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The devilish conspiracy, hellish treason, heathenish condemnation, and damnable murder committed and executed by the Iewes against ... Christ their king ... As it was delivered in a sermon on the 4 Feb. 1648 ... out of some part of the gospel appointed by the Church of England to be read on that day.
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Warner, John, 1581-1666.
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Wing W902; Thomason E550_16
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People 3. There were Women and these as by Sex and as Mothers of Children the most tender-hearted so of these among his Wel-wishers were the most 4. Of all his Apostles and Disciples I find but one who John 19.26 was the Disciple whom he loved 5. This most glorious King had no Funerall Sermon at his Buriall that would not be permitted by his malitious Persecutors who held any Enlogie of him an Obloquie to them and yet one of his Apostles Acts 4. preached one to the Jewes which was after enlarged by the Evangelists and since commended to all Ages as an everlasting stain to their bloudy murder an everlasting Trophee to his never-dying name 6. I cannot omit what I may justly conceive is recorded as an extraordinary mercy of God that among all the Soldiers who in the last acts of the condemnation and execution of Ch were the chiefe Rulers and Commanders yet one even among them was Ch his Convert for one was so inlightned by the true Spirit of God that Mat. 27.54 he with others said truly this was the Son of God Which certainly was sent by inspiration and revealed from heaven to be ingraven as an everlasting Epitaph which God did sooner in his providence furnish him with then with a Tombe which now when all things else were finished was only wanting and so still might have been for these wretched covetous accursed Jewes had he not been beholden to an honourable Counsellour Mat. 27.57 who found him out one of which Sepulchre though S. Mat. ch 27.60 names the owner yet S. Marke 15.46 S. Luke 23.53 say he was laid in a Sepulchre without naming whose it was But methinks these Jewes who pretended so much to Scripture and themselves to be such holy Saints should in such a case have set before their eyes the demeanour of that Saint indeed David and his demeanour towards Saul the King which King though he were rejected by God and that David by Gods appointment was Anointed King in his stead yet when Saul was put into Davids hands and that Davids Servants perswaded him to doe justice upon him 1 Sam. 24. David stayed his Servants and would not let them rise against Saul Nay further though Saul did daily pursue David to take away his life 1 Sam. 26. and Abishai told David that God had delivered SAUL his Enemy into his hands and therefore desired that he might smite him No saith David for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Anointed and be guiltlesse vers 10. Nay David goes further vers 11. the Lord shall smite him but God forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the Lords Anointed But may we not wonder that these Jewes given much to read the Scriptures would never consider what holy Job had said in ch 34.18 Is it fit to say to a King thou art wicked or that Ps 105 Touch not mine Anointed or that Eccles 8.4 Who may say unto the King what doest thou or that they should not consider what severe judgements God shewed upon those who rose up against Moses their Ruler Numb 16. or against Jehu in his posterity Hos 1.4 for destroying King Ahab and his Family and against the men 2 Kings 21. who slew Amon their King I say it may be wondred that they had not remembred or cast their eyes at some time or other upon these or the like Scriptures No God hath so blinded them that they either could not or would not see any Old light but instead of all such they are now altogether for New lights and therefore welfare that which never failed such Jewes Revelation forsooth and this shall doe the feate for all for Caiaphas their chiefe Ruler by the Spirit in an abominable measure poured out upon him sees that with a paire of Spectacles set upon his fiery shining Nose that none else could discerne viz John 18.14 Expedit it is expedient saith he that one and therefore this one Ch the King must be he who must die for the People and this expedient thus delivered to the Guild or Fraternity of Spirited Men makes them as extatically mad crie out as it were with one voice Crucifie kill and murder him And yet after this expedient thus declared I would they had listned to Pilat who though an Heathen and a corrupt Judge yet hearing them so fiercely crying out to crucifie their King astonished as it were at such an unheard-of execrable voice askes what is it possible that you would I should crucifie your King as if he had said O ye Jewes doe ye believe or acknowledge a God or nature or reason or have you any Law or Religion and will ye contrary to all these put your King to death why your God your Religion your Law your owne reason yea and all People be they never so heathenish will condemne you for this but in despight as it were of all reason Law Religion nature or God himselfe they will kill him their King And yet Pilat will not leave them so therefore as hoping to bring them to heare some reason and to be moved to some compassion he brings Ch forth unto them and bespeaks them thus Ecce homo John 19.5 behold he is a man destitute of help shamefully and unjustly used man hath bowels O ye Jewes therefore for humanity sake pity him as a man Againe when he askes Shall I crucifie your King John 19.15 he sets him now before them as a King and from hence seems to reason thus You hold in your Religion that your God ordaines Kings for Gods sake therefore behold and pity him as a King Nay yet more he is your King yours diverse waies by descent of the line of K. David yours for you and your good for he lived and dies in defence of your Lawes for your owne sake therefore if not for Gods or humanity pity him as your King but that which might have moved Devils for they rage not against their owne Prince be he never so great a Devil yet prevailes not with these who are worse then Devils and therefore by how much the more his virtue and goodnesse plead for him by so much the more they are incensed against Him so that nothing will satisfie these ravenous Beasts but his bloud and therefore they will kill him Once more give me leave to plead for him the King from his own words passes they crie out to the Judge fiercely against him Crucifie crucifie him Mat. 27. and he cries more heartily to God his Father for them Pater ignosce Father forgive them Luke 23.24 they cursed themselves with his bloud saying Sanguis ejus super nos His bloud be upon us and our posterity Mat. 27.25 he blessed them with the same bloud saying sanguis meus propter vos behold my bloud that is shed for you and all my people Luke 22.20 never King shewed more tender love and regard to Subjects yet never did Subjects returne worse respect or requitall to their