The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 21, 1758, Page 1

FRripAy, Jury 21. 17358 New-Hampfhire | Extradts from a Thank/giving Sermon, for the impor #ant and aflonifhing Viflory obtained on the fifth of December 1757, by the Glorious KING of Prussia, ower the united, and far fuperior Forces of the Au- ftrians, in Silefia. Preached on the Sabbath of the ‘yorb of the Jaid Month,at the Synagouge of the Jews #n Berlin, from Pfal. xxii. 23, 24. By David Hir- fchel Franckel. Arch Rabbi. That Strain of fincere Piety, and good Senfe, awhich runs thro' it, wwill, we hope, recommend it to every candid Reader. c 4 E have already on another occafion, put you W in' mind, dearly beloved bretaren of the houfe of Jacab, that rejoicing on any ex- traordinary favour of God, doss not con- filt in famptuous entertainments and revels, in wild acclamations, and much lefs in gratifications which difgrace human nature ; no, the joy, which becomes the man of holinefs, and which alone will be appro- ved of by God, muft be a fpiritual joy, penetrating -into our inmoft heart, and prompting us to fhew fotth his praife, to meditzte on his loving kindnefs, and to offer to him the facrifice of gocd works, and vows of benevolence. .“We rejoice, that our remonftrance has not been without its proper fruit. Ye have made vows, for {the relief of the poor ; and pirticularly, of the wi- dows and ofphans of thofe bravs foldiers, who have laid down their lives for their country and: the juft caufe of their prince ; And thefe vows, you may be affured, are of much {weeter favour to God, than thoufands cf rejoicings, as they are called ; but as the fondnefs for extravagens teftivity is deep rooted in the human heart, and to overcome thefe allure- ments,’is a fevere and arduous work ; on this joyful opportanity, we fhall briefly remind you of thofe Reafons whick then convinced us cf the above men- tioned truth. | L The facred propliets frequently inculcate to us, that God rejoices nor in the death of the wicked. To fpecify the feveral paffages, would be fuperfluous. TThere is noné of you who caa be unacquainted with them. . : "% ; " Our rabbies, and doltors of the oral law, go for- ther. ., They tell us, that on the overthrow of Pha- roah and his hoft, in the Red Sez, thro’ which the children of Ifrael had paffed -dry fhod, the Lord fpoke unto {hem, faying, 7ba works of mine hand Jink in the [ea, and ye are finging before me. Confider, my beloved friends, if it was fo when only heathens periftied ; heathens, who had no knowiedge of the Supreme Being, and who pollated the whole earth with their idolatries, what fhall we (ay in our days, when fuch a light hac been diffufed ameng all civiliz- ed nations, that they worfhip the Creator of the Earth, and his Néme is 2 holine(s among them ? ‘We are all children of the one Living God. They who declare themfelves our enemies, are equally the works of his Hands, and love and fear him, were they not feduced by perverfe paffions, to difturb the tranquility of our dear fovereign. Can we then fhout, and give ourfclves up to the frantick excefles of atenfdg! joy, at the deftrutiion of the works of God’s hauds ! Tyl 190 It may be obje@ed : It is not from the defeat of thié énemy, that our joy arifes. God forbid that we flioiild be pleafed with flaughter, or that our eyee fhould be delighted with the [treams of human blood; which, to the difgrace of mankind, are inceflantly flowing. But truth and juftice bear witnefTes againft our enemies, s it is manifelt that our mild fovereign is perfecily innocent of thele vaft effufions of blood ; and that it is only abfolute neceffiy,derived from per- fidious machinations,that he has drawn that vitorious fword, which otherwife, tho’ poffeffed in fuch pre- eminence, of all military qualities, he would have wifhed, might have refted in peace : Shall we not sejoice, that juftice triumphs ; that the fagacity of our king, bafiles the