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A45484	A map of judgement, or, A pattern for judges delivered in a sermon at the Assizes holden at Guildford-in-Surrey, July 23d, 1666 before Sr. Orlando Bridgeman, Kt., Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Sr. Samuel Brown, Kt. / by W. Hampton ...	Hampton, William, 1599 or 1600-1677.	1667 (1667)	Wing H635; ESTC R21596	21,322	25

A Map of Judgement Or a Pattern for JUDGES Delivered in a Sermon at the Assizes holden at Guildford in Surrey July 23d. 1666. BEFORE Sr. Orlando Bridgeman Kt. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas AND Sr. Samuel Brown Kt. By W. Hampton Rector of Blechingley in the same County 2. Chron. 19. 6 7. And he said to the Judges take heed what ye do for ye judge not for man but for the Lord who is with you in the Judgement Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts LONDON Printed by R. I. for H. Brome over against the Crane in Little-Brittain 1667. TO The Honourable Sr. Orlando Bridgeman Kt. Lord Chief Justice of his Majesties Court of Common Pleas and Sr. Samuel Brown Kt. another of his Majesties Justices of the said Court. Grace Mercy and Peace with all happiness in this World and everlasting blessedness in that which is to come Reverend and Honourable Sirs THis Sermon being Preached in your hearing and received with the good liking of that numerous auditory then present as I understand and as appeared by their more than usual attention while it was delivering for what was said of our dear Saviour I may without ostentation say of my poor self The eyes of all that were in the Synagogue were fastned on him Luke 4.20 And being importuned by some worthy friends to make it more publick I have condiscended hoping it may adde some few mites to the publick treasury for the Churches good And I assented chiefly upon these reasons First Because it was so well approved and accepted by such pious learned and judicious Worthies as your Honours great assertors of piety equity and right by whom this Circuit hath for some years been honoured as well as blessed in the Administration of Justice Secondly Because I have some hopes it may put at least a stop to that great inundation of Sin and Prophaneness which is gone forth into the Land by animating his Majesties Commissioners in all places to a diligent discharge of their duties in so good a work Thirdly That it may stand as a lasting evidence of my humble and cordial thankfulnesse to that supreme Moderator of all things for enabling me a poor worm to labour so long in his Vineyard and to bring forth some fruits both in Youth and Age and to perform such a task twice at such a distance of time the interval of more than ten Olympiads intervening I cannot think of meeter persons to Devote it to than your Honours who so well approved both the manner of delivery and the matter delivered which I humbly beseech you to accept in good part and to shelter it under your Patronage It is Printed almost verbatim as Preached only in the last point some little enlargement is made which I was forced then to omit least prolixity should have impeded your most weighty business Thus humbly craving pardon for my boldness commending this poor Work to the blessing of God for the glory of his Name and good of his People I commit you to his safe Protection who am Your Honours most humble Servant in the work of the Lord William Hampton From my Study in Blechingley Aug 13. 1666. A Map of Judgement or a Pattern for JUDGES GENESIS 18.25 Shall not the Judge of all the Earth do right IT was the saying of our Saviour Mat. 13.52 Every Scribe which is instructed for the Kingdome of Heaven is like unto a man that is an Housholder which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old The same with Gods help I hope to do now It was full forty years ago the seventh of this month the Lords holy Name be praised that I spake something upon this Text on the like occasion and in this County at the Assizes holden at Riegate July 7. 1626 and if I should happen to harpe upon some of the old notes I dare say most if not all here present would keep my counsel It will be new to them and yet I doubt not but to bring forth some things new as well as old It is true we are to live Praeceptis non Exemplis by Precepts not by Examples and yet experience proves Exemplis magis quam praeceptis we are apt to be led rather by pattern than by precept and in framing the course of our lives Example for the most part more prevails than Exhortation Wherefore this being a time allotted for Judgment I have made choice to set before you a Map of Judgment the Pattern and Example of a great Judge the Judge of Judges the Judge of all the world in his place you sit he lends a part of his honour to you and invests you with his power he vouchsafes his name unto you dixi dii estis whom then should the Servant imitate but his Lord the Subject but his Soveraign the Little Gods of the earth but the great God of Heaven and Earth the Judges of a Land or little world but the Judge of all the world Zeno being asked by his friends how they might keep themselves to right when he was gone answered si me presentem semper putetis if you imagine me to be alwaies present with you the beholder of your actions And surely a stronger motive you cannot have to keep your selves to equity and right quam Deum presentem semper cogitare than to have this great Judge alwaies before your eyes the pattern and spectatour of all your proceedings hee sees our works he hear our words he knows our thoughts if we do ill will not he punish us if we do well will not he reward us if we do right will not he applaud it if we do wrong will not he revenge it Yes verily For shall not the Judge of all the Earth do right The words were uttered by Abraham upon this occasion when the Almighty was minded to destroy the City of Sodom whose sins cryed to his Throne for vengeance he first after the manner of men pawsed on the matter and was loath to do it till he had taken advice of a friend and made Abraham whom St. James calleth the friend of God privie to his purpose Shall I hide from Abraham the thing which I do Abraham being hereby assured of Gods love and favour began to argue the matter and became an humble suitor for his sinful neighbours and knowing them to be in misericordia provero clamore puts up his petition into the Chancery of Gods boundless mercy that if there could be fifty good men found within the City he would be pleased to spare the whole for their sake The Lord grants his petition Abraham goeth straight way with a privy search through the City of Sodom and after his labour lost he makes return unto God with a non est inventus yet he proceeds on in his suit and craving pardon for his boldness he

