The penitent recognition of Joseph's brethren a sermon occasion'd by Elizabeth Ridgeway, who for the petit treason of poysoning her husband, was, on March 24, 1683/4, according to the sentence of the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Street ... burnt at Leicester ... : to which is prefixed a full relation of the womans fact, tryal, carriage, and death / by John Newton ...
JOseph 's Brethren having conceived an inveterate Envy and Hatred against him, as they saw him drawing near to them upon a kind Visit, conspired his death:
JOseph is Brothers having conceived an inveterate Envy and Hatred against him, as they saw him drawing near to them upon a kind Visit, conspired his death:
where, after various Rencounters, he is 〈 … 〉ed to great Power, and in special to the Trust and Disposal of the Stores of Corn in a time of great Dearth.
where, After various Rencounters, he is 〈 … 〉ed to great Power, and in special to the Trust and Disposal of the Stores of Corn in a time of great Dearth.
He pretends to suspect 'em for Spies, questions 'em touching their Family and Relations, requires 'em to fetch their little Brother Benjamin for their Purgation;
He pretends to suspect they for Spies, questions they touching their Family and Relations, requires they to fetch their little Brother Benjamin for their Purgation;
They are not long to seek, nor do they at all differ about the Cause. It must needs be their harsh and cruel usage of their Brother, the resentment whereof they seem unanimously to acknowledge in the words of my Text — where they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our Brother, &c.
They Are not long to seek, nor do they At all differ about the Cause. It must needs be their harsh and cruel usage of their Brother, the resentment whereof they seem unanimously to acknowledge in the words of my Text — where they said one to Another, We Are verily guilty Concerning our Brother, etc.
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but where either love never take root, or where it came afterwards to be perverted to malice and rancour, well might some bitter Fruit be expected from the same.
but where either love never take root, or where it Come afterwards to be perverted to malice and rancour, well might Some bitter Fruit be expected from the same.
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It strait advanced to a Bloody Conspiracy, ver. 19, 20. Two of these Brethren, Simeon and Levi, had once before in another sad instance given a Specimen of their malice, Chap. 34. when they plotted and practised against the Sechemites for the Rape on their Sister Dinah. The memory whereof, both in its cause and effects, their Father Jacob cursed, as well as described, Chap. 49.7. Cursed (saith he) be their Anger, for it was fierce;
It strait advanced to a Bloody conspiracy, ver. 19, 20. Two of these Brothers, Simeon and Levi, had once before in Another sad instance given a Specimen of their malice, Chap. 34. when they plotted and practised against the Sheminithites for the Rape on their Sister Dinah. The memory whereof, both in its cause and effects, their Father Jacob cursed, as well as described, Chap. 49.7. Cursed (Says he) be their Anger, for it was fierce;
whether publick or private, as the occasion is given 'em, or rather taken by them, where we may seasonably take warning to watch over our spirits, that lust within us to envy,
whither public or private, as the occasion is given they, or rather taken by them, where we may seasonably take warning to watch over our spirits, that lust within us to envy,
And who, that robs a man of his honour, will stick at his life? Lastly, that garment and instrument of warmth, health and life. And it is a shrewd sign of an evil design against the latter,
And who, that robs a man of his honour, will stick At his life? Lastly, that garment and Instrument of warmth, health and life. And it is a shrewd Signen of an evil Design against the latter,
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Where let all here, that have been tempted, or shall hereafter fall into temptation to Oppression or Rapine, to Filching or Stealing, but especially to Robbery and Burglary, let all such for Contrition, or Warning, seriously and sadly consider the evil of such Practices. Such Practices are wicked in themselves, as being manifest violations of the Laws of Righteousness and Justice both Humane and Divine.
Where let all Here, that have been tempted, or shall hereafter fallen into temptation to Oppression or Rapine, to Filching or Stealing, but especially to Robbery and Burglary, let all such for Contrition, or Warning, seriously and sadly Consider the evil of such Practices. Such Practices Are wicked in themselves, as being manifest violations of the Laws of Righteousness and justice both Humane and Divine.
