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w }} 0 wa ^^ thP ^ at > e H « e ^ e « i , thte darling of hU ^ ilj ^ 9 # wl | 0 se rJ ^ e mm a miracle * ajid to * # hqte : * $ i ^^ ne continued Messing ; m ^^ ^ t ^ jus ^ w ^ ra j&e , sng porters-. -of J 4 s . t ^ ipne ^ J ? eaf < ? e and gp&d vis&es tjie : l ^ p- He fiatti left jus ; » I cannot relate tlfirl&st Wctacjs of tfuifc ih-&g %
campenibte jd ^ fee v ^ flifcift a 1 # tffe net name them vtft&ottt . tea * s * for oftr general loss ; thus he rementbered us in his dying woifda , if such a prince may be s to d # e . Brother ! tl am siow # oing to resign up my self to > God , > and nay crown aad govern *** 4 to ? yon * grant me these few
requests t 1 In all yoi * r nndeptakings set the fear of God before yonr eyas , and let that direct you . % Remember to ra&ttajn the Church of Engtend ai $ ittow by few . established . 3 Govern yot * r streets \ vith mercy , ease , and peace , 4 Be good to my Queen and children .
These were his royaJllega <^ whkarhe left us , legacys truly becoming such a prince as , < 2 haa-le « 2 d ! But ^ bis is mot all , tho * a great deal more then we 46-seized ; thfe greatest blessing is stiii ibehkd , he hath left us hb Royall Brother James the 2 d . to succeed him in } us
t \ mm W * A wr $ | ies ; this must wipe away all our grei £ * . This must make oiir jeyjg perfect ^ aid crown pur lives with a lasting hapriiiiess . TTie sun is set wifh 113 , , but no flight follows ; Charles the Gratiouse As exdbanged ^ er Barnes the Just ; and though our King be dead , "yet
the Monarch lives . We are blessed again with a gratieose prince , a prince whose vertues need no panag ^ rick , and to prake him according to his nio « t excellept greatQ 6 « fi , is above the ffeeble power of
oratory and eloquence ; what vertues can we wish for in a prince which our present sovereign brings not to his throne ? jV ^ hat joys are wanting to make us happy which he wiU not bestow ? Wouljl we have
our religion secure *!? we l ? av « the Jaws on our side , and the Rpyall ward of a King for it , 3 Phe JStag hath declared that he will mentain our religion as now by law established , and dx > e what in him l y <* to naake the chwah of England fflourkh .
G ^ ut . ! Where the Wpr 4 -ffcC / W JQog ; te * there is P % er ; an 4 : What the EJng . hath decLared « wiU ^ Mj (* , f , p ^ | b J ^ ter to m ^ SftUen U is WquI * ^ have ouivnfthts ^ d libertys preserved ? w « have avprin ^ W t } ie greatest jt ^ sdce ^ neartfcr WWlst he wa » a sutiject he ^ the « H » st ^ fibithfun « < ffrtfnd , and < the * J ^ elf itta »^ e | to his servants , and I ^ pc a gjwwi Mr ^^ Hl mefver nuake a bad *»«» 1 hat mow wefbavfc ; his BoyiOl pru-
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tmeihHth ^^ ni walk in thefStep ^ of his 4 ^ ar Brotjj ^ r . Would we have the glories of m& felng < kmi meaUmaetl ? Would we se ^ e old dKnglteh bmvei ^ fflouHdh ? , we ha ^ e riow tihe mo « t * victorio « a ^ id > i » rlike B ^ We fe Qhi ? $ t ^ ndaniQ ; prfope > w ^
^ dare attempt any thing , ^ tjpfe 4 V ^ M ^ 1 mofa I & ^ n ^ ^ gjdier froill W 3 cradle ; need not tell you how he slg nallized his valour under ^ e FuJUsai Maresch ^ iU © e Ilurene in Pfrjwwe ; I need not speak of his { maamanrmity under Don
Joan of Austria , against the Ffrehch King , then in league with the English Rebells ; I need not remember you of the extraordinary hazards of his Royall person in the Dutch in ^ ageiuent , flighting ^ T ^ P JiQnour and \ ijgbp of our nation , and exposing htoself in / a slower , qt fiire and bullets : bullets which exposeth not the greatest- prince ffrom the meanest souldier .
Gentlemen ! 1 ^ iras then the joy and treasure of oftr nation , and our Bepresentatives m Parliament did not only greatefullye acknowledge his sendees ; but did loyally chide Win for hazzai ding his ^ Royall perjWfl in , wnr , rin whom all our hopes and
e ^ peGtafaons was centered . < He is « tiU the ? saine James fthe Just , tjie valiant and the brave ; though we ( J wish 1 were wot to name it ftp- the honour of niy . nation ) HigratefulUrrevoltexi from him . Away then with all phanatick ffears ^ and jealousies . Can the-Orat ) iciil& of James ihe % ace-^ ill ? € fan tSie sbn « fcfaiai tes uhe ^ MfaWyr ? € 5 an the Brother of Charles ^ the
df&tiouse ? Can Victorious and Just JTames D . of Albany prove an f II King ? it cannot be . Can he that hath been an obedient subject tfor , 52 year's together ? C ^ n * he just ^ st maei ^ r , and the fliniiest ffreind , and the most ffaithfull Brother prove au ill king ? It cannot . ^ e . And . God forbid that any one should think i % .
Gentlemen ! Let us Irememher pur duetys and endeavour aB we can to be . Loyafl , and then vire need not doubt but god will Mess u ^ with a merclfull and gratious Prince . Our submission to his rulfe , our Content , -and chearfnll -obedience under / his go ? vemmS vmll return to its tin stoweua , of
mercy , kindness , and jwJtice . Good &nhjecls commonly make good Kiagfij ^ ftind if , mr K ^ ttfwv&A Prove other ^ vise ., 5 H wil ^ be our oiy » fau ^ s . Wlial ; s ^ li jl sj ^ mojr ^? paries * e G ^ t ^^ ifm , to t ^ e ' M $$ p * not af ^ ett th e ^ Mpl | i « ai . ^ varlpi / wjth tni * e ^ b ^ oife Ammr ^ f w& 9 l 6 M 'mt' W : * m $ b ^^ ' tA ^ , tinamMeft ; -let % ei ^ WeJ ? Mlt ^ are &tians , and Etg ^ # 111 teach us ^ Loyalty ; ahd sAegtmte to our King , love , omit ? v > and good wisbes
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c l ^ B ^ U ^ me ^ hH on Accession of James II . JSS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/27/
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