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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67269	A sermon preached at Great St. Marie's church in Cambridge before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief-Justice Holt, at the assizes held there, August 1, 1693 / by Tho. Walker ...	Walker, Thomas, 1658 or 9-1716.	1693 (1693)	Wing W416; ESTC R4995	18,815	38

prais'd I could willingly dwell longer upon this copious and delightfull Theme if the Time would give me leave but I think enough has been said to convince an unprejudic'd Mind that both He and the Cause in which he is engag'd are Righteous and if so it nearly concerns every True Englishman and Protestant of the Church of England to wish well to it and to pray to God to prosper it with Good Success and that this War may end in a firm and lasting Peace to the Glory of God and the Preservation and Prosperity of his Church I must confess next under God I owe my comfortable Subsistance to Him as I believe a great many more here present do and therefore I do not onely think my self obliged to be inwardly gratefull and thankfull for the Ease and Safety for the Freedom and Liberty of enjoying my Religion without Disturbance for the opportunity and pleasure of Study and improvement in Learning and all the other Advantages of a Retired and Academick Life which I have already enjoy'd under their Majesties Auspicious Reign but also openly to testifie my Gratitude to others that they may be excited to an Acknowledgment of their Obligations to Him and may be stirred up to pray that God would continue these Mercies to us which in all likelyhood he will not long do if we be not Thankfull for those we have already receiv'd Secondly If the Righteous Man I am speaking of be a Private Person one who is entrusted with no Power or Authority in the Administration of Publick Affairs he will be cautious and wary of being Turbulent and Factious against that Government which protects him thô he may think he finds some Flaws and observes some Miscarriages in it or may look upon himself not to be obliged to comply with all its Laws and Injunctions He will not be over-hasty in Censuring and Condemning others as if they had neither Reason nor Conscience on their side thô he cannot come up to the same Height of Complyance with them A Man ought to have a care lest he forfeit his Claim to Prudence and Discretion by abounding too much in his own Sense and to suspect least his own Judgment misguide him when it runs counter to the Publick Laws which are establish'd and promulg'd by the Supreme Power by the Concurrence and Authority of some of the Greatest and Wisest and most Religious Men of the Nation and in Modesty and Charity believe that other Men from whom he differs in Opinion act upon Principles of Reason and Conscience as well as himself So that thô it does not belong to me to condemn those who after an impartial Examination of the Arguments on both Sides are sincerely persuaded in their Consciences that they cannot Comply with Taking the Oaths for to their own Master they must stand or fall provided they demean themselves modestly and peaceably who submit to it as far as they can and do not obstinately set themselves against it yet I think without being guilty of Censoriousness and rash Judging I may condemn those who are Turbulent and Factious and Seditious especially if they profess themselves to be Members of the Church of England who have all the Reason in the world to stand Neuters at least if they think themselves obliged not to be Actors under This Government For certainly however such a Man may think himself obliged to be Passive and Vnactive under This Government one can scarcely imagin how any one who wishes well to the Church and Nation can let ●his Humour so far prevail above his Reason as to think himself bound in Conscience to be Active in pulling of it down because in all likelyhood our Religion and Liberties must fall with it For howsoever he may flatter himself with the Hopes of finding more than ordinary Favour under another Revolution yet if he keeps firm to his Religion he may chance to be deceived But suppose he be not but that some distinguishing Note of Honour or Preferment be conferr'd upon him for Adhering so stedfastly to the late K. yet after all he must be an Unnatural Son who can rejoyce and take Satisfaction in his Own and a Few others Safety and Advancement whilest he beholds his Mother the Church of England depress'd and torn in pieces Thirdly The Righteous Man who has sworn Fidelity to their Present Majesties thinks himself in Conscience obliged to observe his Oath because he took it in Sincerity and Truth and in the Integrity of his Heart He did not with him mentioned in the Tragoedian keep his Mind unsworn whilest he swore with his Tongue but he then acted the part of an honest Man in Taking the Oath as he now does in Making his Words and Actions sutable and conformable to what he then did He cannot but wonder at the Indiscretion and Inconfistancy as well as sinfull Folly of those who having taken the Oath to K. W. and