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For how can a man be supposed to value that life, the means and support whereof he violently and falsly bereaves the owner of? Such Practices full oft do necessarily engage to Murder and Bloodshed. For it frequently so falls out, that,
For how can a man be supposed to valve that life, the means and support whereof he violently and falsely bereaves the owner of? Such Practices full oft do necessarily engage to Murder and Bloodshed. For it frequently so falls out, that,
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unless the Thief add Murder to his Robbery or Burglary, he may be like or certain to fall into the power, custody and prosecution of the persons assaulted or attempted:
unless the Thief add Murder to his Robbery or Burglary, he may be like or certain to fallen into the power, custody and prosecution of the Persons assaulted or attempted:
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as certainly as he that draws his Sword upon his Sovereign, must of necessity throw away the Scabbard. Now haply this digression may be of some influence upon the minds of some,
as Certainly as he that draws his Sword upon his Sovereign, must of necessity throw away the Scabbard. Now haply this digression may be of Some influence upon the minds of Some,
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who, though they do not so much scruple the Robbery or Rebellion for their own sakes, may, in some measure, be deterr'd therefrom, by the dread of Murder and Bloodshed: For, doubtless, Thousands would never have begun with plundering their Countrey-men, or resisting their Sovereign, if they had foreseen,
who, though they do not so much scruple the Robbery or Rebellion for their own sakes, may, in Some measure, be deterred therefrom, by the dread of Murder and Bloodshed: For, doubtless, Thousands would never have begun with plundering their Countrymen, or resisting their Sovereign, if they had foreseen,
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and in order to the taking that away, they cast him a languishing, trembling Prisoner, into a deep Pit, Chap. 37.24. Imprisonment of it self is severe, and yet severer, when the Prison is a Pit so like a Grave:
and in order to the taking that away, they cast him a languishing, trembling Prisoner, into a deep Pit, Chap. 37.24. Imprisonment of it self is severe, and yet severer, when the Prison is a Pit so like a Grave:
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Debtors and Malefactors may be cast into Prison without such terrible apprehensions as innocent Persons, especially Sovereigns (as the late Royal Martyr too truly observed in relation to his own Confinement.
Debtors and Malefactors may be cast into Prison without such terrible apprehensions as innocent Persons, especially Sovereigns (as the late Royal Martyr too truly observed in Relation to his own Confinement.
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) Debtors are only detained until payment made, and Malefactors are to be secured in life until the Gaol-delivery, when possibly the last day may prove such to them:
) Debtors Are only detained until payment made, and Malefactors Are to be secured in life until the Gaol delivery, when possibly the last day may prove such to them:
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Nay, when by the melting Rhetorick of their Brother Judah, they were restrain'd from his actual Murder, yet so far did they persevere in their unnatural thirst of Revenge, as to sell him for a wretched Bond-slave (a Condition worse than that of the dead) to the cruel and curst Ishmaelites, Chap. 37.26, 27, 28. I call the Ishmaelites cruel and curst, as not degenerating ('tis like) from that hopeful Father of theirs, whose hand was against every man,
Nay, when by the melting Rhetoric of their Brother Judah, they were restrained from his actual Murder, yet so Far did they persevere in their unnatural thirst of Revenge, as to fell him for a wretched Bondslave (a Condition Worse than that of the dead) to the cruel and cursed Ishmaelites, Chap. 37.26, 27, 28. I call the Ishmaelites cruel and cursed, as not degenerating (it's like) from that hopeful Father of theirs, whose hand was against every man,
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Now in this barbarous Caravan of Ishmaelites, might they behold their little tender Brother begin to look in anguish back upon them his inhumane Hucksters.
Now in this barbarous Caravan of Ishmaelites, might they behold their little tender Brother begin to look in anguish back upon them his inhumane Hucksters.
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Now might they behold him to take unwilling weary steps towards he knew not where, nor what. If he prov'd unwilling to march, they might haply see him dragg'd along forcibly at a Horses tail ;
Now might they behold him to take unwilling weary steps towards he knew not where, nor what. If he proved unwilling to march, they might haply see him dragged along forcibly At a Horses tail;
Where it is remarkable, 1. That they call it to mind. 2. That they confess it. 3. That they aggravate it. 4. That they take the present distress as the punishment of it.
Where it is remarkable, 1. That they call it to mind. 2. That they confess it. 3. That they aggravate it. 4. That they take the present distress as the punishment of it.
