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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94239	The high court of justice. A sermon preached before the judge of assise at Leicester, Julie 30. 1652. / By Antonie Scattergood rectour of Winwick in North-hampton-shire.	Scattergood, Antony, 1611-1687.	1652 (1652)	Wing S841; Thomason E1418_2; ESTC R210320	21,372	75

to Christ to the Saints God even the whole Trinity shall bee the Judge in respect of judiciarie power Christ shall bee the Judge in respect of his visible appearance and audible promulgation of the sentence The Saints shall judge the world 1 Cor. 6.2 in respect of consent and approbation God shal judge as the King who is supreme Christ shall judge as a Judge sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers for the praise of them that do well 1 Pet. 2.13 14. The Saints shall judge as the honest Justices and Gentlemen and body of the County who when their ears hear an upright Judge then they bless him and when their eyes see him they give witness to him Job 29.11 I. If Christ bee Judge then the judgement shall bee according to truth Rom. 2.2 The Judge of all the earth will do right Gen. 18.25 Judges of but part of the earth oft erre in judgement Great men are not alwayes wise neither do the aged alwayes understand judgement saith Elihu Job 32.9 Sometimes Judges would find out the truth but cannot sometimes they can find it out but will not sometimes they do find it out but are driven from it Truth lieth as the Philosopher said in a pit and some Judges have not wherewith to draw it out It is sometimes so covered with darkness and the way to it so intricate perplexed Falshood now and then meeteth the Judge in so handsome a disguise that it is no wonder to see even a good man mistaken to see an Isaac think well of an Esau Gen. 25.28 a Samuel of an Eliab 1 Sam. 16.6 a whole college of Apostles of a Judas Mat 26.22 Joh. 13 21-26 But errour in judgement ariseth oftner from want of will to do right then from want of skill the Judge either not having the patience to afford the cause a full hearing and to examin and sift matters to the bottome or else having his eyes bleared with passion or blinded with gifts And it not seldome happeneth that though the Judge find out the truth and could find in his heart to maintein it yet hee is driven from it either some great mans frown or letter being a Prohibition to him and then Contra libertum Caesaris ire timet hee is afraid not to seem Caesars friend John 19.12 13. or hee is afraid to anger the beast with many heads the multitude then Barabbas is released and Christ is condemned by Pilate Mark 15.15 Luke 23.23 and Paul by Felix is left bound Acts 24.27 Lastly it is a thing too often seen that after the Judge hath worthily done his part and justly doomed a malefactour to death some greater power interveneth and rescueth him from the gallows granting him either a Pardon or a Reprive Hence it frequently happeneth what the Prophet complaineth of Isa 59.14 that judgement is turned away backward justice standeth afarre off that truth falleth in the street and equity cannot enter that those old scenes are in every age oft acted over that Joseph is condemned as a vitious person that Mephibosheth's estate is bestowed upon a sycophant that Naboth fareth the worse for having a good vineyard and Micaiah loseth his liberty for not emprisoning the truth that as Cyprian saith inter leges ipsas delinquitur that JUS is turned into VIS Right overturned by Might Certain it is that while darkness is in the minds of men and the Prince of darkness is suffered to tempt amongst other Vanities that are under the Sun that will still bee one that yee heard Solomon complaining of Eccl. 3.16 that in the place of judgement wickedness is there in the place of righteousness iniquity is there Under the Sun it will bee so But when the Sun in the firmament shal bee put out then the Sun of righteousness will shine forth then a Judge will sit in the throne that will judge right Psal 9.4 and there shall bee no unrighteousness in him Psal 92.15 For hee hath all the properties of a complete Judge Wisdome Power Justice all infinite First his Wisdome is such that his eyes cannot bee blinded The darkness is no darkness to him Psal 139. Hee prieth into the closest corners even into those of the heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is his peculiar title Acts 1.24 All things are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stipped naked ripped open before him Heb. 4.13 Those that have gone in the dark and sought deep to hide their counsel from the Lord shall at the day of judgement find their cunning contrivances to have been to no purpose All close plots all secret chamberings all curtain-sins shall then bee brought to light all hypocrisy shall bee unveiled and every mask pulled off Even in the dayes of his flesh Christ knew what was in man John 2.25 hee knew Nathanael to bee a true Israelite John 1.47 and Judas to bee a devil John 6.70 how much more then in the day of his glorie shall hee bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make manifest the counsels of the hearts 1 Cor. 4.5 The wicked shall at that day call to the mountains and rocks to cover them Rev. 6.16 but in vain For impossible it will bee for thee to bee hid For besides the omniscience of the Judge a whole cloud of witnesses wil appear against thee I. Every sin thou hast committed if thou suffer it to lie down in the dust with thee will bee sure to rise up in judgement against thee Many sins are said to cry now as Murder Gen. 4.10 Uncleanness Gen. 18.20 Oppression Isa 5.7 Keeping-back the labourers hire Jam. 5.4 but every sin will have a voice at that day to cry for vengeance if its mouth bee not stopped in the mean time with that bloud which speaketh better things Hebr. 12.24 II. Every creature which thou hast abuled will put up a bill of endictment The lands or livings that by fraud or violence thou hast usurped and deteinest from the right owners even these will cry against thee and the