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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67763	Philarguromastix, or, The arraignment of covetousnesse, and ambition, in our great and greedy cormorants that retard and hinder reformation, (all whose reaches, are at riches) that make gold their god, and commodity the stern of their consciences, that hold everything lawful, if it be gainful, that prefer a little base pelf, before God, and their own salvations, that being fatted with Gods blessings, do spurn at his precepts : dedicated to all corrupt cunning, and cruel [bracket] governours, polititians ... : together with the lively, and lovely characters, of [bracket] justice, thankfulnesse ... : being a subject very seasonable, for these atheistical, and self-seeking times / by Junius Florilegus.	Younge, Richard.	1653 (1653)	Wing Y172; ESTC R39194	47,748	48

not onely for Bribery but for Perjury also As most basely perjured they are for among other things in their Oath when they are made Iudges one is that they shall take no bribes or gifts Which Oath if they had the like care to keep would cause them to imitate Sir Thomas Moore who when two great silver Flaggons were sent him by a Knight that had a Suit depending in his Court though gilded with the specious pretence of gratuity sent them back again filled with his best Wine saying If your Master liketh it let him send for more And when his Lady at another time offered him a great bribe in behalf of a Suppliant he turned away with these words Gentle Eve I will none of your Apple It will be long enough e're you hear the like of these Cormorants I am speaking of whom I may liken to that Lord Chief Baron who when one offered him fourscore Pieces protesting That no living soul should know it answered Make it up an hundred and then let all the Town know of it Yea this would also keep them from such vast estates as usually they leave behinde them We read of Sir Thomas Moore that having been of the Kings Counsel and gone through many Offices besides his Lord Chancellorship for almost twenty yeers together after his debts were paid he had not his Chain excepted left the worth of an hundred pounds in moveables and his Land before his Mother-in-law died who survived him many yeers did not amount to above fifty pounds per annum Nor was he ever a prodigal spender CHAP 14. THese being cast out provision would be made if I may be worthy to advise that none come in their places but such as fear God hate covetousness love godliness and deal uprightly Alexander Severus Adrian and other Emperours of Rome would call to their Counsel and put in places of Iudicature not their Favourites but men learned grave experienced of good conscience and known integrity Aurelianus the Emperour was so fearful of placing an unworthy man in the Seat of Iudicature that he never admitted any to the dignity of Senator but such as none could justly except against and then with the consent of the whole Senate Then that they may continue so and discharge the trust they are put in His Highness may please to follow the example of these ensuing presidents I am bold though much unworthy to advize Antiochus had that care to have justice administred that he writ to all the Cities in his Kingdom that they should not execute any thing he commanded if it were contrary to Law And the Emperonr Iustinian commanded the Lawyers to swear they should not plead in an evil or unjust cause That Law which was made in the ninth Parliament of James the First King of Scotland did enjoyn all Counsellours and Advocates before they pleaded any temporal cause to take oath and swear that they thought the Cause to be good they pleaded Antoninus never sent any Praetor or other Officer of State to govern any Province but who were free from pride and covetousness And withall caused them first to give up an Inventory of their own proper goods to the end that when their charge was finished the increase of their wealth should be considered telling them that he sent them to administer justice and not by fraud to rob his people The Emperour Valentinian and Theodosius made all Iudges and Govenours of Provinces at their entring upon their charg to swear that they had not given nor promised any thing to procure their places And also that they would take nothing but their just fee And if it were proved that they had taken any thing it being lawful for every man to accuse them they should pay four times as much besides the infamy of their Perjury And lastly Moses who is a president beyond all exceptions charged the Iudges to hear all Controversies between their Brethren and to judge righteously between every man and his Brother and also the stranger that was with them Further charging them that they should have no respect of persons in judgement but hear the small as well as the great not fearing the fac●s of men Yielding this as a reason for the judgment is Gods Deut. ● 16 17. Briefly let not sin be connived at but see that justice be executed impartially for good Laws without execution are like the Picture of George on horsback with his hand alwayes up but never striking Let no mans greatness protect him It is the impartial execution of noble Delinquents that wins credit to Government And the want of it cuts the sinnews of any State If there sins have made them base let there be no favour in their penalty Or else the wickedness that is done by them shal be reckoned unto you the permitter for your own for Governours make themselves guilty of those sins they punish not So that to be merciful to offenders in this case is to be unmerciful to your self yea to the party offending and the whole Nation as I could easily demonstrate could I stand upon it The best friends to a State are the impartial Ministers of judgement Nor do the prayers of them that sit still and do nothing so much pacifie Gods wrath against us as their just retribution be the delinquent never so mighty Obedience is better then sacrifice as Samuel told Saul for sparing of King Agag Yea the Prophet compares that pity and mercie of his to witchcraft and idolatry And tells him that for his so doing God had cast him off from being King 1 Sam. 15.22 23. So that the summe of all is Let them that sit at the Helm discharge their parts and all will soon be mended Let them that govern in chief be men of courage fearing God and hating covetousness Exod. 18.21 A King by judgement maintaineth the Countrey bnt a man receiving gifts destroyeth it Prou. 29.4 And now blessed be God his Highness hath leave and opportunity to redress all let our earnest and incessant prayers be that he may well improve the same to Gods glory the Nations good and his own eternal renown and comfort that so his Government may be found like the reign of godly Constantine who succeeding immediately Dioclesian and other persecuting Emperours was a notable nourishing Father unto the Church under whose shadow the Christians dwelt and prospered a long time And sure I am we have far more hope of compleating Reformation both in Church and Common-wealth then we had formerly when the Delinquents themselves had all the power in their own hands and when the commonness of offenders had benummed the sense of offending Now the way for his Highness to effect it will be not to imitate our former Governours who measured their right by their power and that would therefore do injury because they could do it Yea if I may be so bold were they not Heads under which the whole body groaned and most of the members were ill affected