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A29362	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London, at the Church of S. Mary le Bow, the fifth of November, 1684 by Francis Bridge ...	Bridge, Francis, d. 1688.	1685 (1685)	Wing B4444; ESTC R3795	12,825	36

hopes of future Security Let us make God our Friend be fearful only of our selves and our Sins which cry aloud to God for Vengeance make use of no unlawful means either of Perjury or Subornation and think by that to be Secured This is a sure way to appease God's wrath and more required at our hands than all the Revels and Bonfires of the Night or the late over officious and foolish Zeal of some to burn the Pope in Effigie Thus have I done with my Text and show'd you both the Act and the Duty Rejoycing and Acknowledging and Owning God's Providence in our own Preservation and that just Vengeance he executeth upon the Wicked I have but a few words for the Close of this Discourse and so I shall dismiss you THere is a clamor in the mouths of many at this day against Popery nay and to take off the imputation from themselves they charge persons with favouring that Party who publickly and solemnly have disowned all their proceedings I shall not therefore think it amiss briefly to Exhort you to take an estimate of Mens Affections to Popery by their Doctrines and Principles and judge them so qualified by detesting or owning their Opinions especially in the business of Loyalty or Resistance to Government for by their fruits we shall easily know them And I am afraid by that time we have closely examined the several Parties we shall find those who make the greatest noise against them are the nearliest allied to them especially in practices of this Nature for the Subversion of an Established Government and this hath made the Jesuits themselves so often assistant at their Conventicles Cardinal Bellarmin would have the quiet and submission of the Old Christians consist in this That they had not strength enough to resist so hath a late scurrilous Apostate too deserved little thanks from the Primitive Martyrs of the Church in that they were gentle and meek it was neither Allegiance or Conscience in his opinion but want of Strength for else the Emperors had suffered and not They. Such persons as these justly admonish the Government to have a care to keep them from Power and Authority for they publickly Declare they want not Will but Force to Execute their Designs Did not Parsons's Book under the name of Doleman serve the turn of the Papists in the days of Queen Elizabeth it was but Reprinted again in a True Protestant Character and it served the Regicides in the Year 48. and indifferent well since that time in the late Horrid Conspiracy Calvin and Ignatius had their Original much at the same time and the chief of their Followers in their Writings have shown the same disaffection to all Government unless of their own appointment And in the late Rebellion the Popish and Presbyterian Lords were generally observed to combine together The Church of England which is to be destroy'd under the fine Notion of adhering to Popery hath always declared her Reverence and Obedience to Magistracy and therefore hath always been the common Enemy both of Popish and Republican Recusants Our Saviour himself sufficiently testified his Submission to that Government which then presided although he could have commanded twelve Legions of Angels a Power able to encounter and overcome all the Armies in the World None could say the Disciples after him Submitted for want of Force they that could strike Elymas blind Ananias dead and had in a readiness to revenge all Disobedience 2 Cor. 10.6 would certainly if Christ's Kingdom had been of this World have had further Commission to stop the violent proceedings of all their Enemies It is not always the Anointing of the Spirit required for our Subjection Josias a King truly Godly and Religious and Cyrus a meer Heathen are both Recorded by the Prophets of the Lord Isaiah and Jeremy David a good King and Saul one of the worst of Tyrants both Anointed Royal Unctions give no Grace but a just Title only and therefore in Scripture it is not said Touch not mine Anointed while he Rules well in the Preservation of the true Religion while he is endued with extraordinary Vertues and Gifts of the Spirit while he pleases the People but because whatsoever he is He is the Anointed of the Lord Dominion is not founded in Grace neither Priest nor People can pretend any thing in setting up the Lords Anointed The Opinions of these wild Dissenters for the Destruction both of Governours and Government were derived from Muncer Knipperdoling John a Leyden and the rest of their Hairbrain'd Prophets condemned by all sober persons of the Reformation particularly by Luther in a Book written for that very purpose where he plainly shews That Magistracy is of God and necessary for our good and that whatsoever befals us it is the part of a Christian to suffer the Cross Prayers and Tears were the Primitive Christians Arms they embraced the Doctrine of the Bow-String as it is maliciously represented by one scarce worthy the name of a Reformed Christian and we never find them interposing with Sword and Blunderbus or any other Offensive weapon whatsoever I have not time to enlarge upon this Subject and what hath been said is to vindicate the Loyal Sons of the Church of England from all