in the Conelufion of tbe late PVar. r61

Almighty, that thofe Prayer: for their Safety, which we
had f0 much Reafon to unite with thofe for our own,
have appeared to conze up in Remembrance before G O D ;
f0 that they are indeed a: a Brand plucked out qf tbe
Burning '. Prazfe weaitetb fir Tbee, OZ: G0 D, in 0m’
Sion, on all thefe Accounts ; and zmta Tlvee may our Vwwr
5e perforate! ‘l’ ! the Vows, which we made etc/zen we were
in Trouble and Perplexity, and Iffted up our Eye: unto“
Tlvee, from qubom our Help cometb, even to the Goo that
aside Hearvm and Eartb  But amidfi all the joy which
thefe Reflections may afford,

II. Let us humble ourfelves in the Review of thofe
Rebukes of Providence, which we experienced during
the Series of the late War.

I quefiion, whether f/Iadern H§Eery§ can produce an
Infiance, in which a War has been entered into with
more towering Hopes, with more anticipated Triumph,
than that which we proclaimed againfi Spain; and pro-
bably, the wifeit Men amongfl us thought that Confi-
dence no very good Omen of our Succefs. We feemed
to think, we had nothing to do but to gird en our ‘Terran,
and make the Earth tremble. As if, according to the
beautiful Manner in which Z/aiab defcribes the Pride 0F
the Aflrian, we might at pleafure go to the Nations
that hadofFended us, as fecurely and irrefiflibly as to
the Nefi of fome little infignificant Bird, and gather their
Ritlvu, a: one gatberetb E gg: tbat are leg/t, and tbere flora/r!
5e none ta man/e the lVing, or ta ape-n the Zllautb, or to peep 
But the Event proved very ciitFerem : We found, there
was fuch a thing as Military Prudence, and Strength,
and Bravery among our Enemies, as well as among our-
felves: And after all the vain Parade with which we
fet out, we returned, in repeated Inflances, difappoint-

ed and afharned; f0 as to have evident Reafon, after
fuch

* Amos iv. I1. -|~ Pfal. lxv. I. I Pfal. cxxi. r, 2.
§ I fay Madern Hifiary; as I muft aliow the triumphant Confidence
with which the Al-‘benian: Tent out their Navy and Troops to the un-
fortunate Sicilian War againit Sjracu/e, where they were f0 deplo-
"My defiroyed, t0 be an ever memorable Exception, and f0 far as I
can recoliefl, an Event unparallefd in its Kind. See Tbztgrl. Pig:
4-3o,--43z. Died. Sic. Lib. xiii. 8c Rail. Hifi. Ant. L. viii. C. S.
1| Ila. x. 1a,.