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sam._n ch._n two_o three_o four_o ib._n ch._n v_o 5_o 17._o psal._n 135._o 4._o deutr._fw-la four_o 7_o 8_o 32_o etc._n etc._n 2_o sam._n seven_o 23._o exod._n twenty-five_o 8._o jer._n seven_o 12._o ezek._n xxxvii_o 26._o 1_o sam._n xiii_o 14._o psal._n v._n 12._o xxxiv_o 15_o 17._o xxxvii_o 17_o etc._n etc._n etc._n compare_v 1_o chron._n x._o 13_o 14._o with_o joseph_n ant._n l._n seven_o c._n 4._o where_o speak_v of_o david_n care_n in_o this_o particular_a he_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v the_o neglect_n of_o this_o that_o ruin_a saul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o sam._n seven_o s._n ib._n xxii_o 21_o etc._n etc._n etc._n 1_o king_n xv_o 4._o 2_o king_n x._o 30._o 2_o chron_n xv_o xvii_o 5._o xx_o 37._o xxvi_o 5._o xxvii_o 6._o 6._o 1_o sam._n two_o 30._o 1_o king_n xi_o 11_o 31_o 33._o fourteen_o 9_o 10._o xv_o 29._o xuj_o 12_o 13_o 19_o xvii_o 18._o xxi_o 10._o 2_o chron._n twelve_o 5_o 6_o etc._n etc._n twenty-five_o 14_o 15._o see_v 1_o king_n c._n x._o 1_o king_n xi_o 4._o 9_o 11_o 12_o 13._o 14_o 23_o 26._o hosea_n x._o 3._o &_o xiii_o 11._o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 26._o 26._o 2_o king_n xxii_o 16_o â—…_n xxiii_o 26._o 26._o 2._o chron._n xxxv_o 2d_o etc._n etc._n etc._n 2_o king_n xxii_o 18_o 19_o â—…0_n isai_n lvii_o â—…_n 2_o king_n xxii_o 18_o &c_n &c_n jer._n twenty-five_o 12._o l._n 18._o jer._n twenty-five_o 9_o xliii_o 10._o ezek._n xxvi_o 7._o themist_n orat._n xvii_o p._n 462._o ed._n paris_n 4to_fw-la psalm_n â—…iii_fw-la 11._o habet_fw-la hoc_fw-la primum_fw-la magna_fw-la fortuna_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la tectum_fw-la nihil_fw-la occultum_fw-la esse_fw-la patitur_fw-la plin._n paneg._n c._n 83._o 2_o sam._n v_o 17_o see_v jos._n ant._n l._n v._n 1_o cap_n 4._o 2_o sam._n viij_o 1_o &c_n &c_n xxi_o 15_o etc._n etc._n compare_v with_o xxii_o 1._o see_v joseph_n anâ—_n lib._n seven_o cap._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o bâ—â—â—e_n in_o ireland_n 2_o sam._n xxi_o 17._o psalm_n cxu._n 1_o 1_o see_v the_o declare_v of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o feb._n 13._o 1688._o 1688._o see_v knyghâ—on_n p._n 2681_o k._n ch._n it_v ans._n to_o the_o nineteeen_o propos._n propos._n see_v 2_o inst._n f._n 169._o â—…_n inst._n 10._o stat._n 7._o h._n 4._o see_v k._n j_n letter_n to_o the_o e._n of_o fev_n about_o disband_v the_o army_n with_o the_o be_v letter_n thereupon_o to_o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n luke_n i_o 74._o 74._o see_v a_o catalogue_n of_o they_o set_v out_o in_o triumph_n by_o mounseur_fw-fr le_fw-fr feure_z nouveau_fw-fr recueil_n a_o la_fw-fr fin_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr 3_o i_o party_n mounseur_fw-fr varillas_n boast_v that_o they_o be_v 2150._o 2150._o see_v *_o plaint_n des_fw-fr protestans_fw-la *_o '_o etat_fw-la des_fw-fr reformez_n en_fw-fr france_n *_o lettres_o pastorales_fw-la de_fw-fr mr._n jurieu_o *_o recueil_n de_fw-fr mr._n le_fw-fr feure_z *_o defense_n des_fw-fr libertez_fw-fr des_fw-fr eglise_n r._n the_o france_n france_n see_v *_o plaint_n des_fw-fr protestans_fw-la *_o '_o etat_fw-la des_fw-fr reformez_n en_fw-fr france_n *_o lettres_o pastorales_fw-la de_fw-fr mr._n jurieu_o *_o recueil_n de_fw-fr mr._n le_fw-fr feure_z *_o defense_n des_fw-fr libertez_fw-fr des_fw-fr eglise_n r._n the_o france_n france_n see_v a_o account_n of_o this_o in_o the_o letter_n between_o the_o d._n of_o savoy_n and_o the_o fr._n k._n translate_v from_o the_o original_n and_o print_v anno_fw-la 1690._o 1690._o arrest_n du_fw-fr 