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A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Treby at the Assizes held at Horsham in the County of Sussex, on the 23d day of March, 1696[/]7. By Peter Heald, A.M. and prebendary in the Cathedral Church of Chichester.
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Heald, Peter, d. 1728.
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Wing H1300A; ESTC R216620
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16.13 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quit your selves like Men and be strong And the Heathens in their Addresses to their People to behave themselves Valiantly used to bid them remember they were Men implying that if they did but consider they were Men they would then do worthily and honourably as became the Dignity of their Name and the Excellency of their Nature And the Consideration that we are English Men now in a time of Danger and War with a Strong and Subtile Enemy should raise in us a Courage suitable to that Name which has been so Famous in former Ages and excite us to give it a new lustre by Reviving the Virtues of our Forefathers in giving all possible Testimonies of Fidelity and Good-will to our Countrey Then should we bear our part of the Necessary Charge for our Defence not only with Content but Chearfulness especially considering that upon a Just Computation we are the Gainers by it for besides the Deliverance from past Calamities which ought not to be forgotten and our hopes of future Safety and Prosperity which are not to be despair'd of we have Peace and Quietness at Home the free Exercise of our Religion and other Advantages of Government without the Alarms and Fears without the Devastation and Spoil of approaching Armies so that we have more to be Thankful for than to Complain of God be Praised the Blessings we enjoy do much over-ballance the Inconveniences we suffer which are but as gentle Rods in Comparison of the Scorpions of our Enemies And yet can we be willing by our Murmuring Discontents and Divisions to strengthen the Hearts and Hands of our Enemies and weaken our own To give them Encouragement to continue the War with hopes of Success and thereby Contribute to the prolonging the Publick National Charge upon us which we so earnestly wish to be eas'd of by a Happy Peace III. For all these Blessings which we Enjoy next to the Goodness of God we Owe Gratitude to our Governours who are the Happy Instruments of Preserving them to us They Attend Continually with great Labour and Difficulty for our Benefit laying out their Time Care and Pains which we have the Fruits of without our Trouble Ought we not then to be Thankful to our Benefactors Does it not become us to make them as easie as we can that they may not be weary in doing good to us Sharp and severe Sufferings would make the most stupid the most insensible People grateful to their Deliverers But 't is our Happiness to have Reasons of being grateful upon easier Terms to them who prevent as well as remove our Misery Upon the whole Matter it is no less our Interest than our Duty to express our Gratitude by our Faithful Obedience to the King and to Subordinate Governours and Magistrates who help to make the Burden more easie to him And what Prince in the World better deserves the Burden of Government to be made easie to him For his Benignity and Clemency to his People for his Wisdom and Valour and Courage and Mighty Interest in the World all which he employs for our Safety For the Unwearied Labours of his Life the Hazardous Voyages and Dangerous Expeditions he Undertakes for our Preservation And what Government better Deserves to be Supported both in Church and State Our Church being deservedly Owned to be the Glory of the Reformation Teaching the Best Religion Confirm'd by the Laws of God Establish'd by those of the Land The Civil Government so Famous all the World over for Securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject as well as the Power of the Prince as to be the Object of Envy to our Enemies And certainly no People has more Obligations both of Duty and Interest to Obey their Governours and Support their Government And now to conclude let us not forget to give Thanks to God for all his Mercies to our Church and Nation particularly for his having had Pity on us when we were in great Trouble and Distress by a Gracious Providence in giving His Majesty so Happy a Success for our Seasonable Relief and Deliverance for Preserving him from the many Dangers to which he has since so often and too much Expos'd his Royal Person and for Continuing to us by him the great Blessings of Government the Safety of our Religion and Laws And lastly let us Pray for the Preservation Health and Long Life of our Gracious King that no Weapon formed against him may ever prosper that God in Mercy to us would abate the Pride asswage the Malice and confound the Devices of all his Enemies whilst on his Head the Crown doth flourish and in order to it that he would Bless his Councils and Prosper his Affairs That all who are in Authority under him may have Grace to Execute Justice and Maintain Truth and that we all may be Conscienciously Subject and Obedient to them as becomes good Christians that thereby we may Enjoy the Blessing of leading quiet and peaceable Lives in all Godliness and Honesty Which God of his Infinite Mercy grant to his Glory and our Comfort for Jesus Christ his Sake to whom with the Holy Ghost be ascribed all Glory Honour and Power for Evermore Amen FINIS