Aspersions of this Nature and that we may be all convinced that all the Stirs and Tumults which have been in our Land have proceeded from the same Principle whether in Papists or Fanaticks and till this be quite rooted out we shall never be free from Rebellion King James was this Day destined for Ruin by the Papists His Son King Charles the First was reserved out of their Hands to suffer Martyrdom by pretended Protestants and our present Sovereign whom God long preserve hath had his Troubles and Plots on all hands But God be praised we are still in a condition to give Thanks to abhor the Practices and Positions of such Men whose only Piety is to make Religion a Cloak for Treason and turn Rebels out of Conscience And let all that fear God rejoyce in his Name in the midst of this and all other his Wonders in our Preservation For the Righteous must Rejoyce when he seeth the Vengeance he will wash his footsteps in the bloud of the Wicked So that a man shall say Verily there is a Reward for the Righteous Verily he is a God that judgeth in the Earth So let all the Enemies of thy Truth and thine Anointed perish from thy presence O God even all that have Evil Will at Sion so persecute them with thy Tempest and make them afraid with thy Storm Fill their faces with shame that they may seek thy Name O Lord let them be confounded and troubled for ever yea let them be put to shame and perish that men may know that thou whose Name alone is Jehovah art the most High over all the Earth But let thy Truth and thy Righteousness flourish let the Throne of our Sovereign be Established all the Plots and wicked Devices of his Enemies brought to nought so shall we always be praising Thee and continually Rejoycing in thy Salvation Amen FINIS Sermons Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishops-Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard DOctor Hick's Sermon of Temptation before the Lord Mayor 's Sermon at the Act at Oxford 4o. 's Peculium Dei before the Lord Mayor 's True Notion of Persecution 's Moral Shechinah 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor Jan. 30. 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor at the Spittle 's Sermon at Worcester May 29. Dr. Sharp's Sermon at the Yorkshire Feast 's Sermon before the House of Commons 's Duty and Happiness of Doing Good 's Sermon at the Election of the Lord Mayor Dr. Calamy's Sermon May 29. 1682. before the Lord Mayor 's Sermon Sept. 9. 1683. 's Sermon Sept. 30. 1683. before the Lord Mayor 's Sermon Sept. 2. 1684. before the Lord Mayor Dr. Smith's Sermon Dr. Bisbie's Sermon Prosecution no Persecution Modern Pharisees Two Assize Sermons Dr. Moore 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 1682. 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 1684. Mr. Scot's Sermon before the Artillery-Company 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor Decemb. 16. 1683. 's Sermon at Dr. Croun's Funeral Mr. Lamb's Sermon before the King at Windsor 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 's Sermon wherein the Liberty of Humane Nature is Stated Discuss'd and Limited Mr. Wray's Sermon The Rebellious City Destroy'd Sept. 2. 's Loyalty protesting against Popery and Fanaticism Popishly Affected Mr. Resberry's Sermon at the Charter-house s Sermon at Sir Alan Broderick's Funeral Mr. Payne's Sermon at the Brentwood Feast 's Sermon Sept. 9. Mr. Milbourne's Original of Rebellion Preached January 30. 's Sermon Sept. 9. 1683. Mr. Battels Assize Sermon at Hertford Mr. Leigh's Sermon of the Keeping of Holy Days Preached before the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London Mr. Grail's Four Sermons I. Of True Reformation of Our Selves II. Of Pious Reverence towards God and the King III. Of Just Abhorrence of Usurping Republicans IV. Of Due Affection to the Monarchy Mr. Gascarth's Sermon at Duke Lauderdale's Funeral

confusion of Tongues Quarrels and Division among themselves I cannot but wonder how any of our Dissenters who have endeavoured to destroy the same Establishment so lately can excuse their Ignorance or Hypocrisie in giving God publick thanks for the preservation of that which they openly brand as Popish and Antichristian 2. But then as David's numerous and potent Enemies treacherously and secretly combined for his Destruction so did the Enemies of this Day too All Treasons and Conspiracies are usually transacted in the dark they are properly the works of darkness they cannot endure the clear discoveries of light for fear they should be detected Was not this our case this Day was there much more than a moment between us and Destruction was not the Deliverance as remarkable as the Danger We thought our selves secure from any contrivance of this Nature our very Enemies seemed to behave themselves with modesty and moderation But alas they could not long hide their temper like their Father they must appear with their cloven Foot the truest Emblem of Division and Dissention They were not uppermost and therefore must put the World into a Combustion it was not enough for them to be the subjects of anothers mercy unless they themselves had Power and Authority for doing mischief This they contrived in secret places in dark corners of the Earth they properly thought to undermine us their malice was restless and active an Oath of Secrecy and the Sacrament it self were their Preludiums to our Destruction Their Design was formed under