a_o sermon_n preach_v september_n 9_o the_o 1683._o be_v the_o day_n of_o thanksgiving_n for_o god_n wonderful_a providence_n and_o mercy_n in_o discover_v and_o defeat_v the_o late_a treasonable_a conspiracy_n against_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n person_n and_o government_n by_o john_n chapman_n m._n a._n and_o minister-of_a bernard-castle_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 7._o fear_v god_n honour_v the_o king_n london_n print_v by_o h._n hill_n jun._n for_o charles_n harper_n at_o the_o flower-de-luce_n over_o against_o st._n dunstan_n church_n in_o fleetstreet_n m_o dc_o lxxxiv_o to_o the_o reader_n the_o author_n be_v great_a distance_n from_o the_o press_n and_o his_o no_o less_o averseness_n to_o appear_v in_o public_a though_o at_o last_o overcome_v by_o the_o importunity_n of_o friend_n have_v occasion_v the_o delay_n in_o publish_v the_o ensue_a discourse_n and_o yet_o perhaps_o it_o will_v be_v think_v that_o in_o regard_n to_o his_o year_n to_o the_o treatise_n itself_o and_o to_o its_o small_a importance_n to_o the_o public_a he_o ought_v rather_o to_o apologise_v for_o his_o forwardness_n now_o in_o expose_v it_o but_o however_o this_o his_o undertake_n may_v be_v censure_v by_o some_o on_o the_o former_a account_n as_o late_a and_o unseasonable_a or_o by_o other_o on_o the_o latter_a as_o vain_a and_o inconsiderate_a he_o hope_v betwixt_o they_o he_o may_v find_v those_o who_o will_v put_v a_o more_o favourable_a construction_n both_o upon_o the_o discourse_n itself_o and_o the_o inducement_n to_o print_v it_o as_o for_o those_o who_o may_v account_v he_o too_o severe_a in_o it_o if_o their_o own_o consciousness_n make_v they_o think_v so_o either_o they_o be_v due_o sensible_a of_o their_o own_o gild_n and_o its_o demerit_n or_o they_o be_v not_o if_o they_o be_v they_o can_v but_o at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v also_o sensible_a that_o their_o crime_n have_v deserve_v severity_n but_o if_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o sensible_a 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hand_n the_o miraculous_a passage_n and_o escape_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o fatal_a overthrow_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o of_o all_o his_o host_n in_o the_o red_a sea_n be_v no_o less_o solemn_o and_o joyful_o celebrate_v by_o moses_n and_o all_o the_o people_n and_o 15._o when_o the_o lord_n have_v discomfit_v jabin_n and_o sisera_n with_o all_o their_o force_n than_o sing_v deborah_n and_o barak_n that_o memorable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 4._o song_n of_o triumph_n record_v in_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o judge_n nor_o may_v it_o seem_v improbable_a 5._o that_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o lord_n battle_n refer_v to_o by_o moses_n numb_a 21._o 14._o and_o in_o the_o book_n of_o jashar_n mention_v jos_n 10._o 13._o and_o 2_o sam._n 1._o 18._o as_o also_o in_o those_o many_o other_o book_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n mention_v and_o refer_v to_o elsewhere_o in_o scripture_n all_o which_o be_v lose_v very_o many_o passage_n 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their_o sceptre_n to_o that_o of_o righteousness_n than_o be_v they_o no_o less_o careful_a and_o punctual_a to_o appoint_v and_o observe_v set_v time_n of_o public_a thanksgiving_n to_o almighty_a god_n for_o his_o mercy_n to_o and_o protection_n over_o they_o such_o great_a and_o pious_a precedent_n have_v our_o most_o gracious_a sovereign_n for_o blessing_n god_n in_o this_o manner_n and_o indeed_o he_o want_v not_o among_o his_o own_o royal_a religious_a and_o renown_a ancestor_n for_o good_a example_n of_o such_o his_o piety_n and_o though_o it_o be_v true_a their_o thanksgiving_n be_v for_o victory_n over_o foreign_a enemy_n and_o formidable_a one_o too_o which_o magnify_a god_n deliverance_n towards_o they_o and_o signalise_v those_o good_a occasion_n of_o their_o thankfulness_n yet_o have_v not_o his_o present_a majesty_n less_o cause_o to_o bless_v god_n who_o have_v deliver_v he_o from_o domestic_a foe_n from_o the_o strive_n of_o his_o own_o people_n my_o text_n be_v part_n 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