/ q ‘ 
m yy “ Ke . 
SOLER Rinne oad, Wig, WEL re pe ti Pe Oe ee Se EE ee 
a ci Nap OPN tO a nS a a IR CTE peat, eee a Eka Se ity nc. argh Se 
. = Ma NI, ee = RN Tok seat dines be fiat) fires 2 gay ai 
ee ETT es 5 es oy Ber ae De ne a ‘ gee n ; a eae hag = 
# Fi a Lee Sy j — te ae, By — «CRAY bated peyandl a Pe... “Tp 
aU sed ge on ee ee Satna yi; AR eS Pits es 
Aas . Ccaes eee >. a si : 
\ r - 


—s net i A NR i 

eee Prion La ae 

= agree ae eta, Pee ea 
ees 


THE 


NATURE and EFFECTS || 


OF 


"Preached before the Honourable 


Houfe of Commons, 


xe) aN . & 
“*. , : or 4 7 


~~ ea 


- Saturday, the Fifth of Neen, “1692. 


< tl THOMAS MANNINGHA M, D.D. and} | 
: Chaplain in Ordinary to ‘Their Majetties. | 


i ON D OWN, 


Printed by T boinias Braddyll and Robert E veringham, | | 
and are to be Sold at the Seven Stars in Ave-| | 
Mary-Lane, MDCXCII. , 


i 


e ; 4 
f it r 
’ 
af I ae 
¢ ees 3 
5) Fore neti Mi i Sih are eee eee al abe natin ee sent Apa Mores nw: asten va tat a , sy ’ ee Nn Te hr en ere ee ee eres eed SnnNesrare UvEe eee Ded Dinas API ta RISES Di OSA EN RAN " 
* ; 
¢ . 
‘4 sear VORiR RINE S Me ve HIM RP NR st Oe AN IRRE a Soman Oy yee PLM tan Se 4 tepals oy (Rem eee ORCS 2a Beisity . sap se 
Pe i 
q et 
~ J z *y ‘ § tat 
‘ ; : Sh i 
¥ # Ar ‘ ? oe 
By | i ‘ . fe ; 
! e . n ie / Fy 
; ' : Bis » : 
x % 
M ‘ * vid 
4 ; é $ 
a . ow 306 
i 4 Sey: 
x ? 
4 % ‘ 
‘i é 
‘ gees ie 
& 
" . 
% rl i 
% fa ee ‘ 2 Rae Pa 
i f ; { uct ain 
vA i wn 


ipod 


rs os 
je a a wag j sips 
§ ; ag Nae : 
y ys » 
.- - % t 
facto 
‘ sth * 
Pissing Borssdoen ‘ 4 
% ¢ J 
i Le nN ‘i 
Bunt : 
ny ~ > v 2 
: * 7 h Eeowsisey 
} Ape “ Sai } a . 
i hy, A ae 4 ii 
© Why i ¢ 
| : Phat [Sane ‘ 
fasta i , “Set ; Lae 
bead ke e & 
4 } P dduns ® 7 pr 4 
@ apie ie 43 ' 
¥ ae rises is » Nr 
r < ad ae 
; : ay : at 
3 Se Ki “3 7%, ‘ ‘ oe 4 
ssh ‘ or 
oh ; c ce 
i : : 
¥ * ‘ ¢ , 5 
' " A ; i 2 
4 a eg? q 
? 4 ¥ z 
* 5 4 bs ; 
4 EEA ¥6 Vues ¢ H ¥ 
B) NCAP Ray fi ® ; te h 
| FNS | a a 4 i 3 pis von y 
} * t i i x 3 
i ; H 4 
. ; fe i : 4 
, \ if - R % * 
: : 4 & 
‘ \ . 6 Fs % 
nr 3 A cad ¢ sf 
: ; ei ; ae: : Se 
oy ie ‘ j ij i 
/ 4 : > i Asie A » 
f . . ] 
f a " ¢ © ‘ # my ‘ & 
: oh iM 3 ? & 
lap 4 1 ‘ ma S ha 4 yer * 4 
x a eis & 2 
) al: lou ; ig SS ; ; 
bi t 465) & ig j 
4 4 Stemyiys | 
: i . > iY ee « 
4 ewe 4 * ; * 4 
; A ene wt ! a 
; 5, ea a » Wises ‘i a 
; q 4 H Ce { f 3 a | 
: - ‘a 4 * 
‘ ; ‘ 3 
4 J wh 
a ‘ & 
i a 2 \ % 
; > . a i a 
= Z % &, 
v * > % A 
; ‘ ' 4 ; 
: iH $ 3 
i \ ‘ g 
i} . i i a i 
be ; ; x 
eros » s t q 
e *, a e- f > ‘ % a 7 , 4 & a ae £ 
rg OLEAN AER NO ROMANE PMN Ie OP a IL IOS ARTA Ret one Me Rar tin wih Ac ritarne | ANT NHO /tATNESTN: Monit eR gore. LIT IN hm AS ey Bs Pe EN se NL te RAN Hi SOY OF ton iB? Dae ee ee ee OE ee er Pr eee we it a A PE ela ORO TAME NAIR AE ERI aE aS SY se 
bi varleh ; : i ; t : ; Bis 
ae i 
J RA ia aatite ot aO1 a ene lO inca inant bed SAIN i rane 28 0 asa Sanya heroes eMigpiete yee ox eqnn tevin ‘ited Ny aN MAILE FS SS ee Sc ee ae a at, at alia i Ms deride ORES OE: cB TURN ACARE iy i ih gl AAR caBIG NRAR 
528 % ‘ - 
< ot 5 
N % i “ : ” we y 
‘ es : : 


“4 ey 


SF Then Paul oo in the midft -o Marf. 
ERM and fad, ye Men of Wont T : 


- Preached before the Honorable” 


“Houte of Commons. 


“Aas xvii, 22. 


