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, 6 ), . v lhe crO\'rn of Great.Britain, thel' have alre:ttlJ' ~xpendcd mdhon', an h,qe hazor.Jed the lives of' (houf.'ntls; rC,I, thou rands and ~huu,"nd, have
.:llre.dy fallen in the ti.cW Qi' battle; and thejf .Qol\·C lj>read def()l.ltion, ruin and diilrl·fs alllollsfi: nu,nbns ot the inn ('Ill inhabitJn'~ (jf America. ]1' \\c efiqulrt\ how 'it C:ln be poffiblc hat a. n.ttj'ln Coin be 10 \fuiJ of IU.l,.!fJI ;tff\,.rt;on, ~nd
~an COlhk;:t .l.S tho t t'he'! w.c'rt;'t!c!tiLute uf ;~lf tc:t'lings tow"rds tfl ir fc:ifow· Clc.tlttrcs·:,\nJ lhl"ir bretllren acc<.. (Lng to the fleOl, beli Ie. [hur" of malice and r ncom; \·c 0, til lind that it is 3
pr'n~iplc of h,m'Jr (O:H (,onrinu tHy In.'lpt"ls them; t!Uf it is a plinc'pJe of honor th.lC oVt"rpo\\r:rs cvny o~h~r .\tic-.: 1L.\1 l.i tJ}e mio ...} hurricij Jtld
the.n on to fach a~s' or olHragr:, crudt;# and Vl nl!~allce.. Surety 'We might he ftJd-y to d~ink that if a. prin.:-i~l,,:, of honoi:: will pro,iucC' Ilirh b,t .or frlli[s as l!1:-I~.--it it \'"iM ovcrpnwt:r lhe p"ir~6) It.' ur fo:np ,ffinn ~n bencv(,t 'n' e ill m~.mkin..r t,)wards their fcHuw Ci~dfure;:s, ~'.ld
,"cn tho(e of tilt::r o·...'n kindre,t; [h~t If a pr 111·
c:pl~ or' hC"1or \\O:~l opn:He in- [his mana~r, it is . .. , I £;1 VI.I a;~.I p:.;:-n:rIQl,.ls pr~~ CI~I~ •
. 13v'r m!nkind 01"1: r"oj t.idently .cruofed 'f ... falf~ prlnc:p!~ 0: hn:"hlr, ir. rurruJn~ ·fuch to Jill(: of conduti. \ h"t. hey ""n, ,;.t if, theit -hanor, j;. in~~cl theil IUC:.[1[C.f~ rl#~'."'.'j\ch. and lcr-' !!'ioates in their burnir,!!. f1::roe A principl.e ru t£I.~ h :l~)' is; a n)t~rl'\ '~~.:f:\!~n,; pIjnC'tp~-...,. . .•
"'.' I')It IS tmty ,r,udahle and w.ll pl'aCing '" (h (ight of God. When a perl;m <,r ~ I oplc are aml)lti(lu~ of lh:u wlwrc-in I!'h:ir true l'on r ~on .... tills, t1wy arc I hen eng,.~cJ in a moll budMble and ex. tllent \,UI :uit, So it is pvimed out ·by ~ obfcrvmioll of the wili· OlJ.n lfl our texrR1 I:ICOI<.J11i'ft rxal"'b a 1IMio:;. He ml",nt, 1'O{>1't f'y,~ y,. [0 ment;u:~ thIS ,H a p'JW( I ful [~'f {l.(" Oro
'tXt..: Itt: 3. re >p.!c: to follow <\h...:r nghl~<;'il~~1(:fS'.
ft is as tho' 110 h.d raiel, \l'/h'.t natioll vI pecp!e -arc am!' itivl1<O c;f cr e honor? let t!:t'!1l lec k :-..a . ~ighle. u:ncrs, anel this wdl be a dign;ty a,1d J,~ :honor Uij(O llltm..
