LIB.V If. 'ThedeathofMos ts. 899 --c--:-c-:---::-:-:---:-:-::-:--:-;--;-; ·-- - -~---1----1 A facetheir humiliation with his wicked dalli>nce;his heart boyles witha defi re ofan holy reve~ge;and now that hand which wa~ufcd to a Cenkr,and f.1crificing knife," takes up O\S Javel m? & with one llrokqoynes thefe twobodtes mthetr death,which ~re Jbyrtl!d 10 thtlt fin;and 10 the very flagrance of th~tr lull,makes a new way for their fouls ro'r~lt:~wn place. 0 noble and heroical! courJge of Phmeas ! which as it was rewarded ofG<>ft!fe iswotthv to be admired ofmen.He doth not lland coiling offcruples; who ath I to do thi<·~ the fon ofthe high Priell; My place is all for peace & mercy;lt is for me to facrifice,&pray.fonhe fin ofthcpeople,not to (acrifice any ofthe people for their fin. My duty ca1rj me to appeafe the anger ofGod, · what I may,not to revenge the fins of men;to pray for1thtirconverfion,not to work the confufion ofany finner;and whoare thefeds not the one :!greatPrince in Iftad, B the other aPrincefl"e ofMidian~ Can the death oftwo fo famous perfons goe unrevenged?Or ifit be fafe,and fit,whydoth my Uncle Mofes rather !hed his own reares, then their blouddwill mourn with the rell;letthem revenge whom itconcernerh. But the zeale ofGtxihath barred Out all weak deliberations ; and he holds it now both his duty and hisglory to be an executioner offo !hamdeffe a pair ofoffend.=rs. Godloves this heat ofzeale,in all the cariages ofhis fervams;and ifit trasfportus too far ,he pardoneth the errorsofourfervency,ratherthE the indifferences ofluke. warnmefs.As thefetwowere morebeafu,theany thatever he factificed,fo the 01eJ. ding oftheir bloudwas the acceprobleft facrifice,that ever he offered unto God. for both all Ifrael is freed fro the plague,&all his pollcrity have thePrieft hood inrailed to the,(\) long as the ]ewes were a poople.Next to our prayers,there is no better f.1C crifice the the bloud of malefactors; not as it is theirs, but as it is !hed by authority. Governorsare faultyofthofe fins they punilh ~or. Therecan be nobetter fight in any llate,the to fee amalefactor at the gallows.It IS not enoughfor us to lliidgazing up. on the wickedneffeofthe times(yeaalthough with tears)unleffe we endeavor to redreffe it; efpechlly publike petfobs-carry not their Javelin in their hand fornought. Every oneis ready to ask Phirlt,u for hi>tom'iniflion; andthofe thac are willinu to falve up theact,plead extraordinary inftlnct fromGod,wbo(no doubt)would n~ have accepted that which himfelfwrought not. But what need I run fo far for this watrant, when I heat God fay to Mo[is, li•ngup aq the ht4ds oflfrat!; and Mofa fay to theUnder-Rulers,Evtryont flay hu mtn that are J•ymdto Ba•l-Ptor. Every Ifraelite is nowmadea MJgilhare for his exec;:ution;and why not PhincM amongfr the refl:! D Dothbis [>rid\-hood exempt him from the bloudoffinners ~ H~w then doth Sa. mutl hew vlg•g in pieces~ Even r.hQ(e may make a carkaffe,which may not touch it.And if Levt got the Priellhood,by lhedding the bloud ofIdolaters 3 whylllay it not ftarid with that Priellhood, tofpill the bloud ofa fornicator and Idolater~ Ordinary juf\ice will bear.out Phint.u in this act: It is not for every man to challenge thisoffie<,,vhi;hthis double proclamation allowed to PbintM.All that private perfans can doe, lS either to hft up the1rhands to !Jeaven for redreffe offin, or to lift uptheir hands again(! the fin,not again{\ the perfon.Who m•de thtt a Judgt,is a lawfull quellion, if it meet with a p~rfon unwarranref!. Now the fin is punifl1ed, the plague c<l!feth. The revengeof God fets out ever after tHe fin; but ifthe revengeofmen(which cbmmonly comes I.Iter)can overtake E it,God gives over the ch;tfe.How oft bath the infliction ofa ldfe punifl1ment,avoi. ded agreater.Thereare none fo good frtends to the StatC',as couragious and impartiallMinillers ofJullice. Thefe are the retoncilers ofGod and the people more then the l'rayers ofthemdl3t fit llill,and do,enothiog. ifhedeathoj •Mos E s. • Fte.rmany painful!and perillousenterprifc~, now is M•Ja .drawing to his reil:He bath brou!lht his Ifraelites from Algypt,thorow the Sea aod wil- 'ddn~ffe, within the fight ofthoiq>romifcd Land; and no1v himfelfmull take poffeffion o{that Landwhereof Canaan was but a tyP.,. When We have
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