Excerpt from The Nature of National Offences Truly Stated, And the Peculiar Case of the Jewish People Rightly Explained, In Its Present Circumstances, May Reasonably Aspire to the Distinguished Protection of Heaven: A Sermon Preached on the General Fast Day, Appointed to Be Observed December 18, 1745Other which accommodates to modern Kings the Title peculiar to the yearn/h, of the Lord's anointed which, as it is ufed and inforced, intrenches as deeply upon the Rights of Mankind. For a yewi/h Mo. Narch being really and truly the Lora: na ointed, as he was God's own Deputy or Lieutenant in the Kingdom, and confe quently to refifi him, on any Pretence what-a foever, being Rebellion againfi' God, the fame Inference has been drawn, by Court Flatterers, from the fame Title, for the Support of modern Tyranny, and (0 hé come one of the chief Props of that abfurd and defirué'tive Doé'trine of divine indefeiza ble hereditary Right: Whereas it can be applied, to modern Princes, only in a figu.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.