ANO now to thee the deft;.;" or th,..r~ wl"lrl~j. -and to jrpprove thrill in 3. loa:,:nCf fUI'."IJtc t, the occJ.(i.)/1 before t!r,;, 1 would 1t~IC llLe...VUr
by the div:ne all>flancc,
I. Tn il-.c\V \Vh"t lb ~,irc ""n nor .m, ,.' thdt ngnu.:uu!oe·j \\ hith :~ .. :~::: h .~ l.J.lJOIJ.
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( s ) WNw ,he wife man fpcak. of r;g.'J,couii",r,
~xallillg a naliun, he has a moll eVlden, rde. ftnCe '0 ,he gellnal c1",r.cler of ,h~, pcopk 01' which the nal;un CUllfllh. 'I hat ri~h,tu lhc(~
may ex.l, Il.Hion, the peller lily of th [.cople of which (~e oOitioIl Cull nus mutt lx vdi,)!'y
,llcffl'" ot ir, 10 110", ir ""'7 he '.id of loch n.llion, that It is a ri~htt'ol1s ll.uion, a n:UIOI1
h.tC lovc:th (j~ht ouinl h ",,1(J !~l..knh aftc:r H. "rh:. i3 of aLl"IJlC r.eldlilY, in order thai f,.,.hlcoufnds oay ex." a o."ion. Righr"flllfn-I; n,utl f",rm ,he;r general char.ICla. Ir will be
f no :lvail 'u "n.r fl'lh a pu, pore for mallY' iil' lVluU ... is am(J~,; J. roll (,Il (.1' p~'Jplc (0 rU~llIC: ,.(l':: r 5:..':t~ouln:':j.j, Yr ,1;1.( t:lt Il ... ~ ,on ill g"'r,c _J.. ".nJ rh~ peolJlc at iJ~ .. ~· do 'Y dj )1., ':IVt: a loole ~o lin, ~UV) tnlqUllv IC'I~'II\ {r.~l'l,phrlnl "1T,IJn~J[t.:
the',Il. in (u'h a c~..h: ,.1, ,'.1") to in Ilv,du ,10;, tfH~rc m1.~ be /!'fJ~~ Jt~:r r,l.anllln~H. ,'~ i p'l].
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• p'''pl,' brmg r; li', v:r.hlr p<oplr. 1<" II d\ all lrr""'1t'JI tell a'ld lokt:'J of il, r!nt \V:,h: 11[ it :1 p,~upl(; car.not be f.:. d It) J'c GO:i'~ v fild p:'opk-. \Y:H'n it 0n\c t!lmc to this ~11tl lie! a 1'''''1 Ie th1t they lI~,nly l"'I,!:c ter ·vr!1.,1' ar.d or.J:IUl1n:s uf. (j"ll, dll :':0 t:.tn (,'[otfil;' caft efl" the b:tdgt· or their lxjn~ h:c; \ li'J!t ',: f!c; thl..:y Cll,cnlv n:n0Uf.ce d'l ir vloh!.: It .~ l n ttl 1:.1
3~ thlir Go'f, :lfld d· dJle. as in op... n I.r.: u.. r _
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rht"lr ~';I"~ ;.nd l.rri, and th.. t th"y \l.f"(' ~'9 fll~'1 .. t; ;1:.:..1 J:1V:lI1~, SO it j-; ;)~llr, ::: /' }." ., .1', 1 h, 1-, /. ,..r,,-, 't .. r/-;':', ",-,;, '"' I,: ,f
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nl'o'I J \~} <.; I... v,ll,u is c·r.j.j prJ UjJ n J ( ,J Ie br 11-,. vf~I:,!lH:~ a,,~i ~:'P~II'll_t'nl (Ji C, wi as :111 (ft il"ul \-,.r.. 11 :tn 1 rk'\ g t. i ,,- r b ,riO his V·fi.k pt'" I.- l 1'111 '"lI".J; IC 'i d';'1 J~t .~t • :f. ;''''' "I~ \..tv f.... ..:,dy u~' n·t t _ \·tvdL.p .J
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~. (.& I ordinances .0' God, in ore ~r th~t thry' lTI3y he' .;fibiy J>~g;,ffi.J ofrthat ng ltOulllds which t;(. 'heth a nation.
