390 Mr. N E A L's Iid Vole of the 6 gainfl great nor fnall, but againft the King of If- ' rael. Honourable and Worthy, if God don't ' lead you to do Jul}ice againft thofe, that have G been the great Actors in fhedding of innocent Blood, never think of gaining their Love, by fparing them. For they will, when Opportunity offers, turn again upon you : But then they will e nor fight againft the Poor and Mean, but againft thole that have been the Fountain of that Autho- rity and Power, which hadbeen improved againft ' them.' George Cockayn's Fait- Sermon before the Commons, November 29. 1648. p. 26. In the Story of ilfa's putting to death his Mo- ther Maacha, it is laid, that he removed her á from being Queen ; becaufe /he had made an Idol in a Grove, ne broke down her Idol, and alto Ma- ' achy his Mother, even her he removed from being Queen: Altho' a Mother, altho' a Queen ; yet even her he deprived of her Dignity. This he did, and this he muff do, by virtue of the fpeci- al Command of God himfelf, even in what Rela, tion foever flhe had flood unto him. For fo in Deuteronomy xiii. 6, the Law was : For tho' the had been nearer than a Mother, even the Wife of his own B fern ; yet if the were an Idolater, and fhould entice him fecretly, laying, Let us go, and ferve other Gods; fhe mutt have been put to death, and his hand mutt have been firft upon her.' Cornelius Burgefs's Fact-Sermon before the Commons, November r7. 1 640. [Member of the Afflmbly of Divines, and one of Mr. Neal's eminentDivines, p. 595.] But, Btergef was a Chief Leader of the rafcally Rabble out of London, to cry out Juaice againft the Earl cfStrafford, and a- < gaiuft he Bilhops; and at length, he invaded the Deanery of p%aa's, being aitow'd a Stipend of 409 t. yearly: and Pince,
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