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'The seventh article in this collection , comprises * Dr . May hew > two Thanksgiving Discourses , October the 25 th , 1759 , for the Success of his Majesty ' s Arms , more particularly in the Reduction of Quebec , " London ,
1760 . On the first page is the following autograph , by Mr . Thomas Hollis : 44 Published from the copy printed at Boston in N . E ., and sent , obligingly , by the Author to T . H . " The strain of these sermons may be discovered by a reference to those of
Mr . Towgood and Dr . Price at the same period , and which are described in your IXth . Volume , pp . 548 and 614 . The guilt and miseries of war &re too often overlooked by the preacher , while dazzled by the splendour of victorious arms and the worldly advantages of the conquest . At the
same time , the wars in which Britain , or British America , engages are , of course , just and necessary . In an Appendix the preacher indulges the following rapture , on mentioning the reign of King George II .: ** In the success of whose fleets and
arms the elements seem now to interest themselves , for bringing down the pride of France . u O minium Dilecte Deo , cui militat aether , Et coDJurati veniunt ad classica venli V
C ; laud . " ' O Heav n-belov "> d ! the skies their succours lend ; Thy arms the tides and rolling seas he friend , And winds conspiring on thy fleets attend V "
A few lines follow , which serve to shew that Dr . May hew was not a poet . Heaven is thus apostrophi ze d : iC Till exil'd Peace returning from above To humankind propitious , heav ' nJy dove !
Shall olive to each clime , esich country l > iing , And spread o ' er nations wide her fost e ring * wing- , Till then such Kings as GEORGE to Britain lend ; Sucli ministers as Pitt successive send ; Such admirals as late have rul'd the
rhBin ; Such generals as fought on Abraham ' s plain .
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Referring to " the late field of battle near Quebec , " called the Heights of Abraham .
Dr . Mayhew was as little .-of a prophet . He had not the slightest anticipation of what British folly would effect m the short period of ten years , The Independence of America * Speaking- of Quebec , he describes it as * ' an acquisition , the consequence of which mast prove , in time , according to the
natural course of things , the exalting of these little provinces and colonies , as it were into as many kingdoms ; and , consequently , the raising of the British empire in Europe , on which they will continue dependent , to an height and dignity among the nations which it never knew before . 11 At the
close of this Appendix is advertised a volume of sermons . Two of these , " On being Found in Christ , ' * sind " On Justification by Faith , * would , probably , discover the Author's theology ; which was , I apprehend , nearer
to that of the reputed Avians of-his time than of the Cahinists . The eighth article is " The Snare Broken , a Thanksgiving-Discourse . Occasioned by the Repeal of the Stamp Act . JBo $ ton , 1766 . This discourse is dedicated to William Pitt , " an
illustrious patron of America , " who is thus complimented ( pp . vi . vii . ) : ** But , alas ! what can poor America do in return ?—Nothing but call you , over and over again , her father , her father ; and endeavour to make good yonr generous engagements for her prudent , dutiful behaviour towards
her mother-country : nothing but erect a few marble , brass or copper statues in honour to you ( for America has but little silver or gold ); statues that will be of no service to you , since they will go to decay , long before your name and memory wjill need any such poor helps to preserve them . "
The text is from Psalm exxiv . 7 > 8 . The whole sermon is in a strain most duteous towards the mothercountry , and most complimentary to her government . Her ministry are now " upright , zealous for the public
good , and knowing wherein it consists . " Her King has been endowed with * ' wisdom to discern , and integrity to pursue ^ the interests of his people" ( p . 10 ) . His " generous and royal heart" is bade to rejoice , " that by a single turn of the sceptre , when
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664 Dr . Mytohew , of Boston , 17 . 8 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1819, page 664, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1778/page/12/
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