Can we imagine, that such an unnatural course as this should be taken against an innocent Brother ? That they should first conspire his Death, and afterwards so far expose his Life to extreme danger, and forthwith for all this while, Thirteen Years, as some reckon, or Twenty two Years, as others collect, forthwith and for so long time (I say) suppress or extinguish all memory and sense of such a staring, crying Sin? We may rather, from what befel the condemned Criminal in this Congregation, as she hath declared, conclude that such manifest Cruelty must be followed with Fear and Horror. If upon her consenting to some revengeful practice by her late Husband against another innocent man, though she understood not expresly that his Murder was intended, she could not free her mind from dreadful impressions making nor sleeping ;
Can we imagine, that such an unnatural course as this should be taken against an innocent Brother? That they should First conspire his Death, and afterwards so Far expose his Life to extreme danger, and forthwith for all this while, Thirteen years, as Some reckon, or Twenty two years, as Others collect, forthwith and for so long time (I say) suppress or extinguish all memory and sense of such a staring, crying since? We may rather, from what befell the condemned Criminal in this Congregation, as she hath declared, conclude that such manifest Cruelty must be followed with fear and Horror. If upon her consenting to Some revengeful practice by her late Husband against Another innocent man, though she understood not expressly that his Murder was intended, she could not free her mind from dreadful impressions making nor sleeping;
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we may strongly conclude that Joseph 's Brethren, who had after plotting his Death, sold him to more than probable destruction, were visited with frequent stinging memento's of what so wickedly they performed.
we may strongly conclude that Joseph is Brothers, who had After plotting his Death, sold him to more than probable destruction, were visited with frequent stinging memento's of what so wickedly they performed.
Such a remembrance may be presumed to occur to the Guilty, as from the ordinary operations of the Soul's known Faculties, of Ʋnderstanding, Judgment, Imagination, and Remembrance ;
Such a remembrance may be presumed to occur to the Guilty, as from the ordinary operations of the Soul's known Faculties, of Ʋnderstanding, Judgement, Imagination, and Remembrance;
so likewise from divers semblable occurrences in humane affairs, sundry remarkable acts of God's providence, and above all from an unexplicable secret Nemese, or a kind of severe Divine Instinct, that ever and anon hunts and pursues the Conscience of the Guilty.
so likewise from diverse semblable occurrences in humane affairs, sundry remarkable acts of God's providence, and above all from an unexplicable secret Nemese, or a kind of severe Divine Instinct, that ever and anon hunt's and pursues the Conscience of the Guilty.
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By such kind of secret stinging remembrances of their Cruelty, hath the Peace of some been utterly banished, the health of others miserably impaired, the hands of some drawn down in intolerable anguish upon themselves, and the tongues of others enforced openly to reveal the insupportable burdens of their own spirits for experimenting this last Essay,
By such kind of secret stinging remembrances of their Cruelty, hath the Peace of Some been utterly banished, the health of Others miserably impaired, the hands of Some drawn down in intolerable anguish upon themselves, and the tongues of Others Enforced openly to reveal the insupportable burdens of their own spirits for experimenting this last Essay,
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They do not (with one that ought in time to take it into serious consideration ) first intimate a foul practice, and speak a consent to it, and acknowledge frightful impressions of it, and then go about to deny or extenuate the matter.
They do not (with one that ought in time to take it into serious consideration) First intimate a foul practice, and speak a consent to it, and acknowledge frightful impressions of it, and then go about to deny or extenuate the matter.
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Nor indeed would any Criminal else, that is in the least truly sensible of Guilt, and sorrowful for it, do otherwise, especially ▪ when under sentence of Death for it.
Nor indeed would any Criminal Else, that is in the least truly sensible of Gilded, and sorrowful for it, do otherwise, especially ▪ when under sentence of Death for it.
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By Concealment upon Oath, either ye make God to become a Party against himself, or ye give the Devil a power of binding to Secrecy, beyond what ye allow to God of loosing to Confession ;
By Concealment upon Oath, either you make God to become a Party against himself, or you give the devil a power of binding to Secrecy, beyond what you allow to God of losing to Confessi;
whereas by Confession ye give honour and pre eminence to God, and do effectually and actually break all the diabolical Bonds of wicked Conspiracies and Associations.
whereas by Confessi you give honour and pre eminence to God, and do effectually and actually break all the diabolical Bonds of wicked Conspiracies and Associations.
