Libertinifm hath erected its Standard, hath declared War againft Religion, and openly lifted Men of its Side and Party: a general Loofnefs of Principles, and Manners, hath feiz'd on us like a Pestilence; a Pestilence that walketh not in Pfal.xcis Darkness, but wafteth at Noon-Day; The Contagion of which hath fpread itself through all Ranks and Degrees of Men; hath infected both the Camp, and the Congregation: Who knows, what the Zeal and Courage of a good Magiftrate might do towards ftopping it? Let Phi- pf, cvi. 30 nehas stand up and execute Judgment, that fo this Plague may be stay'd! God hath, indeed, blefs'd the Arms of the best of Queens, taken up in Defence of the best of Caufes, with unparallel'd Succeffes abroad: may She be alike Victorious at home, over Lewdnefs and Infidelity! over fuch as reverence not the Altars of God, and fcorn thofe who minifter at them! That fo the Felicities of her Wonderful Reign may be compleat, and we may have nothing left to wifh for on Earth but the Continuance of it; nor have any thing more to fear from the ill Influence of our Vices, than We we have now (God be thanked) from the Attempts of our Enemies! Now to God the Father, the Son, and the A A SERMON Preach'd at St. PAUL'S, The Lord Mayor, AND The Court of Aldermen, On Wednesday, April 9. 1707. Being a Day of Publick Humiliation, Appointed by Authority. PSALM XXX. 6, 7, 8. In my Profperity I faid, I fhall never be moved: Lord, by thy favour thou haft made my Mountain to ftand strong. Thou didst hide thy Face, and I was troubled. I cried unto Thee, O Lord, and unto the Lord I made my Supplication. Or, as it is in the Tranflation, now used in our Church: In my Profperity I faid, I fhall not be removed: Thou, Lord, of thy Goodnefs haft made my Hill fo ftrong. Thou didst turn thy Face from me, and I was troubled. Then cried I unto Thee, O Lord, and gat me to my Lord right humbly. T HE Collection of Pfalms, which make a part of the Daily Service of the Church, is, on no account, more valuable |