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             A sermon preached before the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled in the abbey-church at Westminster, on the thirtieth of January, 1699/700 / by the Most Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Arch-bishop of York.
             Sharp, John, 1645-1714.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           LORDS
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           IN
           The
           Abbey-Church
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           On
           the
           Thirtieth
           of
           IANUARY
           ,
           1699
           /
           1700.
           
        
         
           By
           the
           most
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           GOD
           ,
           IOHN
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           YORK
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             Leake
          
           ,
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bishop's-Head
           in
           St.
           
             Paul's
             Church-yard
          
           ,
           1700.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             TITUS
             iii.
             I.
             
          
           
             Put
             them
             in
             mind
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             to
             obey
             Magistrates
             .
          
        
         
           You
           all
           know
           what
           kind
           of
           Argument
           this
           Day
           calls
           for
           .
           For
           by
           the
           design
           of
           keeping
           it
           ,
           the
           business
           that
           the
           Preacher
           hath
           to
           do
           ,
           is
           to
           press
           Obedience
           and
           Subjection
           to
           the
           Government
           we
           live
           under
           ,
           and
           to
           Preach
           against
           Faction
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           And
           accordingly
           it
           is
           prescribed
           in
           the
           Rubrick
           of
           this
           
             Day
             's
             Service
          
           ,
           That
           if
           there
           be
           a
           Sermon
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           Homily
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           upon
           this
           Argument
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           very
           well
           that
           Authority
           hath
           taken
           care
           ,
           that
           at
           some
           Solemn
           Times
           we
           should
           Preach
           upon
           this
           Subject
           in
           a
           more
           Solemn
           Manner
           .
           Because
           though
           it
           be
           as
           needful
           as
           any
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           some
           among
           us
           that
           think
           it
           a
           very
           improper
           Theme
           for
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           had
           an
           eye
           to
           this
           Suggestion
           ,
           when
           I
           pitch'd
           upon
           these
           words
           which
           I
           have
           now
           read
           to
           you
           :
           Because
           I
           think
           there
           is
           something
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           them
           which
           will
           effectually
           confute
           it
           .
        
         
         
           St.
           Paul
           here
           lays
           his
           Charge
           upon
           Titus
           ,
           That
           he
           should
           put
           the
           People
           that
           were
           under
           his
           Care
           
             in
             mind
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             and
             to
             obey
             Magistrates
             .
          
        
         
           Two
           things
           I
           would
           here
           consider
           .
           First
           ,
           the
           Person
           that
           is
           order'd
           thus
           to
           put
           the
           People
           
             in
             mind
          
           :
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Thing
           that
           he
           is
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Principalities
           ,
           and
           Powers
           ,
           and
           Magistrates
           .
        
         
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           First
           thing
           ,
           the
           Person
           to
           whom
           St.
           Paul
           writes
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           he
           gives
           it
           in
           Charge
           that
           he
           should
           
             put
             the
             people
             in
             mind
             to
             be
             subject
             .
          
        
         
           Who
           was
           this
           Person
           ?
           Why
           it
           was
           Titus
           ,
           an
           Ecclesiastic
           ,
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           a
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           not
           a
           Lay-man
           ,
           not
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           but
           a
           pure
           Church-man
           .
           What
           can
           be
           more
           plainly
           gathered
           from
           hence
           than
           this
           ;
           That
           it
           is
           not
           foreign
           to
           a
           Clergy-man's
           Office
           to
           Preach
           Obedience
           and
           Subjection
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           but
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Function
           ,
           a
           necessary
           Duty
           incumbent
           upon
           him
           to
           do
           it
           .
           If
           any
           Man
           affirm
           otherwise
           ,
           he
           must
           either
           say
           ,
           that
           St.
           Paul
           did
           not
           rightly
           instruct
           Titus
           in
           his
           Office
           ,
           but
           enjoined
           him
           to
           do
           that
           
           which
           he
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           :
           Or
           he
           must
           shew
           that
           the
           Case
           of
           Titus
           was
           different
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           this
           day
           .
           Neither
           of
           which
           things
           can
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           be
           easily
           made
           out
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           into
           such
           Times
           are
           we
           fallen
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           taken
           ill
           by
           many
           ,
           that
           Ministers
           should
           in
           their
           Pulpit-Discourses
           meddle
           with
           these
           Matters
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           I
           think
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           Men
           it
           most
           concerns
           a
           Minister
           of
           Religion
           not
           to
           be
           a
           Busie-body
           ,
           or
           a
           Medler
           in
           other
           Mens
           Matters
           .
           For
           in
           truth
           he
           hath
           work
           enough
           to
           do
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           and
           such
           kind
           of
           work
           too
           ,
           as
           ,
           let
           him
           behave
           himself
           as
           inoffensively
           as
           he
           can
           ,
           will
           create
           him
           Difficulties
           and
           Enemies
           enow
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           would
           be
           very
           imprudent
           in
           him
           to
           usurp
           other
           Mens
           Provinces
           ,
           and
           to
           burn
           his
           fingers
           where
           he
           needs
           not
           .
           Especially
           considering
           that
           the
           Success
           of
           his
           Labours
           and
           Endeavours
           among
           the
           People
           doth
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           depend
           upon
           the
           good
           liking
           they
           have
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           is
           it
           that
           gives
           Offence
           ?
           or
           what
           is
           it
           that
           renders
           this
           Argument
           we
           are
           speaking
           of
           so
           improper
           a
           Subject
           for
           a
           Clergy-man
           to
           treat
           of
           ?
           Why
           ,
           several
           things
           are
           pretended
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           name
           some
           of
           them
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           work
           of
           a
           Clergy-man
           is
           to
           instruct
           Men
           in
           Christ's
           Religion
           ,
           to
           Preach
           against
           Vice
           and
           Sin
           ,
           and
           to
           Preach
           up
           Holiness
           and
           
