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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66487	God's court wherein the dignity and duty of judges and magistrates is shew'd in a sermon preached at the assises held at Kingston upon Thames, July 26, 1683 / by Thomas Willis ...	Willis, Thomas, 1619 or 20-1692.	1683 (1683)	Wing W2818; ESTC R7864	25,324	48

Divine Vengeance against the Guilty Then shall a severe Sentence a dreadfull Doom be pass'd upon all corrupt Magistrates and unjust Judges The Sentence shall be irrevocable the Judgment inevitable the Punishment intolerable and everlasting But good Magistrates and just Judges shall at that Day appear with great Joy and as they have bene exalted above others in the Honour of their Places here so shall they out-shine them in the Lustre of their Persons and have those Eminent Services they have done for GOD for their King for their Country rewarded with a super-excellent Glory in Heaven Psal 97.7 Angels are sliled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ELOHIM Gods as it is said Worship Him all ye Gods and Judges who are called Gods on Earth having saithfully discharg'd their Duty shall share in the Glory of Angels and shine as Gods in Heaven for ever and ever Such is the Honour such shall be the Glory of good Magistrates of just Judges But now Magistrates and Judges are either Supreme or subordinate The Supreme Magistrate and Judge in a Kingdom is the KING Himself 1 Pet. 2.13 14. as it is said Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the LORD's sake whether it be to the King as Supreme or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him for the Punishment of evil-Doers and the Praise of them that do well that is subordinate Judges and Magistrates Judges and Magistrates then are but as Delegates of the King who as his Representatives sustain his Person in Acts of Government and Administration of Justice to the People The Honour of these th●n in being stiled the Mighty the Gods is but a reflected Ray of that Glory which with a far brighter Lustre shines in Him The King does primarily and immediately represent the Person of GOD and Judges and Magistrates secondarily and mediately as they represent the Person of the King The Glory then of these Great Names the Mighty the Gods does primarily pertain to Sovereign Princes as may plainly appear by the Words of the Scripture where they are so stiled Psal 82.6 7. I have said Ye are Gods and all of you Children of the most High but ye shall dye like men and fall like one of the Princes like David Solomon Hezekiah that sometimes shone in this Glory and now are fallen into the Dust Yea and in our Publick Service we thus read the Words of the Text GOD standeth in the Congregation of Princes He is Judge among Gods So that the Gods here mention'd according to this Reading of the Words are Princes and what Princes can so properly be stiled Gods as Kings who have a Sovereign Power over the People The Glory and Majesty of GOD then shines in its brightest Lustre in the Face of the King His Glory is great saith the Psalmist in thy Salvation Psal 21.5 Honour and Majesty hast thou laid upon him 'T is the King then who by reason of his Supereminency in Power and Authority is indeed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 EL 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ELOHIM a Mighty God ruling and judging amongst men 'T is the King who as Joseph to Pharaoh Daniel to Darius is a Ruler and a Judge next and immediately under the most High GOD the Supreme LORD and Judge of the whole World With what Reverence and Veneration then ought men to look upon his Person With what Readiness and Alacrity ought they to submit to his Rule and Government Hereby also we may plainly perceive how great the Sin of Disobedience is how heinous the Crime of Rebellion 'T is in Effect to contemn GOD to sight against GOD Acts 5.39 who visibly governs the World by Sovereign Princes as his Substitutes and Vicegerents And upon the same Account how great is the Sin of speaking Evil of the King How monstrous the Crime of making a murderous Attempt against his Sacred Person 'T is said in the Law Exo. 22.28 Thou shalt not revile the Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ELOHIM the Judges much less the King nor curse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 NASI the Prince or Ruler of the People The speaking Evil of an ordinary Person is a Reproach of a King 't is as the speaking Evil of GOD a Blasphemy The Charge drawn up against Naboth was this 1 Kin. 21.13 Naboth did blaspheme GOD and the King With this Crime the bold and daring Sectaries of the Primitive Times the proud and impure Gnosticks are charg'd by the Apostles themselves by whom they are thus characteriz'd 2 Pet. 2.10 Jude v. 8. They despise Government and Dominion presumptuous are they and self-will'd they are not afraid to speak evil of Dignities 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they tremble not when they blaspheme the Glories Sovereign Princes in whom the Majesty and Glory of GOD shines and who therefore as Gods among men are the Glories of Mankind When GOD has put so much Majesty and Glory on them given so much Authority and Power to them on purpose to cast an Awe upon those who are to be subject to them it must needs be strange that men should arrive to such an Height of Insolence as not to tremble when they blaspheme them But desperate is the Boldness of Wicked men especially when a Multitude of them is combined in a Traiterous Conspiracy against the Life and Honour of their lawfull Sovereign Of such David Psal 31.15 Old Transtation one of the best of Kings complains I have heard the Blasphemy of the Multitude and Fear is on every side while they conspire together against me and take their Counsel to take away my Life Audacious Villany Desperate Impiety How horrible a Wickedness is a bloudy Attempt against the Life of the King Surely as the Speaking Evil of a King is Blasphemy so the Killing of a King is the Murder of GOD in Effigie and the Slaughter of a whole Kingdom at a Stroke Lam. 4.20 For the Anointed of the LORD is the Breath of our Nostrills Our Lives are in a sort bound up in the Life of our Sovereign Lord the King seeing under his Government and Protection we draw our vitall Breath How equall and reasonable is it that we should not only earnestly pray to Almighty GOD for the Preservation of the Person of the King from Deceit and Violence Psal 72.14 but also with the Hazard of our Lives and Estates endeavour to do what lies in us for his Defence and Security seeing we owe our own Peace and Safety our Lives and Liberties with the quiet and comfortable Fruition of all our Priviledges and Possessions to his Sword and Scepter And be we well assured the hearty Loyalty and Obedience of the Subjects is the best Security for the Life of the King and the greatest Glory of his Kingdom Having pay'd this small Tribute which the Words of the Text demand to the King as Supreme return we to the subordinate Rulers and Judges And having considered them in their Personall Capacity both