-av .1Wag' x - PETERS. 361 'commonly called his majesty tyrant and fool, saying, ',he was unfit to be a king, and that the kingly office itself was dangerous, chargeable, and useless.'-That an aged gentle- man having said, God save the king, and preserve him out of the hands of his enemies,' he was offended, and said, Old gentleman, your idol will not stand long.'-That at Marga- ret's, Westminster, he preached upon these words, Not this man, but Barabbas, comparing all along his majesty to Barabbas, and bloodily inciting his auditory to kill the _king; intimating that God would bring every tyrant to justice, signifying that there was no exception for king, or prince, or any of that rabble.-That he rode next beffire the king when he was brought from Windsor to his trial. - That in the painted chamber, the first day the high court f justice sat, Hugh Peters and John Goodwin were with them, when all others, except the judges and officers of the court, were kept out. That he was present at making pro- clamation in Westminster-hall for the high court ofjustice, and did there openly ,say to Sergeant Bendy, ' All this you have done is worth nothing, unless you proclaim it in Cheapside and the Old, Exchange.' " That the said Hugh Peters was marshalling and, en- couraging the soldiers who guarded the king in St. James's Park, a little before his trusl.-That he was constantly-in private consultations at Bradshaw's house during. the trial, with them who sat upon the king.-That he bid Stubbs command his soldiers, when the king came near the high court, to cry out justice! justice .1-7-That being at the high court of justice on. the twentieth of Jannary, he was heard to say, This is a, most glorious beginning of the work.'- That on Sunday the twenty-firstof January, he preached at Whitehall, from Psalm clix. 8., To bind their kings with chains, 85.c., applying Isis text and sermon to the late king, and highly applauding the proceedings of the army, saying, ' This is a joyful day, and I hope to see such another day to-morrow.'-That the Sunday after his majesty was sen- tenced-to die, he preached again upon the same text at St. James's, saying, r He intended to have preached upon another text before ..the poor wretch ; hut that the poor wretch refused to hear him.'-That in the afternoon of the sameday, he preached at Sepulchre's, and repeated all his parallel between his late majesty and Barabbas, crying out, that none but Jews would let Barabbas go.-That,in this sermon, he said, Those soldiers who assisted in this great Work had Emanuel written on their bridles.'
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