The excellency of a public spirit discoursedThe excellency of a publick spirit discoursed

And when God m•de him our King, he was the great Instrument of delivering our Nation from Popery and Slavery. A King that has consented to such Acts of Parliament for the benefit of the Subject as never King in England before him did. A King that restored Civil Liberties his Subjects, and Religious Liberties to many of them who had been persecuted & opposed. And when the Crown of Scotland was offered to him, he declared, that if it were expected that he should be a Persecutor of any for their Religion, He would not accept of a Crown on ⟨p. 35⟩those terms A King that from the Throne has proclaimed his abhorrence of those immoralities which the late Reigns had debauched the Nations with. A King that often exposed his Royal Person to the dangers of Death in Fighting the Battles of the Lord against his and his peoples Enemies. And now behold a breach is made upon us like that of the Sea, not possible to be withstood were it not that with God all things are possible. But who can say what a deluge of calamities will come in at this breach. The Anger of God is dreadful in it. That such a Royal Life, on whose continuance there were such vast dependences, should be taken away at such a Time, is a sign of the displeasure of Heaven not only against our Nation, but against all the Protestant Churches, wh•s• Head and Chief Defender on Earth is now taken from them. The Anger of God seems to smoke against the prayers of his people I believe there was not a man living on the earth that had so many prayers going for him, by all good men; not only his own Subjects, but i• may be more than a million of other Protestants prayed for him continually. The Churches in Helvetia, were wont in a particular manner to pray for the King and late Queen of England. But it se•ms the Sins of the Nations professing Reformation have out cried their Prayers And now the Crown is fallen from our head, woe unto us that we have sinned. This is for a Lamentation, and shall be for a Lamentation.

And when God m•de him our King, he was the great Instrument of delivering our Nation from Popery and Slavery. A King that has consented to such Acts of Parliament for the benefit of the Subject as never King in England before him did. A King that restored Civil Liberties his Subjects, and Religious Liberties to many of them who had been persecuted & oppossed. And when the Crown of Scotland was offered to him, he declared, that if it were expected that he should be a Persecutor of any for their Reigion, He would not accept of a Crown on