BE pleased (good Reader) to understand in few words the occasion whereupon this Sermon was preached, and thou wilt judge it to be a kind of necessity to make that public to the common view, which was first intended for the ear only of a private Auditory. There is, we see, too great and general a want (in these our days) of monuments and memorials of that miraculous deliverance which God wrought for this Land in 88. When Tongue and Pen, Pulpit and Press are silent for that, we may expect the stones to cry out against us, and to celebrate that praise to God whereof we are neglective. But mans memory being a table book to register acts passed, and not able to comprehend all ⟨image 5⟩that is to be recorded therein, when new things of note come to be imprinted in it, the old are wiped out: so God affording us a daily supply of new preservations, those other which we have formerly received grow quite out of date, are razed out, and buried in oblivion. Therefore to revive this blessing (which ought never to be forgotten) amongst the rest in this Land, and for it to eternize Gods praise amongst us, it hath been religiously provided by Mr. Thomas Chapman (sometimes a worthy Citizen) that yearly three Sermons shall be preached in the Church of St. Pancrace in Supper-lane, where he lately lived a well deserving parishioner: One of the Sermons to be preached Novemb. 17. in thankful remembrance of the coronation of that Virgin Queen ELIZABETH of famous and never-dying memory, with whose gracious government accompanied much happiness to our kingdom; but this as chief of all, (scil.) the establishment of that truth of the Gospel & discipline of the Church which we now enjoy under our dread Sovereign Lord King CHARLES (whom God long preserve a religious Defender of this truth and peace amongst us.) Another Sermon ⟨image 5⟩to be preached August 12. for our deliverance from that Spanish Armada (in which course this Sermon was preached.) A third Novemb. 5. for the preservation of our King and State from that damnable powder-plot as yet unparalleled in any age since the world began. In each of these we may behold Gods goodness: first in bringing us to the glorious light of the Gospel by making that Queen a Mother over his Israel and a Nurse over his Church: neither was it less goodness in him to preserve us in this happy state, then to confer it upon us;
BE pleased (good Reader) to vnderstand in few words the occasion whereupon this Sermon was preached, and thou wilt iudge it to be a kinde of necessitie to make that publike to the common view, which was first intended for the eare onely of a priuate Auditory. There is, we see, too great and generall a want (in these our dayes) of monuments and memorials of that miraculous deliuerance which God wrought for this Land in 88. When Tongue and Pen, Pulpit and Presse are silent for that, we may expect the stones to cry out against vs, and to celebrate that praise to God whereof we are neglectiue. But mans memory being a table booke to register acts passed, and not able to comprehend all ⟨image 5⟩that is to be recorded therein, when new things of note come to be imprinted in it, the old are wip't out: so God affording vs a daily supplie of new preseruations, those other which we haue formerly receiued grow quite out of date, are rased out, and buried in obliuion. Therfore to reuiue this blessing (which ought neuer to be forgotten) amongst the rest in this Land, and for it to eternize Gods praise amongst vs, it hath beene religiously prouided by Mr. Thomas Chapman (sometimes a worthy Citizen) that yeerely three Sermons shall be preached in the Church of St. Pancrace in Soper-lane, where he lately liued a well deseruing parishioner: One of the Sermons to be preached Nouemb. 17. in thankfull remembrance of the coronation of that Virgin Queene ELIZABETH of famous and neuer-dying memory, with whose gracious gouernment accompanied much happinesse to our kingdome; but this as chiefe of all, (scil.) the establishment of that truth of the Gospell & discipline of the Church which we now enioy vnder our dread Soueraigne Lord King CHARLES (whom God long preserue a religious Defender of this truth and peace amongst vs.) Another Sermon ⟨image 5⟩to be preached August 12. for our deliuerance from that Spanish Armado (in which course this Sermon was preached.) A third Nouemb. 5. for the preseruation of our King and State from that damnable powder-plot as yet vnparalleld in any age since the world began. In each of these we may behold Gods goodnesse: first in bringing vs to the glorious light of the Gospell by making that Queene a Mother ouer his Israel and a Nurse ouer his Church: neither was it lesse goodnesse in him to preserue vs in this happy state, then to conferre it vpon vs;