IT i! ~vid,nc'1;rom che very light 01 ~.tur~. ch.ll the woofu p of God is a UIY 01 facred il>1pt);·tance, I knce the Apoftle obftrves COli
cer~lng Ihe "cry heathens, Ihat h,uzuft /lIly did ".1 lil:e 10 retlli" '"Cod ill tbeir ImowlltJge, ,uld "eilh", would Wfljhip "1l4 gl.rij, bim l/' CoJ; hut turned Ibe (/""1 of tbe inur1"UPJable C.d int,.,1 i"'.ge mad, lila 1/11/0 ,orruptdu ",aJI, flit!
f~wd lhe ,ri'plllrt mort tbtlH tht Crt.1lcr, wb. it G.d O'1Ji'T ,,!I titJli'd f$/'I1)(Y ',-th~t for tbis Ci17lft
GoJ gove tlxm burt' Jo a rt"/)r,,~alt ,;s./ad, :D d. thole Ihillgs wbicb Ifrt nol c8JJ'Ulili,;u, 'W h ell evidenrly implies th~t the very light of n,lUre laid the heathens under (acred ..,bligarivns, t\J
ob(erve the worlhip of God, They w~re vtlitrd with the moO: awful jlldgn·tnts, b"c"o(e th~,. did not' WGrfhip and gll,"ly God as God. Bue (urdy they were never pun,lhed by a righteous God for violating 'ho(e obligations they wcr~ nat under. F,,,,lrl1lKh ,hen ~s ,hey were punifhed III fuch an a.\'ful m:mner as to be ~i"('n up of G,),! to ~ reprobate mind, bccot;k the,. did not worthip and gl'"ify him as Gu.I, it i6 • fuU·dnnonaral ion that th, y were under moil; ~ obligation. to obkrve ,he wernlll' of G"rl. IIlId (0 glorify him as Gnd, A n,{ n"w I;,rtly "J thoro: ;.hat loa< no uthcf Lhan Lh. light of
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( tI ) nature were under fueh '·f..c~tl ~nd inyiola~lc
Clbliga<iQIl" tU WOI fbip and gl.,riiy G',d, ~s tbr, lheir wilful negka of this <lid provuke: God to g'vo lhtm over to a H·proh.'le m:r.d; ""llj:!t mon, is that people under the: moll: fa,red "bli· g<ltions to thi" (0 w!:om God I:a.' mode kn' wn hi, will by jhtwi"l Ibftlf his jud:.",mls, lIWd-l,i~'i"l lb.:,. his JI,<luJU. God h.., ,·njolill.d u!"", his people m hi" word, by ..II th,t is (olemn and l.crn!, as a dill)" of the: hig~dl i.. porta nee, lb"l ILl, ;'ollld b~'lJt IlQ tlblr Gad HJart I i1ll, T9is is the fi,rft law of /"5 kIngdom, And ,h,s command docs, by clear impllc,"on., carry in it, a' "'oft £ocrtel i'\illr.Clion to "blt,v.- the: worlh.p of God. and to pay 0\11" hlllnage unto h.,n accordmg to his inll.tution and app<"n(, ment, Wh,'n the will of 'God is fo d a,I1 mace known untO us in n-fcrcnc(' to this; mar· kr, ,bat p"<JPJc do r",rdy bring t'>" moll hlul g" It upon th<mrdves who n .ktt the worChip of GoJ, "ncl wl'o do oprnly reluf" to gl.. "ty hirn as God, . Th" worn"jo> of C;od is an ope:. proa,c"l alknoy.:.:Jgen1tnc Ii,,( he is our only fllprem,., Ivrd and kil!g; and f conftql1cr.Ct fur ~ people to reflll~ to worJhlp "t1J glorif~ him es I"~IF only fllpr~!ll~ k,r,! and kmg, is "n opt n 1\ llunciatiora' of the:r 3Jkgiann: unto hltH. it;a an "p~n dccbration chat they will nOl be ia luhjtchoo (l\ ~.im. and will ••1 h:«" ii,1I 1# ..... •ver 1;':111, Under (hi, VieW oj d,,' m.lt( . ~ml !\Ilt "101".1<:)' iliat Gud 1M'.! 1.1 I.kclue .
