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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29567	Achitophel befool'd a sermon preached November V, 1678 at St. Sepulchres / by Aaron Baker ...	Baker, Aaron, b. 1651 or 2.	1678 (1678)	Wing B478; ESTC R5235	15,256	39

those that were with him Verse 14 to arise and flee from Jerusalem And now in his flight in great Distraction for fear of the Traitour his Son Verse 30 as he was going up Mount Olivet with his head cover'd a token of Subjection Willet p. 95. as some think his feet bare and eyes weeping Symbols of his Humiliation behold another Messenger overtakes him and tells him more particularly of the Conspiracy and Conspirators One told David saying Achitophel is among the Conspirators with Absalom c. Here then we may behold the horridness of this Sin of Conspiring against the Lords anointed 1 Sam. 26.9 and how Infamous Conspirators have been in all Ages Absalom's Treason in this Story written in the indelible Characters of the Scriptures by the Holy Spirit of God and there painted out in its proper colours to the life with all his Art of Plotting and Contriving has made him odious to all Posterity How are his cunning Insinuations into the Peoples Affection and his Affability and Popularity displayed how his pretence of Piety and Religion And this partly to let us know that the wicked and irreligious Hypocrites care not how they mock God so they may abuse and mislead the People and partly to acquaint us that the Best not only Kings but Men have not been able to secure themselves from the Traiterous Plots and underminings of the Wicked who make no Conscience of paying Obedience to Gods Vicegerent For was it not David's case a man after God's own heart more than once Here Absalom the Son of his own bowels and soon after Sheba the Son of Bichri blew the Trumpet What Part have we in David and who as David himself said 2 Sam. 20.6 was like to do him more harm than did Absalom This was St. Paul's Case too Certain Jews more than forty in the Conspiracy Acts 23.12 13. bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink 'till they had killed Paul And thus it was with our Saviour himself for he had but twelve Disciples and yet one of them a Traitor No marvel then if Queen Elizabeth of ever fragrant memory King James a pious and Protestant Prince and as a seasonable and happy Discovery makes it even now appear our present King Charles the Second have found the same Lot in their and our Times from the hands of Bloody and murtherous Papists Zeal of the Holy Cause Extirpation of Hereticks and the spreading of the Catholick Religion were their Pretence in this as well as in other their Plots and Conspiracies Whence they are the worst sort of Politicians never bogling at nor making any Conscience of driving on their Projects and wicked Self-ends under the Vizard and Petence of Religion Thus it was we see with Absalom in my Text when he intends to raise a Rebellious Army against David his Father he pretends he must to Hebron to sacrifice he hath a Vow to be performed to the Lord in Hebron So Herod when his Purpose was to kill Christ Mat. 2.8 pretends that he would go and worship the Babe that was born And how did Julian cry up Piety and Reformation when he had no other End but sacrilegiously to take away the Revenues of the Church that Christian Religion for want of maintenance for the Ministers of the Gospel might insensibly decay and fall to the Ground But let such wretched Politicians know that as there is nothing more Odious to God than to make Religion thus basely subservient to Policy so they are the worst and most dangerous sort of Hypocrites and cannot long escape the Wrath and fearful Vengeance of God whose Religion they thus make a Mockery of to serve their own most wicked Ends and Purposes And so much may suffice to be spoken of the first Branch of our Enquiry into the Discovery namely What the Danger was A Conspiracy Come we now to the Second Who a chief Actor Ring-leader or Adviser in this Conspiracy and the Text tells us It was Achitophel Achitophel with Absalom Now this Achitophel if we enquire into his Birth was born in the City of Giloh which Joshua numbers amongst the Cities of the Josh 15.51 Tribe of Judah Whence in the 12th Verse of the same Chapter with my Text we find him called Achitophel the Gilomite For his Place and Relation to David beside that of a Subject which had been Obligation enough to have engag'd his Loyalty and Obedience he was David's Counsellor one that did partake of his Secrets and with whom he did principally Advise about the Affairs of State Achitophel David's Counsellor And lastly for his Parts and Abilities and his Estimation in giving Counsel he was so Prudent and Wise that it is said that the Counsel of Achitophel was as the Oracle of God 2 Sam. 16. ult Non ratione Rectitudinis Consilii sed Adhaesionis Cajet in loc saith Cajetan such Estimation found it both with David and with Absalom Hence it was that Absalom had an Eye on him in the hatching of this Treason and sent for Achitophel for the benefit of his Advice and prudent Conduct So that well might David complain of the Greatness of his distress in regard of the Persons by whom it was effected Absalom his Son and Achitophel his Counsellor the one out of his own Loins the other from his own Board and Council-Table Who could have suspected or fear'd any such thing from these and yet behold These are the Conspirators David indeed resents it and complains heavily of it as a hurden intolerable If an Enemy had done this unto me Psal 55. I could have born it we can look for no less from an Enemy who professes Hostility but alas saith David it was thou my Companion and my Guide my bosom Acquaintance my Counsellor and my familiar Friend we took sweet counsel together c. This was it that sate near unto the Royal Psalmist's heart that the Treason was menag'd by so near an Instrument There are no Wounds to the Wounds of a Friend Even our Saviour Christ took it to his very heart Zech. 13.6 that he was wounded in the house of his Friends And is the Treason of this day free from the like Guilt May it not be justly tax'd with this very Circumstance Was it not to have been Acted against the King by his own Subjects Persons that had receiv'd many singular Favours from his happy Government and Royal Clemency towards them Had they not a Propriety in their Estates the Benefit and Security of the Laws Yes certainly they ate of the Fat of the Land 1 King 4.25 they sate under their own Vine and under their own Fig-tree without the least disturbance of a Sequestration or an Inquisition as to their Superstitious and Idolatrous Religion Achitophel is among the Conspirators with Absalom in the Text and Subjects in the Conspiracy of the Day Achitophel was of David's Privy-Council a great Statesman and a cunning Politician