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A30009	Salus populi, or, A nations happinesse a sermon preached at the assises holden at Winchester, Iuly 22, 1658 / by Edward Buckler.	Buckler, Edward, 1610-1706.	1658 (1658)	Wing B5351; ESTC R30256	14,145	31

of Stability and Safety If Christians beleeve so much of God they will send him their petitions 3. To our Care Of what of every thing whereby Religion and Righteousnesse may thrive amongst us especially of maintaining the Nurse of both Peace Peace with God that we make not one bridge of our Sins Peace amongst our selves that we make not another of our Folly for their passage from us Pray consider what t is that hedgeth in the blessings of the Text before and behinde T is Peace Peace before at the 3 verse A city compact together not divided and subdivided into more Parties and factions then they knew where to have names for but as another Translation reads it at unity in it selfe and then Thither the Tribes go up and Thrones of Iudgment are setled Peace behinde at the 6 verse at least Rogate pacem A prayer sent to Heaven for it that these mercies might continue This to All 2. To those that are by Office to attend the businesse of this day as you would contribute to the Nations Happinesse afford your respective contributions towards t●e advancement of Religion and Righteousness by suffering no breach upon either of them to escape that just recompence of reward which the Lawes have provided for it First For you may Lords the Iudges God forbid you should be supposed without serious apprehensions upon your Spirits 1. That God sits with you Psalm 82. 1. and is present for more purposes then one as Testis to see all you do and with eyes that cannot look upon iniquity -as Iudex to passe his Sentence upon all yours and what a holy care should be taken that the Bench be not divided nor any occasion given for Luthers Deo gratias aliter hic conclusum est aliter in caelo And as vindex to make good if there be cause the title you find him cloathed withall in Psal. 94. 1. A God of revenges 2. That you cannot be too zealous against the obstructions of a peoples Happinesse the Happi●●ss● of all the people in t●r●e great Nations 〈…〉 so many thousand soules con●●r●ed in 〈◊〉 religion and righteousnesse which you are enga●ed to take care of That if a destructive a mis●●eivous rape by restless and incorrigible spirits be made upon their blessings Optimum misericordiae genus est occidere 3. That as much as in you lies you provide for the Honour of God of the supreme Magistrate of your selves of the N●●ion in providing for the safeguard of religion and righteousness 1. Of God for the blaspheming of whose name if occasion be given by a peoples wickedness it is doubtlesse by their impunity 2. Of the supreme Magistrate When Iovinian was voted Emperour by the Army he told them he was a Chirstian and would not be a Leader of Pagans The more conformity can be wrought upon a people the more of glory will be cast upon their Governours T is not the lowest title of Iesus Christ himself that he is King of Saints 3. Of your selves God will honour those that honour him 1 Sam. 2. 30. Aristides for his care of Iu●●ice was called Graecorum faelicitas How much more shall you be celebrated as our bl●ssings whilst you care for that and r●ligion too 4. Of the Nation w●ose Statutes how righteous soever will ●ot leave upon them an impr●ssion of glory unless their judgements be of the sam●Character and 4. Lastly That you have no way else to answer the end of your institution to be the Ministers of God to us for good Ro. 13. 4. Secondly For you that are to present misdemeanours against the blessings of the Text you will I hope so discharge your oaths and trusts that neither Religion nor Righteousness shall have any cause to complain But I shall crave leave to tell you 1. That Religion will if you know any of her Ordinances lost or profanely misapplyed her duties disturbed her solemnities rayled at her great glory and ornament The late Act for the better observation of the Lords day despised or neglected or find her suffering in any of her concernments that the Law hath taken notice of and say nothing she will complain And 2. So will Iustice and Righteousness if you conceal any one Delinquency against it especially their male-administrations who have taken an oath and a Commission to dispense it and I t●ink'twere better you stood charged by all the Bills of Inditement that will be exhibited this Assizes then that the cry of these against you should enter into the ears of the Lord of Saboth Interest hath been a great word amongst us for diverse years and it is so still and a national interest is sometimes talkt of The great interest of any Nation is to keep God with them I shall conclude with a repetition of that exhortation which the Doctrine we have been considering presseth you with viz. that you would all of you contribute towards the entertainment of God with us by contributing to the safety of Religion and Righteous●ess If these fail God must be gon● and ask t●e Prophet what a woe he will leave behind him Hos●a 9. 12. If Religion fail where shall God walk For his way is in the Sanctuary Psalm 77. 13. A●d if Righteousness fail with whom shall he converse To be sure the Throne of iniquity shall have no communion with him Psalm 94. 20. To provide as much as in you lies against these the failing I mean of Religion and Righteousness is both your duty and your interest that the Nation may be happy in the blessings of the Text the Lord delighting to dwell amongst us and to be in the midst of us less then this we cannot have and more we need not to make us happy FINIS Exod. 25. 22. Deut. 16. 16. Amos 5. 7. Cic. 2. offic. Aug. in loc. Ainsw. in Deut. 4. 1. De Civit dei l. 5. c. 25. uni es in l. 5. c. 21. 1 Tim 2. ●2 1. Sa. 15. 4. Johnson Geography p. 165. 207. 236. 475.