“ percteve. that... in all hing: 46 are nt : 


ey Me Jameel 


7——~<tH 1S is us iBegin ot lead ne 
wife and excellent Speech, which Se. 
Paul made inthe great Court of Athens, 


wich many of the Philefophers and Learned’ f 
Men of Greece where Aflembled to gtatifie, 


their Curiofity, and to hear. what that New 
Dottrine was, -which he feemed. fo defirous of: 
Publifhing! amotigft them. » > When: St.Paul» 


; talk: d.fo much: ait gb ono and thi Rejurredtion, chevy! 


took 


A Sermon Preached before 

took him to be a fetter-forth of New Gods, | 
and one who came to increafe the Superftition 
ofthe Vulgar; for we cannot well. conceive — 
that all the Philofophers of that-Age, efpecial- 
ly the-Zpicureas, which wasthe-moft-prevail- 
ing Sect at,that Time, had any, great Opinion 
of thofe Devotions and Ways of Worfhip, of 
whiclrthe Common People were fo Zealous : 
However, they expected fomething that was 
new, fomething that might entertain their In- 
quifitive Minds, and give fome Diverfion to 
chain Wir and Parts.301 i bool LEE TL sss \ 
_ The Religion of the great\Men of thatAge - 
-was wholly turn’d into curious Difputes,. into 
elegant Difcourfes, and a Gentile Way of pro- 
pofing and anfwering fome /pecious Probabilities, 
and of making their Converfations very eafie as 
- to matter of Opinions. They were fufficiently- 
confcious that fome of:the Idolatries of the 
World. were too :Grofs:and < Abfurdto bear the © 
practifed by aciviliz’d People. Some Popular — 
Worfhips they found inneceflary to allow:of, 
_ fach as might 'give Amufement, ‘and nowpreju- 
dice the Commonwealth: © They had dubrile 
Diftin@ions and Evafions: for themfelves, om 


ER Se FRE RE TR RSS Ra n> Gielen jacenaeoe ple ethics sasseesipae ices (agp SS Te TS I Ee irs BES sas oy TL te Sohn SEER So RE pee Eke a ode 
y % : 3 = - , 
% C3 i ° j y ¢ "9 : 
> : t ms i Q } 0 : = OmMmM0nS : 
C ® 


wvernable, and-not ‘difturb their foft Tranquil- 
jity5: They ‘were content ‘that many fanciful 
‘Rues-and Dotages {hould prevail, and be'efta- 


6 . 


blifhed ‘by their Laws. 


It iseatie to’read ‘this Epicurean Temper in 


the Behaviour ‘of moft ‘of thofe Roman ‘Magi- 
-iftrates, | who'were’ concerned ‘in the: Affairs of 
Judea; and their own Hiftories acquaint us 
that this was the Temper which then-gene- 
rallyprevailed:among their Great Men : Their 
 smain ‘Bufinefs was Empire and Eafe, they did 

not careto trouble themfelves. much about the 


~ ‘Queftions’‘and Zeal of contending Parties, bur 


fuffered all’Men ‘to enjoy ‘their particular Per- 


fwafions, ‘fothey raifed no Tumults, and aét- 


ed nothing ‘contrary to the Intereft of Cefar. 
“This-was the Humour of ‘the Epicurean Party, 
though others were of fomewhat a warmer 
‘Temper. WIRY €HORGo1g Metigias 

_- Now St. Paul, who was not afraid of So- 


crates “his Draught, {pake’fuch Truths before - 


the Magiftratés, ‘and the moft captions. Seéts, 
and in that ‘City too, which-was-the Metropolis 
of-all Idolatry, with ‘that Freedom and Bold- 
nefs-as few-of their wife Men, had ‘they been 
able, would*have ventured to have fo publick- 

ee 


fo the Multitude would be but quiet andgo- 


ly own 
_of fome ‘Truth, yet: for the molt parc detain’d ic 
in UnrighteoufnefS: But our Apoftle, in an:un- 
daunted, maniier,, declares unto. chem, the God 


ae Te eee ee - : : 


/ 


A Sermon Preached before 


o_—, 


’d. who, though, they were con{cious 


of the Jews, the God, who madethe World and 


AIL Things, the,God,; whom: they themfelves 
.didtignorantly Worfhip 5 to: whom they had 
rere@ed’ an Altar,- though, they-had appointed 
mo-Sicriftce.zeiofliH nwo vera bros gens 

There were fome few. of thé:more Thinking 
Men; both among the Athenians and the Romans, 
who had gone a great way in dilcovering and 
confuting, the: Follies and Barbarities, of the — 
amore. monftrots: Sorts of Supérftition’5)-chey 


could, sina great meafure, - pull down the old 


— one; they were vigorous Oppolers of fome 


very palpable Falfhoods,,but knew not where 


tofind the “Fruth s, Whereas. St..2aul, not only 


difcovered the egregious Vanity of Paganifm, 


bur fet before:themthe trne and only Religion; 


the Worfhipiof one God, v.23: fincere Repen- 
tance, v.39. -ftedfalt. Belief of a Day of) Judg- 


- ment,.,and anexprefs.and peculiar Faith in thar — 


Man whom God. had. ordain’d to Judge the 
whole World: in. Righteoulnels , of which he 
had given)a full aflarance, and; demonftration, 


by 


SIGART OS Tea? 


ans, we {hall find thatthey-have a Foundation iii — 
natural Religion, buttheir! main ftrengthand laft 


‘Evidence is built uponRevelation: For he reafons 


withthem, That there.is one God the Maker 


of Heaverand Earth,: and: all-things:therein.; 
-that'nothing is more ablured thamto makeany 


material Reprefentation of the Infinite Being ': 


That Man is but an Off-fpring of God, and if 
an’s Reafon and -Un- . 


no. Art can reprefent Man s | 
derftatiding by any. fmageésin Gold; Silvet.or 
Stone,: how much lefs can it: houre out the Inz 
comprehenfible Godhead, ‘of which» Man’s 
Soul is but an imperfect Image ?) That God is 
not to be worfhipped with any Opinion of In- 
digency in him, asf he needéd any, thing, :as 
they fuppofed their Demons did; -who, ‘as; they 
fancied, were pleas’d, and, as it were, . fed: 


with the Steams of theit Sacrifices} whereas — 


s 


hep “wiio © was f , ko rd 2 -of | Heaven va nd. Ba (th 3; 


— wanted: nothing,and: would bé Worfhipped fer 


Ndvantage, mot his own 2: That he was 


our: 


the Crearor of alk Mankind, having made‘ok 


eos E hat his,Pro- 


ing ahd Goo 


vidence was over allpanmsSultdin 
-hisnoind | ¥en 


_ with admirable Addrefs,1 


, poner all Things : et & hat Ben or Be bad. pers 
ree thes ignorant) World to try their own 


ways, -yet now he commanded -all -Men.to 
Repent: ‘And: co confirm:the general appre- 
henfion they had ‘of a: Day-of Judgment, and 


tomake-it a certain Principle of all their \De- 


figns ‘and A&tions, he appeals to Revelation,; 


tells ithem<of an Appointed ‘Day, and of ithe 


very Perfo» whomGod hhad Ordain‘dito Judge — 


the World in Righteoufnefs.; and leaft they 


fhould think thathe intended to remove one 


‘Superftition, -only, to bring in another, : he ap- 


peals tofuch a Teftimony, to fuch.a miracus 


_ lous:Confirmation, as God would never-give 
to any thing but Truth, viz, toa Relurrecti- 


on fromthe Dead: The ‘Truth of which, if 


he himfelf had not been ready to have Seal'd 
with his’ own Blood, “he would never. -have 


ventur'd to Preach 7e/us:and the Refurrection in 
the midft of Athens. 

