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th £ fc hWe tbrieatetofcd ** $ , the ^ livetr anil ' s weI ' ttard reived , and the -fell * crtV WS possfess , of sufficiently anxious tdkuard tfhat felicity With unremitting vigilance arid zeal . Be it youf coni cerii to inspire the breasts of in # e * nucus youth tvfth an earl y regard idr the Protestant religion , the rights of
conscience , and the sound interests of civil ami relig ious liberty . Set iri order before them the numerous inter ^ bsitions of Providence in our fa ^ vour . Warm them with a
veneration for the memory of King William the Third , with an attachment to the Hanoverian succession , and with affection to the mild princes of the Brunswick line ! In short , let it be the object of your fervent solicitude that the cause of liberal inquiry , of
universal toleration , and of public and private freedom , may live and flourish when yourselves are laid in the silent grave . This is a duty demanded of us by the regard we have to our own honour , the happiness of our
children , the welfare of posterity and the prosperity and glory of our country 1 Yes , our country calls upon us never to foi ^ et so indispensable ati obligation . * The God of nature / she says , ' hath separated me from the world , hath girt me with the sea ,
and hath held me out a great example of his goodness . He hath bestowed upon me natural advantages of the highest imptrrtancc He hath given me the noblest model of
government , hath rescued it from repeated perils , and from age to age added to its improvement . At length he has appeared for me in a Revolution which is unparalleled in its manner and in its effects . He hath made
me the seat of genius , of science , of learning , of commerce , of law , of liberty , of religion , and will you , my sons , suffer such inestimable benefits to be wrested from you ? Will you not piously transmit them to your descendants V Our answer is , * We
wilL never suffer such inestimable benefits to be wrested from us . We will piously transmit them to our descendants . British liberty , by the blessing of the Supreme Ruler upon our endeavours , shall be coeval with the globe , and cease only at its final dissolution !*" Nor let selfishness be imputed to the Protestant Dissenters for their ex-
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vAtMdiUM Hi ^« eVcmitifen 6 f ftJSS anil its cBri ^( 3 ftffent tiettti&m it Wfe an AlftiirGteafl' Me ? sfe ? fig 1 ^ WWfe ^ % follbNtfmg- pra ^ r of the £$ * &&& < £ Churchy ftouf&f fdrtTi aiSntallv ^ tf 4 ffe 4 tTr of Ndv ^ ibi-r by « ht teVdui ^ t ) R
shaken * , Vdtfc ' ari ^( KBto / l 4 H (»» ffl nt ^ ts Ackrept , most gracidtis God ' i ? ! df 1 unfeigned thanks . fdr'filiihfr ' qtfir' - BetfWfc with joy and gladties ^ after ^ tft' 0 tfo % that thou hadst afflicted it *? , ' md - ' Jjrctfc tirtg a hew song into otif faibliftia ^ ify ' bringing his Majesty King Williata
upon thi 9 day , for the deliverance of our church and nation from Popish tyranny and arbitrary power . We adore the wisdom' and -justice of thy Provideiice whkb so timely interposed in Our extreme * <\ &r \ g&rj and disappointed all the designs of our
enemies ! We beseech thee , give us such a lively sense of what thou didst then and hast since that time done for us , that we may not grow sefcUfe and careless in our obedience , by presuming upon thy great and undeserved goodness , but that it may lead us to
repentance and inove us to be the more diligent and zealous in nil tlte duties of our religion , Which thou hast in a marvellous manner preserved to us Let truth and justice , brotherly kindness and charity , devotion and piety ,
concord and unity , with all other virtues , so flourish among us , that they may be the stability of our times , and make this Church a praise in all the earth ! All which we humbly beg for the sake of our blessed Lord and
Saviour . Amen /* This ^ excellent thanksgiving * , hoirev er , ill accords with other devotional services in the Common-Prayer Book respecting certain branches of the Stuart dynasty . The banishment of a sullen bigot from the British throne by means of the illustrious William ,
us a just theme of religious gratitude But who at this distance of time feels joy at the preservation of the petlantifc James the First , from the Gunpowdcjf Plot , which some doubt and others have exaggerated ? Who laments ovei : the fall of Charles the First , the
Royal Martyr , " who , for exercising the divine right of governing wrong , perished on the scaffold ? And Who now triumphs in the Restoration of Charles th 6 Second , who on his return deluged the land' ivitli impiety and profligacy ? These iscrvices oi
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266 Frotea&nt ihtiteM&s instrumental in raising tffc Br&hsfoick Family
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/14/
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