
an
Apotheosis
placed
among
the
Gods
.
Solon
also
another
excellent
Lawgiver
,
and
one
of
the
seven
Sages
,
or
Wise
Men
of
Greece
;
these
,
with
many
others
,
had
the
hard
Fate
to
receive
the
incongruous
Recompence
of
Evil
for
Good
.
And
to
instance
in
One
more
;
The
Greater
Scipio
Africanus
,
the
Restorer
of
his
Country
,
when
almost
lost
,
heartless
,
and
even
expiring
by
the
Conquests
of
the
Carthaginians
,
was
ungratefully
rewarded
,
and
he
as
handsomly
ordered
to
be
engraven
on
his
Tomb
at
the
place
of
his
Exile
,
where
he
died
,
this
home
Exprobation
;
INGRATA
.
PATRIA
.
NE
.
OSSA
.
QUIDEM
.
MEA
.
HABES
:
to
let
the
Romans
know
that
they
were
unworthy
of
his
Dust
and
Ashes
after
his
Death
,
who
used
him
so
barbarously
in
his
Life
,
that
had
delivered
their
State
from
perishing
in
the
Ashes
of
Destruction
,
and
made
them
Lords
over
their
Enemies
.
But
now
,
may
not
any
eclipse
the
Beauty
and
Lustre
of
these
,
we
hope
,
golden
Days
commencing
,
nor
stain
their
own
Reputation
by
any
want
of
Esteem
or
Dutifulness
to
His
Most
Sacred
MAJESTY
,
who
hath
approved
Himself
to
be
,
not
only
the
Father
of
our
Country
,
but
of
EUROPE
;
and
who
with
Achilles
should
have
an
Homer
,
to
set
forth
and
extol
his
Virtues
in
a
true
Stile
,
heroick
like
themselves
,
that
they
may
never
be
defaced
for
want
of
such
lasting
Monuments
,
as
may
be
of
equal
Duration
with
the
visible
World
.
And
may
GOD
so
touch
the
Hearts
of
all
the
KING's
Subjects
,
that
their
good
Desires
and
best
Wishes
may
be
towards
Him
;
that
Love
,
Honour
,
and
Faithful
Obedience
unto
Him
may
continually
circulate
through
every
Vein
of
all
His
Dominions
,
that
he
may
enjoy
a
good
Reward
of
his
Merits
,
a
Crown
of
Gladness
,
of
Peace
,
and
Prosperity
here
.
And
may
he
ever
have
the
Prayers
and
Supplications
of
all
Good
People
,
that
God
will
be
pleased
to
keep
Him
as
the
Apple
of
his
Eye
,
and
hide
him
under
the
shadow
of
his
Wings
from
his
deadly
Enemies
,
who
devise
to
take
away
his
Life
;
and
that
,
when
the
time
comes
,
wherein
Nature
will
lay
Him
down
to
sleep
with
His
Fathers
,
He
may
depart
hence
in
Peace
,
and
in
a
good
old
Age
,
full
of
Days
,
Riches
,
and
Honour
.
And
as
we
would
that
His
REIGN
be
long
and
glorious
on
Earth
,
may
it
be
incomprehensibly
so
in
eternal
Rest
in
the
Kingdom
of
our
GOD
,
and
his
Saints
,
in
the
World
to
come
.
For
can
any
thing
we
may
do
for
His
MAJESTY
be
too
great
?
Can
all
,
that
we
are
able
to
think
or
act
for
Him
,
be
any
sufficient
Compensation
for
all
those
repeated
Blessings
we
by
Him
enjoy
,
and
for
the
Fatigue
He
hath
to
that
end
sustained
,
and
the
great
Salvation
which
under
GOD
He
hath
wrought
for
us
?
So
that
as
Samuel
,
when
(
he
praying
and
sacrificing
)
the
Lord
thundered
with
a
great
Thunder
upon
1
Sam
.
7.
10.
the
Philistines
,
and
discomfited
them
,
and
they
were
smitten
before
Israel
,
set
up
a
Stone
or
Monument
in
token
thereof
,
we
may
erect
some
memorable
Pillar
or
Trophy
in
honour
of
our
Deliverance
,
bearing
the
same
Inscription
as
did
that
Prophet's
;
Hitherto
hath
Ver
.
12.
the
LORD
helped
us
.
And
hath
the
LORD
helped
us
hitherto
?
Hath
his
Anointed
KING
WILLIAM
the
Third
been
the
Mighty
Man
of
Valour
,
by
whom
he
hath
thus
helped
and
saved
us
;
and
shall
not
all
these
glorious
things
then
,
that
we
have
seen
with
our
Eyes
,
and
have
heard
with
our
Ears
,
be
pondered
in
our
Hearts
with
an
holy
Joy
and
Exultation
,
with
hearty
Hallelujahs
to
GOD
,
and
sincere
Loyalty
to
the
KING
?
Shall
they
not
be
a
large
and
noble
Theme
of
Discourse
,
of
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
,
not
only
in
these
days
,
but
to
our
Posterity
also
?
If
they
shall
,
as
verily
they
will
,
the
Duty
arising
from
,
and
influenced
by
such
powerful
Motives
is
,
that
in
our
Retributions
to
GOD
and
the
KING
,
we
so
demean
our selves
,
that
we
become
more
worthy
Members
of
that
blessed
Oeconomy
,
we
rejoyce
in
under
them
both
;
that
now
by
steering
a
right
course
in
all
Acts
of
Religion
and
Obedience
,
we
may
be
a
Praise
throughout
the
Earth
,
and
raise
among
our selves
,
and
in
future
Ages
,
an
holy
Emulation
of
giving
GOD
the
Glory
;
as
doth
His
MAJESTY
;
like
the
Royal
and
Holy
David
,
the
Devout
Jehoshaphat
,
the
Pious
Hezekiah
,
the
Great
and
Christian
Constantine
;
like
our
Valiant
Henry
the
Fifth
,
after
His
Victory
at
Agincourt
,
and
our
Memorable
and
Glorious
Queen
Elizabeth
in
her
general
Thanksgiving
for
the
Defeat
of
the
Spanish
Armada
.
