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not_o only_o in_o great_a danger_n of_o not_o be_v reduce_v to_o virtue_n by_o any_o common_a method_n but_o to_o be_v lose_v to_o almost_o all_o good_a purpose_n to_o be_v unfit_a for_o common_a intercourse_n with_o man_n but_o much_o more_o unfit_a to_o be_v honour_v and_o entrust_v with_o the_o care_n of_o the_o execution_n and_o maintenance_n of_o the_o law_n wherein_o the_o religion_n aditum_fw-la religion_n inter_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la ejusque_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la conservant_n quid_fw-la utilius_fw-la quid_fw-la praestantius_fw-la quam_fw-la viros_fw-la ad_fw-la magistratus_fw-la gerendc_n eligere_fw-la summa_fw-la prudentia_fw-la &_o virtute_fw-la praeditos_fw-la quique_fw-la ad_fw-la honores_fw-la obtinendos_fw-la non_fw-la ambitione_n non_fw-la largitionibus_fw-la sed_fw-la virtute_fw-la &_o modestia_fw-la sibi_fw-la parent_n aditum_fw-la the_o honour_n and_o prosperity_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v so_o high_o concern_v and_o therefore_o i_o submit_v it_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o who_o be_v more_o especial_o concern_v to_o consider_v of_o these_o important_a matter_n whether_o it_o be_v not_o high_o to_o be_v wish_v that_o effectual_a care_n may_v be_v take_v for_o the_o prevent_v the_o fatal_a consequence_n of_o such_o man_n obtain_v in_o any_o future_a reign_n commission_n of_o this_o kind_n particular_o by_o disable_n any_o to_o hold_v they_o after_o they_o be_v convict_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o time_n of_o the_o violation_n of_o the_o law_n which_o they_o be_v entrust_v to_o execute_v for_o if_o we_o inquire_v into_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o happiness_n of_o most_o if_o not_o all_o of_o those_o nation_n who_o have_v arrive_v at_o the_o great_a pitch_n of_o glory_n and_o prosperity_n we_o shall_v i_o believe_v have_v a_o general_a consent_n that_o the_o diligence_n and_o faithfulness_n of_o magistrate_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a cause_n of_o it_o unquestionable_o far_o more_o instrumental_a therein_o than_o good_a 232._o good_a verè_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la magistratum_fw-la legem_fw-la esse_fw-la loquentem_fw-la legem_fw-la autem_fw-la mutum_fw-la esse_fw-la magistratum_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la igitur_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la quorum_fw-la prudentia_fw-la &_o diligentia_fw-la civitas_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la stare_n cic._n de_fw-fr leg._n p._n 232._o law_n which_o we_o know_v be_v but_o dead_a letter_n without_o the_o magistrate_n execution_n of_o they_o 959._o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la lib._n 12._o fol_z 951._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lb._n f_o 959._o and_o therefore_o plato_n in_o his_o commonwealth_n appoint_v that_o the_o conservator_n of_o the_o law_n who_o chief_a care_n be_v to_o promote_v virtue_n shall_v be_v such_o man_n as_o be_v eminent_a for_o virtue_n and_o elaboravit_fw-la and_o cum_fw-la leges_fw-la omnes_fw-la vel_fw-la optimae_fw-la absque_fw-la probatissimis_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la 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authority_n may_v true_o and_o indifferent_o minister_v justice_n to_o the_o punishment_n of_o wickedness_n and_o vice_n and_o to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o god_n true_a religion_n and_o virtue_n and_o that_o we_o esteem_v those_o that_o thus_o discharge_v their_o duty_n as_o great_a blessing_n to_o their_o country_n and_o may_v praise_v god_n for_o they_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_a that_o we_o think_v that_o those_o unhappy_a man_n who_o under_o the_o obligation_n of_o oath_n and_o trust_n have_v neglect_v or_o oppose_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o law_n for_o the_o punishment_n of_o wickedness_n and_o vice_n and_o maintenance_n of_o religion_n do_v deserve_o lie_v under_o the_o dreadful_a imputation_n of_o have_v be_v a_o great_a cause_n of_o the_o profaneness_n and_o debauchery_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o the_o fatal_a enemy_n of_o it_o since_o we_o may_v look_v on_o that_o nation_n whether_o it_o be_v our_o own_o or_o any_o other_o to_o be_v in_o a_o very_a languish_a condition_n and_o in_o manifest_a danger_n of_o ruin_n where_o the_o magistrate_n and_o the_o generality_n of_o man_n of_o great_a rank_n who_o have_v by_o their_o be_v place_v in_o high_a station_n as_o star_n in_o high_a orb_n so_o many_o advantage_n to_o conduct_v the_o low_a rank_n of_o man_n by_o the_o shine_a example_n of_o virtuous_a life_n to_o support_v the_o reputation_n and_o interest_n of_o virtue_n do_v by_o the_o abuse_n of_o their_o authority_n or_o by_o their_o vicious_a behaviour_n scatter_v a_o pestilential_a infection_n wherever_o they_o come_v base_o make_v use_v of_o the_o advantage_n they_o have_v above_o other_o to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n by_o who_o permission_n they_o enjoy_v they_o 336._o they_o nam_fw-la licet_fw-la videre_fw-la si_fw-la velis_fw-la replicare_fw-la memoriam_fw-la temporum_fw-la qualescunque_fw-la summi_fw-la civitatis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la talem_fw-la civitatem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la idque_fw-la haud_fw-la paulò_fw-la est_fw-la verius_fw-la quam_fw-la 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how_o magistrate_n may_v be_v