1 00:00:11,140 --> 00:00:13,340 Now, as you've heard, I've already been assigned this 2 00:00:13,340 --> 00:00:17,260 subject. Why do we celebrate the 12th of 3 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:19,780 July? Now that is a great question, 4 00:00:20,340 --> 00:00:24,620 and one that demands A straightforward, plain, simple 5 00:00:24,620 --> 00:00:28,380 answer. Yet the reality is, the answer 6 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:34,360 is not really so simple. You see, the 12th of July, also 7 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:39,360 known as the Glorious 12th, is really the climax of the 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,760 marching season of the Orange Order. 9 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,320 During this period and around the 12th of July, large parades 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,120 are held by the Orange Order all over this province. 11 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,400 The marching season takes place in towns and villages. 12 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:01,920 Locally there are of course district church services. 13 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,880 And then there's the county demonstrations. 14 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,440 Streets are adorned with union flags. 15 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,840 In the Ulster Standard, bonfires are usually and traditionally 16 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:18,200 lit in the 11th of July. In Northern Ireland, the 12th of 17 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,560 July is a public holiday. Similar demonstrations are held 18 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,800 in various parts of the world where the Orange families found 19 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:32,080 Scotland, mainly in Glasgow, England, around Merseyside and 20 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,440 Liverpool Republic of Ireland. We could think of the 21 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:41,480 demonstration in Rosnyla, in County Donegal, in Australia, in 22 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,720 Canada and even in Africa in the land of Togo. 23 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,280 There is an Orange Lodge there. You see, when it comes to the 24 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:55,240 12th of July, hundreds of thousands flocked to watch the 25 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,920 parade. There's a desire to get to the 26 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,840 place of the demonstration and of course it's an opportunity to 27 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:08,440 celebrate our heritage, our cultural identity, our freedoms. 28 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,480 It's an opportunity to meet with old friends and to make new 29 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,800 ones. You see to those that are Ulster 30 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,520 born and bred we wouldn't want to miss the 12th. 31 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,880 I remember a young girl being in New York on the 12th of July and 32 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,960 had her own little period down 5th Ave with her own little 33 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,680 orange cholera on. I know of a man who went to book 34 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,280 us holidays said to the girl he wanted to book a holiday in July 35 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,400 and he says but I don't want to go on the 12th fortnight. 36 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,880 And she says, but there isn't 12 fortnights in July. 37 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,960 There's only two. She she was English and she 38 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,040 didn't really understand the 12th fortnight was sacrosanct. 39 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,680 And I can remember on my 25th wedding anniversary, only 40 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,920 missing 112th. And that was because I was in 41 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,360 Cyprus. And I can tell you the 12th of 42 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:07,200 July was a miserable day because I was missing my brethren and 43 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,200 missing my parade. You see. 44 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:17,720 Let's ask the reason why we celebrate the 12th of July and 45 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:23,360 of course you see people answer. Well it has to do with King 46 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:28,160 William the Third crossing the Boyne in 1690, fighting against 47 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,480 James the 2nd and defeating the Jacobite army. 48 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,480 Now we know that. We know the 12th of July marks 49 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,720 the victory of King William the Third Prince of Orange over the 50 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,840 Roman Catholic King James the Second. 51 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,480 People already know that. But but let's dig a little 52 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,760 deeper. Why are you marching, son? 53 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,400 Why are you marching, lady? And of course, the focus is on 54 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:00,000 the victory over King James by King William the 3rd at the 55 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,520 point. But that's only part of it. 56 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,800 That's only a small part. Now, it's a real part. 57 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,600 Don't get me wrong, it's a constituent part, but it's not 58 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,240 the whole reason. And you see, many youngster 59 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:16,519 Protestants today do not know the real history of why we 60 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:20,920 celebrate the 12th of July here in Northern Ireland and further 61 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:26,000 afield in the way that they do. Now, let me explain something to 62 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,480 you. And this is the key phrase for 63 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:33,160 this morning. The 12th of July is a 64 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:40,840 celebration of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the 65 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:43,920 Williamite settlement that followed. 66 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,240 You see, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the Williamite 67 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:56,000 settlement that followed has historical, has theological, has 68 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,080 of course, cultural significance. 69 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,080 So therefore the chief purpose of this lecture today is to 70 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:11,360 inform our people about the origins, the evolution and the 71 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:16,720 meaning behind the festivities on the 12th day of July. 72 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,160 We're going to emphasise the importance of remembering. 73 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:29,680 The book of Job says remember the battle and that's what we're 74 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:35,960 going to think about. Understand our Protestant 75 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,840 heritage and history, number of things. 76 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:47,000 First of all, let's think about the origins of the 12th of July. 77 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,640 When did the 12th of July periods begin? 78 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,000 Let's think about the early history you see after the Irish 79 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:01,160 rebellion of 1641 and the Irish rebellion was an attempt by the 80 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,480 Roman Catholic Gentry in Ireland to seize power from the English 81 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:11,680 governing authority and 10s of thousands running even into 82 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:16,160 100,000 of Protestants were massacred in cold blood. 83 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:22,040 And the anniversary of the Irish rebellion in 1641 is on the 23rd 84 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,120 of October. And to mark the anniversary of 85 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,960 the ending of the Irish rebellion in 1641, Protestants 86 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:34,200 gathered to celebrate and they tried to celebrate in the sense 87 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,440 of having a parade. There was another attempt that 88 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,360 parading arose from the commemoration of the birthday of 89 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:46,040 King William of Orange in the 4th of November 1650 and these 90 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,200 were prayed, were popular for a time and then they faded in 91 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,840 their popularity. The 12th of July itself 92 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:55,800 originated as a celebration of the Battle of Ocrum. 93 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,960 I'm going to hear in a moment the Battle of the Ocrum was the 94 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,600 most significant battle of the William 8 wars here in Ireland. 95 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:09,680 The Battle of Ocrum was fought in the 12th of July 1691 and 96 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,440 many historians would acknowledge the significance of 97 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:21,040 the Boeing but would openly state that the Battle of Akram 98 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,800 was the most decisive battle of the William 8 wars. 99 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:30,960 See, it was during this battle that the predominantly Roman 100 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:36,360 Catholic Jacobite army was destroyed with their surrender 101 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,240 of course, at Limerick. And during the 18th century 102 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,800 there used to be a parade to celebrate the Battle of Akram on 103 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,680 the 12th of July. Bonfires, flags, parades. 