moft Oppofite Tempers were brought to confpire peaceably in this Great Event, the most Divided Interefts were reconcil'd in it and even They, who were prepar'd to Prophefié against it, were yet, by an Over-ruling Influence, determin'd to pronounce a Bleffing; and forc'd, as they look'd on, to take up their Parable, and fay; God hath not beheld Iniquity in Nu. xxiii. Jacob, neither hath he feen Perverfness in 21,22,23. Ifrael, the Lord his God is with him, and the fhout of a King is among them. God hath brought them out of Egypt; he hath, as it were, the ftrength of an Unicorn. Surely, there is no Inchantment against Jacob, neither is there any Divination against Ifrael: according to This time it shall be faid of Jacob, and of Ifrael, What hath God wrought? Since the Work, therefore, was His, let us give Him the Praife of it! even as we do, by this Solemn Appearance: falling low on our Knees before his Footftool, and faying, Not unto Us, O Lord, Pía. cxv.1. not unto Us, nor unto our Forefathers, but unto Thy Name give Glory; for thy Mercy, and for thy Truth's fake! For thy Mercy's fake, which induc'd thee to give fo happy a Turn to the Affairs of fo Undeferving a People; and for thy Truth's Truth's fake, which thou intendeft to fecure and to reestablish by the Means of it. Let us piously afcribe this, and all other our Deliverances to God, and all our Calamities to our Selvés; acknowledging the One to be as properly the Confequence of our Sins, as the Other is the Refult of his Unmerited Favour and Goodness. And let us from fuch furprizing Events as thefe, which have confeffedly fomething Divine in them, learn to lift up our Thoughts above Material Causes, and to inftruct our felves in all the Amazing Leffons of God's Governing Providence; by which he holds the Balance of Nations, and inclines it which way he pleases; fo that all the Dan,iv.35 Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing to him, and he doth according to his Will in the Army of Heaven, and among the Inhabitants of the Earth, and none can Stay his Hand, or fay unto him, What doest thou? And this he now performs by the Adminiftration of the Man Chrift Jesus; to whom, immediately upon his Refurrection, he gave all Power, in Heaven, and in Earth: and whom, upon his Afcent into Heaven, (the Holy Subject alfo also of this Day's Solemnity) he instated in the full Poffeffion and Exercise of that Power; declaring him King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. And, indeed, Worthy is the Lamb that was flain, to receive Rev. v.12, Power, and Riches, and Wisdom, and 13. Strength and Honour, and Glory, and Bleffing. Therefore, Bleffing and Honour and Glory, and Power be unto him that fitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever! A The Duty of Publick Interceffion and A SERMON Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, A T St. Margaret's Westminster, On Wednesday, March 8. 1704. BEING The Day of Her MAJESTY'S Happy Acceffion to the THRONE. ITI M. ii. 1, 2, 3. I Exhort, That, first of all, Supplications, Prayers, Interceffions, and giving of Thanks be made for all Men; for Kings, and all that are in Authority; that we may lead a Quiet and Peaceable Life, in all Godliness, and Honefty: For this is Good and Accep table in the fight of God, our Saviour. TH HERE was nothing by which the Enemies of Chriftianity endea vour'd, and hop'd fo much to retard the Pro |