A sermon preached before the House of Peers in the Abbey of Westminster, on the 5th of November, 1689, being Gun-Powder Treason-Day, as likewise the day of His Majesties landing in England by the Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             A sermon preached before the House of Peers in the Abbey of Westminster, on the 5th of November, 1689, being Gun-Powder Treason-Day, as likewise the day of His Majesties landing in England by the Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             1689.
          
           
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           Die
           Mercurii
           
             6.
             
             Novembris
             1689.
             
          
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           That
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Salisbury
             ,
          
           for
           his
           Sermon
           Preached
           yesterday
           before
           this
           House
           ;
           And
           his
           Lordship
           is
           hereby
           desired
           to
           Print
           and
           Publish
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             
               Jo.
               Browne
            
             Cleric
             .
             Parliament
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           
             House
             of
             Peers
          
           IN
           THE
           ABBEY
           of
           WESTMINSTER
           ,
           On
           the
           
             5th
             .
          
           of
           
             November
          
           1689.
           
           BEING
           GUN-POWDER
           TREASON-DAY
           ,
           As
           Likewise
           The
           Day
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Landing
           IN
           ENGLAND
           .
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           
             GILBERT
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             SARVM
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswel
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
          
           and
           
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           
             Pauls
             Church-yard
             .
          
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           BISHOP
           OF
           SALISBURY'S
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Lords
           
             November
             5th
             .
          
           1689.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           HOUSE
           of
           PEERS
           ,
           IN
           THE
           ABBEY
           of
           WESTMINSTER
           ,
           On
           
             the
             Fifth
             of
             November
             ,
             1689.
             
          
        
         
           
             Micah
             VI.
             Verse
             5.
             
          
           
             O
             my
             People
             ,
             remember
             now
             what
             Balak
             King
             of
             Moab
             consulted
             ,
             and
             what
             Balaam
             the
             Son
             of
             Beor
             answered
             him
             from
             Shittim
             unto
             Gilgal
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             know
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           THERE
           is
           somewhat
           in
           Ease
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           that
           does
           so
           weaken
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           apt
           enough
           ,
           even
           without
           that
           softning
           ,
           to
           forget
           all
           the
           Good
           they
           receive
           ,
           and
           both
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Instruments
           made
           use
           of
           by
           him
           in
           
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           call
           upon
           them
           often
           to
           reflect
           on
           what
           is
           past
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           only
           on
           these
           visible
           Blessings
           of
           God
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           fall
           under
           the
           observation
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           secret
           methods
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           hidden
           designs
           of
           Providence
           .
           We
           are
           naturally
           apt
           to
           flatter
           our selves
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           easily
           imagine
           ,
           that
           the
           happy
           things
           which
           at
           any
           time
           befal
           us
           ,
           are
           the
           effects
           of
           our
           Wisdom
           ,
           or
           the
           rewards
           of
           our
           Vertues
           ;
           if
           a
           worse
           principle
           does
           not
           corrupt
           us
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           ascribe
           them
           either
           to
           Fate
           or
           Chance
           .
        
         
           No
           Nation
           had
           ever
           such
           a
           wonderful
           series
           of
           Blessings
           ,
           that
           did
           so
           distinguish
           them
           from
           all
           the
           World
           round
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           such
           signal
           Evidences
           of
           God's
           Power
           and
           greatness
           ,
           of
           his
           Mercy
           and
           severity
           ,
           of
           his
           hatred
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Authority
           of
           their
           Law
           and
           Religion
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Iews
          
           had
           ;
           and
           yet
           never
           was
           there
           any
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           that
           was
           so
           apt
           to
           forget
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           to
           revolt
           from
           God
           into
           that
           very
           Idolatry
           ,
           which
           they
           saw
           him
           punish
           so
           severely
           in
           others
           .
           Never
           was
           there
           a
           more
           amasing
           Scene
           than
           that
           which
           they
           had
           seen
           
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Red
             Sea
             ,
          
           and
           on
           Mount
           
             Sinai
             ;
          
           the
           Miracles
           came
           so
           thick
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           they
           were
           both
           so
           various
           and
           extraordinary
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           so
           often
           and
           so
           long
           repeated
           ,
           that
           to
           one
           who
           lays
           together
           all
           that
           they
           saw
           in
           a
           course
           of
           Forty
           years
           ,
           it
           appears
           as
           astonishing
           a
           part
           of
           that
           History
           as
           any
           of
           all
           the
           Miracles
           recorded
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           a
           People
           ,
           which
           had
           such
           a
           wonderful
           Evidence
           given
           them
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           should
           yet
           have
           been
           so
           bent
           to
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           so
           apt
           to
           forget
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           he
           had
           done
           for
           them
           .
           No
           Nation
           now
           in
           the
           World
           can
           be
           in
           this
           respect
           so
           guilty
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           because
           none
           have
           seen
           such
           Miracles
           .
        
         
           But
           setting
           aside
           extraordinary
           things
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           affirmed
           without
           any
           arrogant
           preferring
           our
           own
           Nation
           to
           others
           ,
           or
           any
           partiality
           for
           our selves
           ,
           in
           imagining
           that
           we
           are
           God's
           favourite
           People
           ;
           that
           within
           this
           last
           Age
           (
           or
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           carry
           up
           the
           matter
           to
           so
           blessed
           a
           Period
           as
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           ever
           since
           that
           time
           )
           we
           have
           had
           as
           many
           of
           the
           distinguishing
           Characters
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           Nation
           upon
           us
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Blessings
           that
           we
           have
           received
           from
           God
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           Ingratitude
           
           to
           him
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           any
           under
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           The
           wonderful
           conjuncture
           of
           Circumstances
           that
           concurred
           to
           give
           the
           Reformation
           its
           first
           footing
           among
           us
           ;
           The
           terrible
           but
           short
           lived
           shaking
           it
           had
           in
           Queen
           Mary's
           time
           ,
           which
           served
           only
           to
           awaken
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           the
           Nation
           to
           the
           long
           and
           glorious
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ;
          
           The
           discovering
           and
           defeating
           all
           the
           Designs
           that
           were
           laid
           ,
           both
           against
           her
           Person
           and
           Government
           ;
           The
           signal
           overthrow
           of
           the
           boasted
           
             Invincible
             Armada
             .
          
           The
           Uniting
           the
           Island
           afterwards
           under
           one
           Head
           ;
           by
           which
           we
           were
           delivered
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           War
           within
           our selves
           .
           The
           many
           Rebellions
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             ,
          
           which
           gave
           occasion
           to
           so
           vast
           a
           Colony
           to
           be
           sent
           thither
           ,
           which
           rendred
           that
           Island
           that
           had
           been
           an
           Incumbrance
           on
           the
           Government
           before
           ,
           so
           useful
           to
           it
           .
           The
           encrease
           of
           our
           Trade
           ,
           the
           many
           Colonies
           that
           we
           have
           sent
           into
           
             America
             .
          