liable_a to_o this_o imputation_n and_o first_o such_o magistrate_n as_o can_v take_v such_o solemn_a oath_n and_o accept_v of_o such_o trust_n without_o any_o serious_a intention_n to_o discharge_v they_o who_o though_o they_o be_v not_o vicious_a themselves_o can_v observe_v without_o any_o concern_n the_o breach_n of_o god_n law_n nay_o in_o the_o course_n of_o many_o year_n do_v not_o exercise_v their_o authority_n by_o any_o one_o single_a act_n for_o the_o punish_n and_o suppress_v of_o the_o horrid_a indignity_n that_o be_v dare_o and_o almost_o in_o all_o place_n offer_v to_o the_o great_a god_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o they_o be_v very_o sensible_a of_o and_o do_v high_o resent_v any_o affront_v that_o be_v offer_v their_o prince_n and_o even_o their_o own_o person_n or_o those_o that_o be_v so_o wonderful_o gentle_a and_o flexible_a so_o over_o run_v with_o pity_n that_o they_o can_v discharge_v impious_a and_o 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to_o the_o offender_n themselves_o and_o the_o community_n to_o the_o offender_n themselves_o who_o by_o be_v suffer_v to_o pass_v unpunished_a in_o their_o wicked_a course_n general_o go_v on_o frequent_o grow_v obstinate_a in_o they_o and_o often_o bring_v on_o themselves_o with_o the_o permission_n or_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n far_o great_a suffering_n in_o this_o world_n than_o the_o legal_a punishment_n of_o they_o will_v have_v amount_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o their_o estate_n family_n health_n a_o sudden_a or_o a_o scandalous_a death_n by_o public_a justice_n and_o without_o repentance_n everlasting_a destruction_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v all_o which_o the_o timely_a and_o wholesome_a punishment_n of_o they_o by_o the_o magistrate_n may_v have_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o prevent_v oportet_fw-la prevent_v clementiores_fw-la jege_n judices_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la oportet_fw-la but_o this_o gentleness_n be_v a_o cruelty_n and_o great_a injustice_n to_o the_o 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ne_fw-la quis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la ullum_fw-la gerere_fw-la posset_n qui_fw-la impudicitiae_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la turpitudinis_fw-la genere_fw-la notatus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la sigonius_n lib._n 111._o p._n 532._o novem_n viri_fw-la antequam_fw-la assumerentur_fw-la ad_fw-la magistratum_fw-la illum_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la vita_fw-la acta_fw-la causam_fw-la dicere_fw-la solebant_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la nullam_fw-la dedecoris_fw-la labem_fw-la perpetua_fw-la innocentia_fw-la contraxisse_fw-la videbantur_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adsumebantur_fw-la deinde_fw-la magistratus_fw-la gesti_fw-la causam_fw-la dicentes_fw-la rationesque_fw-la ferentes_fw-la si_fw-la tum_fw-la quoque_fw-la innocent_n usquequaque_fw-la apparuissent_fw-la ad_fw-la areopagiticum_fw-la senatum_fw-la conscribantur_fw-la sam_n petitus_fw-la de_fw-fr leg._n atticis_fw-la fol_z 190._o introducebantur_fw-la autem_fw-la omnes_fw-la illi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la quorum_fw-la anteactam_fw-la vitam_fw-la expendi_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la inquiri_fw-la oportet_fw-la pet_n â—f_n 223._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isocratis_fw-la oratio_fw-la areopagitica_n p._n 285._o grecian_a commonwealth_n have_v have_v a_o great_a regard_n to_o virtue_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o their_o senator_n and_o magistrate_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a cause_n of_o their_o stability_n and_o prosperity_n and_o herein_o our_o gentry_n and_o commonalty_n have_v likewise_o manifest_o great_a advantage_n and_o opportunity_n for_o the_o promote_a of_o the_o work_n of_o reformation_n for_o the_o make_v one_o brave_a effort_n for_o the_o interest_n of_o religion_n and_o virtue_n for_o the_o honour_n and_o welfare_n of_o england_n and_o thereby_o to_o recover_v the_o former_a glory_n of_o their_o ancestor_n who_o be_v famous_a for_o their_o virtue_n and_o love_n to_o their_o country_n and_o which_o appear_v so_o glorious_a in_o the_o hero_n of_o the_o gentile_a world_n and_o for_o the_o encouragement_n of_o those_o that_o be_v destitute_a of_o the_o advantage_n of_o riches_n and_o honour_n of_o authority_n and_o learning_n to_o use_v their_o diligence_n and_o zeal_n in_o the_o instance_n i_o have_v give_v or_o in_o any_o other_o expression_n of_o their_o duty_n for_o the_o promote_a of_o this_o work_n scaliger_n work_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la rem_fw-la considerare_fw-la velit_fw-la omnes_fw-la eos_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la maximam_fw-la partem_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbe_fw-la res_fw-la praestantiores_fw-la aggressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la atque_fw-la inter_fw-la caeteros_fw-la aevi_fw-la svi_fw-la hero_n excelluerunt_fw-la aut_fw-la obscuro_fw-la aut_fw-la abjecto_fw-la loco_fw-la editos_fw-la &_o prognatos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la abjectis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr praetereundum_fw-la maximorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la plerosque_fw-la patres_fw-la ignoratos_fw-la matres_fw-la impudicas_fw-la fuisse_fw-la scaliger_n 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