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( n') fdf r, 3wiullr dll" ,cd ,with his r~nple of olll, \;·.'l ... ;)~vt"r the.,. l·ol1u,k his r...lm,,"'C:I), dlliJ turned t!":"lr h.\\..k.s . pon It.s W'OI01'p. 'fhis 1$ t:vcr m<~H;UII<. by 00 an ',"qulty of 'he deep.·n: dv< ;. ;.n I tor Ih·s he <'V r m.nlftll:d his all"cr• r "'.:tJiOl hi, pcopk in .1 Ien-s of the Illull 3\\ Iu1 ju :'1 nc~c;. /\0.1 h· net') whf"never a pmus king C.l!l~<: up",n th Ih vile of Il"ra:l, und ret hi IdClt to bring 011 a n:to: fn.Hilln among lilt: ~t.'opl:.:,
-. ),is tll t1 (.lfe \\I.1S :tIW.ly I '("relied in n:..:.lj·ymg lhe .lbuli: of GIlJ', \ ,II 0"1" ever W.IS d,ere a r<forlll,,;on bro't 3 out a:nonga ,hat ~~:0l'l~
\I here lhis one 'hing WJS I.cGlcCled. 1\n" in . . .Vr0p-)j(lon 5 a r~ !l.;rrnarlUJ1 tV::f t.~ ·t.:S ~)J.lce
I:lIluni\ any f".01'1c in any Jge of die worlel; ,,~d to the IJ:n dcgr<e as [foe rdig;:," do:s .. ,f,bly prevJ;1 among d.em, il \I i I be fe.... in t!Mr ('<'uplc's P";lOg a L'(fcU reg rd to the wurlhip of od.
\VE arc unci r tlJe (1me 0 ligat'ons to tie "'orO,i of oj JS the children 01 Ifr. d were.
the gr2nJ n·aCon .... Ity thcy were lin fer fUch obl;c,lIoIlS was beeau!i: Co.1 'U', J IbnI' Cod i/"d r.':...:ur. i\ no ,( I.e is "f' God fi"d "d"m:rl', Wt'l Jre llndc:r. the f.m,t: oblig..ltIUn5 co \\\..Hl};qJ
!,,dOilJ", t,il11 J.S G\..J ; and our fori. kin.~ Iill
lI;ip VI,II b: «,lI.11y odluus in 'is fight. If ... dg, 10 lh:s l1lil!JI\{'r, ditown :and r:.onOunce
iflble rdJ',l.n !O G • he will diCown .•tnJ ~nounce • i~ v:filJ!e rc!l:ion to lIS· as lIS rro.
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( 13 ) pIe; • and as he h~ done to his people of old, to .the t;' en churches of A[Id, ~. <"I to .11 that e.. rtern w•• Id where. ch"fb'lOay once fiuur,fi,cd in il.3 gl(lry; f" will' he du unto u., by vifiting us with one ju,tgml'llt upon l.t b.~ck of another, umil he h;lS coin us vi' t'rum bein.. hia p<:uplc.
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2. TJlhT lhat righteou~e(s which fXdltelh a natiOll i'''p1le' lh.t people du !tt th·:mr kcs l<lJ,~ counu;n~llce ':llld ben d01i'.'n ~Il frJ.ud' :.!.nd op: prcfiion.--ENery degr c v fnuJ ant! up;>' de:;n a:nong rill n is ;"n ah,)m.n.tti ....1 unr tt.:L'}rJ i bcc.ufr.: jt is a Olf,tl fl gr~nt vi 'brion of thok obhg. lions Illankin·j au: t'Vr( Ufi,,-IC:I (Q
ea h olher. Jnkind ;Ire und r th III (l (;_
cr.:d obligations to COi'h.tuet (hW rds' ont ...ncrhcr u.:Jcr the ip~Ul ~ce vt" a tc· lpcr of l\n,Ycr~.t1
l~vtl :'lllJ b n voh:n.:e, by GO;"l I, ():/'It'J ei le;'" !~'l. ".''': fL',;/ v:l,rl /."'.MdJ jL; :to, tI lb~.iJ. C:~"J i; [., 1.:::; Colli tie p.Jjhtls. Ic:s "hac ,he I.,., ,no j I n,;, ~1:1d tJu.: prliphcts h.. v\: C/.Jhfl'.lndr £:Hi .. ln. i'.l.J t;h:r~ I'; nd W"l' in w: :..:1. n ..nl::r.J \.. I~ I gu It}' vf m,~:c r.l~r'.IIl.r illt,l during vtaLu 'I
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fi3Ud aad :"prtnil,n. .\nd b :)(i:, , .. hen JIlJ opp,,:{JiI..'!1 llt':l:t;il\~" gene:-..I.l .u',l.'1 l1 1. i~ oluf... : '~j.( th<!z l!t .. ( fA pi l\..~r; of 11.. " 1:~~.n.U: Js \....... h c .,
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fu.." • !"'''P'. " ,hat 0" D ji./,,j pap/f. II I'#Ik ""01 ",':Ib "''{:i'ry. .\lId h t,. ". " :I .,..-opl.: .v'o.Ill be- .. :t.u .".Il·nit'd a rJ~ht(..uus vopl~ ; It i. ei 3lJ!bltXC "".l:ii,y .1\.It II., Y leI ,hem' Ivc,; to, d "I'un""1.Inc< .Iud b:lr down all fr~ll.J .,r4 OO"i('fi:.l1\ .Lt1on~ (hcm~..