Now, having enlarged upon this Excellent 
and. molt weighty Speech, ‘wherein St.Paul, 
proved the. Athenians : 


for their Superttition, and took an:oceafion:to 
 Gnfinuate his own Doétrine with lefs Offence — 
— (for if they were fo Hofpitable to all Religi- 
“Ons, my fhould sik be backward in giving 
| Entertain- 


-futes. the: main Body of Heathenifm by Na- 
‘tural Reafon, of which they pretended>to be 
the greateft Mafters, and by the Authority of 
Aratus, an Aftronemical Poet of high Repute 


amoneft them; and laftly, wherein he not _ 
only confutes their Errors, but fhews them the 

Truth; notbyfubtilry and human Methods, 
but by: having, recourfe to the Revelation of 

God; and that teftify’d; by. the greatelt of Mie 
racles, the :Refurreétion ef Chrift’ from) the — 
Dead‘; having thus enlarg’d upomthis Oration _ 


ef Sts Paul, whichhe made againft-the Super- 
tition: of the Athenians, in the midft’ of their 


preat Court of Judicature, Ifhalbendeavour — 


thefe three Thingsin: my following Difcourfe.. 


TI, To lay down fome Confiderations: that 
may lead: us into a. more diftin& Knowledge 
of the Nature of Superftition. — at orice 


Il.. To obferve fome of its more Barbarous. 
Effects, {uch as the Occafion andthe Hiftory 


of this Day shall faggeft. 


. 


_ IIL To propofe fome Direétions. to pres 
ferve us from this Horrible Sin, : and theill 


oo 


Confequences-of it, 


aon 


LTe 


Cooney 


- Entertainment to: his): and) wherein he con- 


2 


“A Ser er mons 5 Preaghed befo fre a 


Ee “i down fore. Confi iderations, ees 
1ary ule, is made a 


pleat in: its ordir 


} wba of Ambiguity, and. acommon Term of: 
Difdain, »which is mutually caft upon all the - 


Differences' in. Religion ..'The Epicureans .couns 


ted it: Superftition to. acknowledge: the: Provis 


dénce-ot God) and to. pay! him:any. ‘Worthip 


béfides ‘the byincie Efteem of the Mind. | The 


Heathen Writers, whenever they | ‘mention the 


Jews or the. Ghriftians; fpeak of chemias:a moft 


-wretchedly- deluded People; igiven over to'an 
obftinate Superftition’:. Bue I think the Primi2 


tive Fathers: have {uffictently. manifetted whete 


Superftition was to: be. really chare’d,. by ex= | 


pofing,’ their ‘Abfurdy Cruel) and: Obfcene 
Rites, and by Baffling all the Arguments which’ 


: yo brought to juftifie their Follies. | 
> Bue ftill; there ate vaft Bodies of People in 

: the World, who live under different Perfwa~ 
~fions in Religion, -asiswell’ as. under difference 


Governments 5- who are mightily. {atishied in 


their dwn ways of Worthip; and commiferate 
-all who are not of their Opinion, as poor de= 


luded- Creatures blinded with Superftition. 


- Nay; the Profeffion of Chriftianity it elf, is fo 


All’d up with different Imaginations, Rites and 


mess that almoft ia diftinet Communions 


are 


“4 ape | areerrsP ahd Abhe porting oie” S anothe = 
oS upon the account of Superftition. pd 
ae They: who know the “World, ‘know line 
. chalet are true “Obfervations, and: very depto: 
—-_- gable? But furethere is fone ‘better Standard . 1 
> ‘of Superftition than ‘the opprobrious Language 
ands Paffions 6f Mankind): and se gel 8 the* “thilig : y 
tam now to enquire: afer. . | 
OBS Therefore, "tis well Refbwin dois Piacsich 
-— hadewwrieren the: molt, celebrated’ Treatife‘on 
this Subject, of any atnong thé Ancient Hea» 
© thems: for chat Book’ ‘of Seneca’ coricerning Su- 
= perftition, which St. 4u/tin quotes, is not ‘comé 
: - downto our Hands: © — though this Grave 
and Ingenious “Author has delivar'd many ex- | 
. ..  4oebbene “Things: on thatHead, and Mew'’d'an : 
ss extraordinary Zeal againgt thae who paitited | 
| the Divinity ia a Horrid Shape? that they might 
= press © thei’ own il fiers 6 5 ae whee fe : 


one Bi of ore” sabi do’ arg iY For pint BR 

— Superftition may arife? Frotiy’ Péar, yet, it tifes 
alfo from: Fgnorance,’ or a “Stupidity ofthe 

Mind; “from Love’ and’ Pondnels, as well 4s 

fiont Fear, from almoft any Paffion of the 

Soal, and Any a oF the’ Body; for 
C when: 


————— 


est 


a eee wee oe as ae ae 


“A Sermon Preached before 


a 


when the Natural Sence of a Deity, and of 


the Duty that Man owes him, comes to be 
Vitiated with a mixture of Mens own Infirmi- 


ties. and Paffions, thofe Infirmities and Paf-— 


fions. ftand ready to commence Superftition 3. 
there. being. nothing. more requir’d , but 


an, Opinion of their. being well-plealing to 
God, which is feldom wanting to Mens own. 


Imaginations. ,.. Befides, to call a Dread of 


' God by the Name of Superfticion, is fomewhat 


a. dangerous Expreffionto Chriftian Ears, when 


we confider how the Old Te/tament does almoft 


every where reprefent Religion by the Fear of 
God; amd that the Prophets convers'd with 
him under great Tremblings and Terror. 


Plutarch was a Platenift, and the Platoni/ts were: 
a Sett, of People who were generally of a 


foft. and Amorous Nature, who plac’d their 


_Happinefs in the Speculation of Ideas; and 


who rarely confider’d God, as a Righteous 
Punifher of Sin, but chiefly asa moftamiable . 
Being for them to contemplate ;. they ufually. 

entertaind very good Opinions, of them- 


felves,; .and— of their own Perfections, and 


kittle. thought of that Gulf which Sin. had 
made between Man and the Divine Nature 3 


and therefore they. hardly. allow’d {uch a jul 


Severity, to the Deity, as was requifite for the 


wife 


_ 


~vthe Honje of Commons. 


wife Government of the World, but made 
his Goodnefs to {wallow up his Juftice.Where- — 
as God, who knows his own Nature beft, has. 


given us another) Character of himfelf, the 
Lord, Merciful and Gracious, and forgiving Iniquity 5 
but will by na means clear the Guilty, — vifiting. the 
Iniquities of the Fathers upon the Children, . Exod. 


