A sermon preached upon the much lamented death of our late gracious sovereign Queen…

The Mercy of God endures for ever. This is renewed every Morning and Moment: 'Tis from his never-failing Compassions that we do not fail. This is our continual Advocate to deprecate the Evils we deserve, and obtains all good things for us. 'Tis Mercy supports and sweetens our Lives, that are so frail, and so often forfeited. The unwasted Treasure of Mercy supplies our Wants, satisfies our Desires, allays our Sorrows. The Divine Mercy vanquishes our Fears, comforts us in the Hour of Death, and crowns us after it with Everlasting Life.

The Mercy of God endures for ever. This is renewed every Morning and Moment: 'Tis from his never-failing Compassions that we do not fail. This is our continual Advocate to deprecate the Evils we deserve, and obtains all good things for us. 'Tis Mercy supports and sweetens our Lives, that are so frail, and so often forfeited. The unwasted Treasure of Mercy supplyes our Wants, satisfies our Desires, allayes our Sorrows. The Divine Mercy vanquishes our Fears, comforts us in the Hour of Death, and crowns us after it with Everlasting Life.

The Holiness of God, the brightest Ornament of his Essence, is unchangeable: 'Tis without spot or wrinkle, that may stain its Absolute Purity. This is the Radical, Fundamental Rule of Order in the ⟨p. 8⟩Divine Government. 'Tis as impossible the Will of God should decline from Moral Good, as that his Understanding should not discern it. From hence our Saviour declares, That Heaven and Earth shall pass away before the Law shall be abolished. If the Pillars of Heaven should fall, and the Foundations of the Earth be overturned, there would be no loss to God: For by one Act of his Will he can Create a New World; but if the Law, the Copy of his Holiness, were altered or abrogated, it would be an Imputation upon his Holy Nature, as if it were Arbitrary and Mutable, and consequently he should cease to be God.

The Holiness of God, the brightest Ornament of his Essence, is unchangable: 'Tis without spot or wrinkle, that may stain its Absolute Purity. This is the Radical, Fundamental Rule of Order in the