as_o a_o public_a judgement_n and_o calamity_n four_o that_o although_o the_o effusion_n of_o his_o innocent_a blood_n be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o private_a or_o a_o personal_a crime_n or_o the_o sin_n only_o of_o those_o man_n who_o act_v in_o it_o yet_o the_o punishment_n be_v national_a and_o the_o land_n pollute_v the_o nation_n be_v one_o body_n politic_a and_o the_o whole_a must_v answer_v for_o what_o one_o or_o a_o few_o member_n have_v do_v amiss_o five_o that_o the_o pollution_n of_o the_o land_n with_o blood_n submit_v the_o nation_n to_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n which_o he_o have_v say_v he_o will_v sometime_o continue_v to_o the_o three_o or_o four_o generation_n and_o the_o jew_n when_o they_o be_v so_o vehement_a for_o our_o lord_n be_v die_v as_o a_o malefactor_n take_v his_o blood_n upon_o themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o last_o thing_n i_o be_o to_o speak_v to_o and_o that_o be_v second_o that_o he_o upon_o who_o god_n judgement_n fall_v be_v not_o always_o the_o person_n who_o offend_v but_o the_o innocent_a be_v many_o time_n the_o sufferer_n when_o the_o guilty_a escape_n and_o go_v free_a josiah_n lose_v his_o crown_n and_o life_n but_o it_o be_v woe_n to_o we_o for_o we_o have_v sin_v king_n have_v often_o suffer_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n and_o perhaps_o as_o often_o have_v a_o innocent_a nation_n be_v scourge_v and_o plague_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o king_n for_o first_o david_n number_v the_o people_n which_o be_v not_o their_o fault_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o their_o power_n to_o prevent_v their_o be_v reckon_v up_o if_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o people_n will_v have_v it_o so_o but_o the_o plague_n fall_v upon_o they_o alone_o and_o not_o upon_o the_o person_n who_o have_v do_v the_o offence_n david_n own_v thus_o much_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o the_o congregation_n it_o be_v i_o that_o have_v sin_v lord_z what_o have_v these_o silly_a sheep_n do_v second_o the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_n die_v young_a or_o be_v by_o god_n remove_v out_o of_o the_o way_n by_o death_n not_o because_o he_o have_v offend_v but_o because_o he_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o evil_n which_o be_v to_o fall_v upon_o his_o friend_n and_o countreuman_n who_o have_v he_o only_o of_o all_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n shall_v go_v to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n because_o in_o he_o be_v find_v some_o good_a his_o goodness_n shorten_v his_o day_n he_o be_v early_o ripe_a for_o heaven_n and_o for_o eternity_n as_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o family_n be_v for_o destruction_n yet_o this_o young_a prince_n do_v not_o lose_v a_o crown_n which_o he_o may_v have_v come_v to_o by_o slow_a way_n of_o succession_n and_o of_o inheritance_n but_o be_v hasten_v and_o translate_v to_o a_o crown_n that_o be_v immortal_a this_o young_a son_n of_o jeroboam_n it_o be_v say_v go_v down_o to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n i_o will_v here_o stop_v a_o little_a to_o inquire_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o a_o man_n go_v to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n be_v it_o to_o live_v as_o long_o as_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n will_v allow_v be_v it_o to_o wear_v well_o for_o threescore_o year_n and_o ten_o and_o then_o to_o die_v a_o easy_a and_o a_o natural_a death_n and_o the_o lamp_n of_o life_n to_o go_v out_o pure_o for_o want_v of_o oil_n no_o far_o otherwise_o it_o be_v say_v of_o