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I hope what hath been thus briefly spoken touching the free Confession of Joseph 's Brethren, with the grounds of all free Confessions, may serve to open the eyes of all to the seeing of the truth,
I hope what hath been thus briefly spoken touching the free Confessi of Joseph is Brothers, with the grounds of all free Confessions, may serve to open the eyes of all to the seeing of the truth,
They now consider Joseph not only as a man, but as their own dear Brother, which reaches as far as Judah 's words, Chap. 37.27. when he disswaded them from taking away his Life.
They now Consider Joseph not only as a man, but as their own dear Brother, which reaches as Far as Judah is words, Chap. 37.27. when he dissuaded them from taking away his Life.
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He is our Brother, and our Flesh. This includes the wronging of a man, yea, of an innocent or good man, and adds an aggravation from his near Relation.
He is our Brother, and our Flesh. This includes the wronging of a man, yea, of an innocent or good man, and adds an aggravation from his near Relation.
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It was that language of Sighs and Groans, and Shrieks, and Tears, and convulsive Distortions, and languishing Airs, and more than dying Looks, which now afresh concentred in their imaginations,
It was that language of Sighs and Groans, and Shrieks, and Tears, and convulsive Distortions, and languishing Airs, and more than dying Looks, which now afresh concentred in their Imaginations,
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All the Terror of Joseph 's Majesty, as an August Prince, whil'st unknown to 'em, did not so terrifie 'em with the threats of Imprisonment, until they proved themselves no Spies,
All the Terror of Joseph is Majesty, as an August Prince, whilst unknown to they, did not so terrify they with the Treats of Imprisonment, until they proved themselves no Spies,
or with Death, if they could not purge themselves therefrom, as now the revival of all his Souls anguish, when he, to the life, acted the part of a sweet, innocent, importunate, almost for grief-expiring Child, did then so naturally perform.
or with Death, if they could not purge themselves therefrom, as now the revival of all his Souls anguish, when he, to the life, acted the part of a sweet, innocent, importunate, almost for grief-expiring Child, did then so naturally perform.
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] Their alienated hearts did not then more like mud grow hard, than now like wax, they melted and flowed before the same Fire of their little Brother Joseph 's Soul in the utmost torment of anguish,
] Their alienated hearts did not then more like mud grow hard, than now like wax, they melted and flowed before the same Fire of their little Brother Joseph is Soul in the utmost torment of anguish,
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and how far himself had concealed all these wicked purposes and practices, I say Reuben imputes no less than his blood to them, ver. 22. Therefore behold also his blood is required.
and how Far himself had concealed all these wicked Purposes and practices, I say Reuben imputes no less than his blood to them, ver. 22. Therefore behold also his blood is required.
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We, observing our old weak Father totally to alienate his Love from all us elder Children, or, at least, strangely to neglect us in comparison with this Novice of a later Venter, upon which he grew very insolent and imperious,
We, observing our old weak Father totally to alienate his Love from all us elder Children, or, At least, strangely to neglect us in comparison with this Novice of a later Venture, upon which he grew very insolent and imperious,
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and contrary to the course of Nature, and right of Primogeniture, to dream forsooth of a tyrannical Empire over us his Seniors and Superiors, did begin to think to take him down in his Childrens shoes. One of us indeed in haste cry'd, Let us kill him ;
and contrary to the course of Nature, and right of Primogeniture, to dream forsooth of a tyrannical Empire over us his Seniors and Superiors, did begin to think to take him down in his Children's shoes. One of us indeed in haste cried, Let us kill him;
but we were all contented, Chap. 37. v. 27. very well contented at his milder motion to have him only sold to our near Kinsmen, the direct Descendants of our ever honoured great Grandfather Abraham: And who knows,
but we were all contented, Chap. 37. v. 27. very well contented At his milder motion to have him only sold to our near Kinsmen, the Direct Descendants of our ever honoured great Grandfather Abraham: And who knows,
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Judah might have alledged his own natural affection, his tenderness of Joseph 's blood, and his success in saving of his life, although with the price of his liberty. But when all the rest plead Guilty, he also holds up his hand, or at least holds his tongue, as surely thinking, that the adv•sing the selling of him, was next door to the slaying of him.