'0 T., AT ruch a. pt"()pl' :1rr Il.hvays rrguhtrd ..,n,l l'lIV, IIlC:d b) .I 1) ated\ v1 !.w~ IhilL .rc !UUl\tJ..
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( ,II ) therefore "lAy r iGn among a people, it is or abfi lute "eeemlY. not unly' that a fyftem of laws be ell..blolhed among them that are cal. culated to bear d,'..n .11 oprr. wiekednels; but .Ifo th.t every onc is fJith"ul, in hIS pr0l'''' {blion and capJCII:i, to put lu,h laws into cx~cution, to /be to 'i1r of rvi! ,!.alrJ, and /q , (
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3. TIIAT the r'ght..ournd' rpeken of in the tex' 11I1\'li« th.t a people do let Ihrn'le:l"ti t d,lcounrcnanLe all optn wl£kcdnds iR the ttnor 01 dlelr cen~uct.
If fin iJ a r;pHa,ll /0 11ny p('6pl(~ then ce."" 1.linJy th.t pt'Ople dmUn!!; whom rightroufnrfs reign", ".111 i1CC<lunr :l rerrt..lch, ami ~mkJ.vor
10 dilcountenancc It I" th" tcLor of th,-.r con· duer They will trtJt thufe "' le.mdalous ptr(on~, who live in the oren praerice of an)' k 'nd of wickednel'. Thl'y \\,;)1 avoid thtll (omplny, ao& withdraw fr,)l" their tociel)' am! frllo\\lhlp. So they tredt a no:oriou; thief. The l' 'ntr.· Iity of a F oplc do tVcr hoU him as " Ican.
alous perlun, .nil arc a{hamed to keep comp~IlY with h"n. ~i nJ IJ lIghleuuln<l' <lIlJ rel;\" tTlur pbant .0101' ,It .1 "cupk, th"y would be as much alhanltO [0 COUlltt"IlJOCe or keep company with Vo,(] (wcar-rs, with lJbb_lth.brc.,ker~,
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( '9 )wi,h defamers and backbilers, wilh luch as made il their praCl:ice 10 Over-reach and defraud, 10
griRd and opprers lhelr fdlow crealu",s in lheir dealings with lhem; I [.1)'> they would ~ as much a(hamel! 10 coulllenance or keep company ",ilh any of fuch a charoCl:er, as they would with an open and nOloriuus lhief. Fur thefe • iniquities are, in their nat me, as realiy fcanda. )ous as theft. They are as truly an abomlnalion in lhe fighl of God, and as diameuically contrary to that righleouinefs .which exalleth a nation. When therefore a perlon can live in the open praCl:ice of any of lhele iniquilies, and yel not _become a icand.lous perfon among the people where he dwells; when he can live in lhe open praCl:ice of thefe illiquities, and ret preferve his reputation, and his company is not avoided; can it be imagined that fuch a people do look upon thefe iniquities as being any wife fcandatolls? Nay verily. Inflead of purfuing after lhal righleoufnefs which exalteth a nation, they are haflelling to lhal flate of abandoned v. i kepnefs defcnbed by the Prophel in lhat. folemn inlerro~atiL", IYere they ~.jhamed wh,. tbey had (ommitted ab.lilill~lion? N~" tbn 'WIn
• r.ol al all IJjbamed, mitlJer mild IhC) btl/flJ'!- Enough has been raid to lay open to view whaG is Implied in lhal righlCQulneis whi h ex.ll a nalion.
