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A44610	An exact model, or platform of good magistracy, or, A sermon preached before the governour, council and assembly at the first meeting at Saint Jago de la Vega in Jamaica, Feb. 1, 1671 by Henry Houser.	Houser, Henry, d. 1683.	1673 (1673)	Wing H2946; ESTC R28697	10,012	30

who give themselves to all Good Fellowship in the world to all excess of Riot and hate to be Reformed Stat pro ratione volunta Their Will is their Law and their Conscience too Such I mean as hold Religion a disparagement to Gallantry and Gentility who fear nothing more then to have a Name that they fear God who think when they have gotten an Office they may Swear by Authority Oppress by License Drink and Swill without Controul What shall I say of such Are these Gods or Children of the most High Devils they are rather than Deputies for him far better becoming a prophane and drunken Alehouse than a grave and sober Assembly Let me take up the words of the Prophet Jeremiah and say to such prophane Esaus Chap. 5.22 Fear ye not me Saith the Lord Will ye not tremble at my presence which have placed the Sand for the bounds of the Sea by a perpetual Decree that it cannot pass If the wrath of a King be as the roaring of a Lion as Solomon affirms Prov. 20.2 O then how terrible is the wrath of God who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords He himself will be one day a swift witness against such Mal. 3.5 I will be a swift Witness against the Sorcerers and against the Adulterers and against false Swearers and against those that Oppress the Hireling in his Wages the Widdow and the Fatherless and that turn away the Stranger from his Right and fear not me saith the Lord of Hosts Men commonly are afraid of Goals and Dungeons and Gibbets and this makes them abstain from Murder Felony and the like And why then will ye not rather fear him who is able to cast both Soul and Body into the everlasting Dungeon of Hell-fire where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of Teeth Him I say Fear I conclude this Point in the words of the Psalmist Psal 2.10 11 12. Be Wise now O ye Kings be Instructed ye Judges of the Earth Serve the Lord with Fear and rejoyce with Trembling Kiss the Son lest he be Angry and ye Perish from the Way when his Wrath is kindled but a little III. III. Amer Veritatis And so I come to the third Character of good Superiours and Magistrates they must be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Viri veritatis Men of Truth This is required in every Magistrate in all those that are imployed in the Commonwealth they must be good men and true they must be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lovers of the Truth They must search out the truth out of the labyrinths of Errour and Falsehood and not suffer Justice to be perverted but bring Judgment to the Balance of Truth and Righteousness They must be of his Temper who said Amicus Plato Amicus Socrates magis autem amica Veritas Plato is my Friend Socrates is my Friend but Truth is my greatest Friend Oh that our Rulers and Magistrates might truly say with Job Chap. 29.14 15. I put on Righteousness and it Clothed 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 searched out Alas may not the Lord complain at this day as he did in the days of Jeremiah Chap. 5.1 Run ye to and fro through the Streets of Jerusalem and see now and know and seek in the Broad places thereof if ye can find a man if there be any that executeth Judgment that seeketh the Truth and I will pardon it And Isaiah 59.14 Judgment is turned away backward and Justice standeth a far off for Truth is fallen in the Street and Equity cannot enter Therefore O ye Rulers of the Earth study to be men of Truth suffer not your selves to be corrupted by flattering Tongues but maintain the Truth against all oppositions of the world Let this be your Resolution with the Prophet David Psal 101.7 He that worketh Deceit shall not dwell within my House he that telleth Lies shall not tarry in my sight Though you must undergo Hatred and crosses and Scorn and Reproach for a time for the Truths sake yet he that is Amen the true Witness yea Truth it self will certainly reward you in the end with Temporal and Spiritual Blessings While on the other side he will shut out with the Dogs all such as love and make Lies according to that fearful Threatning Apoc. 22.15 Without the Heavenly Jerusalem are Dogs and Sorcerers and Whoremongers and Murtherers and Idolaters and whosoever makes a Lie I close up this Point with the Exhortation of Solomon Prov. 23.23 Buy the Truth and sell it not IV. And this leads me to the Fourth and last Character required in Good Superiours and Magistrates they must be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Abhorzentes avaritiam hating Covetousness they must be such as hate Covetousness which is the root of all Evil 1 Tim. 6.10 Covetousness is an inordinate love of money and is compared to the Dropsie Quo plus sunt potae plus sitiuntur aquae The more they have the more they will have Oh! that we might not complain at this day of many Superiours and Magistrates Jer. 6. ●● For the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to Covetousness Therefore O. ye Rulers of the world flee these things and hate Covetousness with a perfect Heart Follow the counsel of the Apostle Heb. 13.5 Let your Conve sation be without Covetousness and be content with such things as ye have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee Let the words of the Lord be written and engraven over your Doors Deut. 16.19 Thou shalt not wrest Judgment thou shalt not respect Persons neither take a Gift for a Gift doth blind the Eyes of the Wise and pervert the words of the Righteous Let all sordid and filthy Lucre be abominable all ill gotten Goods execrable Remember that the curse of God goeth along with unlawful and unrighteous Gains and is like moth and Rust to corrupt and canker them Malè parta malè dilabuntur Goods unjustly gotten thrive not a man shall not long enjoy them Vix gaudet tertius haeres It is a venture but some Unthrifty Heir will waste and melt it away as fast and as ill as ever his Father got it See the words of the Apostle James 5.2 3 4. Your Riches are corrupted and your Garments are moth eaten your Gold and Silver is cankered and the Rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were Fire Ye have heaped Treasure together for the last days Behold the Hire of the Labourers which have Reaped down your Fields which is of you kept back by Fraud crieth and the Cries of them which have Reaped are entred into the Ears of the Lord of Sabboth These are the four cardinal virtues of good Superiours and Magistrates they ought to be men of Ability fearing God men