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A48856 A sermon preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's-Westminster, on Saturday the 30th of January, 1696/7 being the anniversary of the death of King Charles I of Glorious Memory / by ... William, Lord Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ... Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. 1697 (1697) Wing L2717; ESTC R20280 14,839 34

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Festivals That he would have delivered us from all our Enemies at once And doubtless so he would if we had Fasted to a National Reformation There was nothing wanting but that There wanted nothing on God's Part. He shewed his Inclinations towards us by those wonderful Preservations he hath given us And that not once or twice but Year after Year Such has been his continual Goodness towards us But such is our unthankfulness to him that we have grown not better but worse upon all the great Things that he hath done for us Who would have thought but that upon that Miraculous Revolution and the Wonderful Preservations he has given us since we should have been if not altogether such as he would have us yet at least much better than ever we had been before Who would not have expected that we should have mended upon it exceedingly But alas How far are we from that Are we not now worse than ever Our Provocations higher than ever Is not our Luxury more extravagant Are not our Adulteries more Impudent Our Drinking more Profligate Our Swearing and Cursing more Bold In all respects Do we not behave our selves as if we had been Delivered for these Things How can we expect but that God should now turn his Hand upon us That he should strike us down lower that he should wound us deeper than ever Alas Did he not do it in taking away our Blessed QUEEN from us The Light of our Eyes the Breath of our Nostrils the very Joy of our Hearts I can say no more I am Astonished as oft as I think of it This was a Blow at the Root This may convince us we have not yet Fasted to God We have not nor never shall till there be a National Reformation Nothing else will please God nothing else can save us but this Be Exhorted therefore in the Name of God to set Heartily to this great and necessary Work every one in his Place and Station You that have none but your selves have the less to do but you that have others under you have the more to answer for especially you whom God has advanced into the highest Rank you that fit in the great Council of the Nation you above all others ought to consider that not only your Honour and Interest but the whole Nation lies at Stake to be saved or lost by your Hands We have too much Reason to fear from what you have heard Yet blessed be God we are not without Hope if we are not wanting to our selves God hath yet preserved to us a Gracious KING now after that heavy Stroak of his Hand in taking our blessed QUEEN from us God hath given Him a Heart to supply to us what we have lost so that in Him we have them both in great Measure We have also yet remaining to us another undoubted Plant of the Royal Stock from whom we have one Princely Shoot and may yet hope for more if our sins do not hinder us of that great Blessing We have through the Goodness of God a fair Prospect toward a happy End of that horrible War that lies upon us God hath taken off Pharaoh's Chariot Wheels he drives but slowly to what he did He has been for some Years wholly upon the Defensive And now God be thanked he thinks it his Interest to have Peace We have nothing else to fear but only our Sins and our Divisions And our Divisions are the Fruit of our Sins Amend these and trust in God he will do every thing else for you No one of us can do all but let every one do his Part in Reforming himself and his Family and those that are under him If all others will do the same with you the Work is done for which we have Fasted all this while The Church and Nation are Safe and we are Happy But if others will not join with you in this Necessary Work it is sad to think what is like to follow However you shall not lose your Labour come what will you shall find your Account by it You shall even in this Life in such Measures as God sees best for you And whatsoever you want here it shall be made up to you more abundantly in Life Everlasting FINIS BOOKS Printed for and sold by John Everingham at the Star in Ludgate-street A Debate on the Justice and Piety of the Present Constitution Under King William In Two Parts The First relating to the State The Second to the Church Between Eucheres a Conformist and Dyscheres a Recusant By Samuel Hill Rector of Kilmington Author of Solomon and Abiathar The Guide of a Christian directing him to such Things as are by him to be Believed Practised and Hoped for There are added at the end Prayers to be used upon Several Occasions Price 6 d. A Sermon Preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's Westminster on Wednesday the 11th of December 1695. Being the Day appointed for a Solemn Fast and Humiliation By the Right Reverend Father in God James Lord Bishop of Lincoln A Sermon Preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's Westminster on Thursday the 30th of January 1695. being the Martyrdom of K. Charles I. By the Right Reverend Father in God Humphrey Lord Bishop of Bangor A Practical Discourse concerning the Redeeming of Time By Edward Pelling D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty and Rector of Petworth in Sussex A Discourse concerning the Authority Stile and Perfection of the Books of the Old and New Testament with a continued Illustration of several difficult Texts of Scripture throughout the whole Work By John Edwards Fellow of St. Jsohn's College in Cambridge Octavo Miscellany Essays By Monsieur St. Evremont with a Character by a Person of Honour here in England Continued by Mr. Dryden In Two Volumes Octavo Eight Sermons Preached on Several Occasions By Nathanael Whaley Rector of Broughton in Northamptonshire The true Royal English School for his Majesty's Three Kingdoms being a Catalogue of all the Words in the Bible Together with a Praxis in Prose and Verses and Variety of Pictures all beginning with one Syllable and proceeding by degrees to Eight divided and not divided whereby all Persons both Young and Old of the meanest Abilities may with little Help be able to read the whole Bible over distincty easily and more speedily than in any other Method With Directions to find out any Word Together with an Exposition on the Creed By Tobias Ellis late Minister of the Gospel Octavo Letters on several Subjects By the late Pious Dr. Henry Moore With several other Letters To which is added by the Publisher Two Letters One to the Reverend Dr. Sherlock Dean of St. Paul's and the other to the Reverend Mr. Bently With other Discourses Published by the Reverend Mr. Ellis Octavo An Answer to the Brief History of the Vnitarians call'd also Socinians By Will. Basset late Rector of St. Swithin s London Octavo