Judah might have alleged his own natural affection, his tenderness of Joseph is blood, and his success in Saving of his life, although with the price of his liberty. But when all the rest plead Guilty, he also holds up his hand, or At least holds his tongue, as surely thinking, that the adv•sing the selling of him, was next door to the slaying of him.
and diverting them from killing of him, I contrived the putting of him into a Pit, that thence I might in season have taken him, and delivered him to his Father again, without any selling of him into slavery and danger.
and diverting them from killing of him, I contrived the putting of him into a Pit, that thence I might in season have taken him, and Delivered him to his Father again, without any selling of him into slavery and danger.
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Ver. 29, 30. When I returned to the Pit for the delivering of him, and found him not, I rent my cloaths, and bitterly lamented my misfortune and his, and grew almost distracted at the missing of him. Chap. 42.22.
Ver. 29, 30. When I returned to the Pit for the delivering of him, and found him not, I rend my clothes, and bitterly lamented my misfortune and his, and grew almost distracted At the missing of him. Chap. 42.22.
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yet I do not take upon me to exempt my self from all guilt. I do conclude his Blood is required: you must needs acknowledge your selves guilty of it, because of the murderous conspiracy and cruel practice.
yet I do not take upon me to exempt my self from all guilt. I do conclude his Blood is required: you must needs acknowledge your selves guilty of it, Because of the murderous Conspiracy and cruel practice.
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Nor do I say but my concealing of the whole from my Father to the indemnifying of you, may justly occasion share of his Blood to be required of me amongst the rest of you.
Nor do I say but my concealing of the Whole from my Father to the indemnifying of you, may justly occasion share of his Blood to be required of me among the rest of you.
After all that hath been said upon the aggravation of this Misdemeanor, we may clearly discern, that, however senseless evil men may be (and the less sensible they are, the worse may they be judged to be) of any actions amounting to Murder;
After all that hath been said upon the aggravation of this Misdemeanour, we may clearly discern, that, however senseless evil men may be (and the less sensible they Are, the Worse may they be judged to be) of any actions amounting to Murder;
such good men (as in the main we may hope Joseph 's Brethren to have been) are apt to be overwhelmed with apprehensions of such their attempts as but border upon Bloodshed. They not only abominate wallowing in gore, but dread also garments even spotted with blood.
such good men (as in the main we may hope Joseph is Brothers to have been) Are apt to be overwhelmed with apprehensions of such their attempts as but border upon Bloodshed. They not only abominate wallowing in gore, but dread also garments even spotted with blood.
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But gross Murder it self is not so utterly unpractised amongst us, that at this time we need to insist upon its Circumstantials, or the Tendencies thereto. How frequently doth there cry aloud in our ears, The Blood of Innocents shed by their unnatural Mothers at their birth, the Blood of honest men shed upon the Road, or in their Bed by Robbers and Burglarers ? Not to mention the less precious Blood of Ruffians shed in Taverns, or of Hectors shed in Duels. Sometimes we hear of desperate Sinners shedding their own blood with their own hands.
But gross Murder it self is not so utterly unpractised among us, that At this time we need to insist upon its Circumstantials, or the Tendencies thereto. How frequently does there cry aloud in our ears, The Blood of Innocents shed by their unnatural Mother's At their birth, the Blood of honest men shed upon the Road, or in their Bed by Robbers and Burglarers? Not to mention the less precious Blood of Ruffians shed in Taverns, or of Hectors shed in Duels. Sometime we hear of desperate Sinners shedding their own blood with their own hands.
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At this time we are given to suspect that the Blood of a Lover hath been shed by his Rival, and consented to by his unconstant and treacherous Mistriss.
At this time we Are given to suspect that the Blood of a Lover hath been shed by his Rival, and consented to by his unconstant and treacherous Mistress.
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Nor doth the horror of the Fact as yet oblige her (so far as we can yet discern ) either to the free confessing of her Murder before men, or to the duely aggravating of it to her self.
Nor does the horror of the Fact as yet oblige her (so Far as we can yet discern) either to the free confessing of her Murder before men, or to the duly aggravating of it to her self.
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She too tenderly huggs her sin in her own bosom. She will not take the counsel given by Joshua to Achan, Josh. 7.19. as Achan did, ver. 20. She will not freely and truly declare the whole of her Guilt.
She too tenderly huggs her since in her own bosom. She will not take the counsel given by joshua to achan, Josh. 7.19. as achan did, ver. 20. She will not freely and truly declare the Whole of her Gilded.
