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A11792	The proiector Teaching a direct, sure, and ready vvay to restore the decayes of the Church and state both in honour and revenue. Deliuered in a sermon before the iudges in Norvvich, at summer assises there holden, anno 1620. By Thomas Scot Batchelor in Diuinity.	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.	1623 (1623)	STC 22081; ESTC S116987	26,622	45

hauing one iust man the Magistrate A Kingdome is honoured by hauing a iust and wise King but when all or the greatest part of men are iust in the houshold and all or the greatest part of housholds are iust in the Citie and all or the greatest part of those Cities and Counties are iust in a Kingdome when iustice raignes thus vniuersally then then is that verified which Salomon here affirmes Iustice maketh a Kingdome or Nation glorious or Iustice exalteth a Nation For as in old Rome all the Senators seemed Kings so here the Magistrates seeme gods resembling God in iustice I haue sayd ye are gods the Ministers seeme Angels resembling Angels in sanctitie and diligence the people seeme blessed spirits liuing in loue in peace in holinesse and happinesse and the whole Common-wealth seemes a heauen vpon earth full of sobrietie iustice and godlinesse Euill men may malice it the Kings of the earth may conspire against it Satan and his associates may vndermine it but God protects it with his arme guides it with his Word and Spirit and guilds it with his glorious presence Take one example without exception for all euen the Raigne of that euer-memorable Queene Elizabeth within whose heart as all royall Vertue was enshrined and in her Raigne all true Religion and Iustice flourished so for the confirming of this Maxime after her death this Elogium was engraued vpon her Tombe by the commandement of her vnpartiall Successor which is the more remarkable for the honour both of the liuing and of the dead because Princes can hardly with patience heare the praises of their Predecessors much lesse write them or command them to be written Religion reformed Peace vvell grounded Monie reduced to the true valevv a Navy vvell furnished in readinesse Honour at Sea restored Rebelliō extinguished England for the space of fortie and fovvre yeeres most vvisely governed inriched and fortified Scotland freed from the French Fraunce relieved Netherlands supported Spaine avved Ireland quieted and the vvhole Globe of the Earth tvvise sayled round about What could be more yet all this was true and much more And thus were we happy And thus we see how Iustice exalteth a Nation when it giues Sinne his due punishment and Vertue his due reward when the Countriman dares trauell safely abroad or sleepe at home vnder his owne Vine without feare of theeues or enemies when the Merchant dares trade without feare of Pirates at Sea or Farmers and watchers at Land when euery man dares buy and sell without feare of cousening dares flie to the Courts of Conscience without feare of vndoing dares plant and plow and sow and reape and grow honestly rich and be knowne to bee so without feare of Empson and Dudley or the like when if men haue no other capitall crime Innocence shall not be accounted one when all men dare serue one God after one and the selfe same manner deuoutly and none dares serue him otherwise vvhen things are generally thus disposed this makes a flourishing estate this makes a nation glorious And thus much of the first proposition or Aphorisme Iustice exalteth a Nation We come to the second But sinne is a shame to any people Aug. de 2. animal Peccatum est volunt as retinendi vel consequendi quod justitia vetatur And heere that rule holdes Iniustitia vniver sa justitiae opposita non pars vitij est se vniversum vitium Arist Eth. lib. 5. As justice before contayned all vertues but especially the carriage of one man to another as the most supreme and sensible vertue so heere all sinne is intended but especially injustice as the proper and most apparant opposite to justice And that to let vs see how in justice vvhich is justice mis-done corruptly or left vndonenegligently is the cause of all sinne and so consequently of all shame the reward of sinne as justice duly executed is the cause of all vertue and so by consequence of glory the reward or crowne of vertue both heere and heereafter To cleere this looke into Paradise looke into Hell looke into Heauen and looke vpon the Earth for examples 1. In Paradise when God had made man according to his image in originall