34. 6,7. Superftition therefore, though varia- 


dle in its Original and Effects, is always founds 


ed upon a falfe Apprehenfion of God, and — 


confequently upon a falfe. Apprehenfion of 
Religion, by which be is Serv’d and Wor- 
fhip’d : And.as this falle. Apprehenfton) of 


4 God and Religion arifes trom feveral Caufes, ? 


and produces feveral Effects, fo accordingly 
Superftition -is varied 5, It confilts both in Opi- 
nion and Praétice; .and though: Practice be 
moft Obvious and Remarkable, and that from 


which Opinion is ufually gather'd 5. yet it 


may be defin’d, with a regard to both, viz, 
That it wthe Performing of a religious Service, 


though it be really unacceptable and unworthy to be-of- 
ferdtobim.  Sothat our next Enquiry will be, 
to know what Religious:Service is -well-plear 
fing to God, and what is unacceptable to him. | 
I. Some have thought .chat the Manners 
sand Cuftoms of the Country, and the Pub- - 
S1Ohi oT oe ~~ dick 


| A Sern mona a Pr eat ve Ife 


ick Laws are: hk only Doe aiewsianseicies in this. 
‘Matter £ So Seneca issreprelented by. St. Au/tin, 
for conclading that thofe:Superftitions which 
‘he could“ noc approves oP tochis own Mind, 
were *yet''to? be Sobferw'd) “becaufe che Laws 
‘commanded: them :° Que omnia: fapiens obferva- 
bit tanguam legibus jaffa, non oe pas grate, 
©: D: 1, 6. igetig}ate43 noi: | 
And not much unlike is chai: @ihichi the 
Church of Rome Affigns, when fhe makes: her 
Conftitutions the only meafure of what i is, ‘and 
whit | is hot, Superftition. 
> But now ‘this isa way: “of | cdnféoadiig’ all 
“Prith, or of making it fafe,oas to Temporal 
Intervet, for Men to ‘pradtice the Superftitions 
‘ef ‘every Country, where they are publickly 
allowed | but this gives the Mind no. ‘Light, 
ner banblési it to make a Rational sand Certain 
Dillinciba ‘Between’ rte aa and Suporite- 
tion. G 
DEEL 2a cppeal ¢ to the Pokicples = Natural 
Avligicn:; arid to“ the Didtates of found Mora- 
lity, did go.agreat way among. fome of the 
ewifer Heathen. “cowards the Determination of 
this Thing s and therefore St. Paul infifted fo 
‘mtich upon Natural Principles in his Speech to 
thé Ythenians, though he did not ultimately reft 
on n thofe : Grofs Idolatry ‘could: not ftand be- 
fore 


Caen 


800 the foufesof Commons. | Ai 


BRE SEAT TR ee ee oy re ON aS mes 


ae ete aber he whee EN ries 
EA EON AE ORCI AST PEAR ON A A SERA Nt ORE RE AAO AACR OE ELAR 


fore'tthe Light of Natural Reafon, when it. was 
-— awell difplay’d 5 buyer there :were manyslel: 
fer’ Extravagances‘ from whiclothe: politer Heas 
then could tot’ freethiemfel ves’ bythe ftrength 
of that’ Principle’ “Thus. Cicero, “wno-wWassa 
great Mafter of Moraliry,’ and deeply ingag'd 
in all che Gallantry of Roman Vertue dnd Hes 
roical Worth, made“ a'fhift; by the Sagacicy 
of Kis Reafon; "and the Natural:Probity cof chis 
Mind, to confute the more‘Abominable Opi- 
nions and Practices of the Superftitious an chis 
Time ; whatfoever was Barbarousand Inhu: 
man, whatfoevér was Obfcene and) Filshy, - 
and Egregioufly abfurd in*the Gentiles Wore 
fhip, he perfectly detefted, as direétly cone 
trary to the Benignity of God, tothe Modefty 
of Human ‘Nature, to the’ Untverfal Loverot 
Mankind, and che*Foundation of all Society: _ 
But when he had werk’d his Reafomto fome 
height, and had proceeded fo far as*to givera 
good blow to all Paganifim, ‘by his Rational 
and. Searching Difcourfes pyet,. at daft, che» 
- fourrd it neceflary to retain fome Sacrifices, and 
fome Cererhonies in the Worfhip of the Gods 
for which he’ could give’ no other reafon than 
the Teftimony of ‘the Oracles, and the Ivadition ot 
Ancefters: “And this plaialy fhews, that “there: 
is-no refting in this Argument, ull we come to 
Dicome 


ors, EEL ESE NLL A 


Hi 


wt : “A Sermon Preadhed ig 
ao Divine Revelation. We may, doubtless, 80. _ 


great way towards the detecting of Superftition 
by the ftrength of that which Men call Natural 
Religion: and: Moral Principles, and the Eter- 

nal Reafonef Things; for whatfoever is.appa- 


rently repugnant to the Notion of the Godhead, 


to the Perfection of our own Nature, and to che 
beft Conceptions of our Minds, can never be 


the whole, or any. part of the true. Worlhip of | 


God : But though this be freely granted, yeel 
fuppofe that Man would be hard put to it, that 
fhould undertake to prove that the Ceremonial 
Worfhip of the Ancient Jews.was not Supertti« 
tion, and be allow’d no Arguments to prove 
this by, but fuch as arife from the natural Noe 
tions of Things, and a fuitablenefs to the Di- 


vine Nature : Had not God been pleafed, to Ins | 


ftitute that Worfhip Himfelf, and toigive Au- 
thority to it, by a multitude of undeniable Mi- 


racles, we fhould never havefound any intrin- 
fecal Goodnefs i in it, by hearkning to our own 


Reafon, or by contemplating the Divine Na- 
ture. So likewile, in refpeé to the two Sacra» 
ments of the Chuftian Religion, what Con 
gruity can we difcover Letorcen chinfe material 


and fenfible Ceremonies, and a pure and infi- 


nite Spirit ? Tis true, they are admirably fuic- 


ed to the Worlhip of a God Incarnate, but thea 


that 


the Houfe of Commons. 5 


that is matter of Revelation, and is the thing I. 


contend for; viz. That we can never boldly 
pronounce concerning what is true Religion, 
and what is Superftition, till we fix our felves 
upon Divine Revelation: For though, as 1 
have obferv’d, fome of the wifer among the. 
Gentiles were able, by Natural Reafon, to dif. 
cover fome of the grofler Parts of Superftition,, 
yct full they themfelves were under. the fame. 