josiah_n that_o he_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n behold_v i_o will_v gather_v thou_o to_o thy_o father_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v gather_v to_o thy_o grave_n in_o peace_n 34.28_o 2_o chr._n 34.28_o now_o i_o have_v already_o show_v that_o josiah_n be_v mortal_o wound_v at_o megiddo_n and_o fall_v in_o battle_n and_o how_o can_v such_o a_o man_n who_o be_v defeat_v and_o die_v in_o war_n be_v say_v to_o go_v to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n and_o yet_o josiah_n who_o fall_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o egyptian_a and_o jeroboam_n son_n who_o be_v cut_v off_o by_o death_n in_o the_o most_o flourish_a state_n of_o life_n i_o say_v they_o both_o go_v to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n now_o to_o die_v or_o go_v to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n do_v not_o respect_v the_o kind_n of_o death_n whether_o in_o battle_n or_o on_o a_o scaffold_n or_o of_o old_a age_n and_o in_o a_o man_n bed_n but_o it_o regard_v the_o person_n who_o die_v and_o that_o temper_n and_o cheerfulness_n and_o quiet_a of_o mind_n wherein_o a_o man_n die_v he_o than_o die_v in_o peace_n who_o outrage_n and_o indignity_n can_v provoke_v to_o anger_n and_o who_o patience_n reremain_v unshaken_a when_o the_o storm_n and_o wave_n of_o sorrow_n beat_v hard_a upon_o he_o he_o die_v in_o peace_n who_o resign_v his_o own_o will_n to_o the_o will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o he_o who_o make_v he_o and_o welcome_v the_o most_o painful_a or_o shameful_a way_n of_o die_v as_o the_o ready_a way_n to_o immortality_n and_o eternal_a life_n thus_o die_v josiah_n though_o he_o fall_v in_o battle_n and_o thus_o fall_v the_o royal_a martyr_n though_o murder_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o his_o own_o subject_n how_o he_o go_v to_o the_o grave_a it_o be_v not_o know_v the_o grave_n of_o moses_n and_o of_o king_n charles_n be_v conceal_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o this_o day_n i_o confess_v there_o be_v one_o reason_n why_o martyr_n shall_v not_o so_o much_o be_v say_v to_o die_v in_o peace_n as_o they_o who_o die_v in_o battle_n or_o in_o their_o bed_n because_o though_o they_o go_v out_o of_o the_o world_n with_o a_o calm_a and_o quiet_a mind_n yet_o their_o blood_n call_v for_o vengeance_n seem_v to_o declare_v war_n but_o in_o all_o other_o respect_n man_n who_o die_v for_o religion_n and_o patient_o suffer_v in_o a_o good_a cause_n though_o saw_v asunder_o or_o tear_v with_o wild_a horse_n and_o devour_v by_o bird_n or_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n may_v very_o well_o be_v say_v to_o go_v to_o the_o grave_a in_o peace_n it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o sorrow_n and_o suffer_v and_o death_n do_v all_o come_v into_o the_o world_n together_o and_o be_v occasion_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n and_o be_v all_o of_o they_o continue_v as_o scourge_v and_o judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o man_n for_o sin_n the_o almighty_a have_v but_o one_o arrow_n in_o his_o quiver_n sharp_a than_o these_o and_o that_o he_o send_v among_o we_o when_o he_o punish_v sin_n with_o sin_n when_o he_o suffer_v ill_a man_n to_o harden_v in_o impenitence_n to_o increase_v their_o gild_n and_o thereby_o consign_n they_o over_o to_o damnation_n this_o be_v the_o most_o dreadful_a and_o amaze_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o earth_n to_o leave_v a_o man_n to_o a_o reprobate_a sense_n and_o hard_a heart_n and_o on_o this_o side_n the_o grave_a and_o hell_n without_o all_o hope_n of_o redemption_n i_o know_v not_o but_o there_o may_v be_v man_n in_o