ground nearer the confines of Hell acknowledging the grand Adversary to be the Author of this device The discovery of this contrivance was highly remarkable a Letter to secure one person proved the safety of the whole Nation and that by an Interpretation of the King himself which seems little less than an Inspiration from God whose Vicegerent he was This plainly proves there are some who are God's peculiar care as Signets on his Right Hand who as publick Persons are reserved to be a publick benefit These are they who are in Scripture stiled Gods For though their mould be no more refined and their End the same with other Men yet their Character and Authority is Divine who so slights them slights God and cannot expect to descend to the Grave without a full and remarkable Vengeance 3. Once more and I have done David's Enemies though they did not indeed yet seemed to speak Righteously No question they had fair and plausible pretences in their mouths The vindication of the Truth and the Catholick Cause were the Traitors pretences this Day They come with Religion in their mouths but Rancor and Malice in their hearts Most of the Rebellions and Cruelties in the World have been transacted under the notion either of Religion or Reformation Holy Leagues Solemn Covenants Associations and the like have been the usual Prefaces to such undertakings The bloudiest of all projects have been ever coloured over with Godliness because the worse any thing is the better gloss it willingly would have Men of these Principles however they have been led themselves by the Spirit of delusion or endeavour to delude others are still very active and busie they come in Sheeps clothing pretending Peace and Friendship a concernment for our Souls and a tender regard for our Everlasting happiness but within they are ravenous Wolves would convert us as they did the Indians by Murther and Assassination What can we say of such Men who pretend this not only Interest but Conscience not only Gain but Godliness not only propagating their own Grandeur but vindicating that Religion our Saviour came to establish If an honest Heathen were to be Judge he would surely esteem Christ's Doctrine if it consisted in the Jesuits Politicks to be far more uneasie than the Light of Nature We were certainly more at quiet before when we were left to our Natural principles than by such a super-induced Revelation be bound to disturb Societies kill Kings translate Governments and engage us in all the Broils and Tumults in the World As if the Prince of Peace were a Title only to cheat Men into an opinion of his Dictates and when they were once so far Trepan'd to instruct them in all unheard of Villanies and unallowable practices abhorred by the more Religious though more ignorant Heathen and however contradictory such practices are to the peaceable rules of the Gospel yet they have still the impudence to stile themselves of the Society of Jesus Good Lord what a pass are we now come to The honest and immediate Successors of our Saviour nay and he himself too were quite mistaken they lived but in the Infancy of Religion discoursed all things with plainness and sincerity had no guile or reservation in their breasts But alas good men Prophets and other Pen-men of the holy Scriptures how wofully were they mistaken A new Sect of Christians are sprung up in the World who have received greater Light and improvement who are of more refined Principles and subtle Policies who contradict all you have been exhorting us to But I hope all such pretences to Religion will now vanish and the works of darkness be made manifest such as Envy Hatred Variance Uncharitableness Wrath Bitterness And whosoever they are that own such principles of resistance and disobedience to their lawful Superiors let them undergo the same punishment with the Rebels of this Day and be truly stiled Papists in Masquerade while they own the most mischievous of their Opinions Thus have we seen all the Arts and Malice of all the Adversaries of Truth and Religion conjoyned in the wicked purpose of this Day it was contrived with Treachery and Perfidiousness principles abhorred by all generous Spirits from the foundations of the World Nay they acted with Deliberation had Consultations and Assemblies about it it was not the product of a fresh and rash Anger which is commonly stiled a short Rage or Madness they had revolved it often in their minds their wrath was of long standing and resolution they consulted about it a considerable time many Months before they had Oaths of Secrecy and Seals of Confession nay the Blessed Sacrament it self that Cement of peace is publickly profaned to the abetting those horrid Massacres they designed But God be thanked the Vengeance is returned upon themselves their Counsels are defeated their purposes disappointed their Destruction did arise as suddenly upon them as they designed it for us and their unavoidable ruin the just reward of all Traitors did tread close upon their heels and punishment from God did seize upon them This methinks should be enough to terrifie Men from attempts of this nature if they did but consider that God Almighty will take the matter into his own hands and though the hands of Magistrates may be weakned upon Earth their Power impaired and their Authority lessened yet he himself will avenge their Quarrel No Traitor can exempt himself from Destruction one way or other God who is