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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

us to speak properly propter opera for our works yet secundum opera according to our works as a Father saith though not for the meer merit of them yet according to the meet measure of them our good works shall be the rule by which he will proportion out the heavenly reward the more good works of grace we have the more abundant will be our reward of glory Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour 1 Cor. 3.8 He that useth five Talents well shall be Ruler over five Cities he that useth ten Talents well shall be Ruler over ten Cities Luk. 19.17.19 They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament but they that turn many unto righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever Dan. 12.3 And as our Lord saith tune fulgebunt Justi tanquam Sol Then shall the Just shine as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father Mat. 13.43 In Heaven among the Saints there shall be degrees of glory as there is difference now among the stars of Heaven in beauty One star differeth from another star in glory saith the Apostle There is one glory the Sun another of the Moon another of the Stars so shall it be with the Saints in the Kingdom of Heaven every Saint shall have glory enough yet some more some less according to the proportion of their faith and good works As all behold the Sun yet not according to the same perfect brightness but some more some less according to the diversity of their sight so the Saints in Heaven shall all have the beatifical Vision of God yet some in more perfect manner than other according to the measure of their graces here Or as if a man cast divers Bottles into the Sea of several capacities some greater some less every one will be filled yet the greatest will receive most So though all the Saints shall be filled with glory and every one have as much as he can contain yet those who do most abound in faith and good works shall have most glory 1. This may admonish us how careful we ought to be of our works to be practical and working Christians to add to our faith good works as Saint Peter exhorteth Believers 2 Pet. 1.5 Giving all diligence add to your faith vertue c. godliness brotherly kindness charity Though we allow not the merit of works yet we teach the necessity of good works as consequences fruits and evidences of true faith and because the reward of glory shall be proportioned out according to our works look what our works be such shall be the verdict that shall pass upon us at the great day Therefore saith James cap. 2. Shew me thy faith by thy works Thou sayest thou hast faith and talkest much of it but let it appear by the fruits evidence a right faith by a righteous life It is said Luk. 5.20 That Christ saw their faith and healed the man of the Palsie he saw not only with the eye of his Divinity but by their works by the effects and fruits of it he saw their faith for they laid the sick man on a bed brought him after Christ and when they could not come near him for the multitude they opened the roof and let him down in his Couch before him when Christ saw their faith by these not able works he healed the sick man If thou wilt have Christ to heal thee to save thee thou must let him see thy faith by thy works We read Gen. 27.21.22 That old Isaac would not bless Jacob by his speech or voice only but feels and handles him first Come near I pray thee that I may feel thee my Son whether thou be my very Son Esau or not and when he found they were Esau's hands he blessed him So Christ will not pronounce his blessing upon us by out voice or words only Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doth the will of my Father which is in Heaven He will handle and seel us and if he finde working hands that we have been open-handed to his poor Saints he will bless us and give us the inheritance of his heavenly Kingdom How should the remembrance of this stir us up to the practice of good deeds to be alwaies abounding in the work of the Lord for it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to our practice that Christ will reward us at the last day So it is in the Evangelist Mat. 16. 27. The word is for the most part taken in a good sense and noteth an acting after the precepts of good manners as a learned Critick noteth Keck in Ethic. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to our works So it is in Paul Rom. 2.6 Therefore I will conclude with the same Apostle 1 Tim. 6. 18 19. Do good and be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come and that ye may lay hold on eternal life 2. Let the consideration of this also turn our worldly ambition into an holy ambition our earthly covetousness into heavenly covetousness we do contend and cover who shall be chief here on earth who shall sit highest at our Feasts and have the chief place in the Synagogue who shall out-strip others in gay Apparel and who shall have most wealth and riches and who shall have the stateliest houses Oh then let us be as covetous contentious and ambitious for heavenly glory who shall have the highest seat the chiefest place there the fairest Mansion there for there be many Mansions In my Fathers house are many Mansions there be upper rooms and there be lower rooms there be higher seats and there be lower seats there is greater glory and there is lesser glory Let us therefore strive who shall be most zealous of Gods glory here so shall we be sure to have the more glorious reward here after For God is a most just Judge he will give to every man his right he will render to every man according to his works Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right Let me crave your honourable patience to add a few words for application and I have done you have heard how we must all appear before this Almighty Judge where wrong shall be righted and right rewarded Let this move us all in our several Callings and stations to keep a good Conscience and take heed to the thing that is right which will bring peace at last for if any man do wrong he shall receive for the wrong he hath done and there is no respect of persons with God In the first place reverend and honourable Sages ye who now sit on the Throne of Judgement to judge others remember the day will quickly come when ye must appear before a Judgement seat to be judged your selves have that great Judge still before your eyes his fear