SERMON Preached before the Incorporated SOCIETY FOR THE Propagation of the Gospel in At the Parish-Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, On Friday the 18th of February, 1725. By the Right Reverend Father in GOD, JOSEPH, Lord Bishop of Gloucefter. LONDON: Printed by J. DOWNING, in Bartholomew-Clofe BV .A6 February 18. 1725. At the Anniversary Meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Α A Greed, That the Thanks of the SOCIETY be given to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, for his Sermon Preached this Day before the SOCIETY; And that his Lordship be defired to Print the fame. David Humphreys, Secretary. Pfalm lxvii. 5. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. HE Subject of these Words, and of the whole Pfalm is, according to moft Interpreters, a Prophetick Prayer for the Ac complishment of that Bleffing, which we are at this time met together to promote, viz. The fpreading of the Meffiah's Gofpel, and the Enlargement of his Kingdom. That the Jews understood it in this Senfe, may be concluded from the frequent Ufe they made of this Pfalm in their Religious Offices; and their ftill continuing it in the Service of the Synagogue, as refpecting indeed a Saviour yet to come; and that the Christian Church agree with them |