devices of the enemy ; that his heroifm, and the iatrepidity of our countrymen, will fhine in hiftory, and be the admiration of lateft pofterity, I anfwer : If your joy fprings from fo pure a fource, fee that it be not only blamelefs, but com- mendable, and pleafing to God : But my beloved brethren, forget notalfo, that the primary caufe of our deliverance is to be fought for in fomething high- er than the prudence of man ; than worldly experi- ence in war, or habitual valour. Bebold, the eyesof 2he Lovd are on them who fear bim, nubo bope in his govdne(s 5 that ke may deliver their. fouls, Acknow: Containing the Frefbeft Advices e ledge the hand of the gracious preferver of the carth ! He it was who fuggefted to our deliverer fuch plans as alt hiftory cannot parallel ! ?git was who armed with intrepidity the breafts of your .countrymen ; who enabled them to perform, uander the condull of our incomparable fovereign, exploits,. which future times muft neceflarily look upon, as adventares of the fabulous ages ! You have feen wonders and fu- pernatural things, of which, antiently, your anceftors alone could boalt.. Lay thep: to heart witha pro= per intenfenefs, and your fouls will be abforded in devotion, and placid contemplation ; in folaces in- finitely {weeter than all mirth and diverfious ; which however they facinate the fenfes,never reach the foul! Imitate the cLorious Victor ! the wise Mo- virci ! whom the Lord hath chofen as the inftru- ment of prodigies ! However felf love may dazzle the eyes of the bulk of mankind, none of the viéto- ries which he has obtained over his perfecutors, does ke afcribe to himfelf... All the honodr he refers folely to the Lord ; who blefles his Arms, enlight- ens his underftanding, and ftrengthens his heart. No fooner had the flying enemy left him the viétory and the field of battle, than jointly, with his whole tri- umphant army, he returns thanks to the Giver of all good. I fee him !l fee the &uguft warrior, in the prefence of his troops, lift up his wearied hands to Heaven ; ¢ Lord ! my Crestor,” cries he, ¢ thou ¢ knowelt how innocent I am of all the blood fhed ¢ thisday. Such was thy will, Father. :Now, my ¢ loyal fellow foldiers, thank him with heart and ¢ movuth ; for he it is who has delivered us.” Thefe words {ufpend the pangs of death. The expiring foldiers make a lift effort to raife, them- felves ; and, with broken accents, join the hymn, which was fung with Extafy by the whole Army, whilft tears dropped from the eyes of the royal hero. The Lord counteth thofe1+5rs, and accepts of them as witnefles againft the unrighteous, who would load the king with the guilt of all this carnage : There- fore fhall his enemies be turned back ; and, when he calls, he fhall find that the Lord is his helper.” : The Third Psarm paraphrafed, ¢ Alluding to bis PRussiaN MajesTy. OOK down, O Gop ! regard my Cry ! 4 On Thee my Hopes depend : 1I’'m clofe befet, without Ally ; Be thou my Shield and Friend. Confed’rate Kings and Princes League, On ev'ry Side attack To perpetrate the black Intrigue ; . But thou canft drive them back. Long did I fear their Wink and Nod In clofe Cabals they cry’d, There is no help for him in GOD ; His Kingdom we’ll divide. Amid their Army’s dreadful Glare . Thou gav’ft me inward Might, Teaching my Arm the Art of War, My Fingers how to fight. Tho’ vet’ran Troops my Camp inveft, Expert in War’s Alarms, Calmly I lay me down to reft . In thy prote@ing Arnis. Nor will I fear their empty Boalts, Tho’ Thoufands Thoufands join 3 Since thou art ftill 75¢ GOD of Hofis, And Viétory is thine. Arife, O Gop, and plead my Caufe, O ! fave me by thy Pow’r ; If e’er I reverenc'd thy Laws, Guide this important Hour ! "Tis done !~they fhudder with Ditmay ; My Troops maintain their Ground : Lo ! their embattl’d Lines give Way, Arnd we are Vi€tors crown’d ! Succefs, ye Kings, is notyour Gift ; To Heav’n it does belong : The Race not always to the Swift, Nor Battle to the Strong. e L O N D O N, March 26. 