Hf1ory ofthe Puritans, exanain'd. 401 Curfed be he that dot/a the Work ofthe Lord negli- gently; and curfed be he that keepeth back his Sword from Blood.' Love's Appeal, by way of Apology, before his Sermon at Uxbridge, p. 7. Many of thefe Pafflges are taken from the Ser- mons of Mr. Neal's Puritanical Heroes; and for that reafon, he cannot except a gainft them. And I challenge him to produce above one fingle Inftance from their publick Sermons, where there is a reli- gious Obfervation of that Maxim, That the King can do no Wrong, as afferted by Mr. Baxter. There is but one Inftance of this kind, that I can find in the Sermons preached before the two Houfes; and that is of Mr. Nathaniel Ward, who fpoke favourably of the King, and of bringing him back again to his Parliament, in the followingWords : [Faft-Sermon before the Commons, 7une 3o, 1 047. printed without any Order of that Houle ;] ' Let us la- ' ment and mourn for our Royal Sceptre, that he is ' weakened, and unfitted to rule ; let us lament his perfonal Sorrows ; Pity fhould be íhewn to him ' that is in AfrliEtion ; let us lament that he is de- prived of his Royal Confort, and Children, the Supports and Delights of Nature, the fweet Ob- je&s of Human Affection ; deprived of his won- ' ted Honour and Attendance, his Nobility and ' Compeers ; deprived of his wonted menial Ser- vants, and attended with military Guards, (un- welcome and ungrateful to him ;) deprived of his wonted Liberty : thefe things muff needs make him a Man cf Sorrows; however his Heart is fupported, he cannot but look upon himfelf as a Man under God's Black Rod. If God would foften our Hearts, to lament him as we ought, G it is probable he would foften his Heart to la-, menu his Subje1s as he ought.' They did not pref:.nt him with a piece of Plate, as ulual, (efpe- D d daily
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