             good
             Life
          
           ,
           and
           mutual
           Love
           and
           Charity
           :
           But
           what
           has
           he
           to
           do
           with
           State-Affairs
           ,
           as
           Matters
           of
           Government
           are
           ?
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           He
           hath
           nothing
           indeed
           to
           do
           with
           them
           :
           But
           his
           only
           work
           is
           to
           make
           Men
           good
           Christians
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           possess
           them
           with
           a
           hearty
           Belief
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Doctrines
           and
           Promises
           ,
           and
           persuading
           them
           to
           a
           Conformity
           in
           their
           Lives
           to
           his
           Precepts
           .
           This
           is
           our
           proper
           Work
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           attend
           to
           all
           the
           days
           of
           our
           Life
           ;
           and
           with
           
             Government
             ▪
          
           and
           
             State
             Affairs
          
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           meddle
           ,
           in
           our
           Sermons
           especially
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           doth
           not
           follow
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           are
           all
           bound
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           occasion
           ,
           to
           Preach
           up
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           to
           our
           Governours
           .
           For
           this
           is
           no
           
             State
             Affair
          
           ,
           but
           an
           Affair
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           We
           cannot
           instruct
           Men
           in
           Christ's
           Religion
           ,
           without
           instructing
           them
           in
           this
           .
        
         
           If
           indeed
           it
           was
           an
           indifferent
           thing
           to
           a
           Man's
           Christianity
           ,
           or
           to
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           whether
           he
           was
           a
           good
           or
           a
           bad
           Subject
           ;
           Then
           indeed
           it
           would
           be
           as
           indifferent
           to
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           whether
           
           he
           insisted
           on
           these
           things
           to
           the
           People
           :
           But
           it
           is
           not
           so
           .
        
         
           One
           great
           branch
           of
           Christian
           Holiness
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           declared
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           every
           Man
           demean
           himself
           quietly
           and
           peaceably
           and
           obediently
           to
           the
           Government
           he
           lives
           under
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           for
           wrath
           ,
           or
           fear
           of
           Punishment
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           Conscience-sake
           .
           And
           this
           is
           made
           as
           necessary
           a
           Condition
           of
           going
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           particular
           Vertue
           is
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           we
           will
           instruct
           Men
           in
           Christ's
           Religion
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           indispensable
           Points
           of
           Holiness
           required
           thereby
           ,
           we
           must
           instruct
           them
           in
           this
           also
           .
        
         
           One
           great
           Vice
           and
           
             damnable
             Sin
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Religion
           of
           our
           Lord
           has
           caution'd
           against
           ,
           is
           the
           Sin
           of
           Factiousness
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           our
           Duty
           to
           declare
           against
           the
           Sins
           and
           Vices
           that
           are
           contrary
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           to
           declare
           and
           caution
           against
           this
           also
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           do
           readily
           grant
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           our
           Office
           consists
           in
           most
           affectionately
           recommending
           and
           pressing
           the
           Necessity
           of
           
             mutual
             Love
          
           and
           Charity
           .
           But
           if
           this
           be
           necessary
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           more
           so
           ,
           to
           recommend
           and
           press
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           
             mutual
             Love
          
           and
           Charity
           cannot
           possibly
           subsist
           ?
           
           That
           being
           the
           common
           Ligament
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           take
           away
           That
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           no
           better
           than
           Bears
           and
           Tygers
           one
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           in
           the
           Second
           place
           ,
           That
           Preachers
           ought
           not
           to
           meddle
           with
           these
           Points
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           not
           competent
           Judges
           of
           them
           :
           They
           do
           not
           know
           the
           Measures
           and
           Limits
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Disloyalty
           ,
           of
           being
           a
           good
           ,
           and
           a
           bad
           Subject
           :
           These
           depending
           altogether
           upon
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Government
           we
           live
           under
           ;
           and
           the
           determining
           of
           them
           belongs
           to
           the
           Civil
           Courts
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           their
           Profession
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           in
           all
           those
           Instances
           ,
           wherein
           this
           Argument
           falls
           under
           the
           Cognizance
           and
           Determination
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           Iudges
           ,
           or
           Lawyers
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           meddle
           with
           it
           .
           And
           if
           any
           Man
           do
           ,
           let
           him
           answer
           for
           himself
           .
           All
           that
           we
           pretend
           to
           ,
           is
           to
           press
           the
           plain
           ,
           general
           ,
           indispensable
           Duties
           of
           Obedience
           to
           Laws
           ,
           and
           of
           Peaceableness
           ,
           and
           Subjection
           to
           the
           
             Higher
             Powers
          
           ,
           which
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           have
           every
           where
           taught
           in
           the
           Bible
           .
        
