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A56703	A sermon preached before the Lords spiritual & temporal, in the Abby-Church at Westminster, on the 26th of Novemb. 1691 being the Thanksgiving-day for the preservation of Their Majesties, the success of their forces in the reducing of Ireland, and for the King's safe return / by ... Symon Lord Bishop of Ely.	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1691 (1691)	Wing P850; ESTC R20816	17,588	38

make him declare That none of our Laws were violated none of our Rights or Liberties invaded When all the World saw them break through the very strongest Laws which were purposely made for the security of our most Holy Religion Let it be a warning to you not to trust them though they give never such goodly words and engage their Faith to you in the most solemn Promises Have nothing to do with that Spirit which will infallibly delude you if you hearken to it into your destruction Suffer not your selves by any artifice to be inveigled into a Belief that they can be innocent and harmless For whatsoever Declarations they make to this purpose they are mere Impostures and most dangerous Snares laid to entrap you Persecution being of the very Spirit of the Church of Rome by its Principles by its Doctrines and by its Practices which cannot alter This hath been so clearly and so lately demonstrated by those of our Church that I shall only briefly remember you Their Principle is That we who stand separated from their Communion are Hereticks who must perish everlastingly Their Doctrine is That the Secular Power ought to extirpate all those whom their Church condemns as Hereticks And their Practices are sufficiently known to be consonant to this For where have they failed when they had Power to exterminate those of our Religion Blessed be God then should we all say that this Spirit is if not quite cast out of these Three Kingdoms in a fair way to be utterly disabled from acting such Tragedies among us as they were manifestly preparing for us What shall we render to the Lord for his Goodness towards us Can it be ever forgotten by us And how can we remember it without such Affections as are suitable to such a remarkable Deliverance Which is the Second Part of this Discourse II. We ought to reflect frequently upon our wonderful Deliveronce from those apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed and consider what the remembrance of it requires of us There is no need I hope to go about to prove that God hath wrought a great Deliverance for us If any be so unhappy as to question it they may soon be resolved by asking themselves would we be willing to be in the same condition wherein we were Three years ago in the Power of our Popish Enemies who without the help of our Deliverer might have done what they pleased with us No body sure can think of being in such a Condition with any satisfaction And therefore I must conclude we all own the great Mercy of God to us in a most seasonable Deliverance Let us see how we ought to be affected with it Which is a Subject very large and copious but it may suffice to suggest these Four things to your Christian Consideration First We ought so to remember the Loving kindness of the Lord as never to fail to bless and praise him for it as long as we have a day to live Secondly We ought to be very grateful to the glorious Instrument of our Deliverance Thirdly Look upon our selves as preserved on purpose by God that we may live to the Praise and Glory of his Grace and Mercy towards us Fourthly And then we may learn hereby to place our trust and confidence in the same Mercy for the time to come I. There can be no dispute of the first of these that the Praises of God ought to be continually in our Mouth for the great thing he hath done for us Nothing can be more unbecoming nothing more disingenuous and vile than instead of this to hear such undutiful murmurings repinings and complaints as too many Mouths are filled withal Which would be quite silenced if we would make it our business as it is our duty to think how much we owe to God and what thanks we ought to be giving continually for the Deliverance he hath wrought for us and for all the Blessings which by that means we enjoy There is nothing can be more rational than this II. And one would think there should be as little dispute about the Second That we ought to be highly grateful to the Glorious Instrument of our Deliverance For whose coming all Men longed The News of whose arrival was every where welcomed with the greatest joy Which I hope we have not already forgotten nor suffered the Benefits we have received thereby to slip out of our Mind For we owe the happy Liberty we now enjoy of worshipping God here together according to the Rules of the Gospel unto that Deliverance Which hath been followed with a very long train of Labours and Toils which His Majesty hath undergone and of marvellous Successes God hath blessed him withal for the confirming the Peace and Prosperity which is continued to us by his means With how many Difficulties hath he wrestled