A sermon preach'd before His Grace the D. of Marlborough : in the camp at Ulierberg-Abby, near Louvain, in Brabant, July 15. 1705. Just after the passing the French lines / By James Smalwood.

  • Smalwood, James.
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1705
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Credit: A sermon preach'd before His Grace the D. of Marlborough : in the camp at Ulierberg-Abby, near Louvain, in Brabant, July 15. 1705. Just after the passing the French lines / By James Smalwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - „---- - — - - ~ to have the Hook ftruck into his Noftrils; In the Net which he had privily laid, he is now at lalf catcfcd, and the Pit which he had dug for another he is fallen into himfelf. ^ And here, I think, the Words of the Prophet Ifciiah to the former King of Affyria, Chap. 14. Yen 12. may he not improperly applied ; How art thou fallen from Heaven, 0 Lucifer, Son of the Morning how art thou cut down, to the Ground that didjl weaken the Nations ? For thou hafjf pud in thy Heartr 1 will afcend into Heaven, I will exalt my Throne above the Stars ; yet thou (halt be brought down to- Hell, to the Sides of the Pit ; They that fee thee (hall nar¬ rowly look upon thee and conftder thee, faying, Is this the Man that, wade the Earth to tremble, that did fhake Kingdoms ? That made the World as a Wildernefs, and defrayed the Cities thereof l God has hitherto wonderfully appear’d for us ; He has fought our Battles, and aiferted our Caufe. And, indeed, Ours is a Caufe for which nothing fure but our own Sins can hinder a juft God more fignally ftill to appear : This is a Caufe that I am verily perfwaded, and I dare prefage, nay, almoft promife, provided that God’s Cbaftifements may have their due Effect upon us, will in a little Time be crown’d with Victory and Peace. Never were our Allies more happy, never were the Englifh Arms more fuccefsful. than they of late have been: One great Advantage by this War, befides the Ho¬ nour it has got, has the Englifh Nation gain’d ; that it has now as gallant, as well difciplin’d, and as ex- pe-