         
           If
           indeed
           a
           Preacher
           should
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           presume
           to
           give
           his
           Judgment
           about
           the
           Management
           of
           Publick
           Affairs
           ;
           or
           to
           lay
           down
           Doctrines
           as
           from
           Christ
           ,
           about
           the
           Forms
           and
           
           Models
           of
           Kingdoms
           or
           Commonwealths
           ;
           or
           to
           adjust
           the
           Limits
           of
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Subject
           in
           our
           present
           Government
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           a
           Divine
           should
           meddle
           with
           such
           Matters
           as
           these
           in
           his
           Sermons
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           how
           he
           can
           be
           excused
           from
           the
           just
           Censure
           of
           meddling
           with
           things
           that
           nothing
           concern
           him
           .
           This
           is
           indeed
           a
           Practising
           in
           
             State
             Matters
          
           ,
           and
           is
           usurping
           an
           Office
           that
           belongs
           to
           another
           Profession
           ,
           and
           to
           Men
           of
           another
           Character
           .
           And
           I
           should
           account
           it
           every
           whit
           as
           undecent
           in
           a
           Clergy-man
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           to
           deal
           in
           these
           Points
           ;
           as
           it
           would
           be
           for
           him
           ,
           to
           determine
           Titles
           of
           Land
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           Dispute
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           is
           this
           to
           the
           Preaching
           Obedience
           and
           Subjection
           to
           the
           Establish'd
           Government
           ?
           Let
           meddling
           with
           the
           Politicks
           be
           as
           odious
           as
           you
           please
           in
           a
           Clergy-man
           ;
           yet
           sure
           it
           must
           not
           only
           be
           allow'd
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           be
           thought
           his
           Duty
           ,
           to
           Exhort
           all
           Subjects
           to
           be
           faithful
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           to
           live
           peaceably
           under
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           obey
           all
           the
           Laws
           that
           are
           made
           by
           Just
           Authority
           :
           And
           even
           where
           they
           cannot
           obey
           them
           ,
           yet
           to
           submit
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           no
           Disturbance
           to
           the
           Publick
           upon
           that
           account
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           great
           thing
           
           which
           we
           say
           Clergy-men
           have
           to
           do
           in
           this
           Matter
           .
        
         
           We
           meddle
           not
           with
           the
           Politicks
           ;
           we
           meddle
           not
           with
           Prerogative
           or
           Property
           ;
           we
           meddle
           not
           with
           the
           Disputes
           and
           Controversies
           of
           Law
           that
           may
           arise
           about
           these
           Matters
           :
           But
           we
           Preach
           a
           company
           of
           plain
           Lessons
           of
           Peaceableness
           and
           Fidelity
           ,
           and
           Submission
           to
           our
           Rulers
           ;
           such
           as
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           teaches
           ;
           such
           as
           both
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           did
           preach
           in
           all
           Places
           where-ever
           they
           came
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           will
           at
           this
           day
           hold
           in
           all
           the
           Governments
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           Kingdoms
           or
           Commonwealths
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           at
           any
           time
           we
           make
           a
           particular
           Application
           of
           these
           General
           Rules
           to
           our
           own
           Established
           Government
           ,
           it
           is
           only
           in
           such
           Instances
           as
           are
           plainly
           of
           the
           Essence
           of
           our
           National
           Constitution
           .
           In
           such
           Instances
           as
           are
           plainly
           contain'd
           in
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           Tests
           ,
           which
           ,
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Law
           hath
           taken
           care
           that
           Subjects
           sh●ll
           swear
           to
           ,
           and
           consequently
           must
           be
           thought
           obliged
           both
           to
           understand
           and
           practise
           them
           .
           And
           how
           can
           it
           be
           an
           Invasion
           of
           another
           Man's
           Office
           ,
           to
           Preach
           and
           Insist
           upon
           such
           things
           as
           these
           ?
           No
           ,
           certainly
           ;
           what
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           every
           Subject
           
           both
           to
           understand
           and
           practise
           in
           order
           to
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           their
           Pastors
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           .
        
