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<PB N="1" REF="1" MS="y"> AN ADDRESS OF THE <HI>Di&s;&s;enting Mini&s;ters</HI> (In and about the City of <HI>London)</HI> To the KING and QUEEN, upon their Acce&s;&s;ion to the CROWN. With their Maje&s;ties ANSWER to it.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>To the KING.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e your Maje&s;ty,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE Series of Succe&s;sful Events that has attended your Glorious Enterprize for the &s;aving the&s;e Kingdoms from &s;o imminent and de&s;tructive Evils, has been &s;o vi&s;ible and
<PB N="2" REF="2"> extraordinary, that it may force an Ac|knowledgment of the Divine Providence from tho&s;e who deny it, and rai&s;es Admi|ration in all who believe and reverence it. The Beauty and Speed of this happy Work, are the bright Signatures of his Hand who creates Deliverance for his People. The le&s;s of Humane Power, the more of the Divine Wi&s;dom and Goodne&s;s has been con&s;picu|ous in it. If the Deliverance had been ob|tain'd by fierce and bloody Battels, Victory it &s;elf had been dejected and &s;ad, and our Joy had been mixt with afflicting Bitterne&s;s. But as the Sun a&s;cending the Horizon, di&s;pels without noi&s;e the darkne&s;s of the Night; &s;o Your &s;erene Pre&s;ence has, without Tumults and Di&s;orders, cha&s;ed away the Darkne&s;s that invaded us. In the &s;en&s;e of this a&s;to|ni&s;hing Deliverance, we de&s;ire with all po&s;|&s;ible ardency of Affection, to magnify the glorious Name of <HI>God</HI> the Author of it, by who&s;e entire Efficacy the Means have been
<PB N="3" REF="2"> &s;ucce&s;sful: And we cannot without a warm rapture of Thankfulne&s;s, recount our Obli|gations to your Maje&s;ty the happy In&s;tru|ment of it. Your illu&s;trious Greatne&s;s of Mind, in an Undertaking of &s;uch va&s;t Ex|pence; Your Heroick Zeal, in expo&s;ing Your mo&s;t precious Life in &s;uch an adventurous Expedition; Your wi&s;e Conduct and un|&s;haken Re&s;olution in pro&s;ecuting Your great Ends, are above the loftie&s;t flights of Lan|guage, exceed all Prai&s;e. We owe to your Maje&s;ty the two greate&s;t and mo&s;t valuable Ble&s;&s;ings that we can enjoy, the pre&s;ervation of the True Religion, our mo&s;t Sacred Trea&s;ure, and the recovery of the falling State, and e&s;tabli&s;hing it upon ju&s;t Founda|tions. According to our Duty, we promi&s;e unfainting Fidelity, and true Allegiance to your Maje&s;ty's Per&s;on and Government, We are encouraged, by Your gracious Pro|mi&s;e upon our fir&s;t Addre&s;s, to humbly de|&s;ire and hope, that your Maje&s;ty will be
<PB N="4" REF="3"> plea&s;ed, by your Wi&s;dom and Authority to e&s;tabli&s;h a firm Union of your Prote&s;tant Subjects in the Matters of Religion, by making the Rule of Chri&s;tianity to be the Rule of Conformity. Our ble&s;&s;ed Union in the Purity and Peace of the Go&s;pel, will make this Church a fair and lovely Type of Heaven, and terrible to our Antichri&s;tian Enemies: This will make <HI>England</HI> the &s;tea|dy Centre from whence a powerful Influence will be deriv'd for the &s;upport of the In|tere&s;t of Reformed Chri&s;tianity abroad: This will bring immortal Honour to your Name, above the Trophies and Triumphs of the mo&s;t renowned Conquerors. We do a&s;&s;ure your Maje&s;ty, that we &s;hall cordially embrace the Terms of Union which the ruling Wi&s;dom of our Saviour has pre|&s;crib'd in his Word. We &s;hall not tre&s;pa&s;s farther upon your Royal Patience, but &s;hall offer up our fervent Prayers to the King of Kings, that he will plea&s;e to direct your Ma|je&s;ty
<PB N="5" REF="3"> by his unerring Wi&s;dom, and always encline your Heart to his Glory, and encom|pa&s;s your Sacred Per&s;on with his Favour as with a Shield, and make your Government a univer&s;al Ble&s;&s;ing to the&s;e Kingdoms.</P>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ty's An&s;wer to the Mini&s;ters.</HEAD>
<P>I <HI>Take kindly your good Wi&s;hes; and what|ever is in my Power, &s;hall be employed for obtaining a &V;nion among you. I do a&s;&s;ure you of my Protection and Kindne&s;s.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>THE ADDRESS of the <HI>Di&s;&s;enting Mini&s;ters</HI> to the QUEEN, upon her Acce&s;&s;ion to the CROWN.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e your Maje&s;ty,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOUR happy Arrival into your Native Country, and Acce&s;&s;ion to the Crown, has diffus'd an univer&s;al Joy through this King|dom. Tis an au&s;picious Sign of publick Felicity, when Supreme Vertue and Su|preme Dignity meet in the &s;ame Per&s;on. Your inviolable firmne&s;s in the profe&s;&s;ion of the Truth, and exemplary Piety, are the mo&s;t Radiant Jewels in your Crown. The Lu&s;tre of your Conver&s;ation, un&s;tain'd in the mid&s;t of tempting Vanities, and adorn'd with every Grace, recommends Religion as
<PB N="7" REF="4"> the mo&s;t honourable and amiable Quality, even to tho&s;e who are aver&s;e from hearing Sermons, and apt to de&s;pi&s;e &s;erious In&s;tru|ctions and Excitations to be Religious. We humbly de&s;ire your Maje&s;ty will be plea&s;ed, by your Wi&s;dom and Goodne&s;s, to com|po&s;e the Differences between your Prote|&s;tant Subjects, in Things of le&s;s moment concerning Religion. We hope tho&s;e Re|verend Per&s;ons who con&s;pire with us in the main End, the Glory of God and the Pub|lick Good, will con&s;ent to the Terms of Union wherein all the Reformed Churches agree. We &s;hall &s;incerely addre&s;s our Re|que&s;ts to God, that he will plea&s;e to pour down in a rich abundance his Ble&s;&s;ings up|on your Maje&s;ty's Per&s;on and Government, and pre&s;erve. You to his Heavenly King|dom.</P>
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<HEAD>The QUEEN'S An&s;wer.</HEAD>
<P>I <HI>Will u&s;e all Endeavours for the obtaining a &V;nion that is nece&s;&s;ary for the edifying of the Church. I de&s;ire your Prayers.</HI></P>
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<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>May</HI> 11. 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Jonathan Robin&s;on,</HI> at the Golden Lion in St. <HI>Paul</HI>'s Church-Yard, 1689.</P>
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