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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	wrong_a	wrong_n	wrong_v	17	3	8.5172	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91477	The judges charge; delivered in a sermon before M. Justice Hale, and M. Sergeant Crook, judges of assize, at St. Mary-Overies in Southwark, Martii 22. 1658. As also setting forth, the necessity of magistracy, for the weal of a people. With a serious item and admonition to all unruly spirits, that despite dominion, and resist the ordinance of God. By Rich. Parr, M.A. sometimes Fellow of Exeter-Colledge in Oxford, now pastor of Camerwel in the county of Surry.	Parr, Richard, 1617-1691.	1658 (1658)	Wing P547; Thomason E947_2; ESTC R33023	21,680	40

vain for he is the minister of God to execute wrath on him that doth evil Rom. 13.4 And let me tell you that are guilty of murder or theft of perjury or blasphemy of adultery or fornication of oppression or false accusation or of any other crime or misdemeanor condemned by the Laws of God or just Laws of the Land that though for the present your faults lie hid while the faults of others are discovered yet know that your hiding is but a sorry security for your life or liberty your secrecie from the eye of man and protection from the stroak of Justice to be executed by man and so ye are not afraid yet consider with trembling that the all-knowing Judge the great God hath discovered you already he needs no Informer you are all bound over to that great Assize where he sits in Judgement immediate 1 Cor. 4.5 The counsels of the heart are not hid from him for there is nothing hid that shall not be discovered nor covered that shall not be made known For God will bring into judgement every secret thing Eccles 12. las It is but a little while Rom. 14.12 and God will call us all to an account for what we have done and for what we should do and have not done how we have acted upon the stage of this world For we must all appear before the judgement-seat of Christ that every one may ceive the things done in his body 2 Cor. 5.10 every one must bear his own burthen according to that he hath done Then Sirs what will become of the wicked the unjust and the ungodly where shall they appear shall not the wicked be turned into Hell O what a fearful thing it is for wicked men to fall into the hand of the living God! Heb. 10.31 when he is angry he is a consuming Fire Take heed therefore what you do that you do nothing against God and his Laws for though man may not find you out God will who can protect you therefore if you have done foolishly repent and do so no more So much for the first Use to you that it may be thought your selves not much concerned in this business II. Now my next business is to you who are more neerly concerned in the work of this Court of Justice lift up your ears and attend to your Charge and take heed you do your Duty 1. To those that have Causes and Suits depending 1. A few words of caution and advice to you that have or may have any Causes or Suits to be tried and determined take heed what you do if two be at variance about any thing the right lies but on one side one must be in the wrong lay not claim to that which of right belongs not unto you And in case you be ignorant of the Cause see if you please your Counsel and tell him truly how it stands with you and that you would not stand in an evil or wrong Cause make not your Cause better then it is but tell him the truth that you may proceed or desist as your Cause is good or bad Well if you fear God you will not hire him to advocate in a wrong Cause to pervert Judgement and abuse the Judge take heed you do not But if you will go to Law right or wrong know and be sure though you may prevail here you shall be cast at the High Court of Appeal for poor wronged Ones in another World Contend not in or for any thing here on Earth which you dare not appear with before God And if this be seriously considered many Men might let fall their Suit which they know is not just and right And if you must to Law take heed you hire not Witnesses or tamper with them to make them speak and swear for you falsly O the guilt of false witnessing and perjury will be on your Souls as well as theirs take heed what you do in this Case also 2. If the matter in controversie and Suits commenced be about words and brawlings as too many be why for shame be not common Barrators let not your weakness appear so in publick Is there not a wise man among you at home where you dwell to take up the dispute and moderate your passions but you must be at a great charge and pains to be laughed at and counted fools for your labour and made the common talk and recreation of the standers by Why Friends if you are so unhappy as to have such frivolous controversies will you usher up your heats of passion to this Court O be not such Fools as to publish it on the house-top 't is too much you have done to enter on a controversie of such a nature be not so brutish to persist in your errors O that Judges would sharply reprove such clamorous and contentious Spirits and all those that dare appear to plead for contentious persons If there be any such among you let fall your Suits and follow Christs counsel Christs counsel for ending Law-causes Agree with thine adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him Mat. 5.25 2. To those that are come for witnesses 2. To you that are Witnesses in any Cause depending or against the Prisoners at the Bar take heed what you swear and take heed you speak the truth and nothing but the truth without fear favour hopes of gain or malice I 'll give you in these two or three Scriptures your caution and direction Exod. 23.1 Thou shalt not raise a false report put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness Add to this the ninth Commandment Exod. 20.16 Thou shalt not bear false witness Thou wilt not if thou fearest God either forge a falshood against any nor maintain a falshood bearing witness see Prov. 19.5 A false witness shall not go unpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape For if you do the Judge may finde you out and punish you but if he do not to be sure God will And if there be any amongst you that are come with false accusations or slanders ye are of your father the devil who was a lyer from the beginning an accuser and slanderer John 8.44 Rev. 12.9 10. his works ye do and wages ye will undoubtedly have Take heed of false accusations and slanders whose life is safe whose estate or livelihood secure if thou make no conscience of this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Accuse no man falsly Luk. 3.14 i.e. whisper not any accusation against another wrongfully neither to pleasure such as seek occasion against one nor to blast him or expose him to wrong 3. To the Jury 3. To the Jurors you are returned to succour your Country and serve the designs of the Court It is expected you should be men of sound heads and honest hearts men of conscience and parts that you fear God and understand your Duty The lives and estates of men are much in