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child_n	israel_n	lord_n	offering_n	2,414	5	10.7124	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60385	Ergon pseudous kai misthos alētheias, or, The wicked mans sad disappointment and the righteous mans sure recompence being a sermon preached the 17th day of October, 1661, at the solemn funerals of the Right Worshipful Sir Abraham Raynardson, Knight, late alderman of London / by George Smalwood.	Smalwood, George, 1604-1679.	1661 (1661)	Wing S4006; ESTC R10143	27,597	40

of his charity will appear to the comfort of the poor in the several Hospitals of this City and some other places 5. But then the greatest and most eminent Tryall and Testimony of his Righteousness and Integrity was in that fatal year 1648. when the Blood of His Sacred Majesty was shed by cruel and wicked hands then it pleased God to call him to be Lord Mayor of London in which office coming to him in such a stormy time he was stedfast and unmoveable from his Integrity he shewed himself a good Christian a wise Magistrate a loyal Subject and a loving Citizen Indeed Magistratus indicat virum Magistracy is a touchstone which will discover a man whether he be gold or dross he that carrieth himself as he ought in Offices of eminency giveth a great testimony of his wisdom and virtue There are two things that commend a Magistrate Honesty and Courage both these were eminent in him There were three very memoriable passages to be observed in this worthy Knight in managing his publick affairs 1. In reference to the good of the City whereof he was chief Magistrate when a Treaty was concluded upon between His late Majesty of Blessed Memory and the Parliament then sitting and in order thereunto an ingagement was subscribed by most of the Common Council and principal Members of the City for the carrying on of that Treaty Afterwards the Treaty proving ineffectual and the Parliament being dissolved by the unjust violence of the Army and their Abetters a strict inquiry was made after the names of those that subscribed the personal Treaty But the Book wherein the names of the Subscribers on both parts for and against the Treaty were written containing about two Reams of Paper being privately brought to this worthy Knight then Lord Mayor he tendering the good and welfare of all his Brethren and fellow citizens not knowing what might be the ill consequence of it if such a Record should be found extant took it and burnt it to ashes privately in his Chamber that nothing might remain to the prejudice of any how many perhaps here present were deeply ingaged to him for the safety of their estates if not of their lives by that one action certainly it was a work full of wisdom charity and brotherly kindness a most excellent concatenation of Christian Graces 2. When some tumultuous and busie Commoners had contrived a traiterous and wicked Petition to bring His Sacred Majesty and others to a Tryal and were vehemently urgent to have it read and voted in the Common-council that so it might be presented to the then new moulded Parliament as the desire of the whole City This Heroick and Noble Knight stoutly opposed the promoting thereof and would suffer it neither to be read nor voted notwithstanding the rage and violence of the adverse party who neither reverencing the Authority of his venerable office nor regarding the gravity of his person loaded him with reproach and contempt within telling him they would have it voted whether he would or no before their rising and some of them stirred up a tumultuous Rabble against him without Notwithstanding all this unworthy dealing with him he continued like an unmoveable Rock persisting in his resolution and endured those insolencies from eight of the clock in the morning until after eight at night accompanied only with two of his bretheren and would not yield a jot to their unreasonable desires notwithstanding all their clamorous importunities And at last when no reason would prevaile with them not able longer to endure their uncivil behaviour towards him and chiefly that he might to the utmost of his power keep the City and Citizens from being stained with the guilt of that Sacred Innocent Blood he resolutely took up the Sword and departed the Court to his great hazzard All these proceedings he caused to be registred in the book of Records belonging to the City for an evident testimony to after times of his own and the Cities Integrity and Innocency as to that ungodly and execrable Fact of taking away the Kings Life which he heartily abhorred for all which noble and gallant resolutions and performances he had since publick thanks given him by a declaration from the City Thus this worthy Knight might well be called the Sword and Buckler of London as Camillus and Fabius were among the Romans for he defended them from that which is worse then any outward evil viz. from blood guiltiness and that in the highest degree even from the guilt of parracide and shedding the blood of him that was Pater Patriae the Father of their Country This was a great mercy to the City on Gods part and an eminent favour on his part that did it and the whole City have cause to be thankfull to God and him for it When the rest of the children of Israel understood that their brethren the children of Reuben the children of Gad and the Children of Manasseh had not turned from following the Lord by building an Altar for burnt-Burnt-Offerings besides the Altar of the Lord their God which was before his Tabernacle but only had built a pattern of the Lords Altar to be a witness between them and their brethren that they and their posterity belonged to the Congregation of Israel and had a part in the Lord and his Service as well as the other Tribes when they understood the Truth of this it is said the thing pleased them and they blessed God and said This day we perceive that the Lord is among us because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord Joshua 22. 31. They rejoyced that God had kept their bretheren from polluting themselves with that crying sin of Idolatry and turning from the Lord and his Altar and took it as a token of Gods presence among them and as a merciful deliverance of the whole Nation from the avenging hand of God and his fierce wrath which the guilt of that sin would have brought upon them Truly we in this City have great cause to be well pleased and to bless God as well as they for keeping us from being guilty of His Majesties Blood we have reason to interpret this happy providence as they did to be a pledge and token that God would not forsake us but continue his gracious presence among us as blessed be his name he is pleased to do as we see at this day and I hope through mercy shall still see as also to be a merciful deliverance of this City from the fearful wrath and severe vengeance of the most righteous God which the guilt of that Sacred Blood besides its other crying abominations would have brought upon it we have reason to magnifie God for that gracious deliverance and for raising up this worthy Knight to be so happily instrumental therein had it been some faint hearted Ephraimite or covetous Demas he would have turned back in the day of