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What do you apprehend of your self and your sad condition? Can you form right Notions of the Nature of Murder? Can you by your self sufficiently aggravate the Crime from your destroying your Husbands Body, and also (as 'tis to be fear'd) his very Soul? Can you aggravate your Sin from your Treachery, who when he asked Food, did with semblance of Love, give him as bad as a Serpent or a Scorpion? Can you enhance your Guilt, by considering how you have murder'd a Man made in the likeness of God ;
What do you apprehend of your self and your sad condition? Can you from right Notions of the Nature of Murder? Can you by your self sufficiently aggravate the Crime from your destroying your Husbands Body, and also (as it's to be feared) his very Soul? Can you aggravate your since from your Treachery, who when he asked Food, did with semblance of Love, give him as bad as a Serpent or a Scorpion? Can you enhance your Gilded, by considering how you have murdered a Man made in the likeness of God;
and how you have murder'd a Husband set over you as your Soveraign Head? Whereupon the wisdom of our Law-givers hath made such Murder no less than Treason.
and how you have murdered a Husband Set over you as your Sovereign Head? Whereupon the Wisdom of our Lawgivers hath made such Murder no less than Treason.
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which may be probably suppos'd to intend amongst other, these two formidable Representations, the one of Hell Torment, the other of everlasting Oblivion. Yet further;
which may be probably supposed to intend among other, these two formidable Representations, the one of Hell Torment, the other of everlasting Oblivion. Yet further;
Can you, during your silence and obstinacy, counsel your self in all the methods of an effectual Repentance, and saving Faith? Can you assure your self of the prevalence of your own Prayers, (if you pray at all) or can you hope for the effectual fervent Prayers of the Righteous, who can discover in you no such Contrition,
Can you, during your silence and obstinacy, counsel your self in all the methods of an effectual Repentance, and Saving Faith? Can you assure your self of the prevalence of your own Prayers, (if you pray At all) or can you hope for the effectual fervent Prayers of the Righteous, who can discover in you not such Contrition,
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for they were troubled and terrified at his presence. And are you able (if you know you stand in a more dreadful presence, even that of God himself ) can you be able to think,
for they were troubled and terrified At his presence. And Are you able (if you know you stand in a more dreadful presence, even that of God himself) can you be able to think,
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or speak, or do any thing of a free and noble nature, that may at all recommend you to mercy? I rather suspect, that such a close, sullen, trayterous Murderer, must through her dark thoughts be rackt with torture, be bound in all her Faculties,
or speak, or do any thing of a free and noble nature, that may At all recommend you to mercy? I rather suspect, that such a close, sullen, traitorous Murderer, must through her dark thoughts be racked with torture, be bound in all her Faculties,
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Consider then in time, (if it be not already past) whether it be not more adviseable to make an ingenuous discovery of the whole of your Guilt, than at last,
Consider then in time, (if it be not already past) whither it be not more Advisable to make an ingenuous discovery of the Whole of your Gilded, than At last,
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when it is too late, to have it wrung out with the Halter, or extracted by the Fire. Let not then your wickedness be sweet in your mouth, neither hide it under your tongue, Job 20.12. Acknowledge your transgression, and let your sin be ever before you ;
when it is too late, to have it wrung out with the Halter, or extracted by the Fire. Let not then your wickedness be sweet in your Mouth, neither hide it under your tongue, Job 20.12. Acknowledge your Transgression, and let your since be ever before you;
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yet they not having abjur'd or forgotten their God, nor having utterly stifled their Consciences, nor having absolutely erased past facts out of their memories;
yet they not having abjured or forgotten their God, nor having utterly stifled their Consciences, nor having absolutely erased passed facts out of their memories;
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but being now cast into sudden adversity, which makes men to consider, they begin pensively to cast about for the Cause of their present Woe. Distress they sensibly feel:
but being now cast into sudden adversity, which makes men to Consider, they begin pensively to cast about for the Cause of their present Woe. Distress they sensibly feel:
for they were not of the number of those, that imagine any thing comes by a mere blind chance. They knew their affliction arose not out of the dust, nor was blown upon them by any of the winds:
for they were not of the number of those, that imagine any thing comes by a mere blind chance. They knew their affliction arose not out of the dust, nor was blown upon them by any of the winds:
