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<HEAD>The <HI>Declaration</HI> of <HI>Almighty God,</HI> in &s;ome few Texts of Scripture, recommended to the Reverend Conforming Divines: By <HI>G. B.</HI> B. of <HI>S&mdash;b&mdash;y.</HI> To be Preach'd upon every third <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> in the Month; being the Publick Fa&s;t appointed to implore God's a&s;&s;i&s;tance for the reduction of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the overthrow of the late King <HI>James,</HI> and his rebellious Forces.</HEAD>
<P><HI>PRoverbs, C.</HI> 24. <HI>V.</HI> 21, 22. My Son fear thou the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are given to change; for their calamity &s;hall ri&s;e &s;uddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both.</P>
<P>16. 10. A Divine Sentence is in the Lips of the King, his Mouth tran&s;gre&s;&s;eth not in Judgment.</P>
<P><HI>Eccle&s;.</HI> 8. 2. I Coun&s;el thee to keep the Kings Commandment, and that in regard of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ath of God.</P>
<P>10. 20. Cur&s;e not the King, no not in thy thought.</P>
<P><HI>Levit.</HI> 21. 17. He that cur&s;eth his Father, or his Mother, &s;hall &s;urely be put to Death.</P>
<P>15. He that &s;miteth his Father, or his Mother, &s;hall &s;urely be put to Death.</P>
<P>19. 3<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Ye &s;hall fear every Man his Mother, and his Father, and keep my Sabbaths.</P>
<P><HI>Prov.</HI> 20. 20. Who&s;o cur&s;eth his Father, or his Mother, his Lamp &s;hall be put out in ob&s;cure <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">rkne&s;s.</P>
<P><HI>Deut.</HI> 21. 18. If a Man have a &s;tubborn and rebellious Son, which will not obey the Voice of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s Father, or the Voice of his Mother, and that when they have cha&s;ten'd him will not hearken <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">to them.</P>
<P>19. Then &s;hall his Father and Mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the Elders <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">his City, and unto the Gate of his Place.</P>
<P>21. And all the Men of his Place &s;hall &s;tone him with &s;tones that he die: So &s;halt thou <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">t away Evil from among you, and all <HI>I&s;rael</HI> &s;hall hear and fear.</P>
<P>27. 16. Cur&s;ed be he that &s;etteth light by his Father, or his Mother, and all the People <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ll &s;ay, <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Prov.</HI> 19. 26 He that wa&s;teth his Father, and cha&s;eth away his Mother, is a Son that cau&s;eth me, and bringeth reproach.</P>
<P>28. 24. Who&s;o robbeth his Father, or his Mother, and &s;aith it is no tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion, the &s;ame is Companion of a De&s;troyer.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">0. 17. The Eye that mocketh at his Father, and de&s;pi&s;eth to obey his Mother, the Raven<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Valley &s;hall pick it out, and the young Eagl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">'s &s;hall eat it.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Sam.</HI> 24. 5. And it came to pa&s;s, afterwards, that <HI>David</HI>'s Heart &s;mote him, becau&s;e he cut off <HI>Saul</HI>'s skirt.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. And he &s;aid unto his Men, the Lord forbid that I &s;hould do this thing unto my Ma&s;ter, Lord's anointed, to &s;tretch forth mine Hand again&s;t him, &s;eeing he is the anointed of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">6. 9. Who can &s;tretch forth his Hand again&s;t the Lord's anointed, and be guiltle&s;s.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">5. 22. Behold, to obey is better than Sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of Rams.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">3. For Rebellion is as the Sin of Witchcraft, and &s;tubborne&s;s is as Iniquity and Idolatry.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> 1. 19. If ye be willing and obedient, ye &s;hall eat the good of the Land.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">0. But if ye refu&s;e, and rebel, ye &s;hall be devour'd with the Sword, for the Mouth of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d hath &s;poken it.</P>
<P><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;al.</HI> 38 1. Plead my Cau&s;e, O Lord! with them that &s;trive with me, fight again&s;t them that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">t again&s;t me.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> Let them be turn'd back, and brought to confu&s;ion, that devi&s;e my hurt, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> For without cau&s;e have they hid for me their Net, in a Pit; which without cau&s;e they have <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ed for my Soul.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">1. They laid to my charge things that I knew not.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">2. They rewarded me Evil for Good, to the &s;poiling of my Soul.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">5. But in mine adver&s;ity they rejoyced, and gathered them&s;elves together; yea, the Ab|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> gathered them&s;elves together again&s;t me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and cea&s;ed</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">3. Stir up thy &s;elf and awake to my Judgment, even unto my Cau&s;e, My God! and my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d!</P>
<P><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">m.</HI> 19. 9. And all the People were at &s;trife throughout all the Tribes of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> &s;aying, the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;aved us out of the Hands of our Enemies, and he delivered us out of the Hands of the <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">tims,</HI> and now he is fled out of the Land for <HI>Ab&s;alom.</HI></P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> &mdash; Now therefore why &s;peak ye not a Word of bringing the King back.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> And he bowed the Heart of all the Men of <HI>Judah,</HI> even as the Heart of one Man; &s;o they &s;ent this Word unto the King, Return thou and all thy Servants.</P>
<P><HI>FINIS.</HI></P>
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