Sî1?MONLV. 173 we shall be summoned away at once from our own homes, or when we are travelling in distant lands. Let us remember we are still borderers on the grave, and the eternal world, and we are always within a moment'sreach of the invisible state of the region of spirits. It is but the wink of an eye, the cessation of the pulse, the stoppage of our breath, and we are gone beyond the power of medicines, and the art of man to recal us. Who would venture upon a journey without having his soul insured in the hands of Jesus the Saviour? There is another reflection that wemay derive from this cïr- ' eumstance of the death of our late sovereign, and that is, how often have we ourselves been preserved in journies, when our graciousmonarch died in the midst of his travels ? How have we left our habitations in peace, visited our friends in distant parts, and returned to our dwellings in peace again ? But this great man was cut off on a sudden, before be reached the place designed ! How oftenhave our friends gone forth from the midst of us, and been brought back with safety and joy ? Our king went from us and returns no more ; here is the sovereignty of Divine Providence ; here is the interposingwill of theAlmighty: Let us remember then to take the will and providence of the great God into our consultations, when we say, to-day, or for morrow, we will go into such a city, and continue there a season, and return again : whereas we know not what we shall be on the morrow: What is your 1 J'e? It is even a vapour that appearsfor a little time, and then vanishes away ; we ought therefore to say, y. the Lordwill, we shall live, and do this or that, according to our purpose ; James iv. 14. 3. Let us remember that this great event carries in it the' appearance Of a huge affliction to Great Britain, for it is the death of a king whose happy accession was a glorious deliver- ance of our nation from slavery, and a defence of our religion from popish superstition, tyranny, and blood : We have lost a great and glorious benefactor, under whose government we had enjoyed the blessings of peace and plenty for so many years together. At his accession to the crown he scattered our fears and filled every soul with gladness : He crushed a dangerous rebellion in our land in the beginning of his reign ; and by the wisdom of his counsels at home, and the terror of his arms abroad, he maintained peace among the nations. This is lie con- cerning whom we are ready to say, that we shall sit many years under his shadow in our native land, enjoying the comforts of life, and the privile'es of the house of God. But he is smitten, his life is vanished, and he is gone from the earth : Our deliv- erer and our guardian is removed from the midst of us, he will deliver and defend us nomore.
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