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In the severe Treatment they now met withal, being threatned as Spies, obliged to fetch their tender Brother Benjamin, to the grief of their Aged Father Jacob, and the danger of his Life;
In the severe Treatment they now met withal, being threatened as Spies, obliged to fetch their tender Brother Benjamin, to the grief of their Aged Father Jacob, and the danger of his Life;
and being in danger all, or some of 'em, of being made close Prisoners, or of being cast into the Dungeon, as they cast their Brother Joseph into the Pit, they see much of their former Crime in their present Distress ;
and being in danger all, or Some of they, of being made close Prisoners, or of being cast into the Dungeon, as they cast their Brother Joseph into the Pit, they see much of their former Crime in their present Distress;
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the one proving (as ordinarily it doth) a mirror of the other. No wonder then, they feeling the instant and urgent calamity, and recollecting their ancient provocation,
the one proving (as ordinarily it does) a mirror of the other. No wonder then, they feeling the instant and urgent calamity, and recollecting their ancient provocation,
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and considering the Justice of an incensed God, should in horror and anguish, believe and acknowledg themselves to be verily guilty concerning their Brother ;
and considering the justice of an incensed God, should in horror and anguish, believe and acknowledge themselves to be verily guilty Concerning their Brother;
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Thus have I (as many Avocations and Interruptions would give me a little time to collect them) given you my sudden, but serious Reflections upon this sorrowful Song of Joseph's Brethren ;
Thus have I (as many Avocations and Interruptions would give me a little time to collect them) given you my sudden, but serious Reflections upon this sorrowful Song of Joseph's Brothers;
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with some accommodation thereof to the present sad occasion. Before I conclude, give me leave a little to exemplifie the usefulness of this remarkable passage, in the following deductions.
with Some accommodation thereof to the present sad occasion. Before I conclude, give me leave a little to exemplify the usefulness of this remarkable passage, in the following deductions.
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Paris, Romulus, and Cyrus, having been exposed to extremities (as is storied, though without any great certainty) and afterwards mounting to the height of Power, are still spoken of as almost miracles: But here we read a Narrative of Joseph, much more true and no less strange.
paris, Romulus, and Cyrus, having been exposed to extremities (as is storied, though without any great certainty) and afterwards mounting to the height of Power, Are still spoken of as almost Miracles: But Here we read a Narrative of Joseph, much more true and no less strange.
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In his tender years, he hardly escapes out of the violent hands of his bloody-minded Brethren into a calamitous and desperate Captivity: He was sold and bought,
In his tender Years, he hardly escapes out of the violent hands of his bloody-minded Brothers into a calamitous and desperate Captivity: He was sold and bought,
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They behold him advanced by God himself, to be a Foster Father to a Great King, a Patron of a vast People, and as able as willing, to be a Preserver of their Father and themselves.
They behold him advanced by God himself, to be a Foster Father to a Great King, a Patron of a vast People, and as able as willing, to be a Preserver of their Father and themselves.
Nor are there any wheels in this vast Machine of the World, how cross soever they move to one another, that God cannot, doth not over-rule and harmonize to the producing most admirable effects,
Nor Are there any wheels in this vast Machine of the World, how cross soever they move to one Another, that God cannot, does not overrule and harmonise to the producing most admirable effects,
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how this should quiet and establish our fluctuating hearts, in the midst of all cross-grain'd occurrences, and seemingly unequal administrations of worldly concerns.
how this should quiet and establish our fluctuating hearts, in the midst of all cross-grained occurrences, and seemingly unequal administrations of worldly concerns.
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and in part committed against their Brother, to the confessing of it to one another in the hearing of that Brother himself, who had then full power for the avenging of it upon their heads,
and in part committed against their Brother, to the confessing of it to one Another in the hearing of that Brother himself, who had then full power for the avenging of it upon their Heads,
God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, Eccl. 12.14. There is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested, Mar. 4.22.
God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, Ecclesiastes 12.14. There is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested, Mar. 4.22.
