Sermon, Preach'd Before the Honorable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Wednesday the 30th of January, 1711

Excerpt from A Sermon, Preach'd Before the Honorable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Wednesday the 30th of January, 1711: Being the Anniversary Fast, for the Martyrdom of King Charles the First Occaiion of Penning this Pfizlm, or what, the certain Intendment of the Words be: fore us. Whatever was the' Reafon of fing it; the Time of ufing it, in the pub vice, was after David's coming to the in Remembrance of thofe many Strug Convullions, that had happen'd in the 7mm; State. And whatever Variety of Senfes, the Text may be fuppos'd to bear, that which is the woft obvious and natural, and therefore likely to be the truefi, does bell agree with the Mourn ful Solemnity of #72: Day. For, if the Word, Foundations, has Refpeél: to the Civil or Religi ous Rights, and Efiablilhment of any Nation or People, furely Nothing could We the Royal Compofer of this Pfalm a more a onilhing Idea, than the Thoughts of thofe Foundation: being żruck at, and thrown down when all thofe Laws both Sacred and Civil, which were de fi 'd, as (0 many Fences and Securities, to Mens E ates and Liberties, to their Lives and Religion, lhall themfelves be laid walle and trampled or made to truckle to the arbitrary Wills ofthofe, A 2. In. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.