           The
           preserving
           us
           during
           our
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
           from
           being
           made
           a
           prey
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           from
           Strangers
           getting
           footing
           among
           us
           .
           The
           putting
           an
           end
           to
           Anarchy
           and
           Enthusiasm
           in
           so
           serene
           a
           manner
           in
           the
           
           Year
           60.
           the
           long
           continued
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           preserving
           us
           from
           our
           own
           Follies
           ,
           and
           the
           restraining
           those
           Passions
           which
           had
           like
           to
           have
           been
           fatal
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           the
           precipitated
           haste
           of
           our
           Enemies
           had
           not
           brought
           us
           to
           our
           Senses
           again
           before
           it
           was
           too
           late
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           to
           the
           repeated
           Deliverances
           of
           this
           Auspicious
           Day
           ,
           when
           one
           Train
           that
           was
           laid
           to
           blow
           up
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           its
           Head
           and
           Representatives
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           well
           managed
           ,
           and
           brought
           so
           near
           the
           Critical
           Minute
           ,
           was
           just
           then
           discovered
           and
           prevented
           ;
           and
           now
           again
           ,
           when
           another
           that
           was
           laid
           to
           destroy
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           their
           Representatives
           but
           in
           Person
           ,
           has
           been
           not
           indeed
           discovered
           ,
           but
           happily
           prevented
           and
           brought
           to
           nothing
           .
           For
           our
           late
           Conspirators
           were
           not
           so
           cautious
           as
           to
           hide
           the
           Fuel
           that
           was
           prepared
           for
           our
           Destruction
           ,
           since
           we
           saw
           them
           persecute
           in
           so
           many
           other
           places
           of
           
             Europe
          
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           they
           talked
           of
           Toleration
           here
           among
           us
           .
           When
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           such
           a
           Series
           of
           Deliverances
           ,
           as
           perhaps
           cannot
           be
           matched
           in
           History
           ,
           since
           that
           of
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           coming
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ;
          
           there
           is
           but
           one
           
           thing
           wanting
           to
           make
           the
           Parallel
           compleat
           ▪
           and
           that
           is
           our
           Ingratitude
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Israelites
          
           were
           always
           murmuring
           both
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Instruments
           whom
           he
           had
           raised
           up
           for
           their
           Deliverance
           ;
           and
           after
           all
           that
           they
           had
           seen
           to
           render
           Idolatry
           detestable
           to
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           always
           apt
           to
           relapse
           into
           it
           .
           But
           here
           the
           Parallel
           agrees
           too
           exactly
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           but
           too
           apparent
           ,
           that
           upon
           every
           new
           Instance
           of
           Gods
           care
           of
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           given
           also
           new
           Instances
           of
           our
           Rebellion
           and
           Ingratitude
           ,
           of
           our
           not
           only
           forgetting
           his
           Mercies
           ,
           but
           Repining
           at
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           hardning
           our selves
           in
           our
           Vices
           and
           ill
           Nature
           .
           God
           charged
           his
           Ancient
           People
           in
           the
           Words
           before
           my
           Text
           ,
           
           
             O
             my
             People
             what
             have
             I
             done
             unto
             thee
             ,
             and
             wherein
             have
             I
             weari●●
             thee
             ;
             testifie
             against
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             brought
             ,
             thee
             up
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             redeemed
             thee
             out
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Servants
             ;
             and
             I
             sent
             before
             thee
             M●ses
             ,
             Aaron
             ,
             and
             Miriam
             .
          
           These
           Words
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           in
           some
           respect
           ,
           more
           literally
           than
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           for
           they
           might
           have
           said
           that
           God
           
             had
             wearied
             them
             ,
          
           by
           giving
           them
           a
           Religion
           that
           had
           so
           many
           troublesom
           and
           costly
           Rites
           in
           it
           ;
           though
           on
           the
           other
           
           hand
           these
           were
           nothing
           in
           Comparison
           of
           the
           Rites
           of
           Paganism
           round
           about
           them
           ;
           but
           what
           can
           we
           object
           to
           God's
           methods
           towards
           us
           ?
           He
           has
           given
           us
           a
           plain
           and
           simple
           Religion
           ;
           he
           has
           delivered
           us
           from
           all
           Bondage
           ,
           both
           in
           our
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           Concerns
           ;
           and
           he
           has
           sent
           us
           mighty
           Deliverers
           ;
           
             Aarons
          
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Miriams
          
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           an
           
             Elizabeth
          
           and
           a
           
             MARY
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           an
           
             Edward
             ,
          
           a
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             WILLIAM
             .
          
        
         
           But
           because
           a
           general
           View
           of
           too
           many
           things
           may
           tend
           to
           Evaporate
           our
           Thoughts
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           fix
           them
           .
           There
           is
           in
           the
           Words
           that
           I
           have
           read
           ,
           one
           Particular
           set
           before
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           which
           carries
           indeed
           a
           great
           variety
           of
           Instruction
           in
           it
           :
           They
           are
           called
           on
           to
           remember
           
             what
             Balak
             the
             King
             of
             Moab
             Consulted
             ,
             and
             what
             Balaam
             the
             Son
             of
             Beor
             Answered
             .
          
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           the
           setting
           this
           in
           its
           true
           light
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           to
           take
           a
           short
           view
           of
           that
           Transaction
           .
           When
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           after
           their
           long
           march
           through
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           were
           ●ome
           near
           the
           Border
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           which
           God
           ●ad
           given
           them
           ,
           two
           Kings
           that
           were
           in
           their
           ●ay
           ,
           
           
             Sihon
          
           King
           of
           the
           
             Amorites
          
           and
           
             Og
          
           the
           
           the
           King
           of
           
             Bashan
             ,
          
           not
           only
           refused
           them
           passage
           through
           their
           Kingdoms
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           desired
           in
           a
           Regular
           and
           Peaceable
           way
           ;
           but
           not
           satisfied
           with
           this
           ,
           they
           carried
           the
           Matter
           further
           ,
           and
           brought
           together
           their
           Forces
           to
           stop
           their
           march
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           defeated
           and
           their
           Kingdoms
           were
           conquered
           .
           Upon
           this
           
             Balak
          
           King
           of
           
             Moab
          
           apprehended
           that
           he
           might
           likewise
           become
           a
           Prey
           to
           them
           :
           so
           he
           fancying
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           Peculiar
           Gods
           for
           every
           Nation
           and
           that
           the
           Successes
           of
           a
           Nation
           depended
           on
           the
           prevalency
           of
           the
           Deity
           that
           protected
           it
           ,
           sent
           to
           
             Balaam
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           Prophet
           held
           in
           Veneration
           in
           those
           Parts
           ,
           hoping
           that
           if
           he
           could
           be
           got
           to
           curse
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           Divinity
           which
           inspired
           him
           would
           espouse
           the
           Qua●rel
           .
           It
           were
           too
           long
           a
           Digression
           here
           to
           examine
           