         
           But
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           is
           said
           further
           ,
           That
           Preachers
           cannot
           engage
           in
           these
           Arguments
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           of
           necessity
           side
           with
           some
           Party
           or
           Faction
           among
           us
           :
           now
           they
           should
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           Parties
           or
           Factions
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           to
           be
           on
           the
           Side
           of
           the
           Established
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           to
           maintain
           That
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           a
           Favourer
           of
           Parties
           and
           Factions
           .
           But
           They
           are
           the
           Factions
           ,
           They
           are
           the
           Setters
           up
           ,
           or
           Abettors
           of
           Parties
           ,
           who
           endeavour
           to
           destroy
           ,
           or
           unsettle
           ,
           or
           disparage
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           least
           to
           hurt
           and
           weaken
           the
           Government
           and
           the
           Laws
           as
           they
           are
           established
           ;
           let
           the
           Principles
           upon
           which
           they
           go
           ,
           or
           the
           Pretences
           they
           make
           ,
           be
           what
           they
           will.
           So
           that
           a
           Minister
           ,
           by
           Preaching
           Obedience
           and
           Subjection
           ,
           doth
           not
           in
           the
           least
           make
           himself
           of
           any
           Party
           ;
           but
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           sets
           himself
           against
           all
           Parties
           :
           And
           so
           he
           ought
           to
           do
           .
           For
           his
           Business
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           on
           the
           Side
           of
           the
           Government
           as
           it
           is
           by
           Law
           Established
           ;
           and
           as
           vigorously
           as
           in
           him
           lies
           ,
           in
           such
           ways
           as
           are
           proper
           for
           his
           Function
           ,
           to
           oppose
           all
           those
           that
           would
           either
           secretly
           undermine
           it
           ,
           or
           
           openly
           assault
           it
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           those
           that
           would
           make
           any
           Change
           or
           Innovation
           in
           it
           (
           by
           whatever
           Names
           they
           are
           discriminated
           )
           by
           any
           other
           means
           or
           methods
           than
           what
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Constitution
           doth
           allow
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           the
           First
           thing
           I
           took
           notice
           of
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           viz
           ,
           the
           Person
           to
           whom
           the
           Charge
           is
           here
           given
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           
             put
             the
             people
             in
             mind
          
           .
           I
           now
           come
           ,
           in
           the
           Second
           place
           ,
           to
           the
           Thing
           he
           was
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             and
             to
             obey
             Magistrates
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           Two
           things
           are
           to
           be
           enquired
           into
           ;
           First
           ,
           Who
           are
           those
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           and
           Magistrates
           to
           whom
           we
           are
           to
           be
           subject
           ,
           and
           whom
           we
           are
           to
           obey
           .
           And
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           Wherein
           consists
           that
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           that
           we
           are
           to
           give
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           First
           of
           these
           ,
           Who
           are
           the
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           and
           Magistrates
           ?
           Why
           ,
           certainly
           by
           these
           words
           are
           meant
           the
           
             Supreme
             Civil
             Governours
          
           of
           every
           Nation
           ,
           and
           under
           them
           their
           
             subordinate
             Officers
          
           .
           Let
           the
           Form
           of
           Government
           in
           any
           Country
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ;
           in
           whomsoever
           the
           
             Sovereign
             Authority
          
           is
           lodged
           (
           whether
           in
           one
           ,
           or
           in
           many
           )
           They
           
           are
           the
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           to
           whom
           we
           are
           to
           be
           subject
           ;
           and
           Those
           that
           are
           Commission'd
           and
           Deputed
           to
           exercise
           Authority
           under
           them
           ,
           are
           the
           Magistrates
           whom
           we
           are
           to
           obey
           .
        
         
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           in
           the
           2d
           .
           Chapter
           of
           his
           1st
           .
           Epistle
           ,
           doth
           thus
           express
           them
           ,
           (
           alluding
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Roman
           State
           under
           which
           he
           lived
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           Monarchical
           )
           
             Submit
             your selves
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           to
           every
           
             Humane
             Constitution
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord's
             sake
             :
             whether
             it
             be
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             Supreme
             ;
             or
             unto
             the
             Governours
             ,
             as
             unto
             them
             that
             are
             sent
             by
             him
             —
             for
             so
             is
             the
             will
             of
             God.
          
           Upon
           which
           words
           of
           his
           ,
           the
           Homily
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           appointed
           to
           be
           read
           on
           this
           Day
           ,
           doth
           thus
           gloss
           .
           
             St.
             Peter
             doth
             not
             say
             ,
             Submit
             your selves
             unto
             me
             ,
             as
             Supreme
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Neither
             saith
             he
             ,
             Submit
             your selves
             ,
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             to
             my
             Successors
             in
             Rome
             .
             But
             he
             saith
             ,
             Submit
             your selves
             unto
             your
             King
             ,
             your
             Supreme
             Head
             ,
             and
             to
             those
             that
             he
             appointeth
             in
             Authority
             under
             him
             .
             This
             is
             God's
             Ordinance
             ,
             this
             is
             God's
             Holy
             Will
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Body
             in
             every
             Realm
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Members
             and
             Parts
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             shall
             be
             subject
             to
             their
             Head
             ,
             their
             King.
             
          
        
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           that
           is
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           these
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           other
           thing
           I
           am
           to
           enquire
           into
           ,
           it
           consists
           of
           a
           great
           many
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           It
           implies
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           That
           we
           should
           give
           all
           Honour
           ,
           Respect
           and
           Reverence
           to
           their
           Persons
           ,
           looking
           upon
           them
           (
           which
           really
           they
           are
           )
           as
           God's
           Vicegerents
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           should
           not
           rashly
           censure
           their
           Actions
           ,
           or
           the
           Administration
           of
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           should
           at
           no
           hand
           despise
           them
           ,
           or
           speak
           evil
           of
           them
           ,
           remembring
           the
           Character
           that
           St.
           Iude
           gives
           of
           those
           that
           
             despise
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             speak
             evil
             of
             Dignities
             .
          
