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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48855	A sermon preached before Her Majesty, on May 29, being the anniversary of the restauration of the King and royal family by the Bishop of S. Asaph, Lord Almoner to Their Majesties.	Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.	1692 (1692)	Wing L2716; ESTC R6946	15,431	33

those that were present at the things that I have mentioned tho' otherwise they were far enough from being over-religious yet that which they saw could not but make a deep Impression And if that be your Case that only present things will affect you then I must crave leave to put you in mind of the things which are hardly yet past There lies now a great Army upon the French Coast and they say Transport-Ships that for six Weeks together wanted only a Guard of Ships of War to set them over into this Kingdom And we are told there hath been a sufficient number of Ships of War these six Weeks ready to set Sail only they wanted Wind to bring them first together and then into our Seas But the Dutch Fleet and Ours have wanted no Wind to bring them out nor to bring them together And the French have wanted it no longer then till our Fleet was in readiness and till all the Advantages of Number and Strength were on our side Then it pleased God to bring them forth with positive Orders to Fight us of which we can give no other account but that it was an Insatuation from God Whatsoever the Instruments were it was surely an Insatuation from God who was pleased with their own Kings Consent nay by his Order to deliver so many of their best Ships into our hands It was a wonderful thing that God should give us such a Deliverance much more that he should give us such a Victory and all this by Means to which we could contribute nothing The Deliverance was from such a Danger as we may reasonably hope we shall never be in again after such a Victory A Victory that not only puts an end to the present Descent but that if we know how to use it secures us against any the like for the future A Victory of which it seems to be as true as it was of the Spanish Invasion there ended their Power at Sea there ended their Terror to our Island there ended their hopes of an Universal Monarchy I might say a great deal more but this is I confess a fresh Subject which is reserved for some other Hand I shall therefore leave it to him to whom it belongs Only one thing I ought to observe as to the timing of this Victory Considering how little the present French King was a Friend to our Royal Family before the Restauration and considering how much he has been an Enemy to our Church both before and since I suppose he had very little Joy of that which happened on our Nine and twentieth of May. I do not believe that he did ever heartily thank God for it Well! for all that we thank God for that which happened on His Nine and twentieth of May. It was on his May 29. that God was pleased to send us this Victory We have cause indeed to thank God not only for this but for so many other great Deliverances that he has given us So many and so great he has heapt upon us in our Age nay in a small part of our Age within these very few Years that I do not believe he has sh●wn the like care of his Pro●i●●nce over any other Christian Nation Nay he scarc● shew'd the like in any one Age over them in the J●wish Church What should be the Meaning of our most gracious God in all this Is it his meaning to set us up like a Light on a Hill that we should be a Pattern to all other Nations Is it his meaning that we should be hi● Instruments to help others with the like Affection and Care as he has sh●wn in helping us Is it his meaning that we sh●uld shew our concernedness for those things which he has sh●wn himself so much concern'd for Is it his meaning that w● should love the Church of England to which h● has shewn so much love in so many Deliverances Is it his meaning to knit our Hearts to their Majesties whom he has so wonderfully blessed and preserved and whom he has made the blessed Instruments of so much good to us The good God dispose us and enable us to perform his good meaning in every one of these Particulars The Lord make us as much concern'd for their Majesties Preservation and Service as they have shewn themselves concern'd for the Deliverance and for the Peace and Prosperity of this Nation especially to His Majesty in those great Dangers to which he is daily exposing himself it is all the Return we can make in Praying for him while he is Fighting for us The Lord make us alike affected to his Church and alike concern'd for it as he has shewn himself in all his Deliverances and Mercies The Lord make us as ready to help our Brethren specially those that suffer for righteousness sake as he has shewn himself ready to preserve us and to help us out of all our Dangers and Sufferings But one thing more The Lord dispose us in all things to live worthy of his Goodness and Mercy as a People that he has so often and so wonderfully delivered and that we may shew it by living blameless and harmless as the Sons of God without rebuke in this corrupt Age that we may shine as lights in the world The Lord grant it for his Mercies sake through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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