             Balaams
          
           Prophecy
           ,
           who
           seems
           to
           have
           acknowledged
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           ha●
           Divine
           Inspirations
           .
           He
           had
           a
           strange
           mixture
           in
           him
           ,
           an
           Awe
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           love
           〈◊〉
           Money
           ;
           he
           was
           a
           Prophet
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           ye●
           a
           Servant
           of
           the
           Devil
           ;
           he
           either
           could
           no●
           or
           would
           not
           falsifie
           the
           Divine
           Enthusiasm
           that
           were
           Imprest
           on
           his
           Mind
           ,
           and
           yet
           〈◊〉
           
           could
           give
           the
           most
           effectual
           Council
           possible
           to
           
             Balak
             ,
          
           for
           his
           first
           debauching
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           and
           then
           destroying
           them
           .
           The
           most
           probable
           account
           of
           Balaam's
           Inspiration
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           God
           continued
           for
           some
           Ages
           after
           the
           Flood
           ,
           to
           raise
           up
           in
           several
           Nations
           Prophets
           by
           an
           immediate
           Commission
           to
           be
           his
           Witnesses
           against
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Corruption
           of
           the
           Traditional
           Religion
           ,
           which
           was
           handed
           down
           by
           the
           first
           and
           long-liv'd
           Patriarchs
           :
           But
           so
           imperfect
           was
           this
           Conveiance
           ,
           though
           the
           long
           Lives
           of
           the
           Fathers
           gave
           it
           advantages
           ,
           which
           it
           could
           never
           have
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           Men
           did
           very
           quickly
           corrupt
           both
           their
           Religion
           and
           their
           Morals
           ;
           and
           in
           Abraham's
           time
           Idolatry
           had
           got
           strange
           footing
           all
           the
           World
           over
           :
           Men
           in
           all
           Ages
           have
           had
           a
           strange
           biass
           to
           a
           sensible
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           visible
           Object
           of
           it
           .
           In
           many
           of
           these
           Nations
           it
           is
           highly
           probable
           ,
           that
           God
           raised
           up
           both
           Prophets
           and
           Preachers
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           be
           without
           excuse
           :
           And
           as
           
             Noah
          
           warned
           the
           Old
           World
           ,
           and
           
             Lot
          
           the
           Men
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           before
           those
           Terrible
           Judgments
           of
           God
           which
           destroyed
           them
           fell
           upon
           them
           ;
           so
           
             Melchisedeck
          
           and
           
             Balaam
          
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           
           inspired
           Persons
           ,
           in
           whom
           God
           made
           the
           last
           Essay
           upon
           these
           Nations
           .
           But
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           the
           former
           was
           a
           Person
           that
           did
           in
           all
           things
           answer
           his
           Character
           ;
           whereas
           the
           other
           was
           only
           passive
           in
           his
           Inspirations
           ;
           but
           these
           had
           no
           effect
           upon
           himself
           ;
           so
           that
           while
           he
           Preached
           to
           others
           he
           himself
           was
           a
           Reprobate
           :
           For
           though
           God
           made
           such
           impressions
           on
           his
           Imagination
           ,
           as
           gave
           him
           views
           of
           future
           Events
           ,
           and
           furnished
           him
           in
           the
           expressing
           them
           with
           a
           due
           degree
           of
           Sublimity
           of
           Stile
           ,
           yet
           these
           neither
           came
           from
           his
           Heart
           ,
           nor
           could
           make
           any
           Impression
           upon
           it
           .
           He
           loved
           Balak's
           Presents
           ,
           
           which
           are
           called
           the
           
             rewards
             of
             his
             Divination
             ,
          
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           gladly
           have
           done
           any
           thing
           to
           have
           deserved
           them
           at
           his
           hands
           ;
           yet
           he
           was
           so
           restrained
           by
           the
           Divine
           Prohibition
           ,
           that
           he
           refused
           to
           go
           to
           him
           at
           first
           :
           But
           a
           second
           Message
           ,
           carried
           by
           more
           Honourable
           Messengers
           ,
           
           enforced
           with
           a
           Promise
           of
           
             Promoting
             him
             to
             great
             honour
             ,
             and
             of
             doing
             whatsoever
             he
             should
             desire
             of
             him
             ,
          
           was
           a
           Bait
           which
           he
           could
           not
           reject
           ;
           so
           his
           Heart
           being
           set
           on
           going
           ,
           God
           so
           far
           gave
           way
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           suffered
           him
           to
           go
           ,
           
           that
           from
           the
           Prophesies
           which
           he
           should
           be
           forced
           to
           Pronounce
           ,
           there
           
           might
           be
           a
           further
           Declaration
           made
           of
           his
           Blessing
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           not
           only
           in
           the
           Success
           and
           Prosperity
           that
           was
           then
           to
           attend
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           in
           that
           wonderful
           view
           that
           was
           given
           him
           of
           a
           Star
           ,
           that
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           of
           time
           should
           shine
           ,
           
           and
           that
           then
           
             a
             Scepter
             should
             rise
             out
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           
           to
           which
           all
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           should
           submit
           ;
           
             for
             out
             of
             Iacob
             should
             he
             come
             that
             was
             to
             have
             Dominion
             .
             Balak
          
           according
           to
           his
           fond
           and
           Superstitious
           Notions
           ,
           fancied
           that
           the
           offering
           many
           Sacrifices
           ,
           and
           the
           giving
           
             Balaam
          
           a
           new
           Prospect
           of
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           in
           several
           Places
           ,
           would
           have
           changed
           the
           Matter
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           gave
           him
           three
           different
           views
           of
           them
           ,
           at
           every
           one
           of
           which
           there
           were
           Seven
           Altars
           built
           ,
           and
           a
           Bullock
           and
           a
           Ram
           were
           offered
           on
           every
           one
           of
           these
           Altars
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           Preparation
           that
           
             Balak
          
           made
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           shifting
           the
           Scene
           of
           often
           ,
           had
           no
           other
           Effect
           ,
           
           but
           that
           reitterated
           Blessings
           on
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           were
           Pronounced
           at
           every
           time
           :
           And
           when
           this
           provoked
           
             Balak
          
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           no
           more
           of
           Balaam's
           Prophesies
           ,
           
           he
           then
           of
           himself
           gave
           forth
           the
           most
           express
           and
           positive
           one
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           ,
           of
           their
           Success
           ,
           and
           
           of
           that
           vast
           Glory
           that
           should
           accrue
           to
           them
           ,
           when
           that
           Prince
           ,
           whose
           appearance
           should
           be
           accompanied
           with
           a
           Star
           ,
           should
           come
           .
           But
           though
           
             Balaam
             ,
          
           
           as
           he
           said
           himself
           ,
           
             had
             no
             power
             to
             speak
             any
             thing
             but
             the
             words
             which
             God
             should
             put
             in
             his
             mouth
             ;
          
           in
           which
           it
           seems
           he
           was
           so
           intirely
           Passive
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           not
           at
           all
           Master
           of
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           fell
           into
           those
           Trances
           ;
           yet
           after
           those
           Essays
           he
           had
           vainly
           made
           to
           Curse
           them
           ,
           he
           offer●d
           an
           advice
           to
           
             Balak
             ,
          
           that
           had
           a
           more
           certain
           Effect
           than
           all
           the
           Curses
           that
           were
           desired
           from
           him
           could
           have
           had
           ;
           which
           was
           this
           ,
           he
           knew
           well
           that
           God's
           favour
           to
           that
           People
           was
           Conditional
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           last
           no
           longer
           than
           they
           should
           continue
           observing
           their
           Part
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           therefore
           he
           Counselled
           
             Balak
          
           to
           endeavour
           first
           to
           Corrupt
           their
           Morals
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           Debauch
           them
           in
           their
           Religion
           ;
           or
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           Rev.
           2.
           4.
           