        
         
           That
           as
           we
           should
           make
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           Supplications
           and
           Intercessions
           ,
           and
           
             giving
             of
             Thanks
          
           for
           all
           Men
           ;
           so
           more
           especially
           for
           Them
           ,
           and
           Those
           that
           are
           put
           in
           Authority
           under
           them
           ,
           as
           St.
           Paul
           teaches
           us
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           should
           pay
           them
           the
           Tributes
           and
           Customs
           that
           are
           due
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           same
           Apostle
           expresses
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Expences
           we
           are
           legally
           Taxed
           at
           ,
           towards
           the
           Support
           of
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           should
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           Power
           ,
           maintain
           their
           
             Iura
             Majestatis
          
           ,
           the
           Rights
           and
           
           Prerogatives
           ,
           belonging
           by
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           to
           their
           Office
           and
           Dignity
        
         
           That
           we
           should
           assist
           and
           defend
           them
           against
           their
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           should
           behave
           our selves
           peaceably
           and
           modestly
           in
           our
           particular
           Vocations
           ,
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           their
           Government
           as
           easie
           and
           as
           happy
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           but
           at
           no
           hand
           to
           invade
           any
           
             Publick
             Office
          
           that
           belongs
           not
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           That
           we
           should
           yield
           Obedience
           to
           all
           their
           Laws
           .
           And
           in
           case
           it
           ever
           happen
           that
           we
           cannot
           with
           a
           safe
           Conscience
           obey
           ,
           there
           we
           are
           patiently
           to
           suffer
           the
           Penalties
           of
           our
           Disobedience
           :
           But
           by
           no
           means
           either
           to
           affront
           their
           Persons
           ,
           or
           to
           disturb
           their
           Government
           ,
           by
           raising
           or
           partaking
           in
           any
           Tumult
           ,
           or
           Insurrection
           ,
           or
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           that
           I
           have
           now
           named
           ,
           is
           contained
           in
           that
           Duty
           of
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           which
           we
           are
           here
           bid
           to
           pay
           to
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           ,
           as
           might
           easily
           be
           shewn
           ,
           as
           to
           every
           Particular
           :
           But
           I
           will
           not
           tire
           you
           ,
           by
           running
           through
           all
           these
           Heads
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           only
           desire
           leave
           to
           speak
           a
           little
           to
           the
           two
           last
           things
           I
           have
           now
           mention'd
           ;
           both
           because
           they
           are
           the
           most
           general
           ,
           and
           do
           in
           a
           manner
           comprehend
           the
           rest
           ;
           and
           because
           
           they
           seem
           principally
           intended
           in
           the
           Text
           I
           am
           now
           discoursing
           of
           .
           
             Put
             them
             in
             mind
          
           (
           saith
           St.
           
             Paul
             )
             to
             be
             subject
          
           ,
           and
           
             put
             them
             in
             mind
             to
             obey
             .
          
           In
           the
           one
           Phrase
           seems
           to
           be
           intimated
           the
           Duty
           of
           
             Active
             Obedience
          
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Orders
           of
           our
           Governours
           :
           In
           the
           other
           Phrase
           ,
           our
           Submission
           where
           we
           cannot
           obey
           .
        
         
           And
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           As
           for
           the
           business
           of
           
             Active
             Obedience
          
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           is
           proper
           to
           begin
           with
           that
           first
           )
           all
           that
           is
           needful
           to
           be
           said
           for
           the
           clearing
           of
           it
           ,
           may
           be
           comprized
           in
           these
           Four
           following
           Propositions
           .
        
         
           1st
           .
           That
           the
           standing
           Laws
           of
           every
           Country
           are
           the
           Rule
           of
           the
           Subjects
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           not
           merely
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Prince
           .
        
         
           Where
           indeed
           the
           Legislative
           and
           the
           Executive
           Power
           are
           both
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           is
           in
           those
           we
           call
           
             Absolute
             Monarchies
          
           )
           there
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Prince
           stands
           for
           Law.
           But
           where
           People
           are
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           live
           under
           a
           Legal
           Establishment
           ,
           as
           ours
           is
           ,
           there
           the
           Publick
           Laws
           must
           govern
           and
           steer
           their
           Actions
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Prince's
           private
           Pleasure
           .
           So
           that
           tho'
           the
           
             King
             can
             do
             no
             wrong
          
           ,
           (
           as
           our
           Maxim
           is
           )
           yet
           the
           Subject
           is
           answerable
           for
           every
           thing
           he
           doth
           against
           Law
           ,
           even
           when
           he
           doth
           it
           by
           the
           King's
           Command
           .
        
         
         
           2dly
           .
           Whatever
           Laws
           are
           made
           by
           Just
           Authority
           ,
           whether
           in
           Civil
           Matters
           ,
           or
           in
           Matters
           relating
           to
           Religion
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           contrary
           to
           God's
           Laws
           ,
           there
           the
           Subject
           is
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           obey
           them
           ,
           even
           tho'
           he
           apprehends
           they
           are
           inconvenient
           .
        
