Excerpt from A Sermon Preach'd Before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled, at the Collegiate Church of St. Peter's Westminster, on Monday January 30, 1720-21: Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First To open nnneceitarily any old Wounds that are now clofed up, and make them bleed afrefh; To widen' any that are now open, and to inflame them [till more and more: thefethings are as far from my Inclination and Temper, as They are contrary to All that I know of Religion. I had much rather pour. Oyl into Any That ref main, and apply nothing but fort. And healing Medicines: Nay, if 1t were poflible, I would cafi a Veil. 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.