104 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,240 The Battle of the Boeing was usually a smaller parade than 105 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,320 the parade connected with the Battle of Okram until eventually 106 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,160 the 2 events were merged into one. 107 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,400 So that's really the early history of when the 12th of July 108 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,880 parades began. Think of the later history. 109 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,400 You see, the chief reason for the merger of the two events was 110 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,000 the British switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian 111 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:21,520 calendar in 1752. Eleven days were unaccounted for 112 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,080 and this moved the normal date of the Battle of the Boyne, 113 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:30,320 which was on the 1st of July 1690, to the 12th of July. 114 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,080 And then the Battle of Ochram was moved from the 12th of July 115 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,760 to the 23rd of July. So that was one of the reasons 116 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,799 why there was a switch. Another reason, of course, for 117 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:45,880 the switch was the formation of the Orange Order in the 21st of 118 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:50,320 September in 1795. And the Orange Order, rightly 119 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,080 so, put a lot of emphasis in the Battle of the Boyne. 120 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,440 Why? Due to King William, the Prince 121 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,560 of Orange presence there. And the third reason, of course 122 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:07,160 it was in 19/17/90, was a time of resurgence of Roman 123 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:12,080 Catholicism. The Battle of the Boeing, as the 124 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:16,360 little booklet emphasises, was the easier of the two battles. 125 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,680 It was maybe more appealing in the sense to the Orange Order 126 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:23,120 that King William the Third was present there and crossed the 127 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,600 Boeing. And that Battle of the Boeing, 128 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,440 the Jacobite army was more easily righted. 129 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,000 You see, during the Battle of Ockram, it was a harder battle. 130 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:37,600 The the both sides fought well. They fought hard. 131 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,600 Large numbers died 5 to 7000 in that battle. 132 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,760 Did you know that the first Orange Order March took place in 133 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:52,200 the 12th of July 1796 here in County Armagh, in good old 134 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,120 Portadown, also in Lurgan and in Warringstown. 135 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,200 So that's really the later history and that's from that 136 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,040 date. Then the 12th of July 1796, 137 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,920 there have been Orange Order parades marking the 12th of 138 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:11,480 July, significantly to the Battle of the Boyne and and also 139 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,280 enamoration of the Battle of Okram. 140 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,720 So that's really the origin of the 12th of July. 141 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:23,960 Secondly, think about the observation of the Glorious 142 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,560 Revolution. You see, before the Glorious 143 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:33,080 Revolution of 1688. It's important that we 144 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:38,840 understand the context and the historical narrative behind it. 145 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:45,000 So you've got to think of life here before 1688 and here in 146 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,320 Northern Ireland that had an impact. 147 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:53,680 It's historically, it is politically, it is religiously 148 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:57,240 connected to key events on the mainland. 149 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,840 Let me backtrack for a moment. Think of the English Civil War 150 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:07,280 1642 to 1651. What was the English Civil War? 151 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,800 It was a fight between King and Parliament. 152 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,040 The King's supporters were called Cavaliers. 153 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,640 The supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads. 154 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:24,520 The leader of the Parliament was Oliver Cromwell, known as the 155 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:30,160 Lord Protector, and his opponent was King Charles the First, King 156 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,360 of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the climax of the 157 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,880 civil war resulted in the beheading of King Charles the 158 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:43,280 1st for treason on the 30th of January 1649. 159 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:50,080 His son, King Charles the Second was declared King of Scotland on 160 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:56,120 the 5th of February 1649. Later on, in the 3rd of 161 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:01,040 September 1651, Oliver Cromwell defeated Charles the Second at 162 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,760 the Battle of Worcester. King Charles fled to mainland 163 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:10,720 Europe and it was only after the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658 164 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,960 that the monarchy was restored. Charles the Second was received 165 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:19,520 in London to public a claim on the 29th of May 1660. 166 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,480 King Charles the Second was considered to be one of the more 167 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,280 popular kings. His reign seemed to be marked by 168 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,800 less religious tension, especially in Ireland. 169 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:39,000 He died in 1685 and he left no legitimate heir to the throne. 170 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,560 He was succeeded then by his brother. 171 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:47,360 His brother was called James. Now it was this James that was 172 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:52,880 deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. 173 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,600 Bear with me now because we're dealing with history. 174 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,120 We're dealing with facts. Facts are stubborn things. 175 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:04,280 James was Crown King of England, King of Ireland as James the 176 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:13,280 Second on February the 6th 1685 and King of Scotland as James 177 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,800 the 7th. Now, during his reign, there was 178 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,600 a power struggle for a number of things. 179 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,000 One, there was a power struggle for religious tolerance. 2 there 180 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,480 was a power struggle over the principle of absolutionism. 181 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,440 Absolutionism is about the King's right to rule with 182 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,600 absolute power. And then of course, there was a 183 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,840 struggle over the divine right of kings. 184 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,320 The divine right of kings was all about a monarch deriving 185 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:44,880 their power, their right to rule from God alone, with no 186 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,400 accountability for their actions to either Parliament or the 187 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,920 people. There was a power struggle over 188 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,600 discontent with James's rule itself. 189 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,880 There was a power struggle over disconnection from his reign due 190 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,080 to his leanings away from the Protestant religion towards 191 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,520 Roman Catholicism. Now listen to me carefully. 192 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:12,760 In 16681669, James the Second was admitted into the Roman 193 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,040 Catholic Church. Now, he didn't fully embrace all 194 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:21,440 the heretical, fanciful Roman Catholic views at that time, as 195 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,920 other monarchs had displayed. In contrast, for example, he 196 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,960 permitted his eldest daughter Mary to marry the Protestant 197 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:33,400 William of Orange in 1677. He was also a spokesman for the 198 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:38,080 conservative Anglican courtiers who believed his views of the 199 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:43,520 monarchy coincided with Ayers. Now at up to that point, the 200 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:47,840 Queen was childless. However, the conversion of the 201 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:52,960 king to Roman Catholicism alarmed the Gentry and the 202 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:57,160 general public. Let me ask the question, does it 203 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,640 really matter what religion the king is? 204 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,160 Roman Catholic. Protestant. 