         
           I
           own
           indeed
           that
           the
           Matter
           of
           some
           Laws
           may
           be
           of
           so
           small
           importance
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           shall
           not
           need
           much
           to
           charge
           his
           Conscience
           with
           the
           Observance
           of
           them
           :
           It
           being
           enough
           that
           he
           submit
           to
           the
           Penalty
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           Transgression
           :
           And
           perhaps
           the
           Government
           never
           meant
           to
           extend
           their
           Obligation
           farther
           .
           But
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Legislative
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           reason
           ,
           to
           bind
           our
           Consciences
           to
           Obedience
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           award
           Punishments
           to
           our
           Disobedience
           .
           And
           the
           Reason
           of
           this
           is
           evident
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           bound
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           the
           Supreme
           Dominion
           over
           our
           Consciences
           ,
           to
           obey
           our
           
             Lawful
             Governours
          
           in
           
             Lawful
             things
          
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           I
           say
           farther
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           my
           3d.
           Proposition
           ,
           )
           That
           even
           where
           we
           doubt
           of
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           their
           Commands
           ,
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           obey
           ;
           so
           long
           as
           we
           only
           doubt
           of
           their
           Lawfulness
           ,
           but
           are
           not
           persuaded
           that
           they
           are
           unlawful
           .
        
         
         
           For
           certainly
           the
           Authority
           of
           our
           Governours
           ought
           to
           over-rule
           any
           Man's
           private
           Doubts
           .
           There
           is
           all
           the
           Reason
           in
           the
           world
           that
           it
           should
           do
           so
           :
           And
           there
           is
           no
           good
           Reason
           to
           be
           urged
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           Pray
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           we
           mean
           ,
           when
           we
           say
           that
           a
           Man
           doubts
           concerning
           a
           thing
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           lawful
           or
           no
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           this
           ?
           that
           his
           Judgment
           is
           kept
           suspended
           between
           equal
           Probabilities
           on
           both
           sides
           of
           a
           Question
           .
           He
           is
           enclined
           by
           some
           Reasons
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           thing
           is
           lawful
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           enclined
           by
           other
           Reasons
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           thing
           is
           unlawful
           .
           And
           these
           Reasons
           do
           appear
           so
           equally
           probable
           to
           him
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           not
           know
           how
           to
           determine
           himself
           :
           He
           doth
           not
           know
           which
           way
           he
           should
           frame
           a
           Judgment
           about
           the
           point
           in
           question
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           Doubt
           .
           Now
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           as
           this
           ,
           when
           Authority
           interposeth
           ,
           and
           declareth
           it self
           on
           one
           side
           ;
           and
           pronounceth
           not
           only
           that
           the
           thing
           is
           lawful
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           also
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           have
           it
           done
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           lays
           its
           Commands
           upon
           the
           Man
           to
           do
           it
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           not
           so
           much
           weight
           in
           Authority
           as
           to
           turn
           the
           Scale
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           as
           this
           ,
           and
           to
           oblige
           a
           Man
           to
           act
           in
           obedience
           to
           it
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           lightest
           thing
           
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           signifies
           very
           little
           as
           to
           the
           influencing
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           4thly
           and
           lastly
           ;
           If
           the
           Matter
           be
           out
           of
           doubt
           :
           If
           a
           Man
           be
           really
           convinced
           that
           the
           thing
           which
           Authority
           commands
           him
           ,
           is
           not
           lawful
           in
           it self
           ,
           but
           is
           contradictory
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           :
           In
           that
           case
           he
           must
           not
           do
           the
           thing
           commanded
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           forbear
           the
           Practice
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           Humane
           Law
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           made
           by
           the
           best
           Authority
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           should
           command
           us
           to
           believe
           any
           Point
           in
           Matters
           of
           Faith
           which
           we
           are
           persuaded
           to
           be
           contrary
           to
           the
           Revelation
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           or
           should
           command
           us
           to
           profess
           and
           declare
           our
           Belief
           of
           any
           Matter
           whatsoever
           ,
           tho'
           never
           so
           indifferent
           ,
           when
           yet
           we
           did
           not
           really
           believe
           it
           ;
           or
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           should
           oblige
           us
           to
           the
           doing
           of
           any
           Action
           which
           we
           did
           in
           our
           own
           Conscience
           judge
           to
           be
           a
           Transgression
           of
           a
           Divine
           Command
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           none
           of
           these
           Cases
           are
           we
           to
           yield
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           by
           what
           Authority
           soever
           it
           was
           Enacted
           .
           And
           the
           Reason
           is
           plain
           :
           We
           must
           always
           chuse
           to
           obey
           God
           rather
           than
           Men.
           Where
           God's
           Law
           hath
           commanded
           us
           ,
           there
           no
           Humane
           Law
           can
           absolve
           us
           from
           the
           Obligation
           .
           Where
           God's
           Law
           hath
           forbidden
           us
           ,
           there
           no
           Humane
           Law
           can
           lay
           Obligations
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
         
