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the
years
of
their
dominion
;
and
he dismisses
them from
this:worl&when they have finished
the
work
to
which he
ordained ,them,
and raises up others
in
their
stead,
to,
carry on his own
and
his
Father's
wise
and
eternal
scheme
of
councils.
"
He
is
the same yesterday, to -day and for
ever
;"
Heb.
xiii.
8.
and
of
his
kingdom
there
is
no end
;
Luke
i.
33.
Though
he
be
the child
that
was
born
of
the virgin,
the Son
that
was
promised
to .Abraham, and
given
in
mercy to the world,
yet
he
is
also
"
the
mighty
God, the
everlasting
Father,
and
the
Prince of
Peace
;"
Is.
ix..
6.
Let
our
eye be
directed
to him.
Let
us live
upon him as
the
.King
of
saints,
and the King
of
nations.
And
amidst
all
the changes
and revolutions of
this lower
world,
let
us
remember
that
Sion
is
still safe
under the
eye
and care
of Jesus
her King.
3.
"
Let
us
manifest our
gratitude
to
God for these
great
and,important
blessings which
are
mingled
with
the
present
awful
event,"
and
let
our thankfulness
be
ex-
pressed
in
such
a manner
as
becomes
the
professors
of
piety
and
strict
religion.
It
is
God that
has
ordained
all
things so
well
for
us
in this
nation,
who
established the
protestant
succession
at
first,
and bath
made
it
to
take
effect
once
and
again
:
It
is
he
that
hath placed
all
things
in
so
happy a
situation
to
dry
up our
tears,
and
to allay
our
sorrows.
To
him be
a
thousand thanks and honours
offered by
the nation and
all
the churches.
And in
order
to manifest our thankfulness
in
a
more
eminent degree,
let
us
enquire
wherein
we have mis-im-
proved
the peace, liberty, and
other numerous
blessings
of
the
former
reign, and awaken ourselves
to
all holy
diligence
in
a
wise
improvement of our present mercies.
01
let
us
not indulge riot, luxury, and
vanity,
nor
waste
the
blessings
of
heaven
in
the follies
and
iniquities of
life.
Let
.us
,not practise the
crimes which
my
text
severely
reproves,
nor indulge
sensual
merriment
with the
neglect
of God and religion
:
But
as
temporal
mercies
surround
us in
a sweet succession, .let
our
love
to
God our
su-
preme
Benefactor
be
perpetually
increased,
and
our
.
duties
of
piety
be
ever multiplied.
4..That
divine
providence
which has
called our
pre-
sent
monarch
to the throne,
"
demands all dutiful
affec-
tion
and obedience
to
be
paid
him with
our hearts
and
hands."
As-we
fear
God, and
love
our brethren,
so
let
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