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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91477	The judges charge; delivered in a sermon before M. Justice Hale, and M. Sergeant Crook, judges of assize, at St. Mary-Overies in Southwark, Martii 22. 1658. As also setting forth, the necessity of magistracy, for the weal of a people. With a serious item and admonition to all unruly spirits, that despite dominion, and resist the ordinance of God. By Rich. Parr, M.A. sometimes Fellow of Exeter-Colledge in Oxford, now pastor of Camerwel in the county of Surry.	Parr, Richard, 1617-1691.	1658 (1658)	Wing P547; Thomason E947_2; ESTC R33023	21,680	40

your power the Law hath committed it to your Verdict Now if you go about this business carelesly partially or give up your blinde consent to your Fore-man without weighing seriously the proofs and directions you may and will wrong the truth shame your selves blemish the care and discretion of them that returned you for good men and honest abuse the Judge spoil a good Cause cause the guiltless to suffer and the guilty to escape dishonour God wrong your Country and ruine your own Souls Take heed therefore what you do and do according to your Oath let the fear of God be upon you you are Jury-men be not perjur'd men you come to the Court and are sworn O do not go away from it for-sworn men Alas when you come home what will you do with those Oaths which will rot your consciences Take heed what you do and be diligent wise and impartial and that you do as good men should do that are under an Oath 4. To the Counsel and Lawyers 4. I have not many words to them because there are not many of them within hearing it seems it is not their manner to leave their Market to follow the Judges to a Sermon Well you that are here if you be capable of a little good counsel for your selves who pretend to give so much to others Take heed what you do Do you fear God indeed as you pretend and will you plead in any Cause you know God disowneth are not you to plead for the Lord as well as the Judges to judge for God have you a dispensation to speak as you please for your own advantage right or wrong may you speak against the truth and right as well as for the truth God is the great Patron of truth and innocency and dare any of you plead against it that would not be found against God The Apostle Paul going about to make it manifest to the Corinthians that he and the other Ministers of Christ were not Reprobates this is one of the Arguments he useth 2 Cor. 13.8 For we can do nothing against the truth but for the truth And have you power to do and plead again the truth Take heed you be not found David makes it one Petition in his Prayer That he might be delivered from a lying lip and deceitful tongue O Sirs take heed you wrest not judgement the Law of God for you is this Psal 120.2 Thou shalt not speak in a cause to decline after many Exod. 23.2 to wrest judgment and he that justifieth the wicked be he never so great or rich or for whatever advantage Prov. 17.15 or he that condemneth the just be he never so poor or friendless both are to God an abomination And if you know a forehand that the cause you plead for be bad and that you speak against be good and yet will bend your strength wit Oratory and interest in your Judge to defend the Bad and overcome the Good A good man that fears God would not be in your Gown with your conscience for all the money in your purses nor reputation you have for master-skil in the Laws Sirs Men are emboldened to do wrong and dare do it the rather because they the worst of the worst of them can finde some to defend them among your robe But to you I have to say Take heed God sees you and knows what you speak and what you design Consider that of Tully he would have A good Orator a good man also Vir bonus as well as dicendi peritus I remember what somewhere I have read of Justus Jonas that famous Lawyer what was said at his death for all his great skill in the Law Quid juvat innumeros scire atque evolvere casus Si facienda fugis si fugienda facis This man knew well and did ill Mat. 16.26 and what will it profit a man to gain much of the world by his skill and lose his soul at last Prudentius hath this severity against all those which use their wit and interest to wrong ends Vae captiosis sycophantarum strophis Hymn in Indeliis Vae versipelli astutiae I shall give it no other English then what I finde in the Prophet Isaiah Wo unto them which call evil good Isa 5.20 21. and good evil that put light for darkness and darkness for light that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter Wo unto them that are wise in their own eyes and have wit to do evil Take heed what you do let the fear of God be upon you and refrain your tongues from evil and lips from guile and hands from bribes if you mean to see good days and be blessed in another world 1 Pet. 3.10 5. To the High-Sheriff Sir besides your presence and Guards for the quiet securing the Reverend Judges in the discharge of their Duties and due Administration of Justice you are to see to it that faithful sober men able and honest be returned from the several Quarters of the County to serve upon the several Juries which 't is presumed you have done as you fear God Besides you are to see to your under-Officers you must take heed you allow not any of Gehezi's Acquaintance in your service neither you your man nor man's man must take a bribe nor wrong any But the main thing I would intreat of you and let me prevail with you if you fear God take heed to yonder poor Prisoners take care of them I mean not lest they should escape your chains and break your bolts I suppose there is good care taken for that as there should be too But Sir for the Lords sake and in tenderness to their poor Souls provide for their instruction Some now in your custody it may be must die for their crimes others may escape with their life and yet as unfit to live as others to die now the request is that they who are for death may as much as possible be fitted for death and those for life fitted to live better Do that for them and to them which hitherto hath not been done to any purpose by any before you as their business in this County but you have a good exemplar for it in the City prevail with some conscien ious men that love the Souls of the poorest wretches to deal with the Prisoners condemned most seriously and feelingly that poor condemned wretches may not go hence to another world without some Soul-conviction and repentance Do this as you fear God and have compassion on poor Souls and settle it in your time 6. To the Judges the rest in Commission And now my Lords the Judges and you the rest of the Bench who are by your places to act for the weal of the publick Suffer me but a little for I have yet to speak as Elihu in Job on Gods behalf Job 36.2 Do ye fear God if you do not you are not worthy your places nor fit to rule