the_o world_n thus_o leave_v to_o themselves_o who_o instead_o of_o repent_v of_o a_o most_o horrid_a murder_n and_o of_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n have_v themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n justify_v the_o do_v it_o and_o advance_v from_o the_o blood_n of_o one_o king_n to_o maintain_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o resist_v all_o king_n to_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o fault_n as_o to_o vindicate_v and_o maintain_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o commit_v sin_n we_o be_v all_o sinner_n but_o hope_v god_n will_v give_v we_o grace_n to_o repent_v and_o amend_v and_o then_o we_o be_v again_o right_a in_o his_o sight_n but_o to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n and_o to_o justify_v the_o do_v it_o be_v what_o highwayman_n and_o common_a thief_n and_o robber_n will_v not_o do_v now_o resist_v be_v a_o comprehensive_a word_n and_o include_v in_o it_o revile_v and_o stander_v depose_v and_o put_v to_o death_n and_o that_o what_o way_n you_o please_v whether_o by_o poniard_n or_o pistol_n on_o a_o open_a theatre_n or_o by_o assassin_n in_o the_o highway_n any_o or_o all_o of_o these_o be_v lawful_a to_o as_o many_o as_o believe_v it_o lawful_a to_o resist_v do_v but_o then_o think_v who_o be_v they_o that_o have_v be_v plot_v against_o the_o lord_n be_v anoint_v who_o have_v be_v engage_v in_o conspiracy_n to_o murder_v he_o in_o secret_a and_o by_o surprise_n who_o have_v be_v in_o consult_v and_o intrigue_v with_o a_o foreign_a enemy_n to_o invade_v we_o and_o upon_o what_o bottom_n all_o this_o mighty_a process_n have_v be_v form_v and_o found_v but_o upon_o this_o hellish_a principle_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o resist_v our_o prince_n be_v hereby_o in_o as_o much_o danger_n in_o his_o palace_n or_o in_o his_o bed_n as_o formerly_z in_o a_o battle_n and_o his_o very_a recreation_n
their_o land_n put_v under_o a_o curse_n or_o defile_v with_o innocent_a blood_n let_v the_o army_n of_o egypt_n and_o pharaoh_n necho_n answer_n for_o it_o jerusalem_n and_o judah_n have_v no_o hand_n in_o it_o josiah_n be_v not_o murder_v by_o his_o own_o subject_n nor_o try_v condemn_a and_o execute_v by_o man_n who_o he_o have_v patronise_v and_o promote_v to_o wealth_n and_o honour_n josiah_n be_v not_o bring_v to_o the_o bar_n or_o scaffold_n by_o man_n who_o fight_v against_o his_o person_n by_o his_o own_o commission_n nor_o do_v he_o die_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o thief_n and_o robber_n who_o when_o they_o have_v slay_v the_o heir_n divide_v among_o they_o the_o inheritance_n josiah_n enemy_n be_v all_o of_o they_o of_o another_o country_n and_o have_v never_o vow_v duty_n nor_o swear_a allegiance_n to_o he_o and_o such_o man_n may_v have_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o nation_n a_o great_a liberty_n to_o invade_v and_o make_v war_n than_o man_n bear_v and_o educate_v in_o his_o own_o dominion_n but_o then_o if_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n only_o fall_v in_o battle_n and_o slay_v by_o a_o foreign_a enemy_n cause_v so_o general_a lamentation_n and_o such_o as_o be_v continue_v through_o the_o reign_v of_o all_o the_o succeed_a king_n till_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n and_o which_o be_v observe_v even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o cyrus_n and_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n as_o the_o last_o chapter_n of_o 2_o chron._n do_v sufficient_o evince_v how_o much_o great_a and_o more_o last_a humiliation_n shall_v we_o be_v who_o have_v the_o gild_n of_o innocent_a blood_n at_o our_o own_o door_n a_o prince_n