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A37283 A thanksgiving-sermon preach'd at Sutton in Surrey, April the 16th, 1696 being the national thanksgiving day for His Majesty's most happy preservation from the most detestable assassination, in order to a French invasion / by Henry Day ... Day, Henry, M.A. 1694 (1694) Wing D463; ESTC R16920 10,274 30

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Head might satisfy the letter of this Text and pray for the peace of Jerusalem but in that they sought to dethrone him it appears they did or not understand the meaning of the words or not obey it They pray'd for the Peace of Jerusalem as Sinners do for the Grace of Repentance who pray but do not labour for the Grace they pray for they pray'd for the peace of Jerusalem as some Nominal Protestants have done for the Church of England at the same time they labour'd to bring back merciless Tyranny and foolish Superstition To know the ways of righteousness according to the Language of Scripture imports not only bare knowing but actual walking in those ways and to remember the word of the Lord denotes more than a simple calling it to mind even a conscientious conformity to it So the Command of praying for the peace of Jerusalem implies an honest endeavour of every man in his Station to promote it And what the Israelites were commanded to do on behalf of Jerusalem the Capital City of the Land of Promise the Law of Nature or right Reason commands every particular man to do for the peace and prosperity of that City Kingdom or Common-wealth whose Protection as a Member of the same Body Politick he enjoys Some of our Order my Brethren have been justly reproached for running too much out of their Province to meddle with Affairs that concern'd them not principally State-Affairs in the late Reigns And we all know out of what Design and to serve whose Purpose the Sons of Levi became the Disciples of Achitophel But Morality being a part of what we are oblig'd to teach I think none of you will say that I forget my Duty if I spend some time to shew you the Just Obedience due to the Legal Powers set over us for as these so is Religion and we that preach it ordain'd for the use and good of the Publick Our Prayers then for the Peace of the Kingdom of England and for the renowned Metropolis London our great Jerusalem and our Endeavours in our several Stations to promote that Peace cannot be sincere and honest unless we do these Three things 1. Own the Legality of the Government under the Administration of King William our Rightful and Lawful King 2. Forbear traducing it or patiently hearing it traduc'd 3. Associate for its defence against all the Enemies thereof whatsoever 1. Own the Legality of the Government under the Administration of King William our Rightful and Lawful King By nature all men are free equal and independent no man can be mov'd from this State and made a Member of a Community or Government but by his own consent and when for the better securing to himself his Temporal Interests he has giv'n his consent and becomes a Member of a Community or Government he must be contented to regulate himself according to the Laws and Measures which shall be prescrib'd by the majority of the Government or any number of men chosen by the Majority for that end No man in Civil Society ought to be exempted from the Laws of it for such an exemption brings him back to the state of Nature and in such a state every injur'd private man has a right to be reveng'd of him To apply this When the late King James after that he had tyrannically labour'd to alter the whole Frame of the Old English Government and utterly to root out the Christian Religion as it is profess'd and exercised by all that bear the name of Protestants did abdicate and renounce the Government of England Scotland and Ireland with their Dependences that would never basely yield themselves Popish Slaves to his Arbitrary Lust the Majority of the People chose their Valiant Deliverer to be their King to go in and out before them to fight their Battels and see their old Laws put in execution Now there is not an Englishman but according to the Law of Nature and Reason ought to be concluded by this Choice For as a Modern Author convincingly argues If the consent of the Majority shall not in reason be receiv'd as the act of the whole then nothing but the consent of every Individual can make any thing to be the act of the whole and then say I it is impossible there should be any such thing as Society I hope no man will he so foolish as to say That the Majority of the People chose King William to be their King in Fact but not of Right for they had not chose him to be their King if they had not been satisfied that the Tyrant his Predecessor had Forfeited and Renounc'd all the little Right that he could pretend to But supposing let me be pardon'd for so extravagant a Supposal that the Choice of the Oppress'd and Abandon'd People of England gave to King William only Possession of the Government and no Right since it came to pass I know not how he was not solemnly and expresly declar'd Rightful and Lawful till t'other day when it appear'd clear as the Sun that the de Facto Doctrine miss'd but narrowly of taking away not only both his Crown and Life but also our Religion Laws and Properties suppposing as abovesaid yet the present Parliament by whom the Nation is to be concluded have God be thanked at last recogniz'd King William as our Rightful and Lawful King He therefore that refuses to do the same being now by Law expresly call'd to it declares himself an utter Enemy to the Government and not only justly may but necessarily ought to be treated as such for the Safety and Preservation of the Government When Mercy to Restless Conspiring Traytors so plainly as in our Case appears to be Cruelty to the Government the Magistrates that show it cut not only their own Throats but the Throats of all Loyal Subjects who depend on their Vigilance Fortitude and Wisdom These seven Years that we have been disputing the Right of King William and the honesty of our Establishment what have we been doing but exposing his and our own Lives Religion Laws and Liberties to the bold Insults of bigotted Unreasonable Licentious Superstitious Needy Atheistical Men I do not think that all these Epithets belong to the Character of every Frenchifi'd Jacobite but if every one of them does himself Justice they will not leave me a word of Reproach upon my Hands 2. Our Duty of praying for the Peace and endeavouring to promote the Prosperity of our Nation obliges us to forbear traducing it or unconcernedly hearing it Traduc'd A discontented Reflection upon the Government naturally tends to weaken the Hands of it and cannot well be understood to be meant otherwise And since every particular is included in the acts of the Majority such Reflection is not more injurious to the Government than to the reputation of the Man who makes bold with it If a man cannot bring his mind to approve the Title of the Prince in Possession why is he so disingenuous as to