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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39285	A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen, upon the second Sunday in Advent, being the fifth of December, 1686 by the Reverend Father Dom. Philip Ellis ...	Ellis, Philip, 1652-1726.	1686 (1686)	Wing E599; ESTC R40479	13,887	36

your self for the sake of Justice to what other people do for Decency and Devotion You will not be able perhaps to make so great a Figure in Court nor Glitter so much at a Ball nor be so Expensive in Plays you will want Oyl to feed your Excesses and Vanity Now is not this an odd kind of Objection when one of the Reasons why God calls upon you to make Restitution and to pay your Debts is to remove you from the cocasions of Offending But it will draw an Infamy upon me Sure you are a great Stranger to Honesty who have so mean an opinion of it Justice is honour'd and revered and applauded even by the Wicked and the Fame of a Zacheus shall live for ever 1 Kings 21.1 and so long the Memory of an Ahab shall be in Execration But if this Doctrine were reduced to practice it would cause great changes in a Nation So thought the States-men of Galilee so Herod fear'd when a Baptist preach'd it apprehendens nè novi aliquid fieret Josephus suprà But what the consequence would be King David tells us veritas de terra orta est Psal 85.11 Justitia de Caelo prospexit when Justice looks down from Heaven Truth springs up from the Earth as it were to meet it Justice and Peace shall kiss one another the Mother and the Daughter shall embrace for Peace and Prosperity are the fruit of Justice O ye sons of men be Just and fear no other consequences than these for the Justice of the clear-hearted-man saies the Wise One shall level and make strait his path Prov. 11.5 Justitia simplicis diriget viam 6. it shall conduct him safe to the end liberabit eum it shall prolong his days and deliver him from the death of fin liberabit eum à morte Prov. 10.2 It shall Crown him with Eternal Life in semitis ejus vita 12.28 It shall win the Affection of the Almighty Qui sequitur justitiam diligitur ab eo 15.9.14.34 it exalteth a Nation elevat gentem and shall establish the Throne firmabitur justitiâ Thronus 25.5 Thus might St. John speak because thus speaks the Holy Ghost who replenish'd him from the very Womb and inspir'd him with that Courage which the Psalmist glories in that he spake of the Testimonies of God Psal 119.46 of Justice and Equity before Kings and was not confounded though he was imprisoned For nothing can confound a Precursor or Preacher of Christ but betraying his Ministery And now he has discharg'd his Office I hope no one here will put him off Act. 24.26 Disputante autem illo de justitia c. as Felix did St. Paul when he had discoursed of the same Subject Tempore opportuno accersam te I will hear thee at a more proper season I hope no body will think his Doctrine unseasonable or if any one do you will not find him a Reed shaken with the Wind you will find him firm to Himself and to his Character preaching the word in season and out of season He will not change his Camels Hair for Soft Raiment nor be taken off nor mollified by the amusements of a Court He is the same Man in the Kings House as in the Kings Prison He will bid the Trades-man be just in his Dealing Luk. 3.11 the Rich to impart of their Superfluities to him that wants Necessaries The Publicans and Collectors to exact no more than is appointed them 12. and to give a faithful account of what they receive The Soldier to do violence to no man 14. and to be contented with his pay He has a Non Licet for every one and a Baptism of Repentance in their own Tears for the Remission of Sin He has a Commission to Threaten every Tree which bringeth not forth good Fruit that it shall be cut down and cast into the Fire and he has an Humble Petition to those who Judge the World that they will not think they perform their Duty to Justice by observing it Religiously in their own particular unless they cause it to be observed by all their Subjects as far as their Knowledge and Power can reach unless they redress the Wrongs of Innocents oppressed and suffer no body to be condemned without first being heard unless they repair the breaches of the Publick Faith and over-rule all Ordinances to the contrary which can never tye up the Sovereign's Hands from reforming abuses though they oblige the Subject to a Passive Obedience to possess his Soul in patience and to forgive the injury while he sues to have it redressed Which God c. FINIS