Q. M. are still as much Enemies to the Present Government as if they had not and bespatter it with more odious Reflections and fly Insinuations than some Others who have not Sworn this is so open and palpable a piece of Hypocrisie and such plain and downright Dissimulation that certainly those Men who are Conscious to themselves of being Guilty this way can never at the same time be so vain as to entertain any hopes of being Recorded in History for Men of Fidelity Integrity and Honour For whilest they think to save Themselves by Trimming on both Sides and to gain the Reputation of prudent and wary Men they really loose the good Esteem of both Parties neither of which will think it safe to trust them with any Secret of Moment or Business of Concern for fear of being Betray'd So that in my Judgment they have as little Reason as any to hope for Advancement and a Favourable Reception if the Face of Affairs and the Scene of Government should change again To be firm and steady to a Principle we have Espous'd when there is no apparent Wickedness in it nor any notorious Evil and Inconvenience consequent upon it is worthy of Praise and Commendation But to appear in one Dress to the World and in another behind the Curtain is to act the part of a Stage-Player and not of a sincere and honest Man Faithfulness and Sincerity in our Words and Actions in our Oaths and Promises in our Bargains and Contracts are the main Ingredients that compound a Righteous and Honest Man Thus the Psalmist in the 15th Psalm describing a Good Man who is fixt upon Mount Zion and never shall be moved introduces his Character with this Question Lord who shall abide in thy Tabernacle who shall rest in thy Holy Hill to which he thus replys He that walketh uprightly and worketh Righteousness and speaketh the Truth in his Heart he that backbiteth not with his Tongue nor doth Evil to his Neighbour in whose eyes a Vile Person is contemned but he honoureth them that fear the Lord he that Sweareth to his own hurt and Changeth not But perhaps some may say this last Verse might have been more aptly apply'd to Those who refuse to comply with the Present Government upon the account of Former Oaths taken to the late K. To which I answer with a Tunc enim cessasse materiam censendum est cum rerum slatus inter tempus jurandi tempus adimplend●ta immutatus est at si quo temporejurabatur praevideri potuisset is qui pestea insecutus est rerum status non omnino juratum fuisset Respondetur breviter cessante juramenti voti aut promissionis materiâ cessare simul ejusdem Obligationem quēadmedum in naturalibus art●fi●alibus desiciente materi● deficere necesse est actionem agentis nec en●m potest ignis urere si desit materia combusiibilis nec Faber ni adsint ligna scamnum facere de Juram Oblig Praelect 7. ●as 60. Bishop Sanderson who is acknowledg'd by all to be an Excellent Casuist That the Bond of an Oath is dissolv'd when the Matter of it ceases or any notable Change is made concerning the Principal Cause of the Oath For the Matter is to be thought to cease when the State of things between the Time of Swearing and the Time of Fulfilling is so chang'd that if that state of Affairs which afterwards follow'd could have been foreseen by him that Swore he would not have Sworn at all In short he answers thus That the Matter of an Oath or Vow or Promise ceasing the Obligation to them does likewise cease as in Natural and Artificial things the Matter being Deficient there is a Necessity that the Action of the Agent should likewise cease For Fire cannot burn if there be no Combustible matter nor a Carpenter make a Scaffold if he has no Wood. To conclude the Righteous Man in this respect also excelleth his Neighbour because he prayeth for the Peace and Prosperity of Jerusalem that is for the Safety and Welfare of the Church and Nation whereof he is a Member and does not rejoyce and triumph in the sad Accidents and Disasters which may happen unto them and which may tend to their Subversion and Ruin He looks upon it as a piece of Inhumanity not common amongst the most Unciviliz'd People to be devoid of all Compassion and Fellow-feeling toward his Countreymen Confederates and Fellow-Protestants abroad when they suffer Afflictions Losses and Calamities and therefore cannot but stand amaz'd at the folly of those who exult with joy at their own Destruction which must necessarily be involv'd in that of the whole Nation which God of his infinite Mercy avert This is as great at Instance of folly and indiscretion as if a Man should rejoyce when his Neighbours house was on Fire thô his own stood the next to be devour'd by the approaching Flames O pray for the Peace of our Jerusalem they shall prosper that love her Peace be within her Walls and Plenteousness within her Palaces What remains then but that we all aspire after those things which are truly Praise-worthy and endeavour to excell one another in Righteousness and Holiness here that we may be receiv'd into the Habitations of Everlasting Bliss and Glory hereafter Which God of his infinite Mercy grant for Jesus Christ his sake Amen FINIS