A sermon preached on the late day of thanksgiving, Decemb. 2, 1697 by John…A sermon preach'd on the late day of thanksgiving, Decemb. 2, 1697 by John…

OUR Business is to celebrate the Divine Goodness, in Preserving our King Abroad, and Restoring him Home in Safety, after he had been the Happy Instrument of bringing about that Peace, which puts a Period to a long Continued, Wasting, and Dubious War, under which We, and all Europe have groaned these Divers Years. And if we find the favourable Workings of Providence to concur and fall in with a Divine Word, pointing them to GODS own People; as this for Instance, The Lord will Bless his People with Peace: i e. He will vouchsafe this Blessing to his own People in the fittest Season, as it must be understood; this adds so much the more grateful and pleasant Relish, to the Mercy we are this Day to acknowledge. It cannot but ⟨p. 2⟩do so with Right Minds, unto which nothing is more agreeable, than to desire and covet such Favour as GOD shows to his own People, and to be made glad with his Inheritance, Psalm 105. 4, 5. from an Apprehension, that there must be somewhat very peculiar in such Mercy as GOD vouchsafes to his own, to a People Peculiar and Select, severed and set apart for himself, from the rest of Men.

OUR Business is to celebrate the Divine Goodness, in Preserving our King Abroad, and Restoring him Home in Safety, after he had been the Happy Instrument of bringing about that Peace, which puts a Period to a long Continued, Wasting, and Dubious War, under which We, and all Europe have groaned these Divers Years. And if we find the favourable Workings of Providence to concur and fall in with a Divine Word, pointing them to GODS own People; as this for Instance, The Lord will Bless his People with Peace: i e. He will vouchsafe this Blessing to his own People in the fittest Season, as it must be understood; this adds so much the more grateful and pleasant Relish, to the Mercy we are this Day to acknowledge. It cannot but ⟨p. 2⟩do so with Right Minds, unto which nothing is more agreeable, than to desire and covet such Favour as GOD shews to his own People, and to be made glad with his Inheritance, Psalm 105. 4, 5. from an Apprehension, that there must be somewhat very peculiar in such Mercy as GOD vouchsafes to his own, to a People Peculiar and Select, severed and set apart for himself, from the rest of Men.