Bondage, though ina lefs Degree;.. as fome, 


Madmen, who are lefs Raving, will oftentimes. 
{peak with fome Judgment and: Compaffion of. 


the more Extravagant Madnefs of others, tho? 


all the while they. too labour under, the fame, 
Difeafe, but thew Difeafe is. natin, fo:high a, 
Ferment. | | | foe 


We. muft centre our felves therefore upom. 


the Reveal’d Will of. Godin, Matters of Reli+ 
gion, and nottruft too much to our own Rea+ 
fonings: concerning the Divine Nature and: 
Will, of which we fhould have known fome=: 
thing, but very little, if God had not been: 
pleafed to difcover himfelf to us in his holy O-. 
racles : If Men fhall go: to make Religion,. or 
any partofit out of theirown Heads, they will 
certainly make a Superftition of ic : There is, 


not fo much as apurely Natwral Religion in he; ; 


fall’n State of Mankind ;. no Prayers og Prailes,, 


OK. 


{ 


kg? 


See 


rr ee at oe on tlt SOLES NES = rie la 
= ee renee Se I RE ere raaidyywaneerens eect AEDT IE TO OS 5 mea ' 
a a = oe SSS : ‘i 
: : - = ee a Bitte gate SE ee 
ret anna e Diba SUE 2 Hsia rnb ava esl : 2 : sececoerseatrs wane inst. ueant Den = 
i rier 


ae. ‘ 


pS GE LATOREA STEER OS 


# en 


Pon OL Eta REE 


lationof God in all the Effentials, and‘in all the 
- fubRantial Adts of Worfhip, and Superftition — 


ia departing fom iin-any ofthicfe:’ All che 
f Relit 


he has Cormmanded. | 


“OT effect this, 


. a 
OF ee Gi a 
z a & 


Se 


-"That God may reveal his Will to“ Mankind 
in4'Supernatural and Extraordinary Manner : 


3 a. 


That he! can make ‘ule of firfficient means 


to confirm his Revelations tous, ‘and to en- 
ablectis ‘to diftinginth’ between a true Reve- 


lation’ anda’ pretended one : That what-- 


evetGod' Reveals is| infallibly true : That 


—if"we ‘will make* a fincere Ue. of our Fa- 
ctilties - we may” fo: ‘far’ tmderftand © the 


aia 


true 


“Reafor may proceed’ in) 


de ae : : : ~~ £ 5 Pe Gee ee ee GRASS Z : 
Fea & » fe 3 es £S * & tt es eet ee = 3 S = Se. & 7 f = 3 iz: Lay Sy eS i . 3 
tiois * Nret sad py there rundamerntal ivia= 
3 ¢ e < : 
me See Sy AS FE Se PS PEO TS Pee Cz Seg SS Pa FS FS SP Se wey Ss a or 
7 2 54 Se = 2 ee & 2 3 ; = Se Ee ae =e ae © 
= ts . Sg te 48 3% sf, & 2k & Lo 4 2 Se a a ES Ses - es mas, 4 


— ——-=-- ee as a 1s. et penvenmeunn NE a ee ee 
= onan Se a= ci res Des Oe tt Sang NOTES 
ie = 3 ; EE OST gS . 


fectire, that we have. right Objects. for 
our Faith, and true Rules and- Meafurés for 
our Obedience: Buc thén farther, ’tis'as- Ra: 
tional a Conclufion; as-anyof-the foregoing. 
that God) can reveal! more than-we.can fally 
comprehend: or; that-he' oan dilcover: to-us 
fuch-fublime-Truths,aswe may have fuffitient 
Reafon: to: believe,, tho’ we have not Capaci= 
ties fully to conceives; and’ io is herd éf pecial« 
ly,. that our: Reafon as-10-{to Ops. ahd co yield 
to Faith; for our; Underftan dings are finite; 
and) not. a: proper Meafure: of, all: Divine — 
Truths: and ; whates:mOre-to'be infitted On} 


— tte Senfe: of whatever God has reveal’d: ret 
__ lating to:his. Worhhip,. as.to’ diftinguith his 
Mind; fren falfe Interpretations, and! to be 


A Sermon Pr cached before 


there is but one Trae Religion, ‘ot acceptable 
Worhip, which is the Chriftian; and thacall 
the reft are Superftitious,’ whether femi/h, 
Pagan, ot Mahometans for the Fewi/b Religi- 
on, as’tis now profefsd in oppofition to Chritt; 
and as’tis ftuff’d with modern Dotages, is a 
poor, wretched Superftition, = 
As tocwhat concerns the charge of Super- 
ftition among Chriftians, 1 may now be dif- 
patch'd in few words: For Ido not fee, that it 
can with any mannet of Truth, be apply-d to 
any vifible Public Con/titution, but that of the 
Church of Romey for 1 do notconcern my felt 
Sects.It cannot confift,either in the numeroul- 
nefs or! oddnefs: of Ceremonies, when there 
is no Méritattributed:to them,'and they are 
hot enjoin’d as Subftantial Acts of Worhhip, 


or as parts of Holinefs, in themfelves: well 
pleafirigito|God.ow ial, 2voituea yribovox 
As to Superftition in Mannets, or the bad 
ufe which fome make of the Excernals:of'Re- 
'  ligion, that cannot:-be prevented by the moft 


excellent Conftitution of a’ Church, nor by 


_ the beft Wifdom of a Nation; for when 
People areaverie to realiGoodneds, they: will 
ery to:goto Heaven: by. fhifts; and place Per» 


feétion in Inftrumental Piety ; Thefe are abu- | 
— fes 


fes which cannot be wholy prevented by any 
Public Eftablifhmenr; bur People mutt be 
call’d off from fuch:fore of Superftition,: by. 
frequent Admonitions; and by {uch Sermons 
and Difcourfes;: as thall plainly thew; -where: 
in real and fubftantial Holinefs does confit. 
Whereas the Church of Rome, has Eftablith'd 
Superftition by a Law, and-madeit the moft 
Celebrated part of their Worthip:and Devo: 
tion. A great pare of them Religion: as 


founded upon fome particulars,’ which they © 


conjecture, . muft. needs be 'Tranfacted: by 
Souls departed, and in the behalf of Souls, 
as they arein:a State of Separation, concern- 
ang which Revelation has left us inthe dark; 
wherefore, that muft: neceflarily be-a: very 


great Superftition, which obliges People to 
receive duch practices, «as parts’ of Divine 