11._o janvier_n 1636._o a_o la_o charge_n qu'ils_fw-fr ne_fw-fr pourront_fw-fr fair_a dans_fw-fr le_fw-fr royaume_n aucun_fw-fr exercise_n de_fw-fr leur_fw-fr religion_n religion_n du_n 12._o juillet_n 1686._o art_n 1._o nous_fw-fr defendon_n a_o tous_fw-fr minister_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr r_o p._n r._n tant_fw-fr francois_n qu'_fw-fr estranger_n de_fw-fr rentrer_fw-fr dans_fw-fr notre_fw-fr royaume-pour_a quelque_fw-fr raison_fw-fr on_o pretext_n que_fw-fr ce_fw-fr pvisse_fw-fr etre_n &_o en_fw-fr case_z qu'il_fw-fr s'y_fw-fr en_fw-fr trouve_fw-fr voulons_a qu'ilsâ—â—â—ent_fw-la punis_fw-la de_fw-fr mort_fw-fr see_v their_o majesty_n declaration_n of_o war_n against_o the_o french_a k._n k._n alone_o against_o all._n un_fw-fr a_fw-fr tous_fw-fr tous_fw-fr see_v le_fw-fr feure_z in_o his_o dedication_n on_o se_fw-la persuaderoit_fw-fr difficilement_n que_fw-fr vous_fw-fr euâ—â—iez_fw-fr forcé_fw-la toute_fw-la l'europe_v a_o embrasser_n les_fw-fr condition_n de_fw-fr paix_n qu'il_fw-fr avoit_fw-fr plum_n a_o v._o majesté_fw-fr de_fw-fr luy_fw-fr prescrire_fw-fr que_fw-fr vous_fw-fr euâ—iez_fw-fr obligé_fw-fr des_fw-fr souveraign_o a_o venir_fw-fr implorer_n votre_fw-fr clemence_n aux_fw-fr pieds_fw-fr de_fw-fr vostre_fw-fr throne_n nor_o be_v this_o any_o more_o than_o what_o their_o public_a inscription_n justify_v in_o one_o we_o find_v this_o verse_n undarum_fw-la terraeque_fw-la potens_fw-la atquo_fw-la arbiter_n orbis_fw-la in_o another_o he_o be_v set_v forth_o under_o the_o emblem_n of_o the_o sun_n at_o who_o break_v out_o all_o the_o other_o prince_n like_v so_o many_o star_n disappear_v with_o this_o motto_n ut_fw-la patet_fw-la ista_fw-la latent_fw-la particular_o with_o relation_n to_o england_n a_o lion_n be_v represent_v run_v from_o the_o cock_n with_o this_o motto_n veni_fw-la vidi_n vici_fw-la and_o to_o mention_v no_o more_o in_o another_o medal_n the_o king_n of_o france_n be_v draw_v stand_v with_o the_o globe_n on_o the_o point_n of_o his_o sword_n vaunt_v that_o he_o do_v what_o he_o please_v with_o it_o quod_fw-la libet_fw-la licet_fw-la see_v the_o collect._n of_o father_n menetrier_n 〈◊〉_d a_o acount_n of_o all_o this_o in_o a_o little_a tract_n late_o reprint_v viz._n christianissimus_a christianandus_n christianandus_n charles_n ix_o 1573._o give_v they_o a_o edict_n which_o he_o call_v perpetual_a and_o irrevocable_a this_o be_v confirm_v by_o hen._n iii_o in_o 1576._o and_o 1577._o and_o again_o in_o 1579._o and_o 1580._o then_o follow_v the_o great_a edict_n of_o nantes_n under_o king_n hen._n iu._n this_o be_v confirm_v by_o lewis_n xiii_o an._n 1610._o &_o again_o an._n 1615._o and_o by_o the_o present_a k._n an._n 1643._o and_o 1652._o in_o the_o former_a of_o which_o speak_v of_o the_o edict_n before_o mention_v it_o be_v say_v lesquels_fw-fr edit_n bien_fw-fr que_fw-fr perpetuels_fw-fr nous_fw-fr avons_fw-fr de_fw-fr nouveau_fw-fr entant_fw-la que_fw-fr besoin_fw-fr est_fw-fr ou_fw-fr seroit_fw-fr confirmez_fw-fr &_o confirmons_n par_fw-fr ces_fw-fr dite_fw-fr present_n present_n see_v def._n des_fw-fr lib._n des_fw-fr egl._n r._n de_fw-fr fâ—_n pt_v one_a one_a see_v the_o state_n of_o the_o protestant_n in_o ireland_n chap._n iii_o §._o 13._o p_o 169_o etc._n etc._n to_o 178._o 178._o see_v this_o large_o discuss_v by_o grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n etc._n etc._n lib._n iii._o ch_n 11_o 12_o 13_o 14_o 15._o see_v grotius_n ib._n l._n 3._o cap._n 11._o §._o 2._o themist_n or._n x._o p._n 259._o 259._o in_o a_o late_a medal_n they_o represent_v themselves_o under_o the_o figure_n of_o a_o bomb_n tower_v in_o the_o air_n