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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56794	Sheba's conspiracy and Amasa's confederacy, or, A modest vindication of the national association entred into by the Honorable House of Commons, Feb. 25th, 1695 being a sermon preach'd in the parish-church of St. James Clarkenwell, March 29th / by D. Pead ...	Pead, Deuel, d. 1727.	1696 (1696)	Wing P964; ESTC R3632	17,091	32

SHEBA's CONSPIRACY AND AMASA's CONFEDERACY OR A Modest VINDICATION OF THE National Association Entred into by the Honorable House of Commons Feb. 25th 1695. BEING A SERMON Preach'd in the Parish-Church of St. James Clarkenwell March 29th By D. PEAD Chaplain to his Grace John Duke of New-Castle LONDON Printed for T. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside MDCXCVI To his Most Sacred Majesty William the III. OF England Scotland and Ireland by the Grace of God Rightful and Lawful King Defender of the Faith c. Most Gracious Sovereign VAlens the Emperor having incautelously entertain'd the pernicious Errors of Arius in a short time great part of Christendom became infected with the same Principles In those Days Aphrates the Monk leaving his Cell appeared in Publick striving by his Art and Wit to oppose that raging Torrent and to such as thought him too forward he offered no other Apology than that the Necessity of the Times forced him from his Retirement Our implacable Enemies of Rome who have for many Years laboured the Destruction of our Church and Nation finding their own Hands too feeble to effect their Enterprize have at last by a subtle Stratagem brought over too many of Ours to their Assistance for having cunningly inveigled with some to press the Doctrine of Passive Obedience in a time unseasonable and in a Cause not requiring Men's Affections became much alienate from the Truth they fear'd would expose 'em and having prevailed on others to invalidate your Majesty's Just and Legal Title to the Crown by introducing an uncouth Notion of a King de Facto by which Doctrine they have brought some to believe that Rebellion against a Prince no better qualified was necessary just and acceptable as well to God as Man in which Opinion some have already persisted unto Death At such a time to be silent is to be insensible not to reprove is to encourage and not to oppose such irreligious Principles and Practises is to want not only Loyalty but Religion The chief Designs of this Discourse now humbly laid at your Majesty's Feet are to confirm such as have hitherto kept themselves uncorrupted in Loyalty and Obedience to your Majesty to reclaim if possible some of the fallen as for the more froward and obstinate they must be left to your Majesty's Justice which I hope that God who hath so miraculously preserved and defended you will direct and enable you so to execute that it may be seen to the Comfort of the Loyal and the Terror of the Rebellious that your Majesty bears not the Sword in vain The Lord grant your Majesty a long Life that you may at last behold and rejoice in the Travel of your Soul the Preservation Reformation and Prosperity of your Kingdoms And let all the People say Amen Which is the Constant Prayer of Your MAJESTY's most Loyal Most Obedient and Most Humble Subject Deuel Pead A VINDICATION OF THE National Association 2 Sam. XX. 1. And there hap'ned to be there a man of Belial whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri a Benjamite and he blew a trumpet and said we have no part in David neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse every man to his tents O Israel GOD whose only Prerogative it is ever hath been and shall be to dispose of Kingdoms was pleased to Appoint and Anoint David the Son of Jesse to wear Israel's Crown not that he delighted in Changes and Innovation but his Wisdom and Justice could not bear that such as reigned only by his Comimssion should dispute or refuse his Commands Wherefore Saul forgetting his Duty both to God and his People God saw it high time to remove him and made room for the Succession of a Prince who should prove more willing and obedient yet though this was apparently the Lord's Doings all were not then no more than they are now satisfy'd therewith Some turbulent Spirits lay upon the Catch watching the Opportunity of a Revolution these resolved that seeing God had translated the Diadem from the Tribe of Benjamin to that of Judah they would either bring it back or else convert the Monarchy into a Commonwealth of which number was Sheba who took Pett at the Honour the Tribe of Judah had done themselves in being so zealous after the Defeat of Absalom to conduct David from Mahanaim to Jerusalem for if you consult the 41 Verse of the preceding Chapter you will find the Ten Tribes sharply contesting with the Men of Judah and blaming them for their so great haste in transporting the King and his Houshold without calling them to the Consult that they also might have shared in the Honour of such a Loyal Action who hearing this would not have concluded David exceeding happy in the Affection of his Subjects But All is not Gold that glisters All are not therefore loyal because at this Juncture of Time upon the Discovery of so horrid a Plot they have set their Hands to an Association for even those Men who were so hot in the Contention pretending so much Loyalty of a sudden in the Rebellion of Absalom deserted David's Standard and within a few Minutes you will find them closing with Sheba's Traiterous Counsel And as saith the Verse following the Text they forsook David and I fear some who are now very forward in these Demonstrations of Loyalty had the Enemy landed would have held it their best Policy to have met him in an obsequious manner thereby to save their Estates It is pity such have any to save Sheba being among these discontented Persons and perceiving them in a Ferment closed with the Opportunity and to blow them up into a Flame he blew a Trumpet and said We have no part in David neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse every man to his tents O Israel I shall consider these Words after this Method I. I shall treat of the Person Sheba the son of Bichri a Benjamite and which we must not forget a Man of Belial II. His Action He blew a Trumpet III. His Speech And said we have no part in David neither have we Inheritance in the Son of Jesse every Man to his Tents O Israel These Things dispatch'd I shall conclude with better Counsel 1. The Person Of whom I shall not speak much and that for two Reasons the one because I find no Good to relate of him the other because the less we have to do with such Persons the better First By his Behaviour A Man of Belial i. e. a yokeless lawless Person a pestilent Fellow a Mover of Sedition a meer Salamander that would expire were it not for the Fire of Contention a very Child of the Devil One would think no wise Persons would come at such a ones Call or find leisure to hear his Speeches yet some have such itching Ears that they will listen to any Villain that knows how to speak Treason enough Secondly He is described by his Name Sheba which being interpreted implies