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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31114	A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London at St. Lawrence Jewry, on the feast of St. Michael, 1698, at the election of the Lord Mayor for the year ensuing / by Samuel Barton ...	Barton, Samuel, 1647 or 8-1715.	1698 (1698)	Wing B995; ESTC R58	10,157	32

a Blessing from God upon his having faithfully discharg'd his Duty in the Administration of Justice as we read in the 29th of Job from the 14th to the 18th Verse I put on righteousness and it cloath'd me my judgment was as a robe and a diadem I was eyes to the blind and feet was I to the lame I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I search'd out And I brake the jaws of the wicked and pluck'd the spoil out of his Teeth Then I said I shall die in my nest I shall multiply my days as the sand He hop'd to enjoy Prosperity and a long Life because he had been so good a Magistrate and so great a Patron of Right and Justice where he liv'd And this his Hope did not deceive him tho' he had indeed a great Interval of Affliction But Fourthly It may well be Joy to a just Magistrate to do Judgment because 't is an high Honour done him by Almighty God to be employ'd in doing part of his Work For 't is God that is the great Doer of Justice to all his Creatures He is the Fountain of Right as he is the Fountain of Good He is the Judge of all the World and will one Day do right impartially unto all He has said that Vengeance is his and he will repay Rom. 12.19 However he does not ordinarily in this Life take the Execution of Justice immediately into his own Hands but has appointed Deputies for it to whom upon that account he has said Ye are Gods However difficult it may be to prove any one particular Form of Government to be of Divine Right most certain it is that Government and Magistracy in general are the Ordinance of God And of every lawful Magistrate we may say that he is God's minister to us for good Rom. 13.4 a revenger to execute wrath on him that doth wrong There are several other Reasons that might be given why 't is such a Pleasure and Satisfaction to a Just Man to do Judgment But the same are also Reasons of the Second thing and therefore may be consider'd there Now the Second Proposition was II. That 't is a great Pleasure also to the Spectators if they be Righteous and Good Men to see good Magistrates faithfully discharging their Duty in the Execution of Justice So it is First Because 't is a Pleasure to see others doing that which one wou'd do one's self to see especially great Men and Magistrates concurring with one in Opinion and doing that which one knows is right and fit to be done But Secondly 'T is Joy to a Just Man to do Justice and 't is Joy to all good Men to see it done because 't is a thing so very necessary and so beneficial to Mankind I shall not be large upon this Common Place For 't is obvious to the Thoughts of all Men that without some Execution of Justice there can be no Peace no Security no quiet or comfortable Living no Property no calling any thing one's own and thence no honest Industry nor none of the most ordinary Conveniencies of Life And hence 't is commonly observ'd that even Thieves and Robbers tho' their Trade be all Violence and Injustice towards others yet are forc'd to exercise some kind of Justice among themselves in the dividing of the Spoil But it is not only those Crimes whereby Men do immediately injure one another that a good Magistrate will think himself bound to punish but those also whereby they dishonour God or abuse themselves For whatever we tolerate none certainly can plead for a Toleration of Vice and open Profaneness or Wickedness If we tolerate such things we have cause to fear that God will not long tolerate us But a faithful and diligent Endeavour to suppress all things of that Nature by executing the Laws that are in force against them is the only way to prevent God's Judgments from falling on us And therefore it must needs be Joy to the Magistrate to do this when there is just Cause for it if he be one that delights in doing his Duty and Joy to every good Man to see it done to see Virtue and Piety encourag'd and notorious Offenders punish'd to see Truth and Innocence brought to light and clear'd and malicious Subtlety defeated of its Designs to see Order and Peace maintain'd Vice discountenanc'd and Wickedness if not totally suppress'd yet kept under Hatches and not daring openly to shew itself These are very comely and desirable Spectacles in such a World as this where we cannot expect that all things shou'd be so well as we could wish but ought to be thankful to those who use a diligent Endeavour to keep things in some tolerable good Order those good Magistrates who study to promote the Publick Peace and Welfare and to answer the Ends of their Institution Again Thirdly There are some particular Cases wherein it is more especially a pleasant thing to do Justice or to see it well done As for Instance When Wickedness is such as cries for Vengeance when it seems big enough to bring a Stain of Guilt upon a whole City or Nation if not speedily aveng'd or when the Sufferings of some innocent Persons are such by reason of Oppressors that 't is enough to grieve the Heart of any well-natur'd Man to observe it In these and such like Cases a good Man may be in pain till he has seen Justice done his Stomach may so rise against some sort of Wickedness as it may happen to be aggravated or his Compassion may be such towards some Sufferers or he may be so apprehensive of Publick Guilt and Infamy by reason of some Crimes that he may be scarce able to brook any Delay And in such Cases to see Justice done is very desirable and very pleasant Almighty God is infinitely patient and bears long with Men and yet when Wickedness is grown to a great height we find him expressing himself as one in pain till he had executed Judgment upon Evil-Doers Isa 1.24 Ah I will ease me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine enemies And even good Men who are always compassionate yet may be allow'd sometimes to rejoyce in the Punishment of Evil-doers For so says the Psalmist The righteous shall rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance Psal 58.10 Far be it from any good Man to rejoyce merely in the Sufferings of another how wicked soever and not rather to wish for his Repentance and Amendment But yet when Wickedness is very great and daring or open and notorious so that there is apparent need of a speedy Reformation to prevent the Judgments of God it cannot but rejoyce a good Man's Heart to see a Check put to it by the power of the Magistrate and Examples made of some such Transgressors that so they themselves if possible may be brought to Repentance and however that others may see it and fear and have a care how they do the like And the