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 Inconveniences, and the Los of their Goods, than with the Danger to which our holy Religion is expoed?

Conider the inetimable Privileges you have long poet, The Wonders of GOD's Providence in the Reformation of thoe Nations from Popery; the Etablihment of that Reformed Religion, by the glorious Revolution under King William; and the Confirmation of it, by raiing the illutrious Family of Hanover to the Throne of thee Kingdoms.Let a lively Sene of thee valuable Bleings be continually preerved in your Minds; that you may not be hamefully unthankful to GOD, ungrateful to your worthy Ancetors, and unfaithful to your Poterity.

We mut earnetly recommend it to all the Miniters of this National Church, to endeavour, by public and private inruction, to fill the Minds of People of all Ranks and Ages, as they have Opportunity, with a jut Abhorrence of the Abominations of Popery; the Terrors of arbitrary Power, and of the extreme Danger thee Lands mut be certainly expoed to, of being over-run with Supertition, Tyranny and Oppreion, if GOD for our Sins hould ever uffer the Pretender to reign over us.

Senible of the Peace, and the many great Privileges we have long enjoyed; and the danger to which we are now expoed:Let us mourn over our own Sins, and the Wickednees that are daily committed in the Land, which have drawn down thee heavy Judgments upon us.Let us earch and try our Ways, and turn again unto the Lord; that, for Jeus Sake, he may have Compaion upon us; pardon our Sins; prevent our Ruin, and trengthen what he has wrought for us.

Let us, in the mot earnet Manner, addres Almighty GOD of infinite Mercy, thro' the Blood of our Lord Jeus Chrit, to pour down a Spirit of Grace and Supplication, of Repentance and Reformation, upon all Ranks of Men:That he would enable us to walk worthy of the Gopel of Chrit, and animate us with a Temper of Mind uitable to it:That he would teach us to improve the preent awful Dipenation of his Providence; unite us in the Bonds of Peace and Truth; and give us all one Heart and one Way, to fear him and keep his Commandments always; that GOD may dwell with us, and with our poerity after us.Let us fervently pray, that GOD may eminently bles our only rightful Sovereign King George, and all his Royal Family; protect his Peron, from all the