Through what Hardships hath he waded And to how great Hazards hath he exposed his Royal Person both this year and the last that we might reap the peaceable Fruit of them in safety and ease If it had not been for his Courage and Conduct our Irish Brethren might have still languished under those heavy Oppressions from which they are now freed The Common Enemy might have still made greater ravages in our Neighbouring Countries if he had not stood in the Gap to stop their Fury Which we our selves might have felt long before this time had not God raised him up to be our Deliverer and strengthned his Hands to maintain what he had atcheived How vast are the Obligations which by these things he hath laid upon us Can we think that we have ever done enough for him who hath done and endured so much for our Preservation The ancient Heathens thought themselves so much indebted to the Deliverers of their Country that they set no bounds to their affection but honoured them as Gods This was an excess of Gratitude to them But had they given them all the Honour that is short of Divine owned them for Gods upon Earth I mean for their Kings and Governours they had not done amiss For Nature hath ever taught Mankind to pay all manner of Service to such as saved their Lives and redeemed their Liberties when they were in danger to lose them Which was all I am apt to think that the ancient Heathen meant by calling such Persons their Gods That is their Kings their great Benefactors Which was the Name they frequently gave to their Princes especially to such as had been their Deliverers Whom they honoured under that Notion while they lived and superstitious Posterity pursued them with Divine Honours when they were dead How could this Nation then do less than own him for their King who had been their Deliverer from Slavery both of Soul and Body This is no more than common Gratitude hath inclined all Mankind to do for those who only preserved their Civil Liberties when they were invaded He that redeemed them they thought had a good Title to them and

speak so disdainfully and make such proud boasting c. And he who Rules in all the Kingdoms of the Children of Men all whose works are truth and his ways judgment and those that walk in pride he is able to abase will at length hear the Sighs and Groans of those poor Wretches whom that Oppressor hath made very miserable And will dash likewise all the Designs that are against us here in those Kingdoms if we be not so ungrateful to Him as not to regard the works of the Lord nor the operations of his hands For when did the Hand of God appear more visibly than it hath done of late in Defeating the Attempts that have been made in these Three Kingdoms upon our Religion and Liberties And can we think that God intends they should rise up again who have been so remarkably confounded No surely if we be not so wickedly unthankful as to forget the Hand that hath saved us or slight his Mercies towards us There 's the remaining Danger and therefore let us take heed to ourselves and keep our Souls diligently lest we forget the things our Eyes have seen and lest they depart out of our Heart all the days of our Life This is a thing which requires very great care because we are naturally forgetful Creatures apt to be unmindful of Benefits and in this particular Case shall meet with many Attempts upon us to make us like the old Israelites disgust our present Happiness and in effect wish our selves again in Egypt Which I have not time left to represent so effectually as it deserves but must only intreat you to be aware of this Danger and watch your selves so carefully that nothing efface the sense of God's great Goodness to you in the late Deliverance he hath given you And then he who hath hitherto heard our Prayers will still fulfil our humble Petitions He will hear the Cry of those miserable People who are undone by a haughty Oppressor Though he bear long as it is in the Gospel for this Day he will avenge his own Elect yea he will avenge them speedily And we may rationally hope he will also preserve us from falling into his cruel Hands He will stretch forth his Hand against the furiousness of our Enemies and put them to shame that hate us He will go on to disappoint them and cast them down and as the Psalmist elsewhere prays reward them according to their Deeds and according to the Wickedness of their own Inventions Recompence them after the Work of their Hands and pay them what they have deserved In one word break them down and not build them up The Lord will perfect that which concerneth us for his Mercy endureth for ever He will not forsake the Work of his own Hands But we may take the boldness to sing on this Day of Thanksgiving as the Church doth upon the like occasion Psal xlviii 9 14. We wait for thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy Temple This God who hath done such great things for us is our God for ever and ever He will be our Guide unto Death Amen FINIS Books lately printed for Richard Chiswell A New History of the Succession of the Crown of England and more particularly from the Time of King Egbert till King Henry the VIII Collected from those Historians who wrote of their own Times A Discourse concerning the Unreasonableness of a New Separation on account of the Oaths With an Answer to the History of Passive Obedience so far as relates to Them A Vindication of the said Discourse concerning the Unreasonableness of a New Separation from the Exceptions made against it in a Tract called A Brief Answer to the said Discourse c. An Account of the Ceremony of Investing His Electoral Highness of Brandenburgh with the Order of the Garter at Berlin June 6. 