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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45683	Two sermons lately preached at the Assizes in St. Maries Church in Leicester the former March 23, 1670, the latter July 27, 1671 / by Robert Harrison.	Harrison, Robert, fl. 1648-1672.	1672 (1672)	Wing H909; ESTC R25412	38,889	70

are carried down by rouling waters as well as lighter great loggs and trees as well as small chips may swim down a mighty stream A Judge should be Equanimous as well as Magnanimous There must be no respect of persons had in judgment Lev. 19. v. 15. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement thou shalt not respect the person of the poor nor honour the person of the mighty but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy Neighbour He that justifieth the wicked and that condemneth the just even they both are abomination to the Lord Prov. 17. 15. Exuit personam Judicis qui amici vel hostis induit Though Plato might be a Friend and Socrates a Friend yet Truth is the greatest Friend Qui pro Veritate est pro Rege est Henry the fourth King of England when his eldest Son the Prince of VVales was by the Lord Chief Justice committed to Prison for affronting him on the Bench gave God thanks for that he had a Judge so impartial in executing justice and a Son so obedient as to submit to such a punishment It was also a brave Princely saying of Rodulphus the Emperor when he understood that some of his Courtiers hindred poor men from applying themselves unto him for justice Sinite homines ad me venire non enim ideo Imperator sum ut in arcula includar And of Trajan it is reported that he neither seared nor hated any man but heard examined and judged the Causes of his Subjects without prejudice patiently and impartially These are noble and fit patterns for the imitation of Judges who ought not to regard the Man so much as the Matter who should hear Causes speak and not Persons and judge according to truth and equity and not according to opinion nor appearance for fear or favour Lastly Constancy and Perseverance are required in the performance of righteous judgment which must not be like a Land-stood that continueth for a short season and then drieth up because it had nothing to feed and maintain it but like Running-waters which flow from a springing Fountain and so never decay nor fall lower Psal. 106. v. 3. Blessed are they that keep judgment and he that doth righteousness at all times Lewis King of France having granted a Pardon to a Murderer at the request of one of his Courtiers upon the reading of this Text presently withdrew it and said he would give no Pardon where the Law did not Pardon he also farther added it was a work of mercy and charity to punish an Offender and not to punish Crimes was as great an evil as to commit them There is a Passive Injustice and Magistrates may be unjust in neglecting as well as in perverting judgment Ausonius saith of the Emperour Claudius Non faciendo nocens sed patiendo fuit Not to do justice is injustice Sontibus nimis ignoscendo insontibus sit injuria Thus you have the Metaphor unveyled and the fence thereof presented to you in those eight Singularities Now to the Magistrate that sincerely endeavours to act according to these discoveries that shall make it his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his Sparta his great business to administer judgment plentifully speedily purely willingly regularly impartially and constantly to this brave man it may be said as Samuel did to Saul when he first anointed him King Do as occasion shall serve thee for God is with thee I have done with the Explication of the Point the next thing to be handled is the Confirmation of it and for this there may be given several Reasons The first is couched in my Text It is the Command of God that judgement should be executed in truth and in righteousness Now were there no other Reason but this it would be abundantly sufficient of it self to confirm the Doctrine for we are not to dispute but to obey the Commandments of the Lord which are holy just and good the reason of all reason and not only right in themselves but the rule of reasonable actions unto his creatures 2. As this duty in Thesi hath the stamp of a great Command so in Hypothesi the grant of a gracious acceptance It is both commanded and commended of God Phine as executed judgment and it was counted unto him for righteousness unto all Generations for evermore q. d. The Lord highly approved of this fact of his as just and righteous and assigned to him and his posterity for their Reward the Priesthood for ever because he was zealous for his God Numb 25. 23. 3. This is a special remedy for the removall of the Judgments of God The Plague was stayed when Phineas had slain Zimri and Cozbi and after Achan was stoned to death Israel prevailed against their Enemies So when justice was done upon Sauls Sons for their bloudy cruelty against the Gibeonites the three years Famine ceased 2 Sam. 21. 14. 4. Hereby Blessings are procured and continued to posterity Jer. 22. 15 16. Did not thy Father eat and drink and do judgement and justice and then it was well with him It was King Davids exhortation to the people of Israel Keep and seek for all the Commandments of the Lord your God that ye may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance for your Children after you for ever Now if Magistrates will not for Conscience sake 't were well if they would for Posterity sake act justly and as they ought to do 5. The neglect and non performance of this duty is a mighty provocation to God and will certainly bring down some judgments upon an unrighteous Nation Jer. 21. 12. O house of David thus saith the Lord execute judgment in the morning and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the Oppressor least may fury go out like fire and burn that none can quench it because of the evil of your doings Lastly without a due and diligent execution of justice there can be no safe and quiet living in the world Self-preservation therefore calls for this Lex est hominibus quod aqua piscibus extra aquam non vivunt pisces nec extra legem homines as a learned Author hath well observed What would become of our Liberties Properties and Priviledges which are sacred and precious things if the current of Justice should be stopped and there be no Reprover in the gate All distinction of places and orders of men upon Earth would be quickly taken away and there would be nothing but raging discord and horrible confusion in the world mans power would degenerate into tyranny wisdom into craft and justice into cruelty No person should longer possess that which is his then he hath more then ordinary might and power to maintain his right or policy to keep himself out of the reach of every injurious claw The poor mans little Pasture would presently be impal'd in my Lords large Park because it