A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor : the aldermen and citizens of London / at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul on Monday the 30th of Jan. 1709/10 being the anniversary fast for the Martyrdom of King Charles

A pulpit address delivered at a civic day of fasting compares a biblical episode about Naboth with the recent martyrdom of a sovereign to examine innocent bloodshed, the misuse of legal and religious rites, and the social consequences of political violence. The preacher cautiously distinguishes human martyrdom from the Passion while highlighting similarities in motive, method, and communal harm, and invokes Old Testament rules on inheritance to justify resistance to unlawful demands. The argument analyses how false accusation and staged justice implicate perpetrators in collective guilt and concludes with moral reflections urging protection of ancestral rights and vigilance against abuses of authority.