1690. By Jawes Johnston Esq and Gregory King Esq His Majesty's Commissioners Dr. Freeman's Sermon at the Assizes at Northampton before the Lord Chief Justice Pollexfen August 26. 1690. His Thanksgiving Sermon before the House of Commons November 5. 1690. Dr. Tenison's Sermon before the Queen concerning the Wandring of the Mind in God's Service Feb. 15. 1690. His Sermon before the Queen of the Folly of Atheism Feb 22. 1690. Dr. Fowler now Lord Bishop of Gloucester his Sermon before the Queen March 22. 1690. The Bishop of Sarum's Sermon at the Funeral of the Lady Brook Feb 19. 1690. His Fast Sermon before the King and Queen April 29. 1691. Mr. Fleetwood's Sermon at Christ's Church on St. Stephen's Day A True and Impartial History of the most Material Occurrences in the Kingdom of Ireland during the Two last Years With the present State of both Armies Published to prevent Mistakes and to give the World a Prospect of the future Success of their Majesties Arms in that Nation Written by an Eye-witness to the most Remarkable Passages A Full and Impartial Account of the secret Consults Negotiations Stratagems and Intrigues of the Romish Party in Ireland from 1660 to 1689 for the Settlement of Popery in that Kingdom A Ground-Plot of the strong Fort of Ch●●●ement in Ireland with the Town River Marshes Boggs and Places adjacent Drawn by Captain Hobson price 6 Pence An Exact Ground-Plot of London Derry with the River Woods Ways and Places adjacent by the same Captain Hobson price 6 d. A Prospect of Limerick bearing due West exactly shewing the Approaches of the English Army with the Batteries and Breach An Exposition of the Ten Commandments By Dr. Simon Patrick now Lord Bishop of Ely The Lay Christian's Obligation to read the Holy Scriptures By Dr. Stratford now Lord Bishop of Chester A shore View of the Unfortunate Reigns of these Kings William the 2d Henry the 2d Edward the 2d Richard the 2d Charles the 2d and James the 2d Geologia Or A Discourse concerning the Earth before the Deluge wherein the Form and Properties ascribed to it in a Book intituled The Theory of the Earth are excepted against And it is made appear That the Dissolution of that Earth was not the Cause of the Universal Flood Also a new Explication of that Flood is attempted By Erasmus Warren Rector of Worlington in Suffolk The present State of Germany or an Account of the Extent Rise Form Wealth Strength Weaknesses and Interests of that Empire The Prerogatives of the Emperor and the Privileges of the Electors Princes and Free Cities adapted to the present Circumstances of that Nation By a Person of Quality The Judgment of God upon the Roman Catholick Church from its first rigid Laws for Universal Conformity to it unto its last End With a Prospect of these near approaching Revolutions viz. The Revival of the Protestant Prosesion in an Eminent Kingdom where it was totally suppressed The last End of all Turkish Hostilities The General Mortification of the Power of the Roman Church in all Parts of its Dominions By DRVE CRESNER D. D. 4 to Some Remarks upon the Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of PIEDMONT By PETER ALLIX D. D. A Vindication of their Majesty's Authority to fill the Sees of the 〈◊〉 Bishops in a Letter out of the Country occasioned by Dr. B 's 〈◊〉 of the Bishoprick of Bath and Wells 4 to V. CL. GVLIELMI CAMDENI Illustrium Virorum ad G. Camdenum EPISTOLAE Cum Appendice varii Argumenti Accesserunt Annali●● Regni Regis Jacob● 〈◊〉 Apparatus Commentarius de Antiquitate Dignitate Officio Comitis 〈◊〉 Angliae Praemittitur G. Camdeni vita Scriptore Thom● Smitho S. T. D. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Presbytero 4 to MEMOIRS of what past in Christendom from the War begun 1072 to the Peace concluded 1679. 8vo Remarks upon the Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of the ALBIGENSES By PETER ALLIX D. D. Treasurer of the Church of Sarum 4 to A Sermon Preached at White-Hall on the 26th of November 1691 being the Thanksgiving-Day for the Preservation of the King and the Reduction of Ireland By OILBERT Lord Bishop of SARVM 4 to ADVERTISEMENT PROPOSALS will be shortly published by Richard Chiswell for Subscription to a Book now finished intituled ANGLIAE SACRAE PARS SECVNDA sive Collectio Historiarum antiquitus Scriptorum de Archiepiscopis Episcopis Angliae à prima Fidei Christianae Susceptione ad annum MDXL. Plures antiquas de Vitis Regni gestis Praesulum Anglicorum Historias sine certo ordine congestas complexa