205 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,000 Is it really so important to get bothered about? 206 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,320 There's a simple answer, and I'll tell you the simple answer. 207 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,680 Yes, it is. Why? 208 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:22,080 Because of the power and influence of the Roman Catholic 209 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,880 Church. The people of that day, the the 210 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,160 Gentry and the people of that day were fearful of a Roman 211 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,400 Catholic resurgence in their country. 212 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,640 They had every reason to be alarmed. 213 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:39,040 Let me give you some thoughts. The Gunpowder Plot of 16 O five 214 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,400 Guy Fawkes and twelve others attempted to blow up Parliament. 215 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:49,200 The 30 year war that reached in Europe 1618 to 1648 was one of 216 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:53,160 the most devastating conflicts of the European history. 217 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:58,440 The 30 year war was largely executed by the Roman Catholic 218 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,400 Church against the Protestant people of Europe. 219 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:08,960 Then you had the English Civil War 1642 to 1651, and of course 220 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,320 this saw a treacherous English king with strong Roman Catholic 221 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,480 leanings attempting to overthrow the largely Protestant backed 222 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,720 English parliament. We could add in the Spanish 223 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:25,240 Armada 1588, a Spanish attempt to land a Roman Catholic army in 224 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,200 England. The spirit of 1588 is alive and 225 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,200 well. We could add in the reign of 226 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:37,040 Mary, Queen of Scots 1516 to 1558, Bloody Mary as she was 227 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:42,160 known when thousands of faithful Protestants were put to death 228 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,480 for their faith. Just read the Fox's Book of 229 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,640 Martyrs and then look into European history, the cruel and 230 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,920 tolerant domination of the Roman Catholic Church. 231 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,800 Do you want an example? Think of the Saint Bartholomew 232 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,840 Day Massacre, 24th to 25th of August 1572. 233 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,760 We could even go further back and throw in the Spanish 234 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:09,560 Inquisition of 1478 when a refusal to convert to Roman 235 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:14,680 Catholicism meant imprisonment, deprivation, torture, 236 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:21,040 deposement, even death. You see people ask me today why 237 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:25,440 is it important to have a Protestant monarch and the 238 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:31,680 answer is a Roman Catholic one with strong leanings to Roman 239 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:36,600 Catholicism either than abetted by the Roman Catholic Church 240 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,600 will be dreaded by the Protestant people of the United 241 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:46,280 Kingdom. You see, true Protestantism has 242 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:51,680 done much to bring peace and stability and law and order into 243 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,360 the land. True Protestantism is about 244 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,720 religious freedom and a tolerance, and where the spirit 245 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,760 of the Lord is, there is liberty. 246 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,440 But false religion, including Roman Catholicism, has a 247 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:11,320 tendency of intolerance, of opposition, of cruelty. 248 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,520 And it's very important that we know and learn our true 249 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,760 Protestant history. It's important that we stand for 250 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,000 it. It's important that we celebrate 251 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,520 it together. See, let me tell you this 252 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,880 morning, and in a sense it's great to be here. 253 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,120 And in another sense, it's sad that the CWU hall is not packed 254 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:39,400 out like it was in former times because our true freedoms depend 255 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,720 on it. False religion brings you into 256 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,880 bondage. False religion will damn your 257 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,560 soul. You see, isn't it so sad? 258 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:52,880 Often in our celebrations, we'll ask the question, why is 259 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,480 celebrating Sun? Why are you marching, Sun? 260 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,920 The heart and mind is empty, it's artificial. 261 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,920 There's a shallowness. You see, often we have forgotten 262 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,520 the very God who gave us these freedoms, who gave us these 263 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,520 liberties in the 1st place. Someone has said a nation that 264 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:16,880 forgets God as how tyrants forge their changes. 265 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:21,120 And I urge you this morning, in the Lord's name, seek to know 266 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:23,840 your history, seek to teach it to others. 267 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,400 Love your history, appreciate it. 268 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,440 Seek to honour God and seek to honour good men who've gone 269 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,760 before us, who've handed us the torch. 270 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,880 Be prepared. Fight for your freedom. 271 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,840 Isn't That's what Paul says in Galatians 5 and 1. 272 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,320 Stand fast, therefore in the liberty where with Christ hath 273 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,680 made us free, and may not untangled again with the yoke of 274 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,640 bondage. He was talking about Gospel 275 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,640 freedoms. Be prepared to pay the cost, 276 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,840 even to the point of blood to defend these freedoms. 277 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:07,280 Let me move on slightly. In 1673, James the Second 278 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:12,040 resigned all of his officers rather than take the anti Roman 279 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,120 Catholic oath. This was an oath imposed by the 280 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:18,520 Test Act. This decision helped make as 281 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,000 Roman Catholic leanings known not just to the Gentry. 282 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:27,480 But to the wider public, and when his first wife died, he 283 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,520 remarried. Who did he marry? 284 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:34,240 A Roman Catholic Princess, a lady by the name of Mary of 285 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,640 Medina. Mary of Medina was a devout 286 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,920 Roman Catholic. And now the general public was 287 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,760 in no mood to let the monarchy slip back into the clutches of 288 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:49,800 the Roman Catholic Church. You see, the general public, the 289 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,160 land that Gentry, they had fresh memories of the bloody English 290 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,480 Civil War. They had fresh memories of the 291 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,280 legacy of Roman Catholic treason and plots. 292 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,880 They knew that rule under the Church of Rome spelled 293 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,400 persecution and tolerance and mistrust. 294 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:14,920 From 1679 to 1681 there was 3 successive parliaments strove to 295 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:19,720 exclude James, the Second by statute without success, and 296 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,760 during this crisis James spent long periods in exile in 297 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:28,440 Brussels or in Edinburgh, one of my favourite cities in the 298 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,640 United Kingdom. In 1682 he returned to England. 299 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:37,680 He resumed his leadership of the Anglican Tories and came to the 300 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,360 throne again on the 6th of February 1685. 301 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,480 An unsuccessful rebellion led by the Duke of Monmouth in England 302 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,000 and the Duke of Argyll in Scotland in the summer of 85 303 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,000 marked a turning point in the King's attitude. 