           
             He
             taught
          
           Balak
           
             to
             cast
             a
             Stumbling-block
             before
             the
             People
             of
             Israel
             ,
             to
             eat
             things
             Sacrific'd
             to
             Idols
             ,
             and
             to
             commit
             Fornication
             ;
          
           lewd
           Women
           were
           sent
           in
           among
           them
           ,
           to
           intice
           them
           first
           to
           Vice
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           
             Baal-peor
             ;
          
           the
           Rites
           of
           which
           were
           so
           Indecent
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Scripture
           wraps
           them
           
           up
           in
           general
           words
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           better
           to
           pass
           them
           over
           ,
           than
           to
           explain
           them
           .
           This
           had
           the
           desired
           effect
           ;
           the
           People
           did
           defile
           themselves
           in
           both
           ;
           
             They
             sate
             down
             to
             eat
             and
             drink
             ,
             and
             rose
             up
             to
             play
             .
          
           But
           ,
           though
           God
           was
           by
           this
           highly
           provoked
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           deliver
           them
           up
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           he
           sent
           a
           Plague
           among
           them
           ,
           by
           which
           in
           one
           day
           there
           fell
           Four
           and
           twenty
           Thousand
           .
           
           This
           was
           done
           in
           
             Shittim
             ,
          
           which
           is
           here
           mentioned
           in
           my
           Text
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           had
           broke
           out
           
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           so
           severe
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           besides
           the
           destruction
           made
           by
           the
           Plague
           ,
           
             Moses
          
           was
           commanded
           by
           God
           to
           
             hang
             up
             all
             the
             Heads
             of
             the
             People
             against
             the
             Sun
             ;
          
           and
           he
           charged
           the
           Judges
           to
           
             stay
             every
             one
             of
             them
             his
             Men
             that
             were
             joined
             unto
             Baalpeor
             ;
          
           this
           struck
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           were
           weeping
           before
           the
           Door
           of
           the
           Tabernacle
           .
           But
           so
           impudent
           a
           thing
           is
           Vice
           ,
           when
           strengthned
           by
           Idolatry
           ,
           that
           
             Zunri
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           brought
           in
           a
           Prostitute
           before
           them
           all
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           gloried
           in
           that
           which
           was
           his
           shame
           .
           This
           was
           an
           Object
           that
           must
           needs
           have
           given
           Horrour
           
           to
           all
           that
           saw
           it
           ,
           
           and
           it
           raised
           such
           Indignation
           in
           
             Phinehas
             ,
          
           that
           in
           a
           Transport
           of
           Zeal
           he
           killed
           them
           both
           ;
           upon
           which
           the
           Plague
           was
           staid
           ,
           God
           was
           reconciled
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Battel
           which
           they
           had
           soon
           after
           this
           ,
           
           
             Balaam
             ,
          
           that
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           cursed
           Advice
           ,
           was
           slain
           :
           This
           is
           that
           transaction
           which
           the
           Prophet
           calls
           upon
           them
           to
           remember
           ,
           and
           in
           doing
           it
           ,
           to
           
             consider
             of
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Lord.
             Righteousness
          
           in
           the
           strict
           notion
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           is
           
             Iustice
             ;
          
           and
           in
           that
           sence
           they
           might
           ,
           in
           calling
           to
           mind
           the
           passages
           of
           that
           story
           ,
           reflect
           on
           God's
           righteous
           Judgments
           in
           punishing
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           departed
           from
           him
           ,
           in
           sending
           a
           Plague
           among
           them
           ;
           in
           stopping
           it
           upon
           their
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           upon
           Phinehas's
           zealous
           deportment
           ;
           and
           in
           turning
           the
           course
           of
           his
           Wrath
           upon
           the
           wicked
           Instruments
           that
           had
           cast
           those
           Temptations
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           particularly
           on
           
             Balaam
             ,
          
           the
           chief
           Author
           of
           the
           Counsel
           .
           
           But
           if
           
             Righteousness
          
           may
           be
           taken
           ,
           
           as
           it
           often
           is
           ,
           in
           a
           larger
           sence
           ,
           
           for
           
             Goodness
          
           and
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           
           then
           these
           words
           import
           this
           ,
           That
           in
           reflecting
           on
           that
           Story
           ,
           they
           should
           observe
           God's
           Goodness
           to
           
           his
           People
           ,
           in
           disappointing
           all
           the
           Designs
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           in
           restraining
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           willingly
           divined
           for
           hire
           ,
           and
           prophesied
           whatsoever
           
             Balak
          
           should
           have
           dictated
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           in
           not
           suffering
           that
           Corruption
           ,
           which
           began
           to
           spread
           among
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           to
           go
           long
           unpunished
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           early
           punishing
           of
           a
           few
           ,
           staying
           the
           Progress
           of
           the
           Defection
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           zealous
           performance
           of
           
             Phinehas
             ,
          
           staying
           the
           Plague
           likewise
           .
           Here
           are
           eminent
           Characters
           both
           of
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           since
           the
           People
           were
           at
           this
           time
           so
           apt
           to
           fall
           into
           Idolatry
           ,
           it
           was
           fit
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           both
           of
           the
           Severity
           and
           of
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           in
           both
           they
           might
           see
           effectual
           Reasons
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           serve
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           in
           the
           following
           words
           ,
           in
           
             doing
             Iustice
             ,
             loving
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             in
             walking
             humbly
             with
             their
             God.
             
