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A67763	Philarguromastix, or, The arraignment of covetousnesse, and ambition, in our great and greedy cormorants that retard and hinder reformation, (all whose reaches, are at riches) that make gold their god, and commodity the stern of their consciences, that hold everything lawful, if it be gainful, that prefer a little base pelf, before God, and their own salvations, that being fatted with Gods blessings, do spurn at his precepts : dedicated to all corrupt cunning, and cruel [bracket] governours, polititians ... : together with the lively, and lovely characters, of [bracket] justice, thankfulnesse ... : being a subject very seasonable, for these atheistical, and self-seeking times / by Junius Florilegus.	Younge, Richard.	1653 (1653)	Wing Y172; ESTC R39194	47,748	48

deserved recompence sooner then they expect it Ferdinando the fourth adjudged two Knights to death more through malice then out of justice but one of them cryed out O unjust King we cite thee to appear within thirty dayes before the Tribunal feat of Iesus Christ to receive recompense for thine injustice upon the last of which dayes he dyed as Paulus Diaconus testifies Demetrius having received many requests and supplications of his subjects threw them all into the water as he went over the Bridge whereupon his subjects conceived such an hatred against him that his Army forsook him and yeelded to Pyrrhus who drave him out of his Kingdom as Diodorus sets it down I confesse it is a miserable thing to fall into such times in which men must both speak what they think not and do what they approve not As Tacitus that great States-man speaks Yea as wise Plato could say that Common wealth is like to go to wrack where Magistrates rule the Lawes and not the Lawes rule Magistrates To which accords that of the Oracle The Sibarites desirous to know from Apollo how long their prosperity should last were answered that so soon as they began to prefer men before God their state should be destroyed And to speak the truth in plain English as now we may do blessed be God He is not a King but a Tyrant whose will swayes and not the Law as wise States men have been bold to affirm But what of all this An honest man will do nothing to please any whereby he shall displease God He will answer the King you bound me by oath at my first entrance that I should in all cases give judgment according to law Agesilaus being requested by his Father to give a sentence against equity gratiously denyed him saying You have taught me O Father from my youth to obey the Lawes and therefore I will now obey you therein in judging nothing against the Lawes And Benevolus when Iustina the Arian Empresse proffered him great preferments to have him instrumental in a service which could not be done with a good conscience answered What do you promising mean higher degree of preferment for a reward of impiety yea even take this from me which already I have so I may keep a good conscience And forthwith gave her his Girdle the Ensign of his Honour And of such a spirit was Sir Thomas Moor who made great suit to the King to be discharged his Lord Chancelorship that so he might not against his conscience speak nor act any thing about the Kings marriage with Queen Anne A Iudge truly fearing God is in Justice and piety as immoveable as a Rock Like Fabricius of whom Pyrrhus though his enemy gave this praise that a man might as soon turn the Sun out of his course as him from truth and honesty as Plutarch and Eutropius report Or like Aristides who feared not the King nor would favour his own Father and for his impartial dealing in all matters was sirnamed the Just. Or Epaminondas whom all the riches of the world could not withdraw from the least duty to his Countrey as AElian reports Or the Midwives who though weak Women would not do as the King of Egypt commanded them but preserved alive the men Children Exod. 1.17 20 21. Or the wise men Matth. 2. 1. to 13. who turned their backs upon Herod when in his command he intended mischief Or the Martyrs who would burn rather then turn Vertue and piety is such a thing that neither power can force her nor wealth win her nor any thing in the whole World corrupt her One that feares God and hath a good conscience is like Fire that cannot be forced downwards When Pyrrhus tempted Fabricius with money and promises of honour And seeing that would not do threatned him with Elephants and strange things he answered I fear not thy force and I am too wise for thy fraud The Prince of Conde being taken prisoner by Charles the ninth of France and put to his choyce whether he would go to Masse or be put to death or suffer perpetual imprisonment answered the former I will never do by Gods grace as for the two latter let the King do with me what he pleaseth For God I assure my self will turn all to the best When Modestus the Emperours Lievtenant threatned to kill Bazil he answered if that be all I fear not yea your Master cannot more pleasure me then in sending me unto my heavenly Father to whom I now live and to whom I desire to hasten And another time being threatned with bonds banishment Confiscation cruel torture death c. he bad him fright babies with such bugb●ares his life might be taken away but not his comfort his head but not his crown Yea quoth he had I a thousand lives I would lay them all down for my Saviours sake who hath done abundantly more for me And when they offered him money and preferments to tempt him he answered can ye give me money that can last for ever and glory that shall eternally flourish Iohn Ardely profest to Bonner when he told him of burning and how ill he could indure it that if he had as many lives as he had haires on his head he would lose them all in the fire before he would lose his Christ. Ierom writes of a brave Woman that being upon the wrack had her persecutours do their worst she was resolved rather to dye then lye They will never fear to be killed who by killing are sure to be crowned Here he that reads will take occasion to censure me perhaps count me a Fool for putting so many plums in the pot of one kind But thou mayest rather think thy self worthy of censure for I do it onely to shew thee thy folly for ask thee which example thou wouldest have left out thou knowest not Yea thou wouldest rather have more put in that thou never yet heardest If so learn to be more wise or at least more charitable or rather confesse that Sloth sits and censures what the industrious teach Foxes love to dispraise the Grapes they cannot reach I desire to imitate those Authors that I like best and find most efficacious And since nothing will please all I would please them that are of my own dyet And those I guesse to be the most and to have the greatest need of such discourses as inform the judgment and are likeliest to work upon the affections and save the soul. And to confesse that which some will say is an errour I would rather if God so please be an instrument to convert one soul then to build up many and I wish more of the Ministry were of my mind But go we on CHAP. 10. SUch as fear God if higher powers injoyn them things against him who is highest of all they will rather obey God then man Acts 4.19 Yea in this they are like God himself who accepteth not the persons of Princes and regardeth not the Rich more