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n. To p~int ou't the reafons why Ihi. righ. [eo\lli'eis will e,,,lt a nation,
AND in illuftmting this head, I wOllld here ray,
I. THAT this righleoufilcrs is Ihal wherei" [he real dignity and honor of a people conlins,
SO". are ".dy to eficern a nation Or people honoroble in proportion as they :j~ wealrhy and powerful. Hut this· of itlt,\f is .rar frolll ren. dering a people honoLlble, ,h" On Ihe contrary. if they make ufe of tbeir power anel wealth in an unrighteous manner, their kleing poilcfftd of weallh an 1 po"er ~oes but trrve to render them [he ot'eelS of the, moO: foltmn COnlemp[ and abhorrence. Le[ a nation be po(feil~d of ever fo !nilch wealth .nd power, and let 'hem make \lIe f thrfe to fpread dev.flalion and ruin amongO: """kind, alld to .reduce their brethren 10 a n.te of fl..Jvery to thelt lawleis tyranny and dominion; in luch a cale as this, will anyone be wild enOll h, to imagine that fUl'h a na,i"n or people are poffdfed of true honor, 1ll,-,rI,.
cour. Ihey arc wealthy ond powerlul-? Nay . Tme bOllor and real dignity is ever d in that ri~hteourne(, ",hiell woofls ill
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( 2' ) \VHEll a peopl~ do evid=~t1y appear to re.
verence the rights <;>f eon~eience,-[Q pay a facred regard t the worOllp ",f God,-Io be acwated by a pi us zeal in, bearing down all fraud and oppreffion, and cliicoul1lellJncing all Vl(~ and irnrnorJllly of every killtl,; wi en it is (hul with a peopk, ,here is notlting (hat can be a greater honor Jlld digniry to them. The moll unb.lunJcJ walth ancl power is as nothing when compared wirh thi , ro rellcla a'pcople honorJbl~.
Each one Will <le~ Unt it his honor and clir,nil.)' to be in clue fubjeaion [Q Ihe higher powe. and with .! Icrily of minel w'l1 be careflll to rrnt!tr 10l!0 lV/ tb:i,. dutS; li+itute I~ Wl"'Clil 11 il"l4.; mJlom /0 whom (fijlOIll ; f.:r 10 wbcm l'nI'; bonor 10 u;bom benor. Th~ I heels of ovcrnnlent will perpe 1l111y move on in the u~molt harmony, ~nd without an}" jon or direor!. And f fueh a p"0pl it may be jullly I.id, in rd.llion t'l rheir livil ll.atr, Jicw g••dl, are /by /m/s, 0 'lacob, r.lld tby d:"clllllgs, 0 Jjrad .'-This ri~hl~_ OUlntl, then IS ,hal wherem the real dignity ,wel honor of a people cclr.fills.--But,
2. THIS righrt'oufiH.fs fX:lhcrh a r'n,'s J knc ... of rht: inlil~s
of ht; Wll upon thel .
Goo Qlw ys deals wilh hi, an "rdlng to lit!" vilible con<1llcr. it nUlln, frum Ihe be ,'lIl1inS of
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either under the Jawor under the gofpcl, rhat G futh:red his vifible people to be ruined.