with_o this_o inscription_n quocunque_fw-la cadat_fw-la that_o stragem_fw-la spire_n worm_n ban_n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o emperor_n letter_n to_o king_n james_n apr._n 9_o 1689._o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o nor_o of_o ireland_n burn_v by_o rosen_n rosen_n see_v grotius_n l._n c._n st._n austin_n commend_v the_o goth_n when_o they_o take_v rome_n for_o spare_v these_o de_fw-fr cio_o d._n l._n 1._o grot._n ib._n xenophon_n o_o econ_n l._n 2._o see_v diodorus_n siculus_n l._n 2._o to_o which_o grotius_n add_v many_o more_o instance_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la b._n ac_fw-la p._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o §._o 4._o &_o in_o annot._n annot._n in_o another_o of_o their_o late_a medal_n they_o have_v represent_v the_o helm_n of_o a_o ship_n in_o the_o sea_n with_o this_o inscription_n legem_fw-la poâ—…_n aquiâ—_n luke_n i._n 74._o 2_o sâ—…_n xxii_o 40_o 41_o 42._o 50_o 51._o 1_o tim._n i._n 17._o ib._n vi_o 15._o
preserve_v though_o 18._o yet_o even_o then_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o perish_v miserable_o in_o the_o end_n when_o god_n raise_v they_o up_o to_o be_v the_o scourge_n and_o plague_n of_o a_o wicked_a world_n and_o make_v use_v of_o they_o as_o he_o do_v 7._o sometime_o of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o babylon_n heretofore_o to_o punish_v the_o people_n and_o kingdom_n round_o about_o them_o but_o otherwise_o i_o believe_v it_o will_v general_o be_v find_v true_a that_o the_o more_o careful_a any_o king_n or_o prince_n be_v to_o live_v well_o and_o govern_v just_o and_o do_v what_o in_o he_o lie_v to_o propagate_v a_o true_a sense_n of_o piety_n among_o his_o people_n the_o happy_a he_o prove_v and_o be_v the_o more_o eminent_o preserve_v by_o god_n as_o he_o be_v certain_o the_o more_o dear_o belove_v by_o he_o and_o good_a reason_n there_o be_v why_o god_n shall_v observe_v this_o method_n with_o they_o for_o 1_o sy_n this_o if_o any_o thing_n will_v lay_v the_o strong_a obligation_n upon_o such_o person_n to_o be_v very_o careful_a to_o support_v the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o the_o credit_n of_o religion_n when_o once_o they_o shall_v perceive_v that_o their_o welfare_n in_o this_o present_a world_n as_o well_o as_o their_o final_a happiness_n in_o the_o other_o depend_v upon_o it_o and_o i_o need_v not_o tell_v you_o what_o a_o mighty_a advantage_n this_o must_v needs_o bring_v to_o virtue_n and_o piety_n to_o find_v not_o only_o a_o refuge_n in_o the_o court_n of_o prince_n 4to_fw-la but_o a_o respect_n and_o encouragement_n too_o and_o be_v countenance_v by_o those_o who_o very_a example_n be_v influential_a and_o will_v contribute_v more_o to_o the_o promote_a a_o sense_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o world_n than_o all_o the_o motive_n or_o argument_n that_o we_o can_v urge_v will_v ever_o be_v able_a to_o do_v without_o it_o 2_o d_o such_o a_o procedure_n as_o this_o give_v a_o great_a justification_n to_o the_o way_n of_o providence_n in_o the_o menagement_n of_o affair_n here_o below_o it_o show_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o judge_v in_o the_o earth_n that_o he_o do_v 11._o not_o look_v on_o as_o a_o unconcern_v spectator_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o man_n but_o when_o he_o see_v occasion_n both_o can_v and_o do_v interpose_v too_o and_o reward_n or_o punish_v the_o great_a person_n according_a to_o their_o work_n the_o fortune_n of_o prince_n as_o they_o be_v place_v in_o a_o much_o high_a sphere_n 83._o than_o those_o of_o other_o man_n