          
        
         
           So
           far
           I
           have
           gone
           in
           explaining
           my
           Text
           ,
           as
           it
           related
           to
           the
           People
           of
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           I
           come
           now
           to
           make
           it
           look
           towards
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           Blessings
           of
           this
           Happy
           day
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           stretch
           the
           Parallel
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           every
           thing
           come
           within
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           force
           any
           
           strained
           Allusions
           ,
           but
           shall
           only
           consider
           such
           things
           as
           are
           both
           obvious
           and
           easie
           .
           It
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           had
           got
           out
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Bondage
           ,
           the
           neighbouring
           Nations
           began
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           us
           ,
           they
           combined
           against
           us
           ,
           to
           enslave
           and
           destroy
           us
           ;
           they
           had
           their
           false
           Prophet
           more
           entirely
           at
           their
           command
           ,
           than
           
             Balaam
          
           was
           at
           Balak's
           ,
           who
           was
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           accord
           ,
           ready
           enough
           to
           curse
           us
           :
           he
           needed
           no
           Hire
           to
           be
           perswaded
           to
           it
           ,
           his
           own
           Interest
           was
           deep
           enough
           engaged
           in
           it
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           his
           Thunders
           were
           spent
           in
           angry
           and
           lofty
           words
           ,
           without
           the
           designed
           effect
           :
           Wars
           were
           indeed
           raised
           within
           and
           without
           ,
           and
           a
           mighty
           League
           was
           formed
           above
           an
           Age
           ago
           ,
           which
           went
           on
           with
           great
           success
           for
           several
           years
           ,
           till
           it
           had
           its
           Crisis
           in
           88
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           Fleet
           ,
           armed
           with
           all
           that
           either
           the
           Blessings
           or
           Curses
           of
           that
           See
           could
           add
           to
           it
           ,
           came
           against
           us
           ,
           while
           we
           seemed
           to
           be
           as
           Sheep
           numbred
           out
           to
           the
           Slaughter
           ,
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           appointed
           to
           be
           Slaves
           ;
           but
           all
           this
           Storm
           went
           over
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           we
           had
           many
           occasions
           ,
           that
           invited
           us
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           when
           all
           that
           
           Scene
           of
           Curses
           was
           spent
           and
           turned
           on
           them
           that
           had
           denounc'd
           them
           against
           us
           :
           Then
           the
           open
           Methods
           of
           Enmity
           proving
           so
           unsuccessful
           ,
           secreter
           Practices
           were
           thought
           the
           safer
           :
           We
           were
           cursed
           ,
           and
           devoted
           to
           endless
           Destruction
           ,
           so
           that
           nothing
           was
           thought
           too
           bad
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           succession
           of
           many
           Conspiracies
           ,
           the
           Life
           of
           that
           Great
           Princess
           ,
           upon
           which
           our
           Safety
           then
           depended
           ,
           was
           struck
           at
           ;
           most
           of
           those
           were
           well
           laid
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           were
           almost
           quite
           ripe
           ,
           when
           by
           unlook'd-for
           Accidents
           and
           Methods
           they
           were
           discovered
           :
           At
           last
           a
           Design
           was
           laid
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           was
           a
           complicated
           Train
           of
           all
           the
           Mischief
           that
           could
           possibly
           be
           done
           us
           in
           one
           minute
           ;
           and
           even
           that
           was
           brought
           so
           near
           its
           conclusion
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           the
           tenderness
           of
           a
           Sister
           prevailed
           over
           her
           zeal
           for
           her
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           preserving
           her
           Brother
           ,
           as
           is
           generally
           believed
           ,
           the
           greatest
           and
           happiest
           Nation
           in
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           had
           become
           ,
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           the
           most
           miserable
           .
           How
           far
           this
           was
           concerted
           among
           the
           
             Balaks
          
           and
           
             Balaams
          
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           certainly
           know
           :
           But
           ,
           a
           Case
           of
           this
           nature
           being
           put
           by
           one
           of
           their
           Writers
           some
           years
           before
           ,
           
           in
           a
           printed
           Book
           ,
           and
           determined
           in
           the
           Negative
           ,
           That
           a
           Priest
           was
           bound
           not
           to
           reveal
           any
           such
           design
           ,
           if
           discovered
           to
           him
           in
           Confession
           ;
           gives
           a
           shrewd
           indication
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           then
           projected
           among
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           have
           never
           seemed
           guilty
           of
           the
           least
           tenderness
           of
           Nature
           ,
           when
           Heresie
           was
           in
           the
           case
           .
           But
           when
           their
           Curses
           proved
           harmless
           things
           ,
           and
           their
           Designs
           were
           fatal
           only
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           Friends
           ;
           then
           they
           fell
           on
           new
           Methods
           ,
           which
           have
           indeed
           succeeded
           better
           with
           them
           .
           One
           has
           been
           the
           dividing
           us
           among
           our selves
           ,
           and
           the
           engaging
           us
           into
           such
           mutual
           quarrellings
           ,
           that
           their
           assistance
           might
           be
           alwaies
           some
           way
           or
           other
           necessary
           to
           the
           Party
           that
           was
           deprest
           .
           Thus
           ,
           though
           they
           themselves
           were
           the
           most
           inconsiderable
           Party
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           so
           managed
           the
           matter
           by
           shifting
           sides
           ,
           as
           their
           Interests
           led
           them
           to
           it
           ;
           that
           they
           who
           could
           not
           have
           stood
           it
           out
           by
           their
           own
           strength
           ,
           yet
           by
           joining
           themselves
           to
           those
           who
           needed
           such
           an
           accession
           ,
           and
           were
           willing
           to
           support
           themselves
           by
           it
           ,
           came
           not
           only
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           a
           much
           more
           considerable
           
           Figure
           among
           us
           ,
           than
           without
           those
           their
           Practices
           and
           our
           own
           Follies
           ,
           they
           could
           ever
           have
           pretended
           to
           .
           They
           had
           Art
           enough
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           to
           make
           one
           side
           maintain
           vigorously
           some
           indifferent
           things
           ,
           while
           they
           could
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           engage
           the
           other
           to
           as
           obstinate
           an
           opposition
           to
           them
           :
           They
           knew
           well
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Dispute
           ,
           which
           side
           soever
           lost
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           gain
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           weakening
           that
           it
           gave
           us
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           advantages
           that
           it
           furnished
           them
           :
           For
           ,
           while
           we
           grew
           afraid
           only
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           angry
           only
           at
           one
           another
           ;
           they
           were
           no
           more
           lookt
           after
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           had
           opportunities
           to
           work
           so
           long
           under
           ground
           and
           unobserved
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           almost
           quite
           undermined
           us
           before
           we
           were
           sensible
           of
           our
           danger
           :
           And
           when
           they
           could
           conceal
           it
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Mask
           must
           fall
           off
           ,
           they
           even
           then
           could
           so
           far
           work
           on
           our
           mutual
           Animosities
           as
           to
           make
           us
           Instruments
           for
           doing
           half
           their
           work
           :
           while
           some
           were
           so
           far
           deluded
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           their
           Tools
           in
           the
           destroying
           our
           Civil
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           had
           complained
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           had
           yet
           no
           sooner
           an
           opportunity
           offered
           
