Excerpt from The Royal Sin, or Adultery Rebuk'd in a Great King: Being a Discourse From the Following Text, and Nathan Said Unto David, Thou Art the Man, 2 Sam; XII. 7; Deliver'd in the Parish of St. Martin's, and Published at the Unanimous Request of the Congregation; Addressed to Those Whom It May Concern David, out of a counterfeit-tenderneis, willing to difpenfe with the Attendance of his faithful Servant, and [end him to repofe him felf at his own Houfe after his Journey; But Uriah faid unto David, The Ark, and Ifrael, and Judah ahide in Tents, and my Lord Joab, and the Servant: of my Lord are encamped in open fields; Shall I then go into to eat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.