who_o be_v himself_o all_o pity_n and_o compassion_n sentence_v and_o put_v to_o death_n by_o cruel_a and_o bloody_a man_n a_o king_n who_o have_v be_v a_o kind_a father_n to_o his_o people_n worry_v and_o devour_v by_o his_o own_o child_n here_o be_v gild_n that_o may_v demand_v humiliation_n till_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n the_o almighty_a have_v ever_o declare_v to_o the_o world_n that_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o poor_a innocent_a defile_v the_o land_n and_o that_o whole_a kingdom_n and_o country_n have_v a_o long_a time_n lie_v under_o the_o curse_n and_o cry_v of_o it_o ancient_a wise_a man_n fill_v their_o tragedy_n and_o load_v their_o scene_n with_o god_n judgement_n upon_o murder_n theatre_n groan_v under_o the_o weight_n of_o public_a gild_n and_o town_n and_o city_n feel_v the_o calamity_n especial_o upon_o the_o effusion_n of_o royal_a blood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lord_n say_v oedipus_n in_o sophocles_n what_o a_o storm_n of_o vengeance_n fall_v upon_o our_o city_n for_o this_o king_n blood_n the_o very_a heathen_a god_n seem_v not_o to_o have_v be_v at_o rest_n till_o the_o blood_n of_o innocent_n be_v atone_v for_o or_o revenge_v and_o the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n and_o soul_n of_o martyr_n now_o with_o god_n though_o themselves_o all_o flame_a charity_n and_o love_n to_o mankind_n yet_o call_v for_o vengeance_n upon_o the_o earth_n for_o the_o innocent_a blood_n that_o have_v be_v shed_v upon_o it_o and_o i_o see_v say_v s._n john_n 6.9,10_o rev._n 6.9,10_o under_o the_o altar_n the_o soul_n of_o they_o that_o be_v slay_v for_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o they_o cry_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n say_v how_o long_o o_o lord_n holy_a and_o true_a do_v thou_o not_o judge_v and_o avenge_v our_o blood_n on_o they_o that_o dwell_v on_o the_o earth_n so_o that_o in_o case_n of_o blood_n even_o mercy_n itself_o turn_v cruel_a and_o call_v for_o justice_n and_o can_v rest_v till_o it_o be_v revenge_v and_o now_o whether_o we_o believe_v moses_n or_o s._n john_n or_o even_o sophocles_n the_o tragedian_n they_o all_o with_o one_o voice_n conclude_v that_o a_o drop_n of_o innocent_a blood_n be_v enough_o to_o bring_v a_o deluge_n of_o misery_n upon_o a_o nation_n but_o who_o will_v deny_v that_o innocent_a blood_n be_v shed_v as_o on_o this_o day_n and_o in_o this_o land_n and_o not_o only_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o man_n who_o have_v do_v no_o harm_n but_o under_o who_o we_o may_v have_v enjoy_v both_o wealth_n and_o honour_n who_o nourish_v art_n encourage_v learning_n advance_a religion_n maintain_v the_o people_n liberty_n pardon_v great_a offender_n and_o at_o last_o be_v betray_v and_o put_v to_o death_n by_o many_o of_o those_o who_o have_v be_v forgive_v by_o he_o all_o nation_n have_v own_v that_o king_n be_v father_n of_o their_o country_n and_o the_o voice_n of_o civilise_v and_o learned_a nation_n be_v the_o voice_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o god_n now_o for_o a_o man_n to_o murder_v his_o own_o father_n be_v of_o all_o sin_n of_o the_o worst_a kind_n the_o very_o worst_a and_o most_o clamorous_a and_o cry_v loud_a to_o heaven_n for_o vengeance_n in_o short_a then_o the_o people_n have_v no_o sin_n to_o answer_v for_o when_o josiah_n die_v and_o yet_o they_o have_v mourn_v by_o a_o ordinance_n and_o by_o a_o law_n but_o in_o our_o case_n the_o people_n of_o this_o nation_n slay_v their_o own_o prince_n and_o have_v their_o hand_n dye_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o their_o sovereign_n of_o he_o who_o by_o birth_n title_n possession_n care_n