398 Mr. N E Ä L 's TJd Vol. ofthe The Lord will not always be bearded and out braved by Man, but will even ftrike through ' Kings in the Day of his Wrath.' Reyner's Faft-Sermon before the Commons, flugufl 2 8, 1644. p. 27. Execute Judgment: if the Lord fee the want ' of Judgment amongft us, 'twill difpleafe him. ' By this Phinehas turn'd away Wrath from Ifrael. ' And who knows what you may do for Eng- ' land, if you be not wanting in this ? The Exe- cution of Judgment is the Lord's Work, and they [hall be curled that (hall do it negligently and curfed [hall they be, who keep the Sword from Blood in this Caufe. You know the Story ' of God's Meffage by the Prophet to ilhab, for ' letting go Benhadad; Becaufe thou hall Lt go a ' Man whom I had appointed to Deflruttion, there- ' fore thy Life (hall go for his Life, and thy People for his People.' Strickland before the Lords, November 5, 1644. p. 26. [Member of the A[íembly.] ' Balaam may engrofs the Promotions of Moab, ' (as the temporizing Clergy of late the Dignities ' of our el rch) but on faucy Terms. They muft ' come then and curfe England, as it were with Bell, Book, and Candle. Micaiah may have the Court- ' Favours, but he muft frame his Mouth in the flattering Vein, and comply with the falle Pro- ' phets, in carrying the King with lying Vifions to his Deftru6tion. Elijah himfelf need not defpair of being Chaplain to Queen Jezabel, could he ' but bate of his fiery Zeal, and take the Priefts of Baal for his Comrades.' Tefdale's Faft-Sermon before the Commons, Auguft 28, 1644. p. 8. [Member of the Affembly.] After God had reje6ted Saul for his Difobe- ' dience from being King over Jfrael, and had de- Glared
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