Worhhip, . which have’ nothing “to fappore 
~ them, but Man’s Prefumption. The Wor- 
fhipping of Saints and Angels, is Superftiti- 
on in the principal Senfe of thé Word, 
Aaadeupgriz, the Worhhip of Demons’;. not- 
—withftanding all the fine colours, by!which 
their witty Mentry to difgurfe this: practice ; 
us hard to propofe any two thingsan’ che 
world, that cun in fo exact aparallel, as the 

elgg. D 2 W orfhip 


pane = or rE ITT EELS EET SI A Oa 
: 4 
Ps ? Bus 


ane ng s the Ganatlos; and i 
the WV ‘orfhip of Saints among the 'Papafts ; 

‘allel, farc’d and | (aoe for, nor 7 
nag ‘diby. fanfie, but fucl as coberudes 1 it 


Worthip of: Dewicyrs| a 


| lf uponithe Obferyation, cand \offers at self 

——- goneur firft:RefleQiions. «Little did St; Pant — 
think, when he made hhis admirable Speech 

againft the Superftition of whe Arhenians, 

that he hum ‘Mt fo: adi one day be. W orthip’ d 

, gs anfone vat Demon in the Ghriftian Church : 

/ Burfoitis, the Seducer has been:too hard for 

thof Chuftians; who would nor ftand to 

| ~ _. ghe-plain Word of 'God; ‘but would prefume 

qi somake Additions to the main and principal 

a part of all Revelation, ‘the Doctrine of the 

| Mediation of Obrift : He has infinuated a 

i  amoft abonunable shabetey whichis the worft 

| spartof Superftition, under ‘another drefs, | 


| the hasfupply’d the :Papifts, ‘with Angels and 
| : Saints, inftead of Demons and Hero’ s, and 
| | has fent them Ju biter ANC Moncey, in the like- 
i]  pesiof Barnabas and Paul.’ 

- Having Jaid down fome Atoniillardeitis, 

| that may leadus into a 1 more diftinct Know- 

= noe of the Nature of ‘Supe flition 31 Laie cg 
in tne 


| Second place, roobierve fome of its more | 
| barbarous 
iil 
tl 


barbarous fire ucha 
fion, and the Haiftery vot; 
~, Had awe only the Follies and Impieties of | 
Superttition to complainiof, at were.a Gric 4 
vance worthy the Care and) Wifdom ofa 
| Chriftian Nation xto provide again{t; ‘but SoS 
~ when-we confider, chat movhing animates Peo- — 
ple more to Sedition, and to anabhorrence ae 
of all good Government, than Superftiaon ; a 
ehat itis themoft frumful parenc.of ignorant 
and bitter Zeal; that che moft cruel Conf{pie | 
racies, and moft mifchievous Defigns are ge- 
nerally fuggefted by. Superftitious Councils, | 
and moft.commonly attempted by Men of | 
inthufiaftick Tempers, embolden‘d ‘by falfe a 

chefe things, and what a’ peculiar Malignity 
there isin all Superftimomagaintt ‘the ‘Civil | 
Peace of Kingdoms, and the fafety of Pub- | | 
lick States; there feems.to lyeia new Ob/igati- | 
pw onthe Magiftracy vo hinder the increate of | 
. that Diftemper in Religion, whichis fo apt _ 
{ ~ go turn into the worft Plague of Government, — | 
Rebellion upon pretence of Confcience.:) Laci+ nip. i: | 

b of the Bg yprians ot his time,’ chat" * 

Id:hardly obeyany:Magitrates,or — 
~~ hearken | 


gates east re AP tne DO DI a gt 


A Sermon Preaswea before 


hearken:to any ‘Laws, upon the account of 


their numerous Superftitions. And the Hi- 
{tory of our own Times may fatisfie any reas 


-fonable Perfon, that when ever People of 
fuch. Perfwafions and Tempers fhall: be fuf- 
ferd to come toa Head, there will foon be - 


an end of all juft Authority :. For what legal 


-Reftraint can be laid upon thofe,who prefume 


themfelves actuated: in all:things by a Divine 
Impulfe, and: that all the Murders. they 


commit, are but fo many Acceptable Sacri- 
ficesto God? andwho will be fureto throw. | 


off their Civil Subjeétion, as foon as everae 


fhall come into their Fancies, that God -will 


help themagainft ther Magiftrates? 9) >> 
The Confpiracy of this day is Evidence e- 
nough, what Cruel and Barbarous Defigns 


Superftitionis always big with, tho’, God be 


thank’d, ‘ic has not always ftrength to bring 
forth: Nothing, it feems, could content 
thofé Superftitious Zealots, but the choiceft 
Sacrifice, made up of the nobleft Blood, 
and the Flower of Humane Nature gather’d 


into one body: And that there mightbe no- _ 


thing co oppofe their hellith Defign, they were 


‘refolv'd.not to.give the blow; ‘ull all che Au- 
thority; Wifdom, and:Courage of the Nation 


were 


& 


the Houfe\of Commons, 


were met inoné Auguft Affembly; but Pro- 


vidence, which prefides over Kingdoms, is _ 


efpecially watchful over Parliaments, by 


which Kingdoms are beft fecur'd; and {till 


continues a Succeffion of Them to withftand — 


all ‘Popifh Counfels' and “Attempts, and’ to 


praife the Lord for that great Deliverance. 


~. But feeing many are not apt to be fo ve- 


ry fenfibly affected with thofe Deliverances, 


which were conferr'd’on the Generations be- 


fore them; behold ! this Day has been fince © 


enlarged with: new Mercies, ‘and th erefore 
requires a double Gratitude from us. When 


the ‘Men of the fame Superfticion had 


brought another horrible Defign almoft to — 


effect, of undermining the Government, 


and of blowing up the Laws and Conftituti- © 


ons of this Kingdom and Church; even that 
was: as. miraculoufly: prevented by a Divine 


and feafonableInterpofal; and ic muft needs 


raifé our Wonder and Joy, when we confi- 
der} who: that Deliverer was, that’ Providence 
fentus: A ‘Royal:Prince ‘out of that very 


utter Extinétion: A Prince born fo near this 


— almoft fatal Day, ‘his Birth havingan imme- 


diate priority to this Anniverfary, that Hea- 


Line, which was on-this Day devoted to an 


an 


eT nk TT Ye 


ven, aie feems) to | aflare us,, that He -has, 
an Afcendanr: over. all.che. Malignant Infu-. 
ences of Popilh Sorcery; andithat their. Divi- 
nations, fhall never prevail againft-him ; and, 
that. by: his. verry. Nativity, she, is pointed. out. 
to, be the Guardian of, the! Proteftant Cant: 

