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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01473	Ientaculum iudicum: or, A breake-fast for the bench prepared, presented, and preached in two sacred seruices, or sermons, the morning sacrifice before the two assises: at Thetford, at Norwich: 1619. Containing monitory meditations, to execute iustice and law-businesse with a good conscience. By Samuel Garey, preacher of Gods word in Win-farthing in Norff.	Garey, Samuel, 1582 or 3-1646.	1623 (1623)	STC 11598; ESTC S102832	18,427	42

the word of his Grace which is able to build thee further c. I rest Thy Christian Well-willer Sa Garey A BEAKE-FAST FOR THE BENCH TEXT PSAL. 2. v. 10. Be learned ye that are the Iudges of the earth serue the Lord in feare THis Psalme a Piscator in l●t is partly propheticall and partly protrepticall and paraeneticall The Psalmist prophesies of the Kingdome of Christ vnto the tenth verse and then exhorts admonisheth all Kings and Iudges to serue and honour this high and holy Lord and King in the three last verses following Of the Kingdom of Christ three things prophesied 1. Of enemies Why doe the heathen rage vers 1. 2. Their enterprize The Kings of the earth band themselues c. vers 2. 3. Their ouerthrow followes specially described vers 9. Similitudine dissipationis vasis figlini Breake them in peeces like a Potters vessell The second part of the Psalme paraeneticall Admonitorie or exhortatorie to serue Christ who is here prophetically presigured I will be no generall Surueior of this Psalme vpon a little peece of ground I set this Fabricke And this Dauid a princely Prophet who from a poore Sheepheard raised by God to sit vpon the Kings Bench here giues a Spirituall Charge to Kings and Iudges Dauid the prolocutor is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let the hearer be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A Charge Quibus de quibus 1. To Kings and Iudges 2. Be wise be learned The duty of both conioined Serae the Lord in feare I haue chosen halfe his charge worke enough for my discourse and for your practise In this Apostrophe or Compellation behold Danids Information and Exhortation Information Be learned Exhortation Serue the Lord in feare Here is both Theoricum Practicum 1. A Qualification in quo Be learned 2. A Caution circa quod Serue the Lord in feare Three parts the principall points of all 1. The persons Iudges there is dignitas Their dignitie 2. Their properties erudimini Be learned there is qualitas their qualitie 3. Their practise Serue the Lord in feare there is pietas their pietie Thus this Text like a small Garden-plot yeelds plenty of rarities like to b Matth. 26.7 Iohn 12.3 Maries little Box full of sweete ointment which being opened the sauor perfumes an whole house Verba pauca longum Epiphonema Few words yet full of weight In handling of them we implore Gods assistance and your fauourable patience 1. Of the persons Iudges dignitas personae Iudges are of Gods owne c Iudg. 2.16 raising Their calling and office venerable Nomen honorificum apud omnes an honourable name among all Their Authoritie not to be controuerted except God be countermanded Iudges e Acts 13.20 ruled in Israel 450 yeares and because f 1 Sam 8.3 Samuels children were bribing Iudges therefore the people of Israel cried and called for a g 6. King to iudge them like other Nations For before that time h 1 Sam. 7.15.16 Samuel Iudged Israel and went about yeare by yeare as it were in circuite to Bethel Gilgal and Mizpeth and iudged Israel in all those places Moses the first who chose Iudges by the counsell of i Exod. 18.21 Iethro which practise after continued long in Ierusalem they had their Gasith their Court in the inward Citie which the Iewes called Sanhedrim the Greekes Syned●ion the counsell of the Elders I purpose to passe by the Antiquitie and Authoritie of Iudges their properties are markes more proper for our discourse and these properties specially fiue required in a iust Iudge 1. Perspicacit as ingenij deepe vnderstanding 2. Audacitas An●mi boldnesse and courage 3. Honestas conscientiae honesty of Conscience 4. Impartialitas Iustitiae vprightnesse of Iustice 5. Aequitas sententiae Equitie of Sentence These siue faire properties are better ornaments to adorne Iudges then Iosephs siue k Gen. 45.22 suits of rayment to set out Beniamin 1. Perspicacitas Ingenij sharpnesse of apprehension Ignorantia Iudicis est calamitas innocentis saith Auslen the Ignorance of a Iudge is the calamitie of the Innocent and graue Iudicium est eius qui non habet iudicium saith Seneca Grieuous is his iudgement who hath no iudgement They must be wise and learned and haue the eyes of vnderstanding in their owne heads not to be guided by others or like the * Plutarch Lamiae carry their eyes in a boxe rather l Matt. 10.16 to be wise as Serpents A Magistrate should not be like Polyphemus who had but one eye and that a had one to be monoculate rather like Argus oculatus à fronte à tergo eyes before and behinde An office which requires the prayer of the m Ephes 1.18 Apostle That the eyes of their vnderstanding may be enlightened So hard a Taske to performe that the Son n Ecclus. 7.7 of Syrach counselleth Seeke not to be made a Iudge or a Magistrate lest thou be not able to take away iniquitie I haue read that Heraclitus being sicke examined his Phisition concerning the cause of his sicknesse and for that he was ignorant of the cause he would none of his Phisicke saying If he be not able to shew me the cause he is lesse able to take away the cause of my disease So the Phisition of the politicke Body If he hath not wisedome and knowledge he can neither see nor take away the causes of the corruption of Common-wealths but by a man of vnderstanding a Realme endures long saith o Pro. 28.2 Salomen They had need of great knowledge and experience who are appointed Instruments to preserue Regem The King Iagem The Law Gregem The Country They had neede to be learned and able to carry the Iethro of Counsell in their owne Bosomes There are many sores and sicknesses in a Common-wealth Fraude is subtle mille necendi Artes a thousand waies to deceiue And as Ouid of Autolicus that he was furtum ingeniosus ad omne Witty in all kinde of wickednesse The world is full of wicked wits Magistrates had neede of Serpentine wisedome to p Cant. 2.15 take the little Foxes of the world q Ier. 15.19 to separate the pretious from the vilde The Aegyptians Embleme was Oeulus cum Sceptre an Eie with the Scepter The Heathens in their Hierogliphicks did decipher Iupiter with an Eie and an Eagle insinuating such a nature beseemed his Maiesty not to be deceiued or deluded by any Obiect To be Eagle-eyed and to be Lion-hearted Magistrates should be for Wisdome Eyes for Instruction Eares for Protection Hands for Supportation Legges Like r Iob 29.15 16. Iob who was Eyes to the blinde feete to the lame hands for the poore to helpe the fatherlesse and friendlesse The ſ Psal 10 13. poore commit themselues vnto you for you should be helpers of the fatherlesse t 1 Iohn 5 19. Mundus in maligno positus the world is set vpon wickednesse yea as u Mic. 7.2 Micah