304 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,920 He began now to really distrust his subjects. 305 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:01,200 These rebellions were brutally put down and the power of the 306 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:06,120 army increased, with James granting new regiments, new 307 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:11,640 Roman Catholic officers. This last act provoked A quarrel 308 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:17,400 between the King and Parliament in it. 1686 these divisions 309 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,240 increased. Roman Catholics were permitted 310 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:24,160 to the Privy Council again and the High Office of Government. 311 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:30,880 1687 James the Second continued in a slide towards a new Roman 312 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,240 Catholic polity. He dismissed his Anglican 313 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,080 brothers in law, the Earl of Clarendon and the Earl of 314 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:40,800 Rochester. He allowed Magdalene College and 315 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,400 Oxford to be used as a Roman Catholic college. 316 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,720 He appointed a people nuncio's office assigned to Saint James's 317 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,760 Palace, one of the most senior royal palaces in the country. 318 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:58,840 And then in April 1687, the Declaration of Indulgence was 319 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,720 issued, suspending the laws against Roman Catholics and 320 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,640 Protestant dissenters alike. The Parliament was also 321 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,960 dissolved. He also launched a campaign to 322 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,840 win over Protestant dissenters and secure a more amenable 323 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,680 parliament. You see, nobody really knew the 324 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:25,360 King's mind except the Lord. You see, on the one hand, was he 325 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:32,040 going to maintain the genuine principle of freedom of religion 326 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,000 or is it going to attempt to establish Roman Catholicism as 327 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,800 the dominant, if not the exclusive religion in England? 328 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,040 And here's a lesson, young people, boys and girls, a lesson 329 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,840 for life. And simply this nail your 330 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,400 colours to the mask. Let everyone know who you 331 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,160 believe in and what you believe and why. 332 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,320 You see, you cannot sit on the fence. 333 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:03,960 You cannot sit on the fence confused, because if you're 334 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,000 confused, everybody else will be confused. 335 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,880 See, it doesn't do any good. You cannot be a friend of all, 336 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,680 President Henry Truman said. Who tries to please everybody, 337 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:23,640 ends up pleasing nobody. The philosophy of a soft, 338 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:28,640 tolerant approach keeping everybody happy is fundamentally 339 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,000 flawed. And it's that philosophy of a 340 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,440 soft, tolerant approach keeping everybody happy that's 341 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,000 fundamentally flawed. That is destroying the 342 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:44,200 evangelical Protestant church in our land at this time. 343 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:50,720 The Timur approach leads to confusion, distrust, and 344 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:55,600 contempt for many. There's apathy among the public 345 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,400 today. A friend to all is not really a 346 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:07,960 true friend at all. We need men of conviction in the 347 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,560 preaching of the Word of God. Men of conviction and political 348 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,560 office. Men who like Daniel and his 349 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:18,880 friends and Nebuchadnezzar's time, Shadrach, Meshach and 350 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,800 Abbeneggo. Men who will not bend OR burn or 351 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,600 budget. Men who will give you an honest 352 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,880 answer, Men who will give you a straightforward answer, Men who 353 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:33,000 are not afraid of confrontation. You see how many are asking 354 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,160 today and they've asked me, This is a church man. 355 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,920 Where is the God of Elijah? Why is he not coming to our Eid 356 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,800 like in former time? I want to turn it round. 357 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,680 I'm going to ask this question, Where are the Elijahs of God? 358 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:55,840 Where are the Elijahs of God? Romans 831 says of God before 359 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,080 us, who can be against us? And sadly, you see, here's the 360 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,880 problem. This king, King James the 361 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,160 second, he was a king that blew in two directions. 362 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,160 Some of his actions seemed to support the Protestant cause, 363 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,440 while at the other times his actions had very strong leanings 364 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:16,920 towards the Church of Rome and he ended up pleasing neither 365 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,160 side. His unscapableness led to his 366 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,280 end. Let's learn from history. 367 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,240 Let's not the repeat the restiks of the past. 368 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,520 Be responsible for what you believe in. 369 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:38,040 Be responsible for what you stand for despite the 370 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,920 opposition. Remember, we're called in the 371 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,600 Bible to stand fast against the whales of the devil. 372 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,640 Let me say Thirdly, we've looked at the origins of the 12th of 373 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,200 July. I have given you there some 374 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,520 observations of the Glorious Revolution. 375 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:04,160 Let's think about the overview of the Glorious Revolution, the 376 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:11,480 beginnings in 1687 there was the most unwelcome news in England. 377 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,480 The Queen was pregnant. Normally that would be great 378 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,480 news, but the prospect of a Roman Catholic heir and 379 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,960 successor sent shock waves throughout the Gentry and the 380 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,360 general public. A Roman Catholic heir to inherit 381 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:30,560 the throne of England, along with James's policies and 382 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,840 leanings to Roman Catholicism inflamed the majority of the 383 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,760 nobility and the Gentry. The siege of fear and distrust 384 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:43,600 all came to the fore. So in the spring of 1687, 385 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,720 leaders contacted William of Orange when of Orange was the 386 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,200 champion of the Protestant cause in Europe against the Roman 387 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,640 Catholic army of Louis the 14th of France. 388 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,920 And here's the real spark that the fuse that ignited it was 389 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:02,600 ignited by James the Second himself. 390 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:08,760 He reissued his declaration of indulgence April the 2nd, 1688. 391 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,160 And in May the fourth he went further. 392 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,080 He ordered it to be read in the churches. 393 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,960 The Archbishop of Canterbury at that time and six of his bishops 394 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,600 protested. They petitioned. 395 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,040 The king asked him to withdraw the order. 396 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,080 He refused. So these men did the right 397 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,320 thing. They subsequently published 398 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,480 their petition for the general public to read. 399 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:38,760 James the Second responded. He issued A seditious libel 400 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:44,040 petition against the seven churchmen and it was only on the 401 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:50,160 30th of June the 1688 that the seven bishops were acquitted. 402 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:56,280 This was a defeat for James and on that very same day, the 30th 403 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:02,760 of June, 16887 leaders Englishmen sent a letter 404 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,400 inviting William of Orange to bring an army to England. 