inrich himself by spoyles of the Commons be uncontroleable in all his actions and after all be recompensed with turgent Titles honoured for his good service and no man dare find fault with him or mutter at the matter much like the justice of Domitius who alwayes punished the poor and those that were of no power but the rich and mighty he pardoned These are theeves not for taking purses by the high way but bribes in their chambers Hosea 4.18 Their language is give and the theeves is but deliver now what is the difference betwixt give and deliver yet often give walks in Chains of gold while deliver lyes in chains of Iron These are theeves in folio Cathedral and Metropolitan theeves loving gifts and taking bribes to undo the widow and fatherlesse yea many whole Families and their posterity This made Socrates laugh to see a Iudge severely to punish others and do worse himself to see little theeves riding in Carts to the Gallowes and great theeves in Coaches to condemn them Minuta puniuntur magna in triumphis feruntur CHAP. 7. LEt these things be considered and then tell me whether we might not complain of our times as the Prophets of former times and say In their hands is wickednesse and their right hand is full of bribes Psal. 26.10 They are turned aside after lucre and take rewards to pervert judgment 1 Sam. 8.3 Ye passe over judgment and the love of God Luke 11.42 The Prince asketh and the Iudge judgeth for a reward therefore the great man speaketh out the corruption of his soul so they wrap it up Micha 3.11 7.3 Zeph. 1.12 Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeves every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards They judge not the fatherlesse neither doth the widowes cause come before them Esay 1.23 Her Princes in the midst of her are like Wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy soules for their own covetous lucre Ezek. 22.27 The best of them is as a bryer and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorny hedge Micha 7.4 yea they were so frozen in their dregs Zeph. 1.12 that if one were found either in Parliament at Councel Table in Star-Chamber High Commission Court any office in the Kingdom or ordinary Court of Iudicature that in the worst and most desperate times durst keep a good conscience and not do as the rest that would not upon all occasions speak good of evil and evil of good prostitute their tongues and pens and wits and wills and consciences and soules all that they had to serve the times and turnes of Princes That would honour greatnesse but imitate goodnesse onely like the Lord Cook Sir Randal Crue Sir Iohn Elliot and many others he was wondered at as an Owl among the rest of the birds as it fared with those three worthies Shadrach Meshach and Abednego when they refused to do as the rest of the Princes Governours Captains Iudges Treasurers Counsellors Sheriffes and all the Rulers of the Provinces under Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 3. Or as it fared with Daniel single when of all the hundred and twenty Princes he refused to obey the King in his wicked command Dan. 6. Or as it did with Micha amongst those four hundred false Prophets when he would not speak against his conscience and flatter the King to his destruction as the rest did 1 King 22. But might not our Senators before spoken of have said to their Soveraign● as Socrates said once to this unjust Iudges Surely we deserve recompence instead of rage Yea and I think we may make application to some Officers and Iudges of later times of what Comincus speaks of the Battel of Montlehery viz. that some lost their places and offices for running away which were bestowed upon others that fled ten Leagues further for as they say Never so much bribery in all sorts of Officers as now which is a horrible shame in such reforming times CHAP. 8. NOr did their wickednesse confine it self within their own bosomes but by their examples all the people of the Land except some few despised ones were infected for doth not experience shew that the faithful are failed from among the children of men Psal. 12.1 that none calleth for justice none contendeth for truth they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity Isa. 59.4 That all seek their own and not that which is Iesus Christs Phil. 2.21 That all are gone out of the way they are all corrupt and have done abominable wickednesse there is not one that doth good Psal 14.1 2 3. 53.1 So that if ever that Counsel of Ieremy and Micha Let every one take heed of his neighbour and trust ye not in any brother for every brother will use deceit and every friend will deal deceitfully Jer. the 9.4 Trust ye not in a friend neither put ye confidence in a Counsellour keep the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome Micha 7.5 were duly to be observed it is in our dayes For is not the City and Country become as a common prison of cheates swarving as much from justice honesty and Religion as a picture does from a man though some are worse then others And what care men so they get money and great places though they lose their soules As these bribe-takers multiply unjust gain and grow rich above measure even their houses are full and they are thereby become great and waxen rich they are grown fat and shining they do overpasse the deeds of the wicked they execute no judgment no not the judgment of the poor and fatherlesse yet they prosper Jer. 5.27 28. But what followes in the next verse Shall I not visite for these things saith the Lord Or shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this vers 29. Yes the day of their visitation cometh now shall be their perplexity saith God Micha 7.4 I will ease me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine enemies Isai 1.24 And I think God hath been as good as his word Our very eyes have seen it or our eares heard of it both in England Scotland Wales and Ireland True wilful and wicked men will not see what they do and cannot choose but see How when God hath any exploit to perform and intends successe he raiseth up the hearts of some chosen Instruments with heroical motions and resolutions of courage with contempt of all danger for atchievement When all hearts are cold and dead it is a sign of intended destruction But to leave such untill time and experience hath taught them more CHAP. 9. NOw what is the reason of all but Covetousnesse I must do as my Soveraign Or such great men will have me or I shall lose my Place which I bought so dear and so undo my self and all mine But the King of kings will one day condemn you both him for commanding and thee for yeelding And recompence your obedience with Fire and brimstone And not seldom have such their