SERMON VII. The History of Jacob confidered, SERMON VIII. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. SERMON IX. Pride. SERMON X. Humility. SERMON IX. Advantages of Christianity to the World. SERMON XII. The Abuses of Confcience confidered, SERMON I. 2 SAMUEL Xix. 21. 1ft Part. But Abifbai faid, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this?————— I T has not a good afpect―This is the second time Abishai has propofed Shimei's deftruction; once in the 16th chapter, on a fudden transport of indignation, when Shimei curfed David, "Why Should this "dead dog, cried Abishai, curfe my lord the king; let me go over, I pray thee, and cut off "his head." This had fomething at least of gallantry in it; for in doing it he hazarded his own; and befides the offender was not other wife to be come at: the second time, is in the text; when the offender was abfolutely in their power - when the blood was cool; and the fuppliant was holding up his hands for mercy. -Shall not Shimei, anfwered Abishai, be put to death for this? So unrelenting a pursuit looks lefs like juftice than revenge, which is fo cowardly a paflion, that it renders Abifhai's |