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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

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their Menacings and Boasts least they imbitter their Spirits and extinguish or weaken their Affections and become guilty of these sins which they being provoked commit by having that which is due denyed or things unjust in themselves Commanded or rigorous Commands of things in their own Nature indifferent joyned Or ●ave ighing with bitterness against them when there is no cause by inflicting punishment either unjustly where there is no fault or immoderatly unseasonably or basely where there is a Fault As Inferiours have their bounds which they may not pass but move in the Sphere of their Duty to Superiours so Superiours would mind that there is to Power on Earth so ablolute no not of Kings and Supreme Rulers but implyes Obligation through Vertue of Gods Ordinance Rom 13. on these invested with it to make Conscience of several Duties to Inferiours and Subjects and they are bound to advert not only to the Matter but to the manner of Performance that all Rigour and Oppression be avoided He Rules with most Comfort and Confidence who keeps most room in the Affections and they are likeliest to be the Men of the Promise to build the Old waste Places to raise up the Foundations of many Generations to be called the Repairers of the Breaches the Restorers of Paths to dwell in who loose the bands of Wickedness and un do the heavy burdens and let the Oppressed go free and breake every Yoke who ease people of ●ust Grievances and Impose not nor Continue what is forbidden and Condemned Isaiah 58.6 11. Thirdly it is not VVisdom for Magistrats to be too credulous but to try ere they Trust that they be not Influenced Imposed upon bad Impressions made Satan may borrow Peters Tongue to give bad Advice to his Master Matth. 16.22 A near Relation may whisper what is dangerous and prove a snare 2 Chron. 22.3 Ahaziah his mother counselled him to do wickedly Saul hearkned to false deceitful Slandering Dorg Psal 52. a great Persecutor of David who had done great services to Saul and taken great Ventures for him Kings would beware of all of such Complection who may involve them in Guilt and Danger and all Courtiers and Favourits of Princes would beware of any Tincture of such a Disposition Magistrats of all Degrees has need of two ears to hear both Parties and of discreet Ears to try the Truth of what is Related and the Design of the Relator Job 12.11 As the Mouth tastes Meat so the Ear tryes words None should except against this warning for the best of Men may be warned against the worst of Sins Luke 21.34 Christ warned his Disciples against these Sins that none could have jealoused their Disposition towards Gluttony and Drunkenness they appeared to ly far from the Temptation to these Yet all Men are Men and having Corruption are not without the reach of Temptation the best of Men and best of Kings have made slips Noah Lot David What I say to one says Christ I say to all watch Mark 13. close 4. It is not the wisdom of great Men to seek themselves or great things for themselves this is reproved in Baruch Jer. 45. and an old Complaint of the Apostle which may be renevved Phil. 2.21 All seek their own things and not the things of Jesus Christ it 's a Mark of Dishonour and a Brand of infamy in any especially in great Men to be Self-seekers who live wholly to themselves like the Grave wherein all that is gotten is buried and kept closs and nothing brought forth to publick Benefit on the Tombs of these it may be written such a man sought himself when he lived and losed himself when he died Self seeking dispirits a Man and makes him cold and cowardly in God's Cause This Self is the carnal corrupt part called Flesh that sways the whole Man Christ and this Self are contrary you cannot serve these two Masters this Self will make sinners say concerning the Word of Life The word that 's spoken to us in the Name of the Lord we will not do it but what proceeds out of our own Mouth Jer. 44.16 17. And concerning Christ we will not have this Man to Reign over us Luke 19.14 For the Lord's sake shake off its Government resist its Reasonings disobey its Commands refuse to follow its inclinations or to satisfie its L●stings 5. It 's not a Magistrates Wisdom to prefer secular Affairs to the Lords they were reproved Haggai 1. Who dvvelt in Ceiled Houses when the Lords House lay waste This is Machiavelians Wisdom to simulate and make all Interests of Religion subservient to Secular and Civil Concerns this is the principle of that damned Antichristian Hierarchie This Wisdom is but Craft however it be plastered over Jeroboam who withdrew the people from the established worship of God pretended their ●ase and not only Tollerate but Established another way of Worship for which cause the Lord draws a black line on his fore-head oft stigmatizing him thus Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin 2 Kings 10.31 c. 6. A Magistrates wisdom stands not in pride and upliftedness of Spirit proud Pharaoh said who is the Lord Exod. 4.2 But the Lord laid his pride as he did Haman's Esther 7. The king of Assyrias Isaiah 10. Nebuchadneezar's Dan. 4. True wisdom humbleth and advanceth to Honour Prov. 15.33 Before honour is bumility It 's the ready way to honour both from God and Man to be humble and gains love and respect from both whereas pride procures hatred and contempt 1 Cor. 3.18 If any man among you seem to be wise in this World let him become a fool that he may be wise If any man would be wise to God wise to eternal Life and Salvation let him be content to be accounted a fool by the men of the world The proud man and the fool gets one name 1 Tim. 6.4 The original Word signifies smoak importing that the proud man has a tumour and is puft up with ill and noisome Air. 7. It is not the wisdom of Magistrats to overlook dangerous persons by a cruel indulgence one Achan spared may endanger the whole Camp of Israel Traitours to Kirk and State would be duely noticed I am not for Rigours Severity and Blood and would be far from saying what a Preacher in the South of Scotland said within these twelveyears preaching before the Justiciary Court of some that he called Phanaticks He desired the Lords to dye their scarlet robes in these Mens scarlet blood At which they themselves blush'd This I had from Persons of Credit Ear-witnesses some whereof are yet alive But sure Persons of a Dangerous Complexion to undermine the State would be incapacitate and put out of reach to hazard the Common-wealth If he were a Church-man an Abiathar he might be sent to Anathoth Q. But wherein stands the wisdom of Princes and Magistrats Ans 1. In having a good foresight and not to be stiff head-strong and willful in what