           them
           ,
           than
           they
           struck
           in
           to
           overthrow
           all
           the
           Security
           that
           we
           had
           for
           our
           Religion
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           enjoying
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           when
           the
           price
           of
           it
           was
           the
           owning
           a
           Dispensing
           Power
           ,
           that
           must
           needs
           have
           devoured
           all
           in
           a
           little
           time
           .
           So
           that
           both
           sides
           have
           deserved
           by
           Turns
           this
           Reproach
           ;
           That
           our
           Enemies
           could
           manage
           their
           Passions
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           graft
           their
           own
           Designs
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           them
           grow
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           only
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           That
           the
           last
           deceived
           are
           certainly
           the
           more
           inexcusable
           ,
           since
           they
           had
           seen
           and
           censured
           other
           mens
           Errors
           ,
           and
           yet
           fell
           into
           the
           same
           Follies
           themselves
           ,
           when
           the
           Designs
           were
           become
           more
           barefac'd
           ;
           and
           ,
           by
           consequence
           ,
           Errors
           of
           that
           sort
           were
           the
           more
           Criminal
           .
           This
           we
           have
           all
           felt
           ,
           so
           long
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           now
           reasonably
           expected
           ,
           that
           the
           Experience
           of
           past-times
           ,
           and
           the
           publick
           and
           solemn
           Promises
           that
           were
           made
           in
           the
           late
           Distress
           ,
           should
           now
           bring
           us
           to
           a
           right
           temper
           ,
           and
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           now
           join
           all
           our
           Forces
           together
           ,
           for
           we
           shall
           have
           occasion
           for
           our
           whole
           strength
           ,
           while
           we
           struggle
           with
           such
           powerful
           and
           vigilant
           Enemies
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           But
           the
           second
           Artifice
           ,
           which
           comes
           nearer
           to
           that
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           has
           been
           no
           less
           succesful
           to
           Them
           ,
           than
           fatal
           to
           Us
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           The
           vitiating
           all
           our
           Notions
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           corrupting
           the
           Morals
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           that
           they
           thought
           it
           was
           a
           good
           step
           to
           bring
           us
           over
           to
           
             their
             Religion
             ,
          
           once
           to
           make
           us
           have
           
             none
             of
             our
             own
             .
          
           True
           Morality
           can
           never
           bear
           a
           Religion
           that
           dissolves
           all
           Duties
           ,
           and
           dispences
           with
           all
           Obligations
           ;
           nor
           can
           a
           sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           once
           rightly
           awak'ned
           ,
           bear
           the
           impositions
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           Infallibility
           :
           Therefore
           it
           was
           necessary
           for
           them
           to
           propagate
           Atheism
           among
           us
           ,
           since
           men
           that
           had
           no
           Religion
           could
           easily
           be
           brought
           to
           profess
           that
           which
           is
           next
           to
           none
           ,
           and
           that
           agreed
           best
           with
           their
           Interests
           .
           And
           this
           they
           carried
           on
           in
           one
           respect
           very
           avowedly
           ;
           for
           in
           their
           Books
           they
           studied
           plainly
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           men
           could
           have
           no
           Certainty
           for
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           unless
           they
           took
           it
           on
           their
           word
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           set
           themselves
           to
           weaken
           the
           force
           of
           all
           those
           Arguments
           by
           which
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           is
           proved
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           the
           whole
           Authority
           of
           it
           
           upon
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           This
           was
           no
           small
           comfort
           to
           the
           Atheists
           ,
           who
           from
           the
           common
           Principles
           of
           Sense
           saw
           the
           unreasonableness
           of
           believing
           or
           submitting
           implicitly
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           glad
           to
           be
           told
           that
           this
           was
           all
           the
           Evidence
           that
           could
           be
           brought
           for
           Christianity
           it self
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           debauching
           our
           Morals
           ,
           was
           that
           which
           seemed
           chiefly
           necessary
           for
           the
           compleating
           their
           Designs
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           their
           Agents
           had
           too
           much
           matter
           to
           work
           upon
           .
           The
           folly
           and
           hypocrisie
           of
           some
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           late
           Times
           had
           given
           great
           Advantages
           against
           the
           profession
           of
           Religion
           ,
           was
           a
           handle
           that
           they
           failed
           not
           to
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           render
           all
           secret
           Prayer
           ,
           the
           reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           shews
           of
           Piety
           ,
           ridiculous
           ;
           Morality
           was
           thought
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           mean
           Education
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           narrow
           Mind
           ;
           True
           Piety
           was
           despised
           as
           a
           Cant
           ;
           The
           strictness
           of
           Virtue
           ,
           the
           fidelity
           to
           the
           Vow
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           Sobriety
           ,
           were
           put
           out
           of
           countenance
           ,
           as
           signs
           of
           ill-breeding
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           weak
           and
           superstitious
           temper
           .
           It
           
           look'd
           big
           and
           gallant
           to
           laugh
           at
           Religion
           ,
           to
           despise
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           affront
           those
           that
           Ministred
           in
           Holy
           Things
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           up
           for
           the
           most
           avowed
           Disorders
           on
           that
           Day
           which
           is
           dedicated
           to
           the
           Worship
           of
           God.
           The
           open
           practice
           of
           the
           blackest
           Vices
           ,
           was
           a
           good
           step
           to
           assure
           a
           man
           of
           their
           favour
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           him
           pass
           for
           one
           on
           whom
           they
           could
           depend
           .
           Instruments
           of
           Vice
           were
           ready
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Design
           :
           and
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           been
           to
           be
           drawn
           to
           their
           Idolatry
           by
           the
           same
           sort
           of
           persons
           that
           were
           sent
           in
           by
           
             Balak
          
           to
           corrupt
           the
           
             Israalites
             ,
          
           their
           
             Balaks
          
           had
           likewise
           their
           
             Moabitish
          
           Women
           to
           send
           among
           us
           ;
           which
           was
           practised
           almost
           as
           barefacedly
           as
           when
           
             Zimri
          
           brought
           in
           
             Cosbi
          
           before
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Tabernacle
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           a
           Train
           that
           being
           once
           laid
           ,
           and
           having
           taken
           fire
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           prove
           fatal
           to
           a
           Nation
           that
           is
           but
           too
           apt
           to
           be
           corrupted
           ;
           and
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           we
           feel
           to
           this
           day
           :
           For
           Vice
           having
           over-run
           us
           so
           entirely
           as
           once
           it
           did
           ,
           we
           cannot
           be
           soon
           freed
           from
           so
           infectious
           a
           Disease
           ;
           which
           ,
           wheresoever
           it
           once
           takes
           root
           ,
           drives
           it
           so
           deep
           ,
           that
           it
           
           cannot
           be
           easily
           extirpated
           .
           When
           a
           Nation
           is
           once
           given
           up
           to
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           profuseness
           of
           living
           ,
           to
           Falshood
           and
           Treachery
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           arts
           of
           dissembling
           and
           supplanting
           one
           another
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           the
           work
           of
           an
           Age
           to
           bring
           men
           back
           to
           a
           decent
           Frugality
           and
           Sobriety
           ,
           to
           an
           exactness
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           a
           strictness
           of
           Virtue
           .
           Nature
           will
           be
           long
           of
           the
           side
           of
           Pleasure
           and
           Interest
           ;
           these
           things
           being
           soon
           learned
           ,
           and
           foarce
           ever
           forgotten
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           a
           due
           reflection
           on
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           we
           must
           come
           at
           last
           to
           know
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           God
           has
           
             disappointed
             the
             Councels
             of
             our
             Enemies
             ,
          
           and
           made
           all
           their
           
             Diviners
             mad
             ;
          
           they
           have
           been
           taken
           in
           
             their
             own
             Craft
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Net
             which
             they
             laid
             for
             us
             was
             their
             own
             foot
             taken
             .
          
