CONTENTS xv 



XXXIX. MILITARY ENGINES 220 



XL. THE PROPER MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF A ROYAL 



COURT 

 XLJ. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED 



XLII. A DISCUSSION OF HOW GOD REWARDS RIGHTEOUSNESS, 

 HUMILITY, AND FIDELITY, ILLUSTRATED BY EX- 

 AMPLES DRAWN FROM SACRED AND PROFANE HIS- 

 TORY 234 



XLIII. THE DUTIES AND THE EXALTED POSITION OF THE KING 

 XLIV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED 



XLV. CONCERNING THE MODERATION WHICH A KING MUST 

 OBSERVE IN HIS JUDICIAL SENTENCES AND PENAL- 

 TIES, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN FROM THE STORY 

 OF GOD'S JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF ADAM AND EVE, 

 IN WHICH CASE TRUTH AND JUSTICE WERE ASSOCI- 

 ATED WITH PEACE AND MERCY 251 



XLVI. AN EXAMPLE OF RIGHTEOUS SEVERITY IN JUDGMENT 

 DRAWN FROM THE STORY OF GOD*S CONDEMNATION 

 OF LUCIFER 258 



XLVII. A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF VERDICTS AND PENALTIES 

 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE STORY OF LUCI- 

 FER'S REBELLION AND DOWNFALL AND OF THE SIN 

 AND PUNISHMENT OF THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN 260 



XLVHI. A COMMENTARY ON THE STORY OF LUCIFER 272 



XLIX. INSTANCES IN WHICH GOD HAS ALLOWED THE DECISION 

 TO BE FRAMED ACCORDING TO THE STERN DEMANDS 

 OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE 277 



L. OTHER INSTANCES IN WHICH THE ARGUMENTS OF 



PEACE AND MERCY HAVE HAD GREATER WEIGHT 279 



LI. THE REASONS FOR THIS DIVERSITY IN THE VERDICTS 



OF GOD 283 



LII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED 284 



LIII. INSTANCES IN WHICH GOD HAS MODIFIED HIS SEN- 

 TENCES AND THE REASONS FOR SUCH MODIFICA- 

 TIONS 



LIV. THE KING'S PRAYER 



LV. A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE KING'S BUSINESS 

 PECIALLY HIS JUDICIAL DUTIES 



LVI. THE SPEECH OF WISDOM 



LVH. DIFFICULT DUTIES OF THE KING'S JUDICIAL 

 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 