           And
           it
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           as
           to
           our
           Practice
           ,
           that
           we
           believe
           God's
           Law
           hath
           ty'd
           us
           up
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           really
           done
           so
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           whether
           we
           are
           really
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           wrong
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Persuasions
           in
           these
           Matters
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           act
           against
           them
           ;
           because
           we
           must
           not
           act
           against
           our
           Consciences
           .
           Only
           this
           we
           are
           to
           remember
           ,
           That
           it
           extremely
           concerns
           us
           rightly
           to
           inform
           our
           Consciences
           in
           these
           Matters
           where
           Humane
           Laws
           have
           interposed
           their
           Authority
           .
           For
           if
           we
           make
           a
           wrong
           Judgment
           of
           Things
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           deny
           our
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           where
           we
           should
           have
           given
           it
           :
           Though
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           act
           against
           our
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           (
           nay
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           Sin
           in
           us
           if
           we
           should
           ,
           )
           yet
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           be
           excused
           for
           disobeying
           the
           Commands
           of
           Authority
           ,
           where
           we
           might
           lawfully
           have
           obeyed
           them
           ;
           unless
           it
           should
           prove
           that
           it
           was
           through
           no
           fault
           of
           ours
           that
           our
           Judgments
           were
           misinformed
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           concerning
           my
           First
           Head
           ,
           that
           of
           
             Obedience
             to
             Laws
          
           :
           I
           now
           come
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           of
           Subjection
           ;
           as
           that
           word
           implies
           patient
           Submission
           to
           our
           Governours
           ,
           where
           we
           cannot
           actively
           comply
           with
           what
           they
           require
           of
           us
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           is
           that
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           which
           of
           late
           hath
           had
           so
           ill
           a
           Sound
           among
           many
           of
           us
           :
           But
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           but
           because
           it
           may
           have
           been
           by
           some
           misrepresented
           .
           For
           where-ever
           it
           is
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           it
           can
           give
           offence
           to
           none
           but
           to
           such
           as
           are
           really
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           do
           desire
           Alterations
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Submission
           due
           from
           all
           Subjects
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           of
           the
           Place
           where
           they
           live
           ,
           as
           shall
           tie
           up
           their
           Hands
           from
           Opposing
           or
           Resisting
           it
           by
           Force
           ,
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           very
           Nature
           and
           Ends
           of
           Political
           Society
           .
           And
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           that
           Country
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           let
           the
           Form
           of
           their
           Government
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           (
           Absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           Legal
           Monarchy
           ,
           Aristocracy
           ,
           or
           Commonwealth
           )
           where
           this
           is
           not
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Constitution
           .
           Subjects
           must
           obey
           passively
           ,
           where
           they
           cannot
           obey
           actively
           :
           Otherwise
           the
           Government
           would
           be
           precarious
           ,
           and
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           at
           the
           mercy
           of
           every
           Malecontent
           ,
           and
           a
           door
           would
           be
           set
           open
           to
           all
           the
           Insurrections
           ,
           Rebellions
           and
           Treasons
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Nor
           is
           this
           only
           a
           State
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           the
           Doctrine
           also
           of
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           necessary
           ,
           indispensable
           one
           too
           ;
           as
           sufficiently
           appears
           
           from
           those
           famous
           words
           of
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Rom.
          
           xiii
           .
           1
           ,
           2.
           which
           are
           so
           plain
           ,
           that
           they
           need
           no
           Comment
           :
           
             Let
             every
             soul
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             no
             Power
             but
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             the
             Powers
             that
             be
             ,
             are
             ordained
             of
             God.
             Whosoever
             therefore
             resisteth
             the
             Power
             ,
             resisteth
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             resist
             ,
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             damnation
             .
          
           So
           that
           so
           long
           as
           this
           Text
           stands
           in
           our
           Bibles
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Non-Resistance
           or
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           must
           be
           of
           Obligation
           to
           all
           Christians
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           said
           this
           ,
           care
           must
           be
           taken
           that
           this
           General
           Doctrine
           be
           not
           misapplied
           in
           particular
           Countries
           .
           Though
           Non-Resistance
           or
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           be
           a
           Duty
           to
           all
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           under
           all
           Governments
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           expressed
           the
           same
           way
           in
           all
           Places
           ;
           but
           both
           the
           Objects
           and
           the
           Instances
           of
           it
           do
           vary
           in
           different
           Nations
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           different
           Models
           of
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           To
           speak
           this
           as
           plainly
           as
           I
           can
           .
           As
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           are
           the
           Measures
           of
           our
           
             Active
             Obedience
          
           ;
           so
           are
           also
           the
           same
           Laws
           the
           Measures
           of
           our
           Submission
           .
           And
           as
           we
           are
           not
           bound
           to
           obey
           but
           where
           the
           Laws
           and
           Constitution
           require
           our
           Obedience
           ;
           so
           neither
           
           are
           we
           bound
           to
           submit
           but
           as
           the
           Laws
           and
           Constitution
           do
           require
           our
           Submission
           .
        