           In
           every
           step
           that
           they
           made
           ,
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Giddiness
           and
           Infatuation
           seemed
           to
           have
           been
           poured
           out
           upon
           them
           .
           I
           need
           not
           repeat
           things
           that
           must
           still
           be
           fresh
           in
           all
           your
           memorie
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           so
           long
           ;
           for
           we
           must
           ever
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           we
           owe
           our
           Preservation
           and
           Deliverance
           much
           more
           to
           Their
           Folly
           ,
           than
           to
           Our
           own
           Wisdom
           .
           When
           we
           were
           broken
           
           to
           pieces
           ,
           they
           used
           Arts
           on
           design
           indeed
           to
           divide
           us
           further
           ,
           but
           they
           helped
           to
           reconcile
           us
           :
           When
           we
           were
           guilty
           ,
           even
           to
           madness
           ,
           of
           believing
           every
           Promise
           that
           they
           made
           us
           ,
           they
           took
           care
           to
           let
           us
           see
           how
           little
           regard
           they
           themselves
           had
           to
           any
           of
           them
           :
           When
           we
           could
           not
           believe
           that
           they
           would
           break
           any
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           they
           broke
           through
           them
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           shewed
           us
           what
           feeble
           things
           either
           Promises
           or
           Laws
           are
           ,
           when
           Heresie
           stands
           in
           their
           way
           .
           And
           thus
           God
           in
           his
           just
           and
           righteous
           Judgments
           suffered
           them
           so
           far
           to
           precipitate
           all
           matters
           ,
           that
           they
           ruined
           their
           own
           designs
           by
           their
           over
           driving
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           have
           acknowledged
           that
           God
           had
           been
           just
           and
           righteous
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           delivered
           us
           over
           as
           a
           prey
           unto
           them
           .
           We
           had
           by
           our
           contempt
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           ill
           use
           we
           had
           made
           of
           all
           his
           Mercies
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           former
           Deliverances
           ,
           provoked
           him
           to
           cast
           us
           off
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           extreme
           Miseries
           into
           which
           he
           has
           cast
           other
           Churches
           ,
           the
           long
           Oppression
           ,
           and
           the
           hard
           struggle
           through
           which
           
             Scotland
          
           has
           pass'd
           ,
           and
           the
           pangs
           in
           which
           
             Ireland
          
           continues
           still
           ,
           being
           
           now
           a
           Scene
           of
           Blood
           and
           Misery
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           be
           so
           yet
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           more
           effectually
           interpose
           for
           bringing
           their
           Deliverance
           to
           a
           quicker
           Conclusion
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           compare
           with
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           gentle
           Visitation
           that
           we
           have
           had
           ,
           and
           that
           has
           pass'd
           over
           us
           in
           so
           easie
           and
           harmless
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           few
           broke
           their
           sleep
           ,
           or
           interrupted
           their
           method
           of
           living
           for
           it
           :
           We
           must
           ,
           in
           our
           reflections
           on
           these
           things
           ,
           change
           the
           signification
           of
           the
           word
           
             Righteousness
             ,
          
           and
           instead
           of
           using
           it
           in
           the
           sense
           that
           imports
           
             strict
             Iustice
             ,
          
           we
           must
           take
           it
           in
           the
           other
           that
           imports
           
             Mercy
             and
             Goodness
             ;
          
           for
           who
           can
           reflect
           on
           these
           Two
           
             Fifths
             of
             November
             ,
          
           without
           adoring
           the
           riches
           of
           God's
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           to
           us
           in
           them
           both
           ?
           The
           former
           was
           in
           it self
           a
           great
           Deliverance
           ,
           but
           its
           Consequences
           were
           not
           so
           signal
           as
           might
           have
           been
           expected
           .
           If
           that
           cursed
           Train
           had
           wrought
           the
           designed
           Effect
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           indeed
           the
           most
           fatal
           Blow
           that
           ever
           was
           given
           :
           but
           after
           all
           ,
           the
           Nation
           ,
           tho'
           cast
           by
           it
           into
           a
           most
           dreadful
           Convulsion
           ,
           would
           probably
           have
           had
           strength
           enough
           to
           have
           recovered
           it self
           ;
           the
           Crime
           would
           have
           been
           revenged
           ,
           and
           
           the
           Nation
           for
           ever
           purged
           from
           all
           such
           Instruments
           of
           Cruelty
           .
           The
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Discovery
           ,
           and
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           on
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           had
           particular
           Characters
           of
           his
           Righteousness
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           prevarications
           and
           denials
           of
           the
           Criminals
           had
           also
           their
           Characters
           of
           that
           cursed
           School
           in
           which
           they
           had
           learned
           the
           depths
           of
           Satan
           .
           The
           whole
           thing
           was
           such
           a
           Contexture
           of
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           Man
           on
           the
           One
           hand
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           on
           the
           Other
           ,
           as
           is
           indeed
           without
           an
           Example
           in
           the
           Histories
           of
           former
           Times
           .
        
         
           But
           without
           derogating
           from
           the
           Blessing
           of
           such
           a
           Wonderful
           Preservation
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           affirmed
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           Danger
           which
           we
           lately
           run
           was
           greater
           ,
           so
           by
           Consequence
           ,
           the
           Deliverance
           which
           had
           its
           beginning
           this
           day
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           the
           fresher
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           more
           sensible
           to
           us
           ;
           but
           is
           likewise
           the
           more
           Important
           in
           it self
           of
           the
           two
           .
           The
           
             Gunpowder-Treason
          
           was
           a
           Personal
           thing
           ,
           but
           the
           late
           Conspiracy
           was
           National
           :
           The
           former
           was
           levelled
           at
           the
           person
           of
           one
           King
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Branches
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           but
           the
           latter
           was
           against
           the
           Crown
           
           it self
           ;
           by
           which
           one
           half
           of
           that
           Authority
           that
           belongs
           to
           it
           ,
           was
           to
           have
           been
           surrendred
           up
           to
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           half
           must
           have
           become
           tributary
           to
           
             France
             .
          
