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A91815 A sermon preached in Christ's-church, Dublin, on the 23d of October, 1695 being the anniversary thanksgiving for putting an end to the Irish Rebellion, which broke out on that day, 1641 : before the House of Lords / by Henry Lord Bishop of Killaloo. Rider, Henry, d. 1696. 1695 (1695) Wing R1441; ESTC R15253 11,158 20

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of this Countrey and set up a King of their own and when they were well flesh'd and blooded they made no doubt of Transporting their victorious Arms into England of making that Kingdom such another Shambles and not leaving the Memorial of the English Name under Heaven How far those Instruments of Cruelty might have prevail'd to what a height they might have swell'd the Rivers of that Land too with blood had not an over ruling Providence interpos'd and stay'd their hands who in three Months had turn'd this Island of Saints into a Wilderness of ravening Woles Murder'd and destroy'd an hundred and fifty thousand Souls God knows But blessed be his holy Name Their hopes were in agreat measure Bafled and Defeated and we have yet a Gracious King a Nursing Father to the same Church they then made such Havock of and Persecuted with so much Rage and Violence That Vine which Gods own Right Hand hath Planted Flourishes in the Land and after that excellent way which they still call Heresy we even now Worship the God of our Fathers And for those great Incendiaries and Promoters of that unnatural Rebellion those Blood thirsty and Deceitful Men who would not that the English Monarchs should Reign over them Few of them liv'd out half their Days or went down to their Graves in Peace their Cruelties have been Repay'd unto their own Bosoms as they have done so God hath Rewarded them And now if there be any Persons here present who persist in the same Designs act under the same Disguises and truly bear Witness that they allow the Deeds of their Fathers what can become of all their Hopes either in this World or in that which is to come God forbid that we should prescribe any Bounds to his Infinite Goodness and Mercy but without true and unfeigned Repentance we may without breach of Charity Conclude That they who have been Saints only in shew shall be sav'd only in appearance that their Expectations are all mere Notion Their hopes a Golden Dream and that they of all Men shall be most Miserable But let us who have better Principles be perswaded to act honestly and sincerely in all things to let our Thoughts be always agreeable to our Words our words consistent with our actions to retrieve again if possible that plainness and openness of Heart which a few years ago seemed to be the best part of our Tempers and Constitutions to take care that there be no secret Hipocrisy lurking in our Hearts nothing of Judas his design mixt with our concerns for the poor of Jezebel's with our Fasts of the Scribes and Pharisees with our long Prayers An Hypocrite I told you signifi'd an Actor or a Player and now must ad that the Play will shortly be done and we must all take our leaves of the Stage for ever A time will certainly come when our Masks Veils shall be pull'd off all our Habits and Disguises laid aside and we shall have no more Cloaks for our Sin but shall appear in our own Shapes and Colours the same wicked Persons we were behind the Curtain and all our Iniquities shall be openly expos'd to the Eyes of God Angels and Men. It will then be strictly inquir'd not how long we have Liv'd but how Well not in what Pomp and Splendor but in what Religion and Devotion not what Estates and Fortunes we have left behind us but what Souls and Consciences we have brought along with us and happy then shall we be If we are able to say with good Hezekiah Remember O Lord we beseech thee that we have walked before thee in Truth and with perfect Hearts That so we may at the last hear the Musick of that blessed Euge. Well done Good and Faithful Servants enter you into the joy of your Master Amen and Amen FINIS