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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66475	A sermon preached before his Grace the King's commissioner, and the three estates of Parliament: June the 15th. 1690. By David Williamson, Minister of the Gospel at Edinburgh	Williamson, David, d. 1706.	1690 (1690)	Wing W2796; ESTC R219573	24,635	21

Word of God Deut 17.18 19. It 's enjoyned to a king when he siteth on the ●rone of his Kingdom that he shall write a copy of this Law in a book out of that which is before the Pr●ests the Levites And it shall be with him and he shall read there in all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the Lord his God to keep all the words of this Law and these statutes to do them That his heart be not listed up above his brethren and that he turn not aside from the commandment to the right hand nor to the left ● To the end that ●e may prolong his days in his kingdom he and his children in the midst of Israel It 's injoyned Jeshuah a Governour Jeshuah 1. 7 8. Only be thou strong and very ●●urogro●●s that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant command●d thee Turn not from it to the right hand or to the lest that thou mayest prosper whi●●er soever thou goest This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but tho● shalt meditat therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for thin thou shalt make thy way prosperous then thou shalt have good success This word is able to make the Man of God Magistrat or Minister wise to Salvation perfect and throughly furnished for every good work 2 Tim. 3.15 17. By this word P●vid ●av●●g it ever with him was made wiser than his enemies bad more understanding than the detients and his Teachers Psalm 119.98 90 100. Alas There are but too sew among our great Once that have acquaintance with the VVord that may be applyed to many Jer. 3.99 They have rejected the word of the Lord and what wisdom is there in them Quest VVherein stands this VVisdom Magistrats should Studie Answ Solomen says Prov. 4.7 VVisdom is the principal thing therefore with all thy getting get understanding It is supposed Job 38.2 Some darken Counsel by Words without Knowledge● True VVisdom stands not in VVords I consess good Diction and Expression acceptable VVords with Eloquence are not Despicable Gists But the main pitch Beauty and VVorth of VVisdom consift in Action Joh. 13.17 Christ says If you know these things happy are ye if ye do them Psalm 111.10 Good understanding have all they that keep his Comm●ndments James 3.13 Who is a wise Man and endued with knowledge among you Let him shew out of a good Conversation his Works with meekness of Wisdom All would he called Wise and the most part pretend to it even a Fool thinks himself wiser than seven Men that can render a reason Prov. 26.16 But would Men be what they affect to be reputed truly wise then must they Study prudent Meekness in Co●versation and Pronour Knowledge with Practice Prov. 8.12 I Wisdom dwell with Pruaence Deut. 3.6 Keap these Statutes for this is your Wisdom There be sour sorts of Persons scored by here 1. The Worldly wise who are cunning to effectuate their Carnal purposes 3. Such as content themselves with Humane Knowledge and can Reason in Natural Things but know not God nor themselves such do but go Wisely to Hell Sapientes sapienter descendunt in Infernum Hieron 3. Such as hunt after Notions and Sublime Speculations knowing only that they may know 4. Such as are sinsully Crafty to devise wickedness 1 Cor. 14.20 Be not Children in Understanding but in Mali●e be ye Children happy Souls who never enters into sins secrets Honourable Worthies in Charity I judge I need not offer Instruction to many for Information yet there may be some what ever smack they have of Homane Policy would be no worse to learn more Morality and the Elements of Divine Wisdom and sure all needs upstirring to more Practise Now I will tell you wherein the Wisdom of Magistrats stands not and then wherein it doth stand 1. It stands no● in unseasonable undue contending ●●ieing and deve●ing one another least ye he consumed one of another Gal. 5.15 The beginning of strise is like the opening of the waters to overflow Prov. 17.14 I confess there is a lawful contending not only for Truth and the Faith of the Gospel Jud. 3. Phil. 1.27 but even for inferiour things Joh. 31.13 14 15 23. he admits his hyrlings to plead their Right and offer their Grievances If I did despise the cause of my man servant or of my maid servant when they contended with me what then shall I do when God riseth up And when he visi●eth what shall I answer him Did not he that made me in the womb make him and did not one fashion us both in the womb For destruction from God was a terrour to me and by reason of his highness I could not endure As if he had said if I had used my power to overthrow his just right I heard them patiently and indifferently and did them right even against my self if by any misinformation or passion I had done them Injury What Apology shall I make when I am call'd before God's Tribunal Who will examine all my Actions and particularly what is betwixt me and my Servant altho he was my Servant yet my fellow Creature made by the same God after God's Image as I am and therefore one of God's Subjects whom I could not abuse without the Injury of his Supreme Lord altho by Power and Interest I had little reason to fear Man I stood in a we of God and of his Judgement and made it my Business to please him so he admitted their Debate I confess there would be examination of the principal and rise of Debates if from pride and envy then confusion and every evil work may be the consequent James 3.16 there is due season and right methods and measures that would he followed the miss and mistake in these may marr a very cleanly Design and Essays for Peace ill managed in stead of being water to quench the fire may prove oyl to increase the flame It is observable and commendable although Abraham superior and elder than Lot avoided unseasonable contendings when the Canaanites were in the Land Gen. 13. and yielded to Lot whose choise proved his punishment It is no disparagement to the highest to Princes Clemency and Condescendency to these below them even supposing some Transgression Prov. 19.11 It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression and his discretion to defer anger and far more is it the bound duty of inferiours to yield and not unnianntely to prig with these above them where yielding may be without manifest prejudice to Truth and Peace Secondly it is not wisdom in Kings and Magistrate to exerce a despotick and Arbitrary power to Rule with Tyranny and Opp●●stion what is spoken of Natural Parents Ephes 6.49 is applicable to the Fathers of the Republick they would not ●rovoke to wrath but avoid inhumanity in their dealings Relax and Moderate