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A29108 A sermon preached before the King, in St. James's chappel, January 30th, 1698/9 by Samuel Bradford ... Bradford, Samuel, 1652-1731. 1699 (1699) Wing B4121; ESTC R19689 11,787 26

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Protestant Countrey a Nation which hath been blest with the greatest Advantages for the increase of Divine Knowledge and the improvement of good Practice and which has been laid under the strongest Obligations by Divine Providence from one Generation to another how many are there notwithstanding all this who not only discover a manifest Neglect of God and of Religion but presume openly to bid defiance to the Almighty to dare the Power of Heaven against themselves by their horrid Blasphemies their impious Oaths and Imprecations who set at nought every thing which is Serious and Sacred who having first declar'd their contempt of Reveal'd Religion by professing Infidelity go on to testifie their disregard to that which is Natural also by a Practice directly contrary to all the Rules of Virtue and Morality Whosoever is toucht with an inward and serious sense of Almighty God cannot but be deeply affected with the Thoughts of these things To reform this Scandal of the Age is undoubtedly the Business and will be the Glory and the Interest of those whom God hath entrusted with the Power of the Sword For whilst they controul these Enemies of Almighty God they subdue the very worst and most dangerous Enemies of themselves and the Kingdom 2. Let us also fear the King which is the rather to be urg'd both as the proper Argument of the Day and because there are apparently two sorts of Men amongst us who contradict this good Advice Some there have been of late who from fond and mistaken Notions of Loyalty have prov'd very mischievously Disloyal to the present Government of whom I shall only say thus much That 't is a plain instance how far Prejudice and Passion may mislead Men even to the rendering them insensible of their Duty and their Interest at once to the making them guilty of great Disingenuity and Ingratitude both to God and the Instruments of his Providence uneasie on account of Blessings and dissatisfied with the only visible Means which was left for our Deliverance But I hope a little more time will wear out the remainders of these Prejudices at least out of the Minds of those who are endued with Honesty and good Meaning There are a second Sort who I fear still retain the dangerous Principles upon which the Fact of this Day was perpetrated who one would think might have long since been brought to a better Mind not only by observing the impracticableness of all their foolish Schemes of Government but especially by considering the Miseries that attended this Nation for so many Years together whilst they were attempting to set up what they still appear so unaccountably fond of Let us testifie our utter dislike to these and all other disloyal Principles and Practices by being true to that excellent Form of Government which is peculiar to our Nation by yielding a chearful Obedience and Submission to our Superiors by laying aside all our Prejudices and Factions and thereby rendring the Management of the Government easie to those who have the Charge of it in a word by reviving a Generous and Publick Spirit among us which is so apparently and scandalously wanting at this time that we may take up the Apostles Complaint Phil. 2.21 All men seek their own things not the things of God of their King and their Countrey Let us not go on to provoke God who hath given us one Opportunity more of being an happy People lest he say to us as he did once to the Israelites after their proving incorrigible under many Trials and Deliverances Judges 10.10 c. Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites c. yet ye have forsaken me Wherefore I will deliver you no more Go and cry unto the Gods which ye have chosen let them deliver you in the time of your Tribulation Let us rather hearken to the Voice of Wisdom speaking to us as to Children My Son fear thou the Lord and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change Now to that great God by whom Kings reign and Princes decree Justice to that Supream Lord who Governs the World with Wisdom and often prevents those Disorders which the Sins and Follies of Men expose them to to him who makes Men to be of one Mind in an House and in a Kingdom to God even our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ with the Eternal Spirit be all Praise and Glory now and for ever Amen FINIS Books Printed for Matt. Wottom at the Three Daggers in Fleet-street A Demonstration of the Messias in which the Truth of the Christian Religion is Defended especially against the Jews containing all that was Preached at the Lecture of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq By the Right Reverend Father in God Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells His Sermons Preached on several Occasions 8o. A Guide to the Devout Christian in Three Parts containing Prayers for particular Persons for Families and a Discourse of the Sacrament The Christian's-Pattern in Four Books written originally in Latin by Thomas à Kempis To which are added Prayers and Meditations for Sick Persons By George Stanhope D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to HIs Majesty in Octavo with Cuts Sold for 5 s. The same Book printed in a Smaller letter Price 2 s. The Occasional Paper No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. The Heinousness of Injustice A Sermon Preached before Mr. Justice Turton at the Assizes held at Lincoln 1698. By Laurence Echard Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln A Sormon preached at St. Paul's Church the 2d of January last being the First for this Year of the Lecture appointed by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq By Samuel Bradford Rector of St. Mary le Bow