           Our
           Religion
           must
           indeed
           have
           suffered
           highly
           by
           the
           one
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           to
           have
           been
           quite
           extirpated
           by
           the
           other
           .
           A
           great
           many
           had
           perished
           in
           a
           quick
           and
           sudden
           fire
           by
           the
           one
           ;
           whereas
           the
           end
           of
           the
           other
           would
           have
           been
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           all
           have
           languished
           in
           such
           slow
           fires
           as
           Inquisitors
           might
           have
           made
           for
           us
           ,
           or
           under
           the
           studied
           Cruelties
           of
           Dragoons
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           
             French
          
           Pattern
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           not
           have
           consigned
           our selves
           over
           to
           Everlasting
           Burnings
           ,
           by
           renouncing
           our
           Religion
           .
           Our
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           might
           have
           suffered
           in
           the
           One
           ,
           tho'
           
             Spain
          
           at
           that
           time
           was
           not
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           have
           made
           so
           great
           a
           Conquest
           :
           But
           all
           must
           have
           gone
           now
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           so
           vast
           a
           Power
           so
           near
           them
           as
           
             France
          
           is
           ,
           to
           have
           supported
           and
           compleated
           that
           Destruction
           of
           our
           Liberties
           which
           was
           so
           barefacedly
           begun
           ,
           and
           that
           had
           already
           made
           so
           great
           a
           progress
           among
           us
           .
        
         
         
           And
           when
           I
           have
           named
           
             France
             ,
          
           I
           have
           said
           all
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           give
           you
           a
           Compleat
           Idea
           of
           the
           Blackest
           Tyranny
           over
           Mens
           Consciences
           ,
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           that
           can
           possibly
           be
           imagined
           ,
           where
           every
           Thing
           that
           the
           Subject
           possesses
           is
           at
           the
           Mercy
           of
           a
           boundless
           Power
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Severity
           that
           has
           no
           mixtures
           either
           of
           Truth
           or
           Goodness
           to
           govern
           or
           allay
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           which
           Subjects
           are
           treated
           with
           as
           much
           Cruelty
           ,
           as
           Enemies
           are
           with
           Barbarity
           ;
           That
           has
           broke
           thro
           all
           that
           is
           Sacred
           among
           Men
           ,
           and
           has
           bid
           Defiance
           both
           to
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           .
           This
           is
           a
           short
           view
           of
           that
           from
           which
           we
           are
           now
           a
           second
           time
           delivered
           .
           I
           need
           not
           enlarge
           on
           the
           particular
           Characters
           of
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           in
           our
           Deliverance
           .
           These
           were
           too
           visible
           not
           to
           have
           been
           observed
           by
           all
           Men
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           yet
           too
           fresh
           in
           our
           Memories
           to
           be
           forgotten
           by
           any
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           few
           are
           apt
           either
           to
           reflect
           on
           ,
           or
           to
           remember
           ,
           is
           the
           Design
           of
           Heaven
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           understand
           the
           
             loving
             Kindness
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           had
           by
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           our
           Divisions
           ,
           brought
           our selves
           very
           low
           ,
           we
           had
           provoked
           God
           ,
           and
           irritated
           one
           another
           ,
           therefore
           he
           
           has
           made
           us
           to
           see
           and
           feel
           the
           Effects
           both
           of
           our
           Sins
           and
           Follies
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           repent
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           to
           correct
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           resolve
           to
           turn
           to
           God
           in
           good
           earnest
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           provoke
           him
           any
           more
           ,
           lest
           if
           we
           stir
           up
           his
           Wrath
           again
           against
           us
           ,
           his
           Displeasure
           break
           out
           upon
           us
           in
           as
           terrible
           a
           manner
           as
           has
           been
           hitherto
           again
           and
           again
           designed
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           still
           prevented
           by
           his
           watchful
           Providence
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           grow
           ashamed
           of
           those
           Vices
           which
           have
           so
           dispirited
           and
           corrupted
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           both
           fit
           for
           Destruction
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           our selves
           an
           easy
           Prey
           to
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           being
           so
           shamefully
           degenerated
           from
           the
           Vertues
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           .
           Let
           us
           compose
           our
           Minds
           to
           softer
           Thoughts
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           that
           those
           Animosities
           which
           have
           arisen
           from
           some
           small
           Diversities
           in
           Opinions
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           may
           be
           allayed
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           may
           make
           such
           Observations
           on
           the
           Practices
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           from
           these
           to
           form
           righter
           Judgments
           of
           Things
           ,
           and
           so
           come
           to
           such
           temperate
           Resolutions
           ,
           as
           to
           love
           one
           another
           ;
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           we
           cannot
           be
           so
           wise
           ,
           or
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           agree
           all
           our
           Differences
           .
        
         
         
           And
           let
           us
           in
           a
           more
           particular
           manner
           rejoice
           in
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           who
           now
           gives
           us
           the
           hopes
           of
           happy
           Days
           ,
           under
           the
           Man
           whom
           he
           has
           made
           so
           
             strong
             for
             Himself
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           made
           first
           the
           Instrument
           of
           saving
           the
           best
           Church
           and
           People
           upon
           Earth
           after
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           who
           now
           again
           has
           been
           put
           on
           to
           preserve
           and
           rescue
           us
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           born
           to
           be
           the
           Deliverer
           and
           Darling
           of
           Mankind
           .
           God
           be
           blessed
           for
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           now
           a
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           whose
           Examples
           we
           hope
           shall
           have
           a
           great
           an
           Influence
           over
           us
           for
           making
           us
           truly
           Good
           ,
           as
           their
           Government
           has
           for
           making
           us
           really
           Happy
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           study
           to
           be
           Peaceable
           and
           Obedient
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           thankful
           to
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           need
           not
           fear
           what
           either
           the
           
             Balaks
          
           or
           the
           
             Balaams
             ,
          
           that
           are
           contriving
           our
           Destruction
           ,
           and
           consulting
           the
           Methods
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           can
           project
           or
           set
           on
           foot
           against
           us
           .
           For
           if
           we
           are
           at
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           united
           at
           Home
           ,
           we
           may
           assure
           our selves
           ,
           that
           the
           course
           of
           Blessings
           which
           has
           hitherto
           followed
           Him
           ,
           whom
           God
           in
           his
           Providence
           has
           set
           over
           us
           ,
           shall
           not
           be
           interrupted
           but
           by
           a
           glorious
           Progress
           of
           Triumphs
           it
           shall
           be
           carried
           on
           ,
           till
           both
           the
           
             Balak
          
           that
           is
           now
           set
           
           on
           our
           Destruction
           ,
           shall
           fall
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           those
           
             Balaams
          
           that
           
             divine
             for
             her
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             prophesy
             falsly
             ,
          
           be
           put
           to
           confusion
           :
           Which
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           of
           his
           great
           Mercy
           grant
           ,
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           great
           Name
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ.
           
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             .
          
        
         
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           Notes for div A30430-e300
           
             Verse
             3.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             21.
             21.
             
          
           
             Numb
             22.
             7.
             
          
           
             Verse
             13.
             15.
             
          
           
             Verse
             20.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             Verse
             17.
             19.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             23.
             24.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             24.
             10.
             17.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             22.
             23.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             25.
             v.
             1.
             
          
           
             v.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             106.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             31.
             v.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             112.
             8
             ,
             .9
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             116.
             5.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             10.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             1.
             19.