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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56793	The Protestant King protected, the popish kings detected and defeated in a sermon preach'd at St. James Clarkenwell, April 16, 1696, being the day of publick thanksgiving for the deliverance of His Majesty, K. William III from assassination, and his kingdoms from invasion by the French / by Deuel Pead ...	Pead, Deuel, d. 1727.	1696 (1696)	Wing P963; ESTC R17663	21,808	38

King David is a President to Kings in Thankfulness as well as Deliverance Psal 116.12 13 14. I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the name of the Lord What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the name of the Lord I will pay my Vows now in the presence of all his People precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints Here David most thankfully praises the Goodness of God in that he would not gratifie his Enemies so far as to give them leave to take away his Life 2. Kings when declar'd Favourites of Heaven by signal Deliverances should study to promote the Honour and Glory of that God who did deliver them And in this King David will direct them for after the forementioned Deliverance Psal 116. v. 16 17. he professes O Lord truly I am thy Servant and the Son of thy Handmaid thou hast broken my bands I will offer to thee the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving and will call upon the Name of the Lord in our dialect that is O Lord I am now and ought to be more devout diligent and zealous in thy Service than formerly for thou hast strengthened all thy former Obligations by this fresh one of my wonderfull Deliverance thou hast redeemed my Life and therefore the chief business of my Life must be to advance thy Glory and Honour It is the reasonable Duty of Kings to be zealous for God's Glory especially when they have experienced how Jealous God is for their Preservation and in truth I now think it seasonable to give you one account of the late Revolution it may be a standing warning not only to Kings and Princes but to persons in far lower stations Who could expert other than that the Crown should tumble from the Head of the late unhappy King for did he not by all ways imaginable discountenance and tread under foot the true Worship of God Was it any more than Justice that such a Prince as should erect Houses for Idolatry should find his own Palace made desolate What wonder was it to see the Peoples Hearts taken from such a Prince as had estrang'd his own from God But not the King only but we and all the Inhabitants of the Land nay our Posterity have a share in this gracious Deliverance 1. Therefore it is our Duty by all true and acceptable ways to express our Thankfulness and also to leave this Deliverance upon Record that the Ages to come may bless the Name of God when they read how wonderfully he preserv'd us our Religion Laws Lives Liberties and Land from the Enemy that was so wrathful so subtile so powerfull so cruel and in a way so hopefull to ruine and destroy us Oh that we had Hearts to praise the Name of God as we ought and that we may hearken unto the Prophet David Psal 118.1 Oh give thanks unto the Lord for he is good because his Mercy endureth for ever Had God forgotten to be Gracious had the Fountain of his Love been exhausted we had certainly perish'd when desperate Men thus rose up against us V. 2. Let Israel now say that his Mercy endureth for ever Let all that are true Israelites that are Protestants in Deed as well as Name declare and confess that God is still Gracious and Mercifull for though our sins have long cry'd for Judgment against us yet our God still exercises Mercy and Goodness towards us 3. Let the House of Aaron now say that his Mercy endureth for ever Let all that God hath called to wait at his Altar and to minister about Holy Things praise the Lord in his Temple and make his Name glorious Let them acknowledge that God's Mercy is everlasting for had their Enemies prevail'd either they had been driven from or murdered at the Altars of God 4. Let them now that fear the Lord say that his Mercy endureth for ever Let all that truly fear God be they of what Nation or Language soever be they Protestants or Papists Church-men or Dissenters Let all that name themselves Christians give God the Praise Honour and Glory belonging to his Name But Thanks are nothing worth if they are only made up of Words and do not effect the Heart with Piety and Devotion therefore 2. The next Duty of the Day is to be so thankful as to endeavour after Reformation to praise God in Holiness that is by holy Lives and Conversations God hath saved you out of the hand of your Enemies do not you therefore harbour any of his Enemies in your Hearts it is a great Mistake to think that we are delivered to continue longer in our Sins therefore if the right Praises of God are in your mouths let the two-edged Sword of his Word be in your hands to take Vengance of all his Enemies your Sins and Vices 3. Let our Thankfulness to God for delivering our King and us learn us the Duty of Allegiance Shall God appear so wonderfully in the King's Defence and shall not we take that notice of it as to direct our Love and Affection where God manifests his Our Reason our Interest would easily confute all disloyal Principles if we did attend their Teachings but could they not yet our Religion and Salvation would tell us it is our Duty to Love Honour Obey and Stand by that King by whose Preservation God hath preserved all that is near and dear to us 4. The Deliverance of this Day should press us to love Unity and Concord among our selves whatever Difference may be in Mens Judgments and Opinions there ought to be none in their Affections The Church of God is frequently compar'd to a Ship And now if the Winds rage without and the Mariners are at variance what can be expected but Shipwrack It is high time therefore in a common Danger to consult a Community of Love and Affection and the rather because is the Maxim our Enemies steer by Divide Impera Divide them and Conquer them Now God of his infinite Mercy teach all and every of us these and all other our Duties in this great Day of our Deliverance that we bringing forth such Fruit as answers God's Expectation may see our King sitting fast upon the Holy Hill of Sion and our Jerusalem in Prosperity all our Lives long Amen Amen FINIS ADVERTISEMENT THere was lately Printed a SERMON Preached by the same Author on the Association in which the Printer unhappily Omited the Word France in the King's Titles beginning the Dedication