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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46712	A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Norwich at the Mayor's Guild, June xx, 1693 by John Jeffery ...	Jeffery, John, 1647-1720.	1693 (1693)	Wing J520; ESTC R35426	13,856	34

govern and that Sufficiency consisteth in Wisdom Justice and Power The reason for this is because the Administration of Government is a Work of great Difficulty and of great Consequence And because those who do govern are a Pattern to those who are governed Governours are publick Persons and cannot lead private Lives And therefore they ought so to live that they may be exemplary Themistocles did so when he came unto the Government he laid aside those Liberties that he took before and behaved himself in all things with a special Severity (m) Plutarch And great Reason there was why he should do so for the People do narrowly observe not only the publick Justice but also the common Converversation of the Magistrate insomuch that small Things were objected against Pompey the Great The grave Philosopher observes That as a little Wen or Wart in the Face is more troublesome than far greater Irregularities and Mutilations in other Parts of the Body so small Faults in the Life of a Magistrate are accounted great ones through the Opinion which Mankind have that Governours are extraordinary Persons and such as ought to be free from all Error and Fault (n) Plutarch de Reip. ger praecept Livius Drusus was sensible of this and when after he was made Tribune a Carpenter offered him for five Talents to alter all those Places in his House through which it could be inspected by his Neighbours The Tribune answered That he would give him ten Talents if he would contrive to lay his House so open that all the Citizens might see how he lived Plutarch notes That he was a sober and vertuous Man But adds That there was no need his House should be so open the Citizens would know how he lived without that Advantage (o) Plut. Reip. gerend praecep● Because therefore the Interest of great Multitudes dependeth upon the Vertue of Governours and because the Lives of many will be formed by their Example it is necessary that Governours should b● strictly Vertuous 'T is necessary that Magistrates should be qualified for their Office and 't is necessary that there should be many subordinate Magistrates for if one Man were sufficient for several Offices yet it were not safe for him to undertake them (p) Arist Pol. l. 2. but according to Plutarch's Similitude (q) Plutarch Reip. ger praecept as the Hand being divided into Fingers is not thereby made the more impotent but is a more compleat and artificial Instrument for the use of Man so dividing the Parts of Government among many is most Advantagious for the Society So Moses did here and so it has been in all Nations and what the Nature of things did require the Law of God does approve For in the Institution of the Sanedrim (r) Numb 11.16 17. we find that Moses chose Seventy Elders by the Order of God and God put the Spirit of Government upon those whom Moses had chosen as he promised Thus it was at the first erecting of the Jewish Polity and the same was observed afterward for in the Days of Jeh●shaphat we see he appointed subordinate Governours as Moses had done at first He set Judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah city by city Agreeably the Apostle says (s) 1 Pet. 2.13 14. Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake whether it be to the King as supreme or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him Subordinate Governours derive their Power from the Supreme and are accountable to him Subordinate Governours are to obey as well as to govern And they are directed in their Government by their Obedience It is an old Saying That he who would govern well must first obey (t) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist Pol. l. 7. sect 58. And Ari●totle quotes it as a Saying in his Time received by common and long Consent But Subordinate and Temporary Governours have this special Advantage for governing well That they have obeyed before that they must obey again those who are in the same Places they hold and they do obey all the Time those who are Supreme Government is necessary to Society and Subordination is necessary to Government For as no Society can subsist without Government so no Government can subsist without Subordination And this unavoidable Necessity is a publick Benefit for as those who govern take care of the publick Interest so it is expedient there should be those to whom they should give an account (u) Arist Pol. l. 6. § 40. l. 3. §. 53 c. l. 2. p. 134 153 126 l. 3. §. 30. Dan. 6.1 2. and 1 Sam. 12.1 c. And so it is in all Subordinate Governours Thus we see That particular subordinate Magistrates are necessary That Vertue is a necessary Qualification in Magistrates That the Law is the Rule (x) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist Pol. l. 1. c 6. And that the Supreme is the Judge of their Administration Hitherto we have seen the Appointment of Subordinate Magistrates by the King II. We have the Charge which the King gave unto those whom he had appointed Subordinate Magistrates The Charge was given by a Religious King And so there is Power (y) Eccl. 8.4 and so there is Equity in it But herein I am to consider 1. The matter of the Admonition which is contained in the Charge or Speech of the King and that Admonition is short and Comprehensive Take heed what ye do and Take heed and do it 2. The Reasons for that Admonition and they are strong and irresistible as we shall see presently 1. The Matter of the Admonition which is contained in the Charge or Speech of the King and that Admonition is short and comprehensive Take heed what ye do and take heed and do it The particulars of their Office are not recited nor was it necessary they should be recited to Men who were fit for their Office They knew from the nature of their Office which was to Govern and from the matter of the Laws according to which they were to Govern what their Duty was In some it was their necessary Duty to do right unto all and to help them to right who stand in need of their help For this purpose they were furnished with Power and qualified with Knowledge and supposed to be Just The general Rule for this Justice is given by Menelaus in Homer (z) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hom. Il. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Determine equally between both Parties and not with partiality (a) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist Eth. L. 5. C. 4. The Law is supposed to be the Rule of Justice and Governours are to execute the Law and to administer Justice Therefore Aristotle says To go unto the Magistrate is to go unto Justice (b) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist Eth. L. 5. C. 4. And among us some of our Magistrates are called by the Name of Justice And Aristotle's