Satan that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 most envious enemie of humane happiness shall labour to accuse them to bring forth their sins against them and lay them to their Charge but the true 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the lover of men will not suffer him he will throw them all into the bottom of the Sea cast them behinde his back nail them to the Cross bury them in the grave of his Son drown them in his blood and remove them further than the East is from the West that they shall not be found nor remembred nor brought forth against his faithful people at that day So that though they appear it shall not be ad discussionem peccatorum to have their sins discussed sifted examined censured like the wicked but ad retributionem praemiorum to have their labours and good works rewarded yea to have the works of Christ which are now appropriate to them and made theirs by imputation Crowned with a Diadem of Glory and Immortality in the Kingdome of Heaven If any shall demand with the Disciples 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but tell us when shall these things be I answer Here ye pose me indeed These things shall so come to pass I am sure but when or how soon I cannot tell It is the next quaerie to be discussed Quando When he shall Judge noted in the future sign shall the time is to come at the end of the World That there shall be such a day is most certain most uncertain when it shall be we have the Word of God to confirm the certainty of it Our God shall come and shall not keep silence there shall go before him a consuming fire Psal 50.3 The Lord Jesus shall show himself from Heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire to render vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospel 2 Thes 1. We have his promise for it Behold I come quickly and my reward is with me to give to every man according as his work shall be Rev. 22.12 We have his Oath for it The Mighty Angel lift up his hand to Heaven and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever who Created Heaven and the things that are therein and the Earth and the things that are therein and the Sea and the things which are therin that time should be no more Rev. 10.6 We have the Justice of God to confirm it it stands with his Justice that there should be such a day God is most just he wil shew mercy to the Godly and judgement to the wicked he will as Sr. Paul saith reward every man according to his works but he doth not alwaies so in this life for the wicked enjoy as many outward blessings as the Godly All things come alike to all and the same condition is to the Just and to the unjust to him that Sacrifizeth and to him that Sacrifizeth not c. saith the Preacher Yea the wicked in this world for the most part enjoy more felicity than Gods Children they laugh when these weep they sing when these sigh they prosper when these are persecuted they flourish when these are afflicted they are in pompe and jollity when these are in want and misery sic fuit a principio from the beginning it hath been so Abel righteous Abel lies dead at the feet of his wretched Brother Cain Chaste Joseph is fettered in the Dungeon while his lewd Lady flourisheth in her braverie the Hebrews groan under their heavy burthens sweat in the Brick-Kills while the Aegyptians live at ease domineering over them Elias fainteth in the Desart while Jezabel painteth in her Closet Daniel quaketh in the den of Lyons but the proud King Belshazzer quaffeth among his boon Companions The holy Prophets of God are mocked scourged sawn asunder slain with the Sword while their cruel Persecutors swell and sway and triumph in their sorrows John's head lies bleeding in the Platter while Herod is smiling at his Revels and Dancing among his Damsels Lazarus Famisheth while Dives Feasteth Therefore there must needs be a general day of Judgement when God will give to every man his right when good men shall be rewarded according to their sufferings and wicked men punished according to their deservings If we do but hear two or three Malefactors receive their doom from the Judge and see them led forth to Execution we may thence conclude that there shall be an universal doom for it is not to be thought saith St. Chrysostome that seeing we have all one God who is an upright Judge that he would punish some men for their sins in this world and let others escape which have offended as much or more than they unless he had reserved certain punishment for them also in the future World at the day of judgement and this is that which the Apostle hinteth to us 1. Tim. 5.24 Some mens sins are open before hand and go before unto judgement but some mens follow after The sins of some are known and manifest to the world they are brought to Judgement and they suffer for them here their bodies are punished that their souls may be saved but the sins of some are close secret unknown to the world yet there will come a time when they shall be revealed when they shall be punished their sins are upon the score and kept in store till the great day of reckoning though they escape the judgement of this world yet they shall not escape the judgement of the world to come their sins shall follow after them they shall accompany them to judgement Now as it is most certain such a day shall come so most uncertain when it shall come Some have rashly and presumptuously undertaken to guess at the time and define when it shall be as though they had been in the bosome of God and were the Secretaries of Heaven To whom it may be said as the Cynick to an ignorant and arrogant fellow prating of Heavenly matters beyond his capacity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pray sir how lately came you from Heaven that you know these things so well or as St. Austin telleth of one who answered that busie Inquisitor who would know what God did before he made the world fecit Infernum curiosa scrutantibus he made Hell to punish those who are too curious in prying into his secrets Our Saviour tells us that when that day shall be no man knoweth no not the Angels of Heaven which have farre more excellent knowledge than we no not he himself that is as man he was ignorant of it or had no commission then to reveal it or as Aquinas Dicitur nescire quia non facit scire he is said not to know because he will not make us to know Therefore let no man presume above his reach secret things belong to the Lord revealed things to us and to our Children onely this we are sure of the time cannot be farre off it is even at hand It was near in the Apostles time much more