justice and giuen him the law of Nature to be his guide and to teach him how to obay God and command the Creature with this one easie and expresse prohibition not to eate of the fruite in the midst of the Garden Sathan comes to the woman and like a Sophister perswades her that if Man would eate thereof he should be like God knowing both good and euill They vvere like gods before being created the image of God but in coueting more they lost vvhat they had And obserue the vvayes and degrees of precipitation Euah that vvas made to obay would needs command for the text saith the Serpent perswaded her but shee gaue to the Man like a Mistresse and it is sayd he did eate thereof as if he durst do no othervvise So priuate justice being infringed it made vvay to publique and the particular lavv being broken the vniversall defection follovved Before this vvhilst Adam stood in integrity of Iustice he vvas naked and not ashamed nay hee neede Genes 2. 2● not be ashamed for he vvas a most glorious creature God himselfe approues him for such and beholding him so pronounceth him to bee good But presently after vvhen justice vvas transgrest and the lavv broken it is sayd Their eyes were opened and they saw that they were Genes 3. 7. naked They were then ashamed and therefore made Genes 3. 8. themselues aprons of fig-leaues They were then afrayd and therefore hid themselues in the shadow of the trees For they knevv that God vvas just euen justice it selfe and therefore as the sentence vvas gone out of his mouth The Genes 2. 19 day that thou shalt eate thereof thou shalt dye the death so the svvord of Iustice follovves to execute and they must dye and all their posterity No sinne shall goe vnpunished without shame All must dye vvith him since all sinned in him And thus vvee see hovv shame follovves sinne naturally and hovv till man had sinned there vvas no shame but now Pudor est timor justae vituperationis Shame is a feare of a just reprehension nay rather Shame is a feare of a just reiection vvhich man had by sinne deserued 2. Looke into hell see the sinne of Diues repayd vvith Shame and that according to the rule of justice Lege Talionis ●uc 16. He beg'd a drop of water and could not haue it because he denyed a crumme of bread before when Lazarus beg'd it Doubtlesse had he giuen a crumme he should haue receiued a drop There is lesse mercy showne to him then to a dog he could not be suffered to lap a little water to coole his tongue because he shewed lesse mercy to Lazarus then the dogs did vvho lickt his sores with their tongues 3. Looke into heauen see Abrahams heart

was charitable heere his house stood euer open to all strangers Abrahams bosome is inlarged there made a hauen to all commers nay a heauen to all beleeuers Rich Diues starued Lazarus heere rich Abraham feasteth Lazarus there Qui sequitur iustitiam facit misericordiam inueniet vitam iustitiam gloriam Pro. 21. 21. The righteous saith our Sauiour shall then shine forth as the Sunne in the Kingdome of their Father Mat. 13. 43. And those that exceed in justice heere shall exceed in glory hereafter as one starre exceedes an other in splendor 4. Lastly looke vpon the earth See Cain after his sinne degraded of his honor Before he was Lord of all and had his name from the possession of the whole earth If then to be rich bee glorious who could bee more glorious for who could bee more rich he was made the lord king and ruler ouer his brother Abel Gen. 4. 7. Vnto thee saith God shall his desire be and thou shalt rule ouer him Thus in killing Abel vniustly hee played the tyrant and slue all his subiects at once as Nero would haue done when he wisht all Rome one necke that hee might cut it off at a blow And was not this a shame for a King to be without subjects and so with his owne hands as it were to depose himselfe Nay was it not a shame to fall so low as from the lord of all to become a beggar a rogue a vagabond marked out to future punishment for fore-going sinne And yet more base of fugitiues the most cowardly to feare as the Psalmist faith where there is no cause of feare to feare the winde amongst the leaues as his father Adam did nay to feare Genes 3. 8. the childe vnborne for so he saith to God Genes 4. 