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for a Bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter, Eccl. 10.20. God is likewise very rigorous in the Scrutiny he makes after any bloody Crimes:
for a Bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter, Ecclesiastes 10.20. God is likewise very rigorous in the Scrutiny he makes After any bloody Crimes:
first to hunt him out, and then to doom him to his deserved punishment, 1 Kings 21.17, 24. It is long since that it p•st into a Proverb [ Murder will out. ] And such a Vox Populi being founded upon observation of the usual effects of Providence in the cases of blood, may in a sober sence pass for Vox Dei. Man first saith it,
First to hunt him out, and then to doom him to his deserved punishment, 1 Kings 21.17, 24. It is long since that it p•st into a Proverb [ Murder will out. ] And such a Vox People being founded upon observation of the usual effects of Providence in the cases of blood, may in a Sobrium sense pass for Vox Dei. Man First Says it,
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It would be endless, it is really impossible to reckon up or search out the mysterious methods of the Almighty practised or practicable in this Process.
It would be endless, it is really impossible to reckon up or search out the mysterious methods of the Almighty practised or practicable in this Process.
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We may from consideration had in gross of such his Arts at the rising of every furious passion, at the stirring of any revengeful inclination, at the offer of any cruel and bloody temptation, take warning to stand upon our Guard,
We may from consideration had in gross of such his Arts At the rising of every furious passion, At the stirring of any revengeful inclination, At the offer of any cruel and bloody temptation, take warning to stand upon our Guard,
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3. How deeply doth it concern every Creature to examine himself to the bottom touching all crying Sins, particularly touching the Sins of Cruelty and Blood? Divers men may heretofore have incurr'd more or less guilt of this nature, which because Providence for a while lets to sleep, Conscience is content to bury as dead. They wipe their bloody mouths, wherewith they have suckt the blood of their Brethren,
3. How deeply does it concern every Creature to examine himself to the bottom touching all crying Sins, particularly touching the Sins of Cruelty and Blood? Diverse men may heretofore have incurred more or less guilt of this nature, which Because Providence for a while lets to sleep, Conscience is content to bury as dead. They wipe their bloody mouths, wherewith they have sucked the blood of their Brothers,
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But let all such remember the bloody Agag, who, after he had dreamt that the bitterness of his death was past, came delicately unto Samuel the Lords Inquisitor for blood:
But let all such Remember the bloody Agag, who, After he had dreamed that the bitterness of his death was passed, Come delicately unto Samuel the lords Inquisitor for blood:
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who, for that Agag 's Sword had made women childless, made his mother childless among women, by hewing of him in pieces before the Lord, 1 Sam. 15.32, 33. In such an almost desperate Case as this of Blood is, Let a man take his measures for averting the Shame, Horror, Confusion and Destruction that are due to him at the hand of the Lord, from the behaviour of such as discreetly endeavour to reconcile themselves to the offended justice of man, to their Soveraign.
who, for that Agag is Sword had made women childless, made his mother childless among women, by hewing of him in Pieces before the Lord, 1 Sam. 15.32, 33. In such an almost desperate Case as this of Blood is, Let a man take his measures for averting the Shame, Horror, Confusion and Destruction that Are due to him At the hand of the Lord, from the behaviour of such as discreetly endeavour to reconcile themselves to the offended Justice of man, to their Sovereign.
Who knoweth but thereupon the Divine Sovereign may have mercy here and hereafter: For God is King of the Kings of Israel, and the Kings of Israel were wont to be merciful Kings.
Who Knoweth but thereupon the Divine Sovereign may have mercy Here and hereafter: For God is King of the Kings of Israel, and the Kings of Israel were wont to be merciful Kings.
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though they cannot or will not (as they ought) pray for themselves? yet in pitious consideration, that the end of their Journey is Eternity, the way to their Bliss is long, the passage thereto strait, their success very dubious, but not absolutely desperate;
though they cannot or will not (as they ought) pray for themselves? yet in piteous consideration, that the end of their Journey is Eternity, the Way to their Bliss is long, the passage thereto strait, their success very dubious, but not absolutely desperate;
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Let us, according to our Opportunities and Abilities, whil'st we and they breath together, with strong Cries never cease assailing the Throne of Grace on their behalf for such measures of, Clear Conviction, Thorough Contrition, Deep Humiliation, Free Confession, and Living Faith, as may carry them through the Agonies of Death to a Crown of Life, through Jesus Christ. Amen. FINIS.
Let us, according to our Opportunities and Abilities, whilst we and they breath together, with strong Cries never cease assailing the Throne of Grace on their behalf for such measures of, Clear Conviction, through Contrition, Deep Humiliation, Free Confessi, and Living Faith, as may carry them through the Agonies of Death to a Crown of Life, through jesus christ. Amen. FINIS.