405 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,800 By September 1688 it was clear that William of Orange intended 406 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,680 to come to aid his fellow Protestants in England, and in 407 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:20,440 the 5th of November 1688 William landed at Brixham in Torbay in 408 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,640 County Devon. The flagship said it all. 409 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,920 The liberties of England. The Protestant religion I will 410 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,000 maintain. But when William landed, James's 411 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,080 Protestant officers deserted to William's forces. 412 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:42,480 They did so in large numbers. James the Second's daughter Anne 413 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:48,640 defected, also a nervous James. Then James the Second fled to 414 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:53,440 France, lived a wee while in Kent and then moved on to France 415 00:29:53,640 --> 00:30:00,000 on December the 23rd of that year in the new year. 416 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,440 So we're moving now to the 12th of February 1688. 417 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,920 The Convention Parliament declared that James had 418 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,720 advocated the throne and the next day, the 13th of February 419 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:20,920 1689, Parliament offered the crown to William and Mary. 420 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:27,080 The Scots Parliament followed suit in May 1689. 421 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,600 The Glorious Revolution, that's its beginnings. 422 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:37,800 It was a bloodless revolution. It was no drawn out campaign. 423 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,560 There was no massive loss of life. 424 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,280 There was no bloodshed. It was supported by the majority 425 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,400 of the people in the country. It was a permanent thing. 426 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,160 And what did it produce? What did it promote? 427 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:55,200 It promoted religious tolerance. It promoted freedom of speech, 428 00:30:55,720 --> 00:31:00,440 freedom of the press, the independency of the judges. 429 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,520 It promoted A parliamentary democracy. 430 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:10,040 It produced a constitutional monarchy and it produced a Bill 431 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,400 of Rights. Let me just read to you from a 432 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:18,440 document that I have in December 1689. 433 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,240 One of the most important constitutional documents in 434 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,680 English history was the Bill of Rights. 435 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,760 This Act established restrictions on the royal 436 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,280 prerogative. It provided, among other things, 437 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,760 that the sovereign could not suspend laws passed by 438 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,880 Parliament, levy taxes without parliamentary consent, infringe 439 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,640 the right to petition, raise a standing army during peacetime 440 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,760 without parliamentary consent, unduly interfere with 441 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,120 parliamentary elections, punish members of either House of 442 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,240 Parliament for anything said during debates, require 443 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,920 excessive bail, or inflict cruel and unusual punishments. 444 00:31:54,360 --> 00:32:00,920 That was all part of the Bill of Rights that was there in 1689. 445 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,600 That's the beginnings of the Glorious Revolution very 446 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:08,320 quickly. Think of the battles you see. 447 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,040 I'm now thinking of the William 8 wars in England. 448 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,320 King James the second Roman Catholic leanings had a big 449 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:21,040 impact on Ireland in 1685 in the military Reform Act which 450 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,800 impacted upon England, Scotland and Ireland had the aim of 451 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,520 eliminating local Protestant influence. 452 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,680 The Earl of Triconal, a man by the name of Richard Tolbert. 453 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:38,000 He was tasked with disarming the Protestant militias in Ireland. 454 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:44,440 He was able to muster a big army of Roman Catholics that they 455 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,880 were known as Jacobites. They were loyal to King James 456 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:52,680 the Second. Triconal set about establishing 457 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:57,200 Jacobite dominance in Ireland, in the South and in the north. 458 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:02,080 James the Second. With French support he had the 459 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,480 aim to retake the English throne. 460 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,000 Ireland was going to be his lunch pad, so on the 12th of 461 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:15,440 March 1689 he landed in Kinscale with an army of 6000 French 462 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,000 soldiers. Soon the South of Ireland was 463 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,640 occupied, nearly all the north come under his control. 464 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,840 There was only two major strongholds of Protestant 465 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,800 resistance, Enniskillen and Londonderry. 466 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,480 And of course you know the history. 467 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,920 We're going to hear about it in the Siege of Londonderry and 468 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:38,960 another of the lectures here, how the Jacobites lay siege to 469 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,200 Londonderry on the 7th of December. 470 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,760 Remember, the 13 apprentice boys in defiance of the invader shut 471 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,840 the gates to the cry of no surrender. 472 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,160 And in the end, Londonderry survived, despite the hardship, 473 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,680 despite the loss of life, despite the treachery held out. 474 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:04,000 And even when the second attempt was made, which began in the 475 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,720 18th of April, with James the Second present in the 476 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:14,639 battlefield, remember, the town was called upon to surrender. 477 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,120 They refused. The siege really began properly. 478 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,719 Jacobites didn't storm the walls, they wanted to starve the 479 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,520 people out. The siege lasted remember 105 480 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:31,560 days from the 8th of April to the 1st of August in 1689 when 481 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,960 the boom was broken and the city was relieved. 482 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:41,120 Whenever the boom was broken in the 1st of August 1689, the 483 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,760 Jacobite army retreated South towards Enniskillen. 484 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:48,199 Then they were forced to withdraw also from Enniskillen 485 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,199 because they couldn't conquer that town either. 486 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:55,960 And during this period William had dispatched the landing force 487 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:01,320 of some 20,000 men under the Duke of Schaumburg. 488 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,080 He was a highly seasoned military veteran. 489 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,640 His army was mainly Dutch, some English and a few 1000 Deans. 490 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,800 Schaumburg landed in Bangor on the 13th of August. 491 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:19,880 In 1689 he took Carrick. He advanced southward towards 492 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,520 Dublin. James's army had now reached 493 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,360 Drakata. He decided to block Schomburg's 494 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:29,360 movements and by September the two forces that took up camps on 495 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,360 the opposite side of Dundalk and winter there. 496 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,680 In the meantime James of course got reinforcements from France. 497 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:43,280 Another 6000 French Musketeers. The time now brings us to March 498 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,560 1690. During March 1690 King William 499 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:52,200 had convinced Parliament to head an army of 15,000 soldiers. 500 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:56,000 He landed in Carrick June the 14th 1690. 