14 It shall come to passe that euery one that findeth me shall slay me Miserable wretch there is yet none borne to finde thee to feare thee and vvhen they shal be borne wilt thou be afrayde of euery one of euery childe of euery weake woman of euery one Nay vvhen one hath kild thee art thou still afrayde that euery one should kill thee by turnes that euery one that finds thee should kill thee O see the extent of hell vpon earth where torment is endles and infinite see the lamentable case of a sinner in despayre who hath falne from instice he is afrayde of God and so of euery creature of God afrayde of euery man of euery woman and that successiuely eternally of euery lease of euery shaddow of euery imagination nay he is afrayd of himselfe as Caine vvas such as these are dead whilst they liue what 1. Tim. 5. 6 Numb 25. a shame was it for Zimri a principall man in his tribe to commit sinne openly and impudently in the sight of the Sunne euen then when the rod of affliction was vpon the back of his Nation and vvhen Moses and all Israel Et stetit Phinees placauit vel placuit So reades the vulgar were weeping and mourning for their sinnes And what a glory was it to Phineas for his zeale in the execution of iustice to haue the perpetuall Priesthood conferred vpon him to haue his act of iustice stiled a prayer Then stood vp Phinees and prayed Ps 106. 30. to haue it not only imputed vnto himselfe for righteousnes but to his Countrimen also for heere the plague ceased as if killing the sinners he had killed the sinne and killing the sinne he had killed the punishment As they were stayned by Zimries sinne so they were honored by Phineas Iustice for Iustice exalteth a Nation but sinne is a shame to any people This Balaam knew well when he taught Balaack to lay a stumbling blocke before the Israelites to cause them sinne that so shame might follow Numb 31. 16. 17. Reuel 2. 14. This Phineas knew well who therefore remoued the stumbling blocke that Iustice being executed the Nation might be exalted Psal 106. 30. The stumbling blocke heere layd was Adultery and Idolatry The Lord therefore in his mercy keepe vs from ioyning in marriage with Idolaters since wee see temporall fornication brings in spirituall and the coniunction of hearts with the bodies of such makes Salomon sinne Bodily lust blinds the eyes of spirituall loue What a shame was it for Sampson the Iudge of the people to fall by a woman Yea to haue his eyes put out and to grind in a mill as a punishment of his sinne The eyes of his iudgement were first put out then the eyes of his body He that followes lust grinds in a mill runnes in a round circle beginning where he ended and is a slaue to worse enemies then the Philistins euen to his owne base lust passions and affections and to Sathan their Captaine and Commander What a shame was it for Elyes sonnes who should haue dehorted others from sinne to be the ring-leaders to sin whilst they should haue compelled others to come in forced them out of Gods house by their scandalous offences And thus by their irregularity to occasion the losse of the Arke of God the vntimely death of their good old father and the ouer-hasty trauell of a passionate and affectionate wife who dying named the sonne of her sorrow Ichabod to witnesse that Glory was departed from Israel and shame was like sodainely to follow for their sinne 1. Sam. 4. What a shame was it for the bad sonnes of good Samuel 1. Sam. 8. whilst they should haue punished others for bribery to take bribes themselues and to set ther authority to sale for couetousnesse Peccat voluntarius sciens quando è contrario Arist lib. 8. phisic vtitur scientia And to summe vp all with a supreme example of Gods 1. Kin. 14. 7 Iustice in punishing mans Iniustice what a shame was it to Ieroboam who was placed by God in a high estate and raysed from being a servant to be a king vngratefully to leaue that God and whereas he should haue punished others for sinning to draw others to sinne by precept Ro. 1. 32. and example And to be branded with a superlatiue shame That he was the man who made Israel to sinne Yea to haue a curse denounced against him and his seed That they should bee remoued as doung like doung defiling the 1. Kin. 14 7 chaire of State O what distance is there betwixt the throne and the dounghill Yet they should be remoued as doung That dogs should eate such of them as died in the city and the foules of the ayre such as dyed in the field Lastly take for example the wise obseruer of this point of State Salomon himselfe who doing justice was honored and inriched aboue all men but declining from iustice had shame following his sinne so farre that Siracides one of his owne scholers sayth of him Thou didst Eccl. 47. 19. 20. bow thy loynes to women and wert ouercome by thy body thou didst staine thy honor