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A92848	The best and the worst magistrate: or, The people's happiness and unhappiness, laid open in a sermon preached at the late election of the Lord Major for the famous City of London, Sept. 29. 1648. / By Obadiah Sedgwick B. in D. and minister at Covent-Garden.	Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658.; Chambers, Humphrey, 1598 or 9-1662.	1648 (1648)	Wing S2365; Thomason E465_8; ESTC R205183	23,226	32

was a righteous man and a most wise man for Rule Can we finde such a one as this is Gen. 41. 38. a man in whom the Spirit of God is said Pharaoh of him when he presented a method for the preservation of Egypt David was a righteous man and in all his employments whithersoever Saul sent him he went and behaved himself wisely 1 Sam. 18. 5. Daniel and the three Children were righteous men and in all Dan. 1. 20. matters of wisdom and understanding they were ten times better then all the Magicians and Astrologers How wisely did Moses allay the distaste which some had taken against Eldad and Numb 11. 28 29. Medad How wisely did Gideon smooth off the fierceness of the men of Ephraim Is not the gleanings of the grapes of Iudg. 8. 2. Ephraim better then the vintage of Abiezar How wisely did Solomon decide the dispute about the living and the dead 1 King 3. 26 27 28. childe 3. Magistrates or Rulers must be just men He that ruleth over men must be just saith David and without all doubt 2 Sam. 23. 3 Justice tends to the joy and welfare of a people Solomon saith That it exalts a Nation and we finde it to be a sure Pro. 14. 34. hand a sure convey of blessings in the Scriptures Reade that place concerning Abrahams posterity They shall keep the way Gen. 18. 19 of the Lord to do justice and judgement that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him And to this purpose the Prophet Jeremiah speaks Did not your father Ier. 22. 15. do judgement and justice and then it was well with him He said not amiss who spake that Justicia was Reip. columna Corona Justice was the Pillar and the Crown of a Kingdom The throne is established by Justice said Solomon Pro. 16. 12. Iob 29. 14. there it is a Pillar My judgement was as a Robe and Diadem said Job there it is a Crown There are four Ornaments for men Eloquence is an Ornament for an Orator Humility is an Ornament for a Christian Conscience is an Ornament for a Minister and Justice is an Ornament for a Magistrate * P. Martyr 2. Sam. pag. 269. One saith That to do Justice Audire causas Juvare pios punire sceleratos it is munus Angelicum imo Divinum This is Angels work nay it is work fit for God himself And are there any men more just then men truly righteous Righteous men are just men Num. 16. 15. I have not taken one Ass from them neither have I hurt any of them saith righteous Moses Behold here I am witness against me before the Lord and before his anointed whose Ox have I taken or whose Ass have I taken or whom have I defrauded or of whose hand have I received any Bride to blinde mine eyes therewith spake righteous Samuel 1 Sam. 12. 3 4. Rulers must be men of Mercy as well as of Justice I will sing of mercy and justice saith David The Mercy-seat Psa 101. 1. was the best seat that ever was set up for Sinners and it is the excellency of Christs Government that it is full of Purity and of Equity and of Mercy One relates of the Jews That they would have none to be Magistrates who were not Fathers of Children they thought their fatherly relation would be a motion to mercy Now Mercy in a Ruler is a joy unto a people and conduceth unto the publique good The throne is upheld by mercy saith Solomon and no persons are more Pro. 20. 28. merciful then righteous persons they are begotten by the Father of Mercies and are Children of Mercy David saith They are gracious and full of compassion and Solomon saith Psa 112. 4. Pro. 12. 10. The righteous man regardeth the life of his beast much more then the estates and lives of men 5. Rulers must be men of Courage Be strong and of a good courage dread not nor be dismayed So David to Solomon 1 Chron. 22. 13. when he was to succeed in Authority You read in 1 Kin. 10. 20. that Solomon placed six Lyons upon the one side as he went unto his Throne of Judgement and six upon the other side by every step there were two Lyons to intimate That men in Authority must be men of Courage Magistrates you have heard are called Gods and why should Gods fear the faces of men If men will dare to smite with the fist of violence Isa 58. 4. you should dare to smite with the sword of Justice Rom. 13. 4. Magistrates should be like David who had courage to rescue the sheep out of the mouth of the Lyon and of the Bear 1 Sam. 17. 35. And Courage in a Ruler is of wonderful good for a people The good which comes by Magistrates courage Numb 25. 8 11. 2 Chro. 15. 8 to 17. Righteous men are couragious men Pro. 28. 1. Neh 6. 11. What good did Phinehas's zeal bring unto Israel it pacified God and stayed the plague What a notable Reformation did Asa's courage produce even that which made all Israel to rejoyce And no Magistrates are so couragious as righteous men Grace makes the best hearts and breeds the highest fortitude The righteous men saith Solomon are bold as a Lyon Should such a man as I flee said Nehemiah They who truly fear God do fear nothing but to sin against God Fourthly It may appear That righteous Magistrates are a blessing and joy unto a people if you consider their Services or Practices in which they are engaged Righteous Magistrates do conscientiously set their just Authority on work for those common and good ends for which Magistracy was ordained The Magistrate may be pictured like Atlas bearing up the poles of Heaven or he may say as David Psal 75. 3. I bear up the pillars of the Earth There are four singular Services which Magistrates are to Four works for Magistrates perform 1. The first is To maintain and support true Religion and therefore that Emperor set his Crown under the Bible And Summa ratio est quae pro Religione facit Papinianus Plato would have the Pallaces of Princes joyned to the Temples of the gods their chief care should be to uphold that which is the chiefest 2. The second is To protect and encourage well-doers Mine eyes saith David shall be upon the faithful of the land and Psal 101. 6. 16. 3. 72. 7. My delight shall be in the excellent In his days shall the righteous flourish The third is To intend and preserve the publique welfare Non mihi sed Populo said Adrian the Emperor Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy pallaces and I will Psal 122. 7 9. Esth 10. 3. seek thy good said David for Jerusalem They must be like Mordecai who did seek the good of his people Non suum sed suorum 4. The fourth is