501 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:02,440 King James the Second choose to settle on a defensive position 502 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,400 on the southern banks of the Boeing 25 miles north of Dublin, 503 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,920 the 29th of June. William of course came from 504 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,480 Carrick where he landed. Remember he landed the 14th of 505 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,560 June 1690. There's a stone there in 506 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,240 Carrickfergus that marks the place where he first set his 507 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,520 foot. He arrived in Belfast on the 508 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,880 19th of June. They had a solemn service there 509 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,640 in Saint George's Church. The minister preached on When 510 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,880 thy passes through the waters, I'll be with thee. 511 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:32,280 Isaiah chapter 43, verse two. One of my favourite texts of 512 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,800 scripture at Hillsborough. When he stopped there he issued 513 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:41,560 a warrant granting A pension, I like this, a pension of £1200 a 514 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,680 year to the Presbyterian ministers of Northern Ireland. 515 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,360 That was a reward for their loyalty. 516 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:51,200 He then moved on to Scarva, came to Newry and then on to the boy 517 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:56,000 and he set up his hits quarters across the river from James. 518 00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,760 Now let me understand this. James had an army of 23,000 men. 519 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,800 The majority were Irish Catholics. 520 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,120 They were trained under the Earl of Triconal. 521 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:11,320 He had 6000 French soldiers. The French soldiers had seen 522 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,720 combat. The Irish troops had little 523 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:16,200 experience. They had outdated muskets. 524 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:20,040 James the Second was a poor military commander. 525 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:24,760 He had little experience and at the Boeing James the Second 526 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,040 placed the bulk of his forces along the river. 527 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,760 It was deployed in such a way to counter Williams attack. 528 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:39,600 Detachment of Dragons were tasked with destroying bridges 529 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:44,520 guarding Fords like the crossing at Drakada and the village of 530 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:50,400 Ross Neri Williams army. It was half British and Dutch 531 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:55,680 and a few 1000 deals and a few 100 Huguenots. 532 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,520 The Dutch soldiers were seasoned troops from the war against 533 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,360 France. They were armed with modern 534 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:05,120 flintlock muskets. William's army had eight times 535 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:08,320 more military pieces than James King. 536 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,960 William had proven his military skills in the defence of the 537 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,520 Netherlands. And William had a plan, of 538 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,120 course. I believe it was God's plan. 539 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,960 He had wisdom from God. He had sought the Lord in 540 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,160 prayer. William had a three pronged 541 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:26,720 strategy on his right flank to send a troop of Calvary and 3000 542 00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:32,000 infantry men, the Royal Regiment of Foot 1689 to cross the river 543 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,880 at slain in the centre, the Duke of Schaumburg with 20,000 men 544 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:41,080 and then on the left flank King William would lead 1/3 force 545 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,000 across the river to attack James's left flank. 546 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,600 The three flanks would be executed simultaneously. 547 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,720 So on the 1st of July you've got to try and picture this down 548 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:54,520 your head. On the 1st of July William's 549 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:58,480 right ring began to move South toward Rossnery. 550 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,080 They were held up there until mid morning due to the number of 551 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,800 Jacobite Dragoons. William's left flank began to 552 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:10,400 move and he split his flank into 3 grips, 1 to dry bridge, one 553 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,680 for Yellow Island and one for Old Bridge. 554 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:15,800 The Duke of Schaumburg attacked James's centre. 555 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,840 There was fierce fighting. William himself crossed the 556 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,840 Boing at Milford. James the Second ordered a 557 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,800 measured withdrawal of his army and his army was allowed to 558 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,800 escape mostly intact. Now let me emphasise, William 559 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:36,520 didn't destroy the Jacobite army at the Boing, Neither did he 560 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:41,840 pursue the Jacobite army who fled in retreat from the Boing. 561 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,440 The Battle of the Boing was a great victory for King William, 562 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,840 great victory for liberty and freedom, but it was not a fully 563 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:55,160 decisive battle. It was not a a total victory. 564 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,280 James, the 2nd Army fell back to Dublin. 565 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,040 There's a story told that when James arrived in Dublin himself, 566 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,440 he buried his troops, claiming that they had fled the battle, 567 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,760 that they had sadly let him down. 568 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,880 And a noble lady has reported to have said, well, I see Your 569 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:14,560 Majesty has beaten them in the race. 570 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,240 The army of course then fell back to Limerick. 571 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,160 James the Second fled to France and as I've already told you, 572 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,360 the decisive battle of the Glorious Revolution was the 573 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:31,760 Battle of Ocrum in 1691. The Battle of Ocrum 1691 was 574 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:36,240 fought on the 12th day of July. Each army had roughly 20,000 575 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,560 men. The core of the Jacobite army 576 00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:44,400 was the old Irish Army. 4000 well trained Calvary were 577 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,600 amongst. They occupied A2 mile strong 578 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:54,840 defensive position using hedges, bogs, hillsides and at 2:00 PM 579 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,880 that day in the 12th of July they cannoned each other's 580 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:03,160 position. The Dutch officer Godbert D 581 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:10,680 Gimkel Gimkel was urged to press the battle that day finished the 582 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:15,240 job by the Williamite infantry general Hugh Mackay, and at 5:00 583 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:20,680 PM to 6:00 PM the battle reached the centre. 584 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,200 The English Scots regiments under Hugh Mackay attempted A 585 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:31,160 frontal assault on Kill Camadin Hill. 586 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:36,560 They suffered healthy losses, they had to often weave deep in 587 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,360 waters. The left flank also took heavy 588 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,320 casualties as they advanced on low ground. 589 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,240 Gimkel tried to force away across the Causeway, which was 590 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:50,800 covered by the Jacobite Walter Burke's regiment from their 591 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,840 positions in Occam Castle, and it was a Brigadier by the name 592 00:41:54,840 --> 00:42:01,080 of Kirky who led 4 battalions secured the position and the 593 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,160 captain of the Royal Horse Guards got across the Causeway. 594 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,520 In the third attempt they reached the town of Ocrum, the 595 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:15,720 Jacobite French Calvary officer French Charlemont de St Rehu. 596 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:20,840 He was decapitated by a cannonball and after his death 597 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,280 the Jacobite army seemed to collapse. 598 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:27,360 The battle raged on to 9:00 PM and by then the Jacobites had 599 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,920 been pushed over Kill Mcadden Hill. 600 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:34,040 They fled towards the bog. The Jacobites suffered a lot of 601 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:37,160 casualties in retreat. The Battle of Ochrem was over. 602 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,760 5000 to 7000 dead. One of the bloodiest battles 603 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,920 fought in the British Isles. You ask anybody what's the most 604 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:48,560 bloodiest battle fought in the British Isles in our history? 