contribute to a peoples happiness that is not able to shew its Pedigree that it came down from Heaven you may by no means set it down amongst a nations priviledges if God can say I commanded it not neither came it into my heart Ier. 7. 31. 5. Their End to give thanks unto the name of the Lord A part of Gods worship and service put for the whole when a Religion is set up for any except meerely for religious ends they much mistake that look upon it as any part of a peoples glory That 's the first ingredient to that peoples happiness Religion 2. Righteousness There are set thrones of Iudgement the thrones of the house of David A full provision for the administration of Iustice and the happiness of that state and kingdome thankfully acknowledged In the 1. Enjoyment of it for the present there are set thrones of Iudgement 2. Settlement of it for the future the thrones of the house of David 1. The enjoyment of it for the present there are set thrones of Iudgement a very amiable and pleasant prospect where we see 1. Iudgement that is recta judicatio justi atque injusti it hath its true in Scripture many acceptations but is here made up of hearing and determining whether the cause depending be criminal or civil as it is also in Lev. 19. 15. and to expound it as we must do into a blessing For the judgement is not yours but Gods We are necessitated to interpret it Of a Hearing 1. With understanding both matters of fact and matter of Law The persons that sate here were wise men and under standing in Deut. 1. 13. and this was it that qualified them for their Commission Those people are possessed of a very desirable priviledge whose administrators of Law and Justice are under characters of Gods own prescribing and have not the hearing of causes in the dark 2. With Patience It is hardly Iudgment if it want deliberation which is well worth the laying out upon all concernments where we can mistake but once The reason why the Lacedemonians dwelt so long upon causes that were Capital Si in capitis discrimine erraverint non est corrigendi consilii potestas Loss of life is among those damages that are not capable of reparation And even in lower cases temeritas judicis may be calamitas innocentis hasty sentences may throw misery upon the guiltless which David you may be sure would never put upon the account of a peoples happiness 3. With both Ears There be you know cases in which there may be nothing but Iustice in the decision and not a jot in the desider And we must understand it Of a Determining 1. By Law No Iudgment hath any other foundation You have nothing to discover offenders by but this glass nothing to restrain them with but this bridle nothing to smite them withal but this sword If Iudgment flow from any other spring how easily is it turned into wormwood and how directly destructive is it to the very end that lawes were made for cum jus ab uno viro homines non consequerentur inventae sunt leges The judgement of God is according to Law else would he punish where there is no transgression so is Iudgment in the Text what else doth it make amongst that peoples priviledges 2. By Law quietly suffered to speak its own meaning which in States and Kingdomes as Davids was professing Religion can never be expounded into an opposition to the law of God Legislation its true is the highest act of the highest Powers on earth yet as it is our interest to know they have no power so it s our duty to believe they have no intent to cross in any one Iota the will of Heaven if they do such Laws and Iudgements must not take it amiss if we be not able to reckon them amongst the materials of our happiness For sin is a reproach to any people Pro. 14. 34. this is judgment 2. Thrones of judgement The administration of Lawes hath from the beginning been allowed its Ensignes of State and Majesty Christ himself when he is described as a Iudge is represented sitting upon a Throne and a glorious train waiting upon him Mat. 25. 31. and all Nations have seen cause to distinguish their magistrates especially when in the exercise of their Office by some or other mark of state and dignity from other men that Rods Axes Lictors Gowns Maces Swords Trumpets and the like might bespeak that fear and reverence of the people which all authority must endeavour to beget and nourish in that great and many-headed body or resolve to be trampled upon When Delinquency shall be allowed its gallantry and justice shall sneak up and down in a despised posture and a vulgar Equipage it may perhaps bespeak a people thrifty but by no means happy Here ●are thrones of judgement and these 3. Are set The margin tells us that the Original is of the active voice there do fit thrones of judgment The like expression you have in Dan. 7. 26. The judgement shall sit And yet it is not the judgment that doth sit but the Iudges Mirum aenigma saith Augustine t is a strange a wonderful riddle Be it so yet it is doubtless a duty to expound it the duty 1. Of the Iudges Iudgment is mentioned and Iudges are meant Is it not to remember them that Iustice and judgment should not be accounted amongst their accidents which may be present or absent without the destruction of their subjects but should be lookt upon as their very forme bestowing upon them both their essence and denomination the duty 2. Of the judgement To sit is a posture of composedness When judgments are not calm deliberate digested this part of the Text may for all them be a riddle still But let 's suppose the Active to be put for the Passive and that Thrones are set yet this doth David look upon as a happiness that the Kingdome was in a posture of executing judgment 't was so protempore and even that is a mercy fit to be acknowledged Blessings from hand to mouth are blessings and obligations to thankfulness But here is withal 2. The Settlement of it for the future the thrones of the house of David Thrones of judgement there were before but by the injury of the times often interrupted alwaies changeable but God had built David a sure house 1. Reg. 11. 38. Settled him the supreme magistrate over that people they might now know upon what to bottome and where to seek for the administration of justice Civil government is a Nations blessing the settlement of it is the addition of another or a very merciful augmentation of the former As such God doth promise it 1. Reg. 17. 14. as such in the Text doth David acknowledge it and so will every body else that believeth Solomon Prov. 28. 2. For the transgression of a Land many are the princes thereof And so you have a