And, what is anocher, remarkable Gircum- 
ftance in- our: Deliverer,, he is; a, Prince de- 
feended: from: that Noble: Aticeftor’ of his, 
who, withtteed the ‘Tyranny: and: growing 
Menarchy of Spains, when. fie: thought. to 
have, gpafp'd-all the Liberties of Aarope; and 
sree drankdeep of the Cupiof Fornications, 
the - 


i given her Rowen: and hee Senge unto 


ial ate Genlidiataibei: hae ‘woukd 
‘compe: any Rational Man, the.ofne-Prophe- 
tical Genius, to: conclude,., that: doubtlefs, 
— fome: greater Revolution than: whatiwe have 


vet, experumented; 1s mowing: on; unless our 
——_ ftep its > pd 
fides id Mercies; that’ sanidhivoch evant 


Year ¢ Commemoratedi fince that happy) Re 
olee we:are: ftillitanblefs\Gods. than we 
have: our Bftabhtid: po wd and: may fre 
bina; without ar Slavatt 


Active, to watch aa to” spilittand?: a very 


hy ele. + ke a, <td " 


— athan, by our late Victory at'Sea, at 


- difpens’d, and to mingle fome Hardthips with 


le as “= Re Sapeer SNe s oO ec ee ee ee eT — % 
‘ fier Sires a a ceey tes ica ean pare ARN TR EASE CN toe vtintnt g nn a Se Pa a pg ns ect Benet Ts 
7 2 y : = ne 
“~ = $. on 
: = a . 4 a ms Bn : a b.. <s im 
Tata MA tke ad a ete f ee ae 
ae . 


Subril, ‘Powerful, and Implacable Enemy. Lit- 
tle do People: think, what/an inftanceit is of 
God’s efpecial é Goodnef towardsus,chat we are 
not given over as a Prey unto his Teeth, that 
Hecan only Atcemptand Threaten, afid that 


His terrible fiercenefS 1s ftil bound up and 


reftrain'd, tho’ not confotinded'; Tha 
have ftruck a hook inito the Jaw of that ae 


in a fhort time, to take ancf eGtual care, that 


that Leviathan fhall no longe { 
inthe deep.’ And tho’ it be an Amphibious 


An 
> Creature’ that ‘we have to’ deal with, whofe 
- greateft Strength lyes on the Land’; yer‘by 


a prodigious Ga Hantry,of forrie of the Braveit 
Men that ever gave their Lives: for’ their 
Country; He has-been lately taughe: thatic 
would not be fo hatd'forus to Conquer, ifhe 
had but Courage to giveus one fair Battel: 
-’Tis not the Method of Divine Providetice, 
to doall for usat once,but tetry ourG: dgtude, 


by feveral inftances of his soodiels gradually’ 


the: Deliverances he fends us; to fee whether 


we will'repent and amend, : and: wheehit'v we 


his Favour’ 


are wort iy of the continuancd of! 


A Sermon Preached before 


- If-he finds. by the daily increafe of Wickednefs 

amongft us, that-he fhall not be Glorify‘d by: 
our:Profperity, he wall change his Method of. 
dealing with us, and be.Glorify’din our Op-. 
preflion. If we grow fo nice, as to murmur. 
at his- proceedings, becaufe they do-not cx- 

actly anfwer to all our Defires; af we prove: 
fo,unreafonable,,as, to think we are undone, 
becaufe our Safery-puts.us: co fome Expences ;, 
and if our Condition. appear miferable, be-. 
caufe our Bleffings are fomewhat chargeable: 
to,us;. then have we Reafon to fear, Ieft, our, 
Repining should. provoke God to, make us: 
Drink. deeper of the Cup.of Afflictions, . be-. 
fore he gives usa farther Delivery. ; 


: _ Gofpel. have been: 
often put to. make Apologies for the darker: 
-Providences. of , God ;.. but. the; untoward. 
Temper of this Age puts'us upon making A-. 
pologies for his-very, Mercies too.: .Men have: 
been: fo, much. usd; to Infidelity, . that.they- 
willnot believe their own. Temporal. Happt-, 


nef, , if they, can find the leaft ching co abject: 


againtt its. | wag Te 


-. Weall underftand what. Difcontents. there. 
are. in this: Kingdom ; (and can any of you re... 
men ole og when this Nation é Was Without: ts; 


4 ee 


ee 
is 


OLS Pie $ 


~ 


whe Hf of | Commons. | 


{ations fome are ready to make of every 
Management, and of every Event; we grant 
there are many difficulties under which we 
lye at prefent, and that the carrying on of fo 
Neceflary and fo Diffufivea War, mutt needs 
be our burthen, as well as our Security ; but 
none of thefe things muft put a damp upon 
‘our Spirits, leffen our Gratitude to God, or 
-check our forwardnefs in contributing large. 

ly towards the Maintaining of chat Caufe, 
in which the whole Proteftant Intereft is bot- 


tom’d ; and in which his Majefty has been fo. 


Nobly feconded’, by the concurrent Af 
- fiftance, of a Wile, a Senfible, and a Gene- 
- yous Parliament. 

Il. I come in the lat place, to lay down 


‘fome Directions, to preferve us from the 


Horrible Sin of Superftition, which is one 
great occafion of all the Troubles « of this 
Kingdom, 


And here! beg leave, to recommend Thiee 


Things more e(pecially.. 
1. The firft is, a thorough infight into the 


Law of Nature, and the obligation of Mo- 


ral Actions ; an excellent piece of Wifdom, 
and brought to great Perfection in fome late 


: 28 Writings: - 


CakiBadnk 2) we ‘know what ill Rep 


“A Sermon Preasbed before 


Wrsmes:: The. ftudy_ of this,.. "will render. 
Mens Judgments: found and mafculine, make 
them lefs lyable to Superftitious Fancies, and 
confequently lefs fubject to Atheiftical Con. 
-ceits, which many runinto, by an Injudicious 
and too hafty abhorrence of the other. Make 
but a fober Enquiry into the True Nature of - 
Humane Actions, and that will quickly Teach 
you, to diftinguith between Moral Duties, and 
Ritual Performances,and Barbarous Impicties, 
-aéted. under the pretence of Religion ; and to 
prefer Obedience, Righteouinels, Tempe- 
rance, and Mercy, before the Sacrifice of 
Fools and Madmen; it will bring youto: ac- 
knowledge, that your beft Actions fall below — 
your Rule, and then the Defeéts of Moralicy, 
will directly Jead yousto feck after an Expiati- 
on for thofe Defects, and that Expiation: IS 
Chrift our Saviour. 