90 the PRINTER. &, HE Service juft performed at Embden by two of His Majefty’s Ships, may be taken as an Earneft that our Navy will be more ufefully employed this Year than it was the Igft, and that all narrow, felfih Confiderations will be laid afide. It has twoeoften been the Misfortune of this Na- Nuwms. g4. GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeflick. tiort to be, asit were, benumbed in the Beginning of a War, and yet to feem very eager to engage in it, And thus it has happened, that our Wars have gene- rally lafted too long ; for we have feldom been thd- roughly rouzed and heated till a third Campagn ; then we begin to confider how much Time hasbeen loft, and what Sums have been ipent, to little or na purpofe.. . This the French are thoroughly fenfible of ; and therefore they concert their Plan of Operations be- fore the War breaks out, and make boid and fudden Pufhes, which ftagger and confound their Enemies, and reduce them for fome Time to a¢t upon the de- fenfive only. . . ‘ By fending a Fleet into the Baltick, we fhould do the King of Pruffia more Service, than if we furnifh- ed him with Twenty Thoufand Land-Forces. A ftrong Squadron may intercept the Swedifh Rein- forcements deftined for Pomerania, and at the fame Time keep the Ruflian Fleet in Port, whereby their Army will be deprived of all Supplies by Sea ; and fhould the Ruflians interdi® Trade with us, and feize the EffeCts of our Merchants in their Empire, Means enough may be found, to compel them to make Satisfattion. : : It is but prudent on our part, to feel their Pulfe firlt ; to know whether they are really bent upon co- operateing with Bourbon and Auftria, to ruin the Proteltant Intereft in Europe ; or whether they only mean to carry on a kind of Trading War ; and if the Latter be their Plan of Politicks, England has nothing to do, but to find out how much Money will fatisfy them, and what the Charge of chaftizing them may amount to ; and then adopt the lealt expenfive Meafure of the two. A View of the refpeciive Ages of all the crowned Heady in Europe. _King of Great Britain =~ — 74 Years Prufiia — — 46 ; France —— 48 L N 44 Naples and Sicily (heir & to Spain) } & Portugal — -— Poland (Ele&or of Saxony) gz Sardinia —_— - 57 Denmark _— = 35 : Sweden ose — 48 Emprefs of Ruffia _— 47 Emperor of the Romans == 49 Emprefs Queen of Hungary — 41 The Pope —_ 83 The Grand Seignor 4z ; Ages of the Heirs apparent. Prince of Wales — — 19 Pruffia — - 35 Dauphin e — 28 Eldeft Infanto of Portugal — 23 Dake of Savoy —_— — 3I Prince Royal.of Denmatk — g Sweden — 12 Grand Duke of Rufia =~ — 30 Jofeph, Archduke of Auftria 17 ProrerTiEs of a GARDENER,/ QUESTIL)N Why is a Gardiner the moft %3 traordinary Man in the World ? Addrefled to a Lady ———. Anfwer. Becaufe no Man has more Bufinefs up- on Earth, and always chufes good Grounds for what he does. He commands his Thyme. He is Maft- er of his Mint, and fingers Peny Royal. He raifeth his Salary every Year, and it is a bad Year, indeed, that does not produce a Plumb. He meets with more Boughsthan a Minifter of State. He makes more Beds than the French King, and has in them more painted Ladies and more genuine Rofes and Lil- Jies than are to be found at a Country Wake. Ha makes Raking his Bufinefs imore than his Diverfion, as many other Geatlemen do ; but he makes it an Advantage to his Health and Fortune ; which few others do. He can boaft moré Rapes than any o- ther Rake in the Kingdom : His Wife, notwithftan- ding, has enough of Lad's Love and Heart's Eale, and never withes for Weeds, Diftempers, fatal to o- thers, never hurt him : He walks the better for the Grawel, and thrives moft in a Cofumption. He can boaft of more blecding Hearts than your Ladyfbip, and more Laurels (if poffible) than his Majefty of Pruffia 3 but his greateft Pride and the World’s Envy, is, that he can have Yiw whenever he pleafes.