WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

73 But now, in that the appearance of Day, had difperft the Clouds, A ll the Ideas, he cou ld fancy to himfelf, towards the f orming A Statue of pub l i ck Fel ici ty, were confpicuous in His Majefty : Witnefs, his Jnflice, in governing by his Laws: His Goodnefs, in forget t ing nothing, but Injuries : His Clemency , in being ever readier to pardon, than offenders to ask i t: His Liberality, in the Patronage of Arts, and A rms; A nd laftly, his fr$deme s in advancing the Trade of his K i ngdoms; thereby fupp l y ing the defea t of Time, and j oyn i ng di v ided Britain, once more to the Cont i nent: A nd therefore, i f fuch were his dawn, what m ud his fu l Day be ? Of what wou ld we the reward of all? Even that G od give h im the accomplilTimen,t of the P r o- mi fe to Abraham, and mu l t i p ly his feed, as the Stars of Heaven. Nor was it fooner fpoken, than eccho'd back again, by a Chorus (as before) of an h u n- dred Voices, and an hundr ed and fifty Inf t ru- V menst$