D ON THE MORAL and RELIGIOUS CHARACTER O F DAVID, King of ISRAEL and JUDAH. WHEREIN The ASPERSIONS thrown upon him by a Modern Author, are proved to be falfe and malicious: And the Right the Royal Patriarch has, not only in a political, but likewise in a moral and religious Sense, to the Title of being THE MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART, is impartially stated and confidered. By JOHN FRANCIS, M. A. Nevertheless for DAVID's Sake did the Lord bis God give him a LONDON: Printed for J. NEWBERY, in St. Paul's Church-yard: And Sold by the Bookfellers in Town and Country. M DCC LXIV. GEORGE SANDBY, D, D. MASTER of MAGDALEN College REVEREND SIR, HE following Sheets beg leave to fhelter themselves under the Patronage TH of Your Name, as their Author's Obfcurity, and their own Inaccuracy, would elfe almost incapacitate them from making, their Appearance in public, without fuch a Support. Many may, indeed, think it a needlefs Piece of Vanity in me, to attempt offering to the Public any Production of mine upon a Subject, which has already been copiously handled by Pens much superior. This I am very confcious of; but as, I think, I have confidered the Character of the Royal Patriarch in a Light fomewhat different to what other Authors have already done, I am in Hopes the following Pages may contain fome Arguments paffed over in Silence by those learned Writers; which may, however, tend to advance the Glory of God, and A 2 thereby |