furrows thereof will complain Job 31.38 If thou buildest thy house by unrighteousness and thy chambers by wrong wo unto thee Jer. 22.13 for the stone shall cry out of the wall and the beam out of the timber shall answer it Hab. 2.11 The gold and silver that thou hast either ill got or ill kept or ill spent will prove an ill treasure even a treasure of wrath at the last day Jam. 5.3 4. III. Satan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that adversarie in judgement as S. Peter calleth him 1 Pet. 5.8 who hath all thy life-time been 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Tempter will at the day of judgement especially make good his name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and play the Devil indeed accusing thee of those sins to which he tempted thee IV. But if all else should bee silent thou hast that in thy bosome that will speak loud enough a book wherein all thy works words thoughts are written This though now perhaps

well as God Matth. 22.21 The Apostles agree with their Master S. Paul Rom. 13. telleth us that the Magistrate is ordained of God and that hee is the Minister of God for our good that wee must afford him subjection tribute fear honour S. Peter saith the like 1 Pet. 11 13-17 And S. Jude sharply inveigheth against such as despise dominion speak evil of dignities vers 8. Since the Scripture is so clear for this point how intolerably too blame are they that abuse this spirituall sword to blunt the edge of the temporall slander Magistracy and civile Justice as if it could not stand with Religion Christianity Such affronts as these that are put upon the Judgement-seat it self mee thinketh should rouse up the spirit even of a Gallio and make him how carelesse soever of other things to take care of himself and his freehold God put true zele and courage into the hearts of all Magistrates that they may magnifie their office by doing justice and judgement That is the third Use of the Text That III. Judges should judge justly Of this but a word Verbum sapienti The Apostle saith Wee shall all stand before the judgement-seat of Christ Let mee a little alter the words tell all Judges and Magistrates That Christ standeth before their judgement-seats The Aethiopians as Franciscus Alvarez reporteth used to set many chairs about the tribunalls of Judges imagining their Gods would come and sit down in them That which they did but imagin the Scripture assureth us of That the Lord is with Judges in the judgement 2 Chron. 19.6 That God standeth in the congregation of the mighty and judgeth among the Gods Ps 82.1 The Turkish Justicers in the Divan they say dare at no time transgress the Law because sometimes the Emperour is wont to stand behind the hangings and they know not when hee is absent How much more should Christian Magistrates and all that have to do in Courts of judicature stand in aw and sinne not when they consider that the Lord is ever amongst them and though they see him not yet hee taketh notice of every person and observeth every particular the ground and menaging and issue of every suit what conscience the Jury make of their oath the maner and motives of the Lawyers pleading and of the Judges giving sentence How should this make them all as Jehoshaphat enjoyneth 2 Chron. 19.6 take heed what they do especially the Judge who beeing Superintendent over the whole affair is accountable not onely for his own actions but for whatsoever miscarriages hee might have hindred or should have punished and did not Let every one therefore that sitteth on the Bench think of that dreadfull Tribunall in the Text and let him not so much look about him or below him to consider his power as above him to consider him that gave him his commission and to whom hee must render an account In some countreyes Judges were pictured without eyes and Justice commonly is so But God grant our Judges and Justices may have their eyes in their heads and fix one on him that seeth in secret and the other on the cause that is brought before them And indeed let them but bethink and bespeak themselves with Job What shall wee do when God riseth up and when hee visiteth what shall wee answer him Job 31.14 and they will readily follow Jobs practice and not withhold the poor from their desire nor cause the eyes of the widow to fail nor lift up their hand against the fatherless though they see their help in the gate vers 16 21. They will follow the Prophets counsel Isa 33.15 They will walk righteously speak uprightly despise the gain of oppressions and shake their hands from holding of bribes They will neither suffer the golden eloquence of Advocates that plead in publick nor the eloquent gold of such as would bribe in private to blind their eyes and cause them to pervert or deny or delay justice They will contemne the favours and frowns and threats of men though never so mighty or many They will not bee charmed by letters or suits they will not bee led by passion or prejudice or partiality but they will hear the small as well as the great Deut. 1.17 and punish the great as well as the small and administer justice without respect of persons Thus righteous will Judges bee in their judgements if they will sadly and frequently fix their thoughts on the judgement-seat of Christ They will serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Psal 2.11 they will fear to offend him and bee carefull to please and imitate him And so doing besides the many positive blessings that shall flow from their judgement-seats they shall bee a means to prevent and remove temporall judgements from the places where they live and when Death shall summon them hence they shall bee able to stand in the judgement at the generall Assises and when unrighteous Judges and mighty sinners shall bee doomed to mighty torments they shall receive a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give them at that day and not to them onely but to all them also that love his appearing 2 Tim. 4.8 To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be all honour and glorie now and for ever Amen FINIS