         
           Taking
           now
           this
           to
           be
           the
           true
           stating
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           as
           I
           verily
           believe
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           what
           colour
           of
           Reason
           can
           be
           offered
           against
           it
           .
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           the
           common
           Pretence
           ,
           That
           it
           tends
           to
           introduce
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Government
          
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           People
           Slaves
           ,
           is
           quite
           out
           of
           doors
           .
           For
           you
           see
           it
           makes
           no
           Princes
           Absolute
           ,
           where
           ,
           by
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           so
           before
           .
           Nor
           doth
           it
           destroy
           any
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subjects
           that
           they
           were
           before
           in
           Possession
           of
           .
           All
           that
           it
           doth
           ,
           is
           to
           preserve
           and
           secure
           the
           National
           Settlement
           in
           the
           same
           Posture
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           Foot
           ,
           in
           and
           upon
           which
           it
           is
           already
           Established
           .
           And
           this
           is
           so
           true
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Common-wealth
           in
           the
           World
           so
           free
           ,
           but
           that
           these
           Doctrines
           of
           Non-Resistance
           and
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           must
           for
           ever
           be
           taught
           there
           ,
           as
           necessary
           even
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           what
           this
           Doctrine
           imports
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           or
           how
           far
           it
           is
           to
           be
           extended
           or
           limited
           ,
           it
           belongs
           not
           to
           me
           to
           determine
           .
           But
           thus
           much
           the
           Occasion
           of
           this
           Day
           's
           Meeting
           will
           not
           only
           warrant
           me
           ,
           but
           oblige
           me
           to
           say
           upon
           this
           Head
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           all
           the
           Application
           I
           shall
           now
           make
           ,
           namely
           ,
        
         
         
           That
           by
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           KING
           is
           Sacred
           and
           Inviolable
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           attempt
           his
           Life
           in
           any
           way
           ,
           or
           upon
           any
           pretence
           ,
           always
           was
           and
           is
           
             High
             Treason
          
           .
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           what
           are
           we
           to
           think
           of
           that
           Fact
           which
           was
           on
           this
           Day
           committed
           upon
           the
           Person
           of
           our
           late
           Sovereign
           ,
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           ,
           King
           Charles
           I.
           taking
           it
           with
           all
           its
           Circumstances
           ?
           Why
           certainly
           ,
           how
           slight
           soever
           some
           People
           among
           us
           may
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           most
           Barbarous
           Murther
           ;
           a
           Violation
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           a
           Scandal
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           a
           Reproach
           to
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ;
           whilst
           the
           impious
           Rage
           of
           a
           Few
           ,
           stands
           imputed
           by
           our
           Adversaries
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           All
           this
           I
           may
           say
           of
           this
           Fact
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           no
           more
           than
           is
           said
           of
           it
           by
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           that
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           which
           appoints
           the
           keeping
           of
           this
           Day
           as
           a
           Perpetual
           Fast.
           
        
         
           I
           am
           sensible
           how
           uneasie
           some
           are
           at
           the
           mentioning
           of
           this
           ;
           and
           how
           gladly
           they
           would
           have
           both
           the
           Thing
           ,
           and
           the
           Memorial
           of
           it
           ,
           forgot
           among
           us
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           I
           could
           wish
           so
           too
           ,
           provided
           we
           were
           sure
           that
           God
           had
           forgot
           it
           ;
           so
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           forgot
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           were
           no
           longer
           obnoxious
           to
           his
           Judgments
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           that
           Innocent
           Blood
           :
           And
           
           provided
           likewise
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           that
           those
           
             Factious
             ,
             Republican
          
           Principles
           which
           have
           once
           over-turn'd
           our
           Government
           ,
           and
           brought
           an
           Excellent
           Prince
           to
           an
           unhappy
           End
           ,
           were
           so
           far
           forgot
           among
           us
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           was
           no
           Danger
           from
           them
           ,
           of
           ever
           having
           this
           or
           the
           like
           Tragedy
           acted
           again
           in
           our
           Nation
           .
           But
           so
           long
           as
           we
           have
           Apprehensions
           from
           either
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           so
           long
           it
           will
           be
           fit
           for
           us
           to
           remember
           this
           Fact
           ,
           and
           this
           Day
           ;
           and
           both
           
             to
             implore
             the
             Mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             Guilt
             of
             that
             Sacred
             and
             Innocent
             Blood
             ,
             nor
             those
             other
             Sins
             by
             which
             God
             was
             provoked
             to
             deliver
             up
             both
             us
             and
             our
             King
             into
             the
             Hands
             of
             cruel
             and
             unreasonable
             Men
             ,
             may
             at
             any
             time
             hereafter
             be
             visited
             upon
             us
             ,
             or
             our
             Posterity
             :
          
           And
           likewise
           to
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           be
           put
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           Duty
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Authority
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           all
           this
           while
           insisting
           on
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             and
             to
             obey
             Magistrates
             :
          
           Or
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           rather
           take
           it
           in
           the
           words
           of
           Solomon
           ,
           Prov.
           xxiv
           .
           21.
           
             to
             fear
             the
             Lord
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             meddle
             with
             them
             that
             are
             given
             to
             change
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

