Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	according_a	judge_v	righteousness_n	1,406	5	7.1256	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68747	The poore mans teares opened in a sermon / preached by Henrie Smith. ; Treating of almes deeds, and releeuing the poore.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1592 (1592)	STC 22683; ESTC S117534	41,436	133

from morning to night in iudgement no their yeares antiquitie consequentlie their bodies imbesilitie cannot easilie endure it besides the care of common causes heard at home and that which is the biggest burden of all the continuall good of the Common-weale which they meditate carefullie when vvee sleepe securely is not to be forgotten but herin are many Magistrats greatly to be blamed in that they cause the people to attend vpon thē from morning vntil night with expenses great and continuall whilest they find no end of poore mens matters because they wishe no ende of spending money Are their mindes set vpon righteousnes which deale thus No no they are the same that the Prophete spake of when he said the vngodlie seeketh occasion against the righteous and knasheth vpon him with his teeth for the crafty counseller taketh occasion to hinder his Cliants iust cause that he might still feede vppon the poore mans purse the Lawyer who careth not to deale vnfaithfully is like the christall glasse which flatteringly sheweth vnto euerie man a faire face how iuill fauoured so euer he be So can he perswade the simple swain that his cause wil bear a strong action bee it neuer so weake Oh remember what God said vnto Israell you shall not do what seemeth good in your owne eies but what I command you Then know that you do not that which he hath commanded because you deale not with mercie and truth for if euer the time required and occasion was offered to mooue that question to Magistrates which Dauid did in his daies namelie how long they will proceede to giue vniust iudgement and to accept the person of the vngodlie Nowe is the time and occasion present for I doe not doubt but it is too true that the Prophet hath spoken who saith that the vngodlie are more set by thē the righteous and this is the cause that wrong iudgement dooth proceed How can iustice sit when there is no seat appointed for her you may be sure she vvill not haue to do with the stoole of wickednes where mischiefe standeth in stead of iustice It was a woorthie commendation that Dauid vttered in the praise of Ierusalem when hee said there is the seate for iudgment the which appointing of that seat for iudgement was an argument that they loued iustice and first the place vvherein it vvas set assureth vs heereof for it was set in the gate vvher through men might haue passage to and from the iudgement seat Secondly the maner of framing that seat in the gate namely that the Iudges of force must sit with their faces towards the rising of the sunne in token that their iudgement shuld bee as pure from corruption as the sun vvas cleare in his chiefest brightnesse Oh happie house of Dauid vvhose seat vvas set so conueniently vvhose causes vvere heard so carefullie and matters iudged so iustlie The Israelites thought themselues well apaid vvhen they had the gouernement of Debora that vertuous VVoman for all vvas laied a bed vntill she came vppe a mother in Israell and as shee was a good gouernesse in her time so shee loued those that were like vnto her selfe for saieth shee my heart is set vpon the gouernours of Israell Dauid was a good King vvhile he liued as it did appeare by the testimonie of God himselfe who said of him I haue found Dauid my seruant with my holie oyle haue I annointed him Secondly by his appealing to God for iudgement in this case when he saith be thou my iudge O Lord for I haue walked innocently c. And last of all by that good counsell which hee gaue vpon his death-bedde vnto Salomon his Sonne who was to succeed him in that kingdom for saith he thou shalt prosper and come to great honor if thou keepest the commandements which GOD commanded Moses when Phillip the King of Macedonia did cast of the earnest sute of a poore widowe with this slender answere go thy way for I haue no leasure to heare thee now She replied thus and why hast thou leasure to be a King as if shee should haue said God hath giuen thee time to raigne and power to gouern that thou mightest applie them both vnto that end wherefore they are giuen thee for mercie and truth preserueth a King and with louing kindnes his seat is vpholden When Salomon praied to God for an vnderstanding hart that he might do iustice among gods people it is said that his praier pleased God passing well because Salomon asked wisedoome rather then wealth and knowledge rather then honor for thereby he gaue euidence that his heart was set vpon righteousnes for out of the aboundaunce of the heart the mouth speaketh It is a most excellent praier which the Prophet maketh when he saith giue thy iudgement vnto the King O Lorde and thy righteousnes vnto the kings sonne c. then shall hee iudge the people according vnto right and defend the poore wherein the Prophet praied for himselfe while he gouerned the kingdome of Israell and for his successors in the same hauing relation vnto that promise spoken of in the 132. Psalme the Lord hath made a faithfull oath vnto Dauid and hee will not shrincke from it saying of the fruit of thy bodie shall I set vpon thy seat if thy children keepe may testimonies which I shall learne them And the Prophet proceedeth to say then shall he iudge the people according vnto right and defend the pore by the word then hee insinuateth that when God giueth grace to the Magistrate then hee cannot choose but do right and defend those which doe sustaine wrong But when the Prophet saith and defend the pore Some man would thinke that he had saide enough before and therefore might haue cut of this speach but it is to be remembred that as sick men nedeth not the Phisition or the way fairing man his weapon at one time onelie but as often as the patient is sicke so often hee must haue the Phisitions counsaile and as often as the traueiler is assaulted so often hee vseth his weapon In like sort the pore man oppressed often doth as often neede the defence of the Magistrate And therefore hath the Magistrate the sword is alwaies caried before him this sword is alwaies caried before rather the behind the Magistrat that he might rather remēber iustice then cast the care thereof behind his back the last but not the least thing to bee marked of the Magistrate is that iustice is set foorth with a paire of ballaunces in the one hand whiche admonisheth him to waie those matters iustlie which are brought before him And within the other hand a two edged sword to the intent that iustice might returne to iudgement that is that thinges iustlye iudged might bee rightly rewarded on both sides whereof King Salomon hath giuen a good president First in finding out the true mother of the smothered childe which