kindness_n courtesy_n and_o every_o thing_n that_o can_v either_o give_v or_o purchase_v right_o be_v father_n of_o his_o country_n it_o be_v not_o very_o difficult_a to_o discern_v how_o the_o almighty_a have_v ever_o since_o chastise_v and_o scourge_v this_o nation_n and_o how_o that_o horrid_a murder_n and_o effusion_n of_o sacred_a blood_n have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o many_o public_a calamity_n this_o land_n have_v since_o groan_v under_o his_o death_n be_v accompany_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o thousand_o other_o great_a man_n and_o he_o go_v to_o heaven_n with_o a_o royal_a army_n of_o martyr_n to_o attend_v upon_o he_o then_o it_o be_v that_o man_n honesty_n be_v their_o crime_n and_o wealth_n and_o good_a estate_n be_v to_o other_o as_o bad_a as_o felony_n it_o be_v endless_a to_o reckon_v up_o how_o many_o brave_a man_n be_v oblige_v to_o fly_v for_o their_o life_n to_o pray_v for_o sanctuary_n and_o protection_n in_o a_o foreign_a land_n to_o take_v service_n in_o another_o nation_n thereby_o to_o escape_v a_o most_o wretched_a bondage_n and_o captivity_n in_o their_o own_o country_n we_o have_v be_v ever_o since_o and_o may_v be_v not_o without_o reason_n under_o fear_n and_o jealousy_n of_o a_o foreign_a religion_n even_o the_o blessing_n and_o sweet_n of_o the_o restauration_n be_v make_v bitter_a to_o we_o by_o the_o wormwood_n and_o gall_n of_o superstition_n infuse_v into_o our_o cup_n and_o by_o the_o endeavour_n which_o have_v be_v use_v to_o bring_v our_o soul_n into_o bondage_n only_o the_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n of_o heaven_n in_o this_o mighty_a revolution_n we_o hope_v may_v free_v we_o from_o those_o apprehension_n of_o superstition_n come_v in_o among_o we_o the_o equivocal_a offspring_n of_o that_o otherwise_o happy_a restauration_n but_o still_o we_o must_v remember_v who_o first_o drive_v those_o king_n into_o a_o country_n where_o they_o may_v be_v teach_v superstition_n and_o that_o if_o they_o have_v not_o when_o young_a be_v pursue_v out_o of_o their_o own_o land_n they_o will_v not_o have_v be_v tempt_v by_o the_o god_n of_o other_o kingdom_n if_o they_o have_v be_v educate_v under_o their_o own_o father_n in_o their_o own_o country_n under_o their_o own_o law_n and_o suffer_v to_o breathe_v their_o own_o native_a air_n they_o may_v have_v be_v zealous_a patron_n of_o the_o religion_n and_o interest_n of_o their_o own_o nation_n and_o the_o misery_n we_o have_v labour_v under_o upon_o that_o account_n will_n in_o a_o good_a measure_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n of_o those_o who_o drive_v they_o out_o of_o the_o church_n into_o the_o idol_n temple_n and_o have_v thus_o far_o assign_v and_o apply_v the_o reason_n of_o judah_n lamentation_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o sum_n up_o what_o other_o thing_n i_o have_v interweave_v with_o this_o discourse_n i_o have_v show_v first_o that_o the_o downfall_n of_o that_o good_a king_n who_o we_o now_o lament_v take_v all_o the_o misery_n that_o do_v belong_v to_o it_o from_o first_o to_o last_o be_v a_o most_o visible_a mark_n of_o god_n displeasure_n and_o may_v be_v so_o severe_a a_o judgement_n as_o this_o land_n never_o feel_v since_o it_o be_v a_o nation_n second_o that_o god_n judgement_n upon_o a_o people_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v neglect_v much_o less_o to_o be_v make_v our_o pastime_n and_o entertain_v with_o raillery_n and_o ridicule_n solomon_n say_v god_n scorn_v the_o scorner_n and_o that_o he_o will_v laugh_v when_o their_o fear_n come_v three_o that_o the_o people_n shed_v the_o blood_n of_o their_o sovereign_n be_v a_o public_a crime_n as_o well_o