9, Do burtake a ferious view of the bios 

ble Superftitions of the Ancient and Modern © 
Heathen, and you will quickly abhor all. ap-" 
“proaches towards fuch Degeneracies from 
common Reafon, and from ‘the firft. Notions 
of Religion, and notindure that Chriftianity 
fhould. have any of thofe fordid mixtures 
brought: Into It; which 1 in time would. ane 
| a that 


CS ee 


run down by Fury and Rebellion, an 
rid Confpiracies undertaken with Ceremonies 


< fhip® of one God: thro’ one. 


“that Seascale Taftieaiion an = of the - 
vileft’ practices in the World: For ‘when once 


the Superftitious get a Head, there will bend 
ftopping of them; ‘they’ will rage inal man- 


ner of bloody, and barbarous Effects ; “id the 


deftruction of Cities, Families, Pe fovinees, as 


‘very acceptable parts of’ Devotion’; they will 


proceed, for all chat'l know, from Plots and 
Maffacres, to worfhip God direétly by Hu- 


mane Sacrifices; from the attempting: to 


blow up ‘Parliaments, to the offering up their 
own Sons and Daughters unto Devils. 


3. Do but. perufe the Hiftory of eh 


Church in its firft and pureft Ages, and you 
will wonder how that Grave Matron, the 
Chriftian. Religion, came to put on fach. a 


-meretricious, Paint, as it appears ‘with in the | 


Church..of Rome; low old. plainaels and 
Sincerity came to. be fs fupplanted by Artifice 
and: Fraud ; how Goodnefs,; Candor, Peace. 
ablenefs, and lawful Subjection came, to be 
id hor- 


of Religion; and how the moft Solemn Wor- 
Mediator, came 


to be curn’d almoft into. the Worthip of one 
ey and all fuch Saints as he hall pleafe to 
— Canonize ; 


BS # ROE ma 
ae 2 
a: ss F 
tees 
- 2 4a 2 Sis: PMT CLE aE IE 


; OE “eichicr: for t ) 
‘their Villany. Aiea 
9. For a general Direétion to all Chritt. | 
ans), who. would not be. enfnar. ‘d by Superfti- 
tion; I intreat them to ftand to the Holy 


- n Politicks, have ' very much abated of chat 


A ‘Sermon: Prearbed hefore re 


fein Holinely, or for 


Scriptures, and to-‘well feafon ‘cheit Minds 


witha due fenfe of the Chriftian - Religion 


from thof. Pure and Spiritual Dilcourfes 
which our Saviour himlelf has left.us: To 
‘confider, what are the efpecial Duties to 


which he has annexed his Bleffings, and what 
ds the Hypocrifie and Formal Worfhip he has 


moft zealoufly opposd. . Tis converfing 


~ much with the Holy Scriptures, that alone is 
‘able to make a Man Devout: and Difcreet at 
the fame time; there is no fach fecurity a-_ 
gainft all Superitition, asa conftant tecourfe © 


tothe Word of God, that. Cryftal Fountain 
of all Truth; F loliness, ‘Wifdom, and Love; 


and. when, thee, Graces are ‘well infus‘d into 
Our Hearts, nothing but what is folid in Re- 
ligion will -be able to n make any ftrong Im- | 


> ge Bs See 


pre ion. on our. Sou cae 

TO. ‘conclude, ‘That w nich t am willing to 
leave very, affecting , and warm upon your 
Minds, is this, That I fear our little Differences 


jutt 


juft abhorrence which is.due to the Abomi- 


° oh BR IES BR a OG Oe Ni ts I, Hate SS SERIE TREE SO PE ESL SERPENT IB a Se os . 
> {3 : 4 Be ‘. 
oe = 7 foes ee” Le os : . ee 4 : eit. ook 
. = y ay wy ee 
g es Sa fom & | ay moo : Fs G Ree ee <% . 
* me Se é 7 j ee , : : es Sein . > 
5 aid ‘ — ae a <> 2 A E 7a = a fs ee. ae ieee | "SBE 
eae * es = f = ; : : & % oR RES x ; eS a 
‘ ae a * S SR ae ee SS gs =. 9 3 ee eG ge Sot meee Sane *g ¥ 


mable Superiticions of the Church of Rome. 
and,fo the laft Error. may be worfe thanithe 
fir; Butwhatever mulcatriages we nucually 
impute to.cach) other, Jet us. all, aflure our 


Aelves, that Popery is ftill che fame Corruption 


of Chriftianity as. before, and.thar there isno 
Alteration: in. the. Opinions.and. Defigns of 
that Church, whatever there may. be.in the 
Piety and Conftancy of thofe who feem to 
flacken very much in their Oppofitionagaintt. 


_ with, that, Moderation, that all. Parties may: 


come into the true Intereft’ of the, Nation, — 
which is the prefervation of the Proteftant- 


Religion; that all our Hearts may be united: 


into the fame general Policy and Wifdom ;. 
that our Divifions may be no longer a Re-- 
proach to our félves,and a Triumph to our E-. 
nemics: And, in a word, that Luxurious Ff, , 
Murmuring Thanksgivings, and falfe Profet- 
fions of. Al/egigncé mia} Met ‘be the ruin of. 


this Church and Kingdom !' If neither Judg- 
ments nor Mercies will do us any good; if. 
We are of too perverfe a-‘Temper, either to. 
be Humbled or Oblig’d, then our. greatett. 
Calamity.is not remoy'd, but only deferr’d ; 


a Gree 
‘3 S224 8 


2 


RAPS Beet SR teal 


* aida 


be ‘ SS se 3 4 tet i. = 3 go & ; b ; ~ tes “ea 
- % t i ase = cate. as = 2 F: : 
A @ : : 
a - .. . E ? ‘ F ~ 
e 2 > : a e ge * : § 4 eS . : a K 
: ; a ae a or sf =. * " : = % z - . ay % 
x % : = : dl . ‘ ~~ & a Xe 
2S = 3 & oe P é : ‘ E : 
% al j “ eS x a oS 
. : ’ .: oo = a ke ae 3 : 
sa is ’ oo a “ sae me SSS : ae 5 & we & qe 
3 2 °F Pies 5 : a. Rt; : ue eee 5. oe Se r 4.23 OE 
ee oes - , 3 - i 5 . ie = ue = ts 
= oe a ‘ F ge. - 
» * . % yA re oo ‘ . ae alt . eae e 
e pee Z yt - = z pe < = 
. ae : + se 3 i Pe 2 ein, § 2S Fe i 5 
3 ee eee ‘ PEs ce RPTSy po 2 aes Pies 
Seif 33 i ae ee i oie x Pt? Seo ee = 7 
a8 a $ > ac a x ° 
- *. a 3 2 
‘ ‘ g : 
* 5 . 
2 7 


oe te 