And
next
shall
it
,
in
the
Generations
to
come
,
be
according
to
this
time
said
of
us
,
(
as
it
hath
been
,
and
yet
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel
)
what
hath
God
wrought
?
What
astonishing
Mercies
hath
he
shewed
us
,
and
how
hath
he
sustained
us
,
as
he
did
them
,
laying
his
left
Hand
under
our
Heads
,
and
with
his
right
Hand
embracing
and
defending
us
?
May
we
then
be
what
they
were
required
to
be
,
an
holy
and
peculiar
People
,
zealous
of
GOD's
GLORY
,
that
he
may
delight
to
continue
his
Beneficence
unto
us
,
and
in
time
to
come
it
may
be
said
what
a
Wise
and
Understanding
People
we
were
,
upon
whom
the
Riches
of
GOD's
Goodness
wrought
its
Proper
and
Genuin
Effect
,
in
that
it
made
us
rich
in
Good
Works
.
And
now
to
close
up
all
,
be
we
sure
to
assume
no
Praise
to
our selves
,
as
though
our
own
Arm
and
Policy
had
done
great
things
for
us
;
nor
let
us
,
with
the
ancient
Scythians
,
Sacrifice
unto
our
Swords
;
but
ascribe
the
whole
Power
and
Praise
of
all
to
GOD
:
let
us
evermore
Rej●yce
in
his
Salvation
,
in
the
Blessings
of
PEACE
and
Tranquility
,
wherewith
he
Crowns
us
,
and
in
his
Name
set
up
our
Banners
,
Consecrating
to
him
all
our
Trophies
.
And
may
all
our
Duties
Concenter
in
such
a
due
Reverence
,
and
Decorum
,
that
no
Sin
may
desecrate
our
Piety
,
nor
defile
the
Holiness
and
Purity
of
our
Oblations
;
now
our
time
,
like
that
of
the
Jews
,
is
turned
unto
us
from
Esth.
9.
22.
Sorrow
to
Joy
,
and
from
Mourning
into
a
good
Day
;
may
our
Gladness
then
no
way
degenerate
into
Luxury
or
Wantonness
,
Profaneness
,
or
any
thing
Dishonourable
to
our
Merciful
and
most
Holy
LORD
GOD
,
who
hath
now
granted
us
PEACE
,
one
of
the
Blessings
that
Crowned
Solomon's
Glory
;
the
Continuance
of
which
to
us
and
all
Christendom
,
let
us
heartily
pray
for
:
And
seeing
God's
Mercy
and
Truth
are
met
together
,
let
us
so
live
,
that
our
Righteousness
and
this
blessed
and
happy
PEACE
may
embrace
and
kiss
each
other
.
To
this
end
may
we
be
Righteous
in
our
Retributions
of
our
Duty
and
Services
to
GOD
;
Righteous
in
our
Tribute
of
Fealty
and
Homage
to
the
KING
;
Righteous
in
all
our
Transactions
towards
our
Neighbours
,
and
Righteous
to
our
Selves
,
that
we
Sin
not
against
our
own
Souls
.
Let
us
Pray
for
our
Enemies
,
and
for
those
who
were
such
,
and
are
now
by
GOD's
good
Providence
made
,
we
hope
,
our
Friends
:
And
may
Love
,
Unity
,
and
Concord
every
where
Flourish
;
and
all
Hostilities
of
the
Heart
and
Mind
cease
,
as
well
as
those
of
the
Sword
.
May
the
World
see
that
GOD
hath
Built
us
,
and
hath
not
broken
us
down
;
he
hath
Planted
us
,
and
not
plucked
us
up
.
May
the
Romish
Enemies
of
our
Religion
be
now
advertised
of
the
Vanity
of
their
Attempts
against
our
Church
,
whose
Basis
is
on
the
Rock
of
GOD's
Word
,
which
can
never
be
prevailed
against
:
May
her
many
signal
Deliverances
,
especially
this
last
,
work
such
a
precaution
in
them
,
that
they
may
never
make
any
farther
approaches
against
Her
,
lest
haply
they
be
found
even
to
fight
against
GOD
.
And
let
us
keep
innocency
,
and
do
the
thing
that
is
right
;
and
then
,
if
it
be
so
,
that
they
will
not
desist
from
evil
Practices
against
us
,
we
may
boldly
take
up
the
three
Holy
Childrens
couragious
Resolution
Dan
.
3.
to
Nebuchadnezzar
,
when
his
Fiery
Furnace
was
in
view
,
as
their
next
Moment's
Fate
;
and
let
our
Foes
know
,
we
are
not
careful
to
answer
them
in
this
Ver
.
16
,
17.
matter
,
for
our
GOD
,
whom
we
serve
,
is
able
to
deliver
us
from
their
hottest
Fury
,
and
he
will
deliver
us
out
of
their
Hands
:
From
all
which
let
them
be
seasonably
admonished
,
and
receive
this
Instruction
in
Relation
to
our
Church
;
That
surely
there
is
no
Inchantment
against
Jacob
,
neither
is
there
any
Divination
against
Israel
:
according
to
this
time
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
,
and
of
Israel
,
What
hath
God
wrought
?
FINIS
.