so_o be_v they_o by_o consequence_n more_o conspicuous_a too_o and_o lie_v open_a a_o great_a deal_n more_o to_o public_a observation_n and_o when_o once_o it_o shall_v be_v remark_v that_o they_o flourish_v or_o decay_n be_v either_o exalt_v or_o cast_v down_o according_a as_o they_o live_v or_o not_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o piety_n this_o will_v effectual_o silence_v all_o the_o cavil_n of_o the_o great_a sceptic_a in_o his_o dispute_n against_o a_o providence_n and_o force_v he_o whether_o he_o will_v or_o no_o to_o confess_v that_o very_o there_o be_v a_o reward_n for_o the_o righteous_a doubtless_o there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o observe_v whatsoever_o be_v do_v by_o we_o and_o will_v not_o suffer_v the_o wicked_a always_o to_o go_v unpunished_a again_o 3_o d_o it_o be_v common_o allege_v and_o i_o think_v very_o true_o too_o that_o kingdom_n and_o nation_n be_v therefore_o either_o reward_v or_o punish_v in_o this_o world_n because_o they_o shall_v not_o as_o such_o be_v judge_v in_o the_o other_o and_o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o their_o ruler_n too_o when_o the_o great_a monarch_n go_v down_o into_o the_o grave_a all_o his_o pomp_n and_o power_n his_o title_n and_o majesty_n perish_v together_o with_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v stand_v in_o judgement_n in_o the_o same_o undistinguished_a rank_n with_o the_o mean_a of_o his_o subject_n whatsoever_o reward_n therefore_o god_n shall_v please_v to_o give_v to_o such_o a_o one_o as_o a_o king_n it_o must_v be_v all_o in_o this_o present_a life_n now_o though_o i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o those_o who_o employ_v their_o power_n and_o authority_n which_o god_n have_v commit_v to_o they_o to_o the_o end_n of_o virtue_n and_o religion_n to_o promote_v the_o peace_n and_o welfare_n of_o their_o country_n and_o as_o far_o as_o they_o can_v to_o procure_v the_o happiness_n of_o all_o the_o nation_n round_o about_o they_o both_o may_v receive_v a_o super-abundant_a reward_n for_o it_o and_o i_o doubt_v not_o shall_v receive_v a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a retribution_n in_o the_o other_o world_n yet_o i_o can_v but_o think_v there_o may_v be_v some_o reason_n too_o why_o they_o shall_v meet_v with_o some_o part_n of_o their_o recompense_n in_o this_o and_o since_o to_o their_o private_a piety_n as_o they_o be_v christian_n they_o add_v a_o public_a concern_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o good_a of_o the_o world_n as_o they_o be_v prince_n though_o i_o dare_v not_o say_v that_o god_n in_o justice_n ought_v yet_o i_o think_v we_o may_v affirm_v that_o it_o be_v not_o without_o good_a reason_n that_o he_o do_v vouchsafe_v in_o a_o singular_a manner_n to_o watch_v over_o they_o as_o a_o common_a blessing_n to_o mankind_n and_o prosper_v their_o endeavour_n in_o what_o tend_v so_o much_o to_o the_o noble_a end_n of_o his_o providence_n to_o his_o own_o honour_n to_o the_o interest_n and_o reputation_n of_o his_o religion_n and_o in_o one_o word_n to_o the_o public_a advantage_n both_o of_o mâ—ns_n peace_n and_o tranquillity_n in_o this_o life_n and_o of_o their_o everlasting_a happiness_n and_o salvation_n in_o the_o other_o and_o this_o may_v suffice_v for_o the_o first_o thing_n i_o propose_v to_o speak_v to_o of_o the_o general_n obligation_n which_o â—…y_n upon_o the_o royal_a psalmist_n thus_o to_o praise_n god_n and_o of_o the_o particular_a manner_n wherein_o he_o engage_v to_o do_v it_o i_o shall_v add_v but_o very_o little_a 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