605 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,280 I wonder how many could tell you it was the Battle of Okram on 606 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:57,480 the 12th of July in 1691. How many could tell you there 607 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,760 was 5000 to 7000 died? You see, that was a decisive 608 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,640 battle. The Jacobite army had lost 609 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:09,280 James's, The second campaign in Ireland was over. 610 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,480 The Jacobite army had lost many experienced officers, lots of 611 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,160 equipment, lots of supplies. The final stand was at Limerick 612 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,120 and when the city was surrounded, the city surrendered 613 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,640 to the Williamite forces and that brought an end to the 614 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:30,000 Williamite War in Ireland. Now think with me as we wrap 615 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,320 this up this morning, the glorious Revolution. 616 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:39,560 I've already given you some of the beginnings, the backgrounds. 617 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,200 We've talked a little already about the bounties, but think 618 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,280 about the outcome you see as you read about these battles and 619 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,880 these little booklets that look as wonderfully produced as you 620 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,480 read about the will you made wars in Ireland. 621 00:43:55,880 --> 00:44:00,200 We do well to appreciate the freedom that we enjoy Today. 622 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:05,360 I want to tell you this, the freedoms that we enjoy today are 623 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:10,320 Protestant freedoms and they were bought in blood. 624 00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:15,120 We have a heritage bought in blood. 625 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:20,760 I've largely forgotten it today. Think of many lives that were 626 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:26,440 lost in conflict, brave soldiers who made and paid the ultimate 627 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,720 sacrifice. Think of our freedoms that we 628 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:30,360 enjoy here today and pour it down. 629 00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,480 Freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, 630 00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:38,240 belief, opinion. Freedom of the press, freedom of 631 00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:42,240 peaceful assembly, freedom of association, freedom of 632 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:46,040 movement, freedom of speech, freedom to protest. 633 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,880 You see, these are all freedoms, freedoms that have been won, 634 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,280 freedoms that have come about because of bloodshed, freedoms 635 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,800 that must be protected and preserved in our nation. 636 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,400 And I mean not today, right down through the centuries. 637 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:08,320 The 12th of July is a day of celebration, a day to remember 638 00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,880 our history and our heritage. William crossed the board. 639 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,960 It's also a time to remember the William 8 Revolution and the 640 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:15,840 Bill of Rights that came after that. 641 00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:20,320 But I want to tell you this at the back of it, we should have a 642 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:24,680 deep sense of thankfulness to Almighty God, be thankful unto 643 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,080 him and bless His name. Raising up King William the 644 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,000 Third Prince of Orange for our deliverance. 645 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,640 Could you imagine if we'd been under the jackboot of the Roman 646 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,080 Catholic Church from that time to this day? 647 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:42,040 You see, a sense of superness should come upon us. 648 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,800 We remember the sacrifice of those who fought and died for 649 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,560 our freedoms. These sacrifices ought to be 650 00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,520 remembered, ought to be honoured. 651 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,240 They're they're not to be treated lightly. 652 00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:58,160 You see, these freedoms should act as a great deterrent to any 653 00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,440 man. Let it be king or Parliament or 654 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:04,920 Prime Minister who may attempt to trade or erode or take away 655 00:46:05,240 --> 00:46:07,280 our freedoms. It was William Pitt the Younger 656 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:08,960 that said the British Prime Minister. 657 00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:15,480 Necessity, I must do this. Necessity is the plea for every 658 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:20,880 infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. 659 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:25,640 It is the creed of slaves. He said that in eighteen O 6. 660 00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:31,040 How relevant is that today? Let me finish this morning by 661 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,560 asking this question. What is the Protestant religion? 662 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:38,120 I'm going to tell you the answer. 663 00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:41,880 The Protestant religion is the purest form of Christianity as 664 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,320 taught by our Lord Jesus Christ and His holy Apostles and the 665 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:49,720 early church, and rediscovered by the godly reformers of the 666 00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:52,840 16th century in the Protestant Reformation. 667 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:57,960 Remember the Protestant Reformation centred around 5 668 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,600 Solas. See the clues in the name the 669 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,400 Protestant religion. Protestants were those who 670 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:09,040 protested against the corruption and false teaching of the Roman 671 00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,880 Catholic Church. Protestants stood for truth. 672 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:17,680 They protested against error and with their only tool for gauging 673 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:21,960 what is truth was the Word of God, the Bible, to the law and 674 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,560 to the testimony. If they speak not according to 675 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,840 this word, it is because there's no light in there. 676 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:32,480 And from the very day when the Empire Constantine the Great 677 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,920 declared Christianity to be the state religion of the Roman 678 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:42,120 Empire in 312 AD, the Roman Catholic Church has steadily 679 00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:47,680 moved away from the Bible, embraced heretical and serious 680 00:47:47,720 --> 00:47:51,200 error and non biblical teaching that has brought about much 681 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:55,200 corruption and confusion. And remember, the Church of Rome 682 00:47:55,200 --> 00:48:00,000 and his heyday exercised and dominated great cruelty to all 683 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,080 who opposed her. What do we believe today? 684 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:11,240 We believe in solar Scripture, the Scripture alone, our creed 685 00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:13,960 and our conduct, our belief in behaviour. 686 00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:18,720 We embrace the Bible alone as the sole authority in all 687 00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:22,480 matters of faith and practise what saith the Scriptures. 688 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,880 That's what we need to rediscover. 689 00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:32,360 Sole agratia, grace alone. For by grace you see it through 690 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,040 faith and not not of yourselves. It's the gift of God, not of 691 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:36,680 works, lest any man should boast. 692 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,560 What is grace? See, grace is more than God's 693 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:42,160 riches at Christ's expense. It includes that. 694 00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:46,960 It is that, but it's much more because grace is the unmerited, 695 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,760 undeserved favour to criminals and lawbreakers. 696 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,360 Because remember, for all of sinned and come short of the 697 00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:57,280 glory of God, and we can do nothing to earn or merit the 698 00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,880 favour of a holy God. And God deals with us in the 699 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:04,280 basis of free, sovereign grace, Grace alone. 700 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:10,880 And then think of the third one soul of Phaidi, Faith alone. 701 00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:16,760 Faith is the instrument through which we receive Christ and 702 00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,720 God's blessing, but as many as received. 