f \lmil they had openly depaned from hun, and hold turned .fide from the way of hI', lbtutes. No inlbnce can be produced wh"e God luf. fered rile nemi" o( his people to triumph Over !he~l whillt they continued to pu{ their truft 'n his name, aJlll to WJlk in his way', \Vhen flut forefadwrs flret tallle over intO rew-England, thC)' had fuch dIfficulties to en 'oumer, and fuch formidable dangers were impending over them on evay fide, that it might feem at firlt view that nOthing bur perfea phrenq and nudnefs could induce them to believe it pomble for them to (urmounr the difficulties and efcape the dangers that l.1y i" their way.• But they found Ihat Ibe nallle .f the Lo,.d was IZ Jlrong lOwe,.. Ibnt Ihl righltoll! run illio il ail" were fafe. Rig:lteournefs WJS their ~lor1; it was :I crr;WII
.lId " diad'm "p," Ibeir l'£ad, They made God Iheir refuge, and hiI .tell rig hi. halld, Imd bi! lot; arm ".1S their (.!eguard and their defenco in all Icenes of danger, and under every trial. Had they calt of!' the fear of God, acd openly drparct'd frotn him, we may with cenfidcnce. "flinn t;,at they "'mJid foon have become a,·,.
~(lCb a1J:(jnu fbi bttztb(JJ~ anJ their namts would " eriJh<tL llut J~ry Ib/lt bOllor God, b, <17 I
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( 23 ) all fcencs 'of donger, 'T~ Lord is my ligbt Ifni "'y falvalion, WbOiH jha '/ 1 fear? 'The Lord ;I
th, ftrengl/' of'" hieri, of d'o• ./ball I ~e Mfro;'/ .' 'l'bo' all hoft flJCJdd ;IlCO"'P ala;ll) "", jll Ib;s ~rill • I be eOI;jii/iil/. A nd if it be tu, ,I' God will be thus nigh umo that people that put ,heir trull: in his name i then furtly we Jll<ly ju;n with the pralmill and r..y, Happy is IIJol ptopte tha: is ;n /iLCII a eaft; po, happy js thai plo{'le wbofl Cod is the Lord.--l n this v·;ew of the matlee then, we moll evid nlly fee that riehreourneis enlteth a nation, and renders a people honorabk,--llut,
3. RrcHTEouS~ISsl rX.llteth :a nation, as It
is the only thillg rhat can be a firm bond of lInio:l among l~em, ar., will inlpire univ rid I confidence in them.
"11-1 [>1 a nation or , pe~ple as ru hare evicfently vOid of principle, anJ 1bandoned in wickednds, there c.m be no confidence h.d in tl\.C publick faIth. Thm lull of power, rheir unbounded aV;lrire Will rea ify induce them, upon almorl evtri cCefioo to violate the moll iolemn co:rpaCls ond covcnanl~, in ,ht moll n.· gr~nt and daring m;lnnc:r. Bur if a pt'" pl~ .lCC
united together .:pon the principles of righ "nels, this bond of tlni >n i, hke the I ;{.I (lTd thaI is Ilal lajily trok.;;. It is ~ bo'ld af union lhal will ren<icr a people iailhful 10 each
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( 2-1- , .Iher in all (ane! of clanger, and under c,<e. ry Iriol. 1'\ml when they Jre vilibly actuated by fllch principles as ,hefe in the tenor of thtir conduel, the 1I11non confidence will ever be '''d in t~e public faith; and tvny nation ",ill be reody to fay of fllch a poopl., Sk,-tl, Iii') "rl Ihi'tl,-oJ 1 - 1 l~ill '''I Ii,. 1\nd undtr lI1I5 vit.., fuch a propl. will eVtr be moO: honorable in tho dteem of all to whom their char.cla is known, and to their enemies they will be Jer. rible nJ lUI army with bIJmu:rs.--U pon t hde accOlln" thm i[ n1<'(( evidtnlly app ars [hat ri hteoufners exalteth 0 nallon, and IS like a .,~:;;n ~f dwt!w, nI; ~'~'-Y 10 any eople. The ti'n bein", far r~nl re'lllire> lhat 1 han«l to
'. the bl1: thing pr pol':d Irom the te·t which i.,
II l. To conclurk with ,hall: andrdles [hat n"lurally "ife out I my ful-:icc, and are fuilable to the occalion befor~ us.
