Ruler’s Sins the Cause of National Judgments - Puritan Patrick Gillespie / Christian Audio Books (1650) 2 Kings 23:26 26 Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had provoked him. New King James Version (NKJV) 26 Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. From the Puritan Fast Day Sermons, preached after the death of Charles I. The subject is that the sins of previous monarchs may still be visited on a present generation though a godly ruler is in place. So in the case of the days of Josiah, because of Manasseh. In our own nation, the previous administration. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/stack45ny http://www.puritanaudiobooks.net/ From The Digital Puritan site: Patrick Gillespie (1617–1675) was born 2 March 1617, and educated at St. Andrews University, where he graduated in 1635. In 1642, he became minister of the second charge of Kirkcaldy, and of the High Church of Glasgow in 1648. Patrick Gillespie (1617–1675) was a Scottish minister, strong Covenanter, and Principal of Glasgow University by the support of Oliver Cromwell. He was third son of John Gillespie, minister of Kirkcaldy, by his wife Lilias, daughter of Patrick Simson, minister of Stirling; and brother of George Gillespie. He was baptised 2 March 1617, was educated at the University of St. Andrews, where he graduated in 1635, became minister of the second charge of Kirkcaldy in 1642, and of the High Church of Glasgow in 1648. From that time he took a very prominent part in public affairs, first as an extreme covenanter, and next as a friend and supporter of Cromwell. He strenuously opposed the "Engagement" for the rescue of Charles I, helped to overthrow the government that sanctioned it, and advocated severe measures against all 'malignants.' He considered the terms made with Charles II unsatisfactory, and after the battle of Dunbar (3 September 1650) he assembled a meeting of gentlemen and ministers in the west, and persuaded them to raise a separate armed force, which was placed under the command of officers recommended by him. Many of the "Protesters", as the dissenters were called, preferred Cromwell to the king, and some of them became favourable to independency. Gillespie was the leader of this section, and there was no one in Scotland who more influence with the Protector. His appointment to the principalship of the University of Glasgow followed in 1652, over protests on the grounds that the election belonged to the professors, that he was insufficient in learning, and had been deposed from the ministry. In 1653 Cromwell turned the general assembly out of doors, and in the following year he called Gillespie and two other protesters to London to consult with them on a new settlement of Scottish ecclesiastical affairs. In September 1655, having gone to Edinburgh to preach, Gillespie was interrupted by a part of the congregation, who asked how he dared to appear there, being a deposed minister and traitor. A few weeks later, when preaching in the High Church of Edinburgh (14 October 1655), he prayed for Cromwell, the first to do so publicly in Scotland. About this time he got the synod of Glasgow to annul the sentence of deposition passed by the general assembly, and he was sent as a correspondent to the synod of Lothian, in order to get their act acknowledged; but he was not admitted. After his return home he quarrelled with the town council, and was libelled for neglect of duty and maladministration of funds, but the accusation was not pushed to extremities. In May 1659 he again visited London, and obtained from Richard Cromwell an addition to his income out of the college revenues. On 28 October 1659 he was desired for the Outer-High Church, Edinburgh. At the Restoration he sent his wife to court to intercede for him. He was deprived of his office, and imprisoned in Stirling Castle. In March 1661 he was brought to trial, when he professed penitence, and threw himself upon the mercy of the court. He had powerful friends, and even Sharp used his influence on his behalf, so that he escaped with a sentence of confinement to Ormiston for a time. The king thought him more guilty than James Guthrie, and said that he would have spared Guthrie's life if he had known that Gillespie was to be treated so leniently. He could obtain no further employment in the ministry, and died at Leith in February 1675. At the university he renewed and enlarged the buildings, and added to its permanent revenues, but left it in debt.