703 00:49:19,720 --> 00:49:22,520 And they are giving power to become the sons of God, even to 704 00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:27,080 them that believe in His name. See true faith, the gift of God. 705 00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:31,120 It's implanted within us by the power of the Holy Spirit in the 706 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,960 new birth. And it's that gift of faith 707 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:37,880 enables and us to receive Christ inclines us to Christ. 708 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:43,720 And of course the 4th solar was solar Christos, Christ alone. 709 00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:47,840 Here's the heart of the gospel. Somebody asked me some time ago 710 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:51,440 which church saves. I give them the answer none. 711 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:57,760 Why? Because the Bible says neither 712 00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,120 is our salvation in any other, for there's no other name under 713 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,440 heaven given among men, for by we must be saved. 714 00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:08,080 Remember the Lord Jesus said to Thomas in the upper room, and to 715 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:13,560 others who were there. Jesus saith unto him, I'm the 716 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:18,280 way, I'm the truth, I am the light. 717 00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:22,320 And if you go to the heart of the gospel, 2nd Corinthians 521 718 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,520 For he that is God hath made him, that is Christ to be sin 719 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:28,200 for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness 720 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,720 of God in him. And the heart of the gospel is 721 00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:34,040 this, that on the cross. You see, let me back up, Why did 722 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:38,280 Jesus die? And people say, but I believe 723 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,200 that Jesus died on the cross. But why? 724 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:44,040 Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. 725 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,520 He was buried in rose again the third day according to the 726 00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:47,840 scriptures. And what does that really mean? 727 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:52,280 Christ died for our sins. It means that not only was he a 728 00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,760 substitute, not only was he a surety paying the debt that we 729 00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,440 couldn't pay to the Brooklyn, not only was he a sin bearer, 730 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:00,840 but he was a sin offering. And on the cross He was 731 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:04,120 suffering the wrath of God and there was an imputation going 732 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:05,680 on. Christ took the guilt and 733 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:08,400 punishment of our sin. He bare our sins of his own body 734 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,520 in the tree. It's guilt and punishment. 735 00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:13,600 He took it upon himself. God the Father treated him as 736 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:17,480 the biggest Sinner ever. You've got to realise that 737 00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,240 that's what was happening at the cross. 738 00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:22,760 This is all part and parcel of the heart of the gospel. 739 00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:26,360 And then of course, the flip side of that is the righteous 740 00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:30,760 life of Christ is put to our account through faith, and God 741 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:34,400 treats us as legally and perfectly justified in the 742 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:35,560 sight. There's the doctrine of 743 00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:39,720 justification coming in there, and that's the heart of the 744 00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:42,720 gospel. Christ offered a once and for 745 00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:45,480 all sacrifice for sin, shed his precious blood. 746 00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:50,320 In the ground of that blood, atonement was made and Christ 747 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:53,320 took our guilt and punishment and by faith we can have Christ 748 00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:57,160 righteousness and we can say the Lord is our righteousness. 749 00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:01,120 What about sola de Gloria? The glory of God alone. 750 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,160 Whatsoever you do, even in eating and drinking, do all to 751 00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:10,120 the glory of God. God receives all the glory and 752 00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:13,920 I'm going to finish now. You'll be saying Amen after 55 753 00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:17,040 minutes. I'm glad I don't preach as long 754 00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:23,160 and carried off, but I believe today that we need to stand and 755 00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,240 rediscover what the Protestant religion is. 756 00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:29,880 We need to know what we believe and why. 757 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:36,520 Let's embrace these five solas. Let's believe them. 758 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:41,720 Let's hold them aloft and say this is part of our heritage, 759 00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:45,440 this is part of our history. Have I asked you this morning as 760 00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:48,560 we finish? Are you a true Protestant? 761 00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,760 I'm going to tell you something. I'm sorry brother. 762 00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:58,960 This happened in the Shankill Rd when the late Doctor Paisley was 763 00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:05,960 alive in his high day, he met very, very prominent men from 764 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:10,600 Belfast and different parts of our province and he was asked to 765 00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:16,440 come and give a talk, just a talk lecture on this question. 766 00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:21,840 What is a true Protestant? And he preached exactly as I am 767 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:26,840 telling you what a true Protestant is connected to these 768 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:31,560 five solos and much more. Sadly, there was a man there 769 00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:37,560 that I'm not named, not sure if the man's still alive, but he 770 00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,520 stood up and he said this. According to Doctor Paisley's 771 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:45,880 definition, we are not true Protestants, we are loyalists. 772 00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:50,000 There's a difference. And that psyche has seeped 773 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:55,600 through the Protestant people in working class areas all over 774 00:53:55,600 --> 00:54:00,440 this province. And I believe we have a duty, we 775 00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:06,120 have a responsibility to go and teach them our history and 776 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:10,440 heritage of true Protestantism and say this is what we are, 777 00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,920 this is what we believe. And they call you to stand forth 778 00:54:14,240 --> 00:54:17,960 for these truths. We're standing today against 779 00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:20,320 militant, resurgent Roman Catholicism. 780 00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:24,680 We're standing against militant atheism and secularisation. 781 00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:28,160 We're standing against progressive liberalism that want 782 00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:31,320 to destroy the family unit. And we're destroying it. 783 00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:36,240 Standing against Irish republicanism with its social 784 00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:40,240 secular agenda to to drag Northern Ireland out of the 785 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:45,880 United Kingdom and into a super European state, a socialist 786 00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,960 superstate. This is relevant. 787 00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:51,280 This is up to date. We need to stand. 788 00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:54,000 If you're a true Protestant, you'll admit you're a hell 789 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,280 deserving Sinner. You'll acknowledge you're broken 790 00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:59,560 God's law and you're guilty in God's eyes. 791 00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:02,920 You'll acknowledge you need a Saviour, and the only Saviour is 792 00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,960 Jesus Christ, and in simple faith you'll come to him and 793 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,520 pray out God. Be merciful to me the Sinner, 794 00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:10,280 and you'll discover peace with God. 795 00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:13,040 Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God 796 00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:15,360 through our Lord Jesus Christ. Have you got that peace with 797 00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:16,920 God? Have you got the knowledge of 798 00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,280 sins forgiven? Can you say that you're born of 799 00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,320 the Spirit and washed in the precious blood of Christ? 800 00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:25,600 Can you rejoice? For God so loved the world that 801 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,520 He gave us only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him 802 00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:32,240 should not perish, but have everlasting life.