A"n here 1 am rc",inded to I rn myftlf i.- the firl1 pllCt', by ".ay of a rel~ to IllS Ex
cellency lhe Go,'c; nor, wd the J,onor.lbk Countil or this StJ.·.
t ..4 \.n l'~r no :If n: cniions tlut the ~,,~at
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( 25 ) ned importance of their being lIlli' that !u:? God and. bait (OVelOllj>It[s, will in any . degree
ifouft your minds, or prove offen five to y':U. H..d I depaned from the Ii"e of my duty, and atl:ed fo' much out C?f the charatl:a of an Am. balfador of Chriil, as to have- conlumed t e preceeding hour in treating Ihe rukrs of this people wllh an e'ipty round of f ulf~rro com· plements; I had Juftly rendered m)'fdf an obietl: of your eo;npa!lion a"d r~:C:nt\ne"l. I \\' I ever regard it :u a duty of facred impon:lI1ee in reI tiGn I.() myrclf, and urge il pon othe~, as oecaflOn may offal to rcnder thaI hooor to Ihe higher powers which GoJ in hi word reo quires. It is dremial to thc health and ell being of I ftale, that f"ch be ld in h nor .nel re erenee by Ihe plOplc v, hom thty govern. Alld ' wouid to God tha~ this I>onor and revrrenc~ to the rulers of this people, III y ever be founded on that locred regard to I io tecur. ntrS and tru'e pie,y thac floa\! be vllible and. evid nt in the conflant t nor of t eir condutl:. This will command th·t rcfpetl: and revefence, [h t honor and dl<em, which is real and folid \ and which will have n t.x~cnfive inf'lH:I1CC: in torming the nl1nner~~ an ..l 'l"gubri:--g thl' (011
dult of a people. Yuu \'JIll confiJer y_ " d es as the leader ot this pcopk; Ill:,t ,II", ';-:~In
in your publtc oerartml'" wi! <H' C -, J l1RIdl weight and energy in it; that II w;l: I "' "
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and fo m the did:· !tee of th;s people. peo. pIe w,1I fullow the exampk of Ultic leaders; and under lh:s ,"ifW a (~tl of ricious 1l11rrs are, in a g,~t tJ !;rc('~ accounr~bk for that fiolld of wickedncrs that docs at ally ';Ole ovefljlrcad a countr. IY, l!IUO I e, 0 lend. ·: ...,J;fU tll) kir: i$ c'l d'iIJ, aJIt! Jby nlu,,'s l.!r·IH {I'l n;Crr;/H6 . You will lhtll c ,,,fiJ,c jOUlfch,s as ~ing accountable l God, JI.d to d." pl.:!'I. anllthe. day, for the L ~t. \Jliufl or tile ij}'l,o[{an( lIurt committe unl Y< U • Jlld widl .<l ... ;ew to this, will gird up thc> 10111" ofl (JlJr m:n I to t'x';cutc juflice and jU(;bl11~nt ~ If) bt'.u down all vice. .HH.J iml1lur:i)uv ; to pr.111,0tl: tlt.- jlllt,r n of rdigioo, :lnd the prOl,.' fi~Y "f lJH;n'j h. ':'gJO:H a'null&: tht P~ol e \\11,,111 )(.0 c()n:lll. Th ~ will lay cn( lIIolt tift:{tuJl foun'.~.ltion f(; . your rtl
):Pb this people with COmfO"l ,nd III pl'ace, till rllu 30J d.q' :lPC r:;:t!:c;-~d lCO'I.,tht:r into thJC
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k~k th~ interell: at his -kingdom I he will de. light in .U5, and d light to dwell in th~ midi ot us. You will ev~r regard this then as an obj~c moll: ~orthy of .yollr att~lltion ""hilt\ you arc e"gaged' In' ronfultlng thofc things that per• • tain to the profperity of this fiate. Your zeal
· {or God "ill animate you to" a becoming care that his worfnip is duly obferved, that his namo is vilibly glorified, and ttoat ev~ry kind of iniquity 'that is an open in ..It upon the name of God, or a violation of the CiPligations we arc under to ~ach otntr, m y be f, ourged from ,_ mong us .. ' 1:he iOleret\ of learning, being nearly
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the,s to fo \Ifeful a feminary. And may your pious ore to promOte the profFerity of thi, {bte, anJ the i/ltereil. of religion among this people, be at, n 'e with ,he fmil~s of heJven. anll crowned with fuch gloriol s fuccefs, that
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