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A45330 The beauty of magistracy in an exposition of the 82 Psalm, where is set forth the necessity, utility, dignity, duty, and mortality of magistrates : here many other texts of Scripture occasionally are cleared, many quæries and cases of conscience about the magistrates power, are resolved, many anabaptistical cavils are confuted, and many seasonable observations containing many other heads of divinity, are raised : together with references to such authors as clear any point more fully / by Thomas Hall ... ; with an additional sermon on verse 6, by George Swinnock. Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.; Swinnock, George, 1627-1673. Men are gods. 1660 (1660) Wing H427; ESTC R18061 228,882 316

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good_a or_o whether_o it_o be_v e●il_n eccles._n 12._o 13_o 14._o finis_fw-la a_o table_n of_o the_o chief_a thing_n contain_v in_o this_o treatise_n of_o psal._n 82._o anabaptist_n enemy_n to_o magistrate_n p._n 18_o 19_o &_o 212_o antitrinitarian_n confute_v p._n 10_o anarchy_n dangerous_a p._n 46_o arise_v god_n will_v for_o his_o people_n p._n 174_o b._n beast_n wicked_a man_n be_v such_o p._n 122_o bow_n to_o magistrate_n p._n 41_o bribery_n base_a p._n 89_o 118_o 204_o c._n clemency_n become_v magistrate_n p._n 73_o 74_o child_n of_o god_n their_o privilege_n p._n 158_o conscience_n good_a be_v a_o great_a blessing_n p._n 167_o consideration_n how_o necessary_a p._n 135_o consolation_n for_o magistrate_n p._n 33_o 34_o 35_o courage_n requisite_a in_o a_o magistrate_n p._n 115_o d._n darkness_n how_o dismal_a p._n 138_o death_n all_o liable_a to_o it_o p._n 160_o 162._o great_a one_o must_v oft_o think_v on_o it_o p._n 165_o devil_n why_o call_v a_o god_n p._n 9_o e._n elohim_n what_o it_o signify_v p._n 6_o 7_o enemy_n to_o magistrate_n punish_v by_o god_n p._n 20_o 35_o 209_o erastus_n condemn_v p._n 71_o example_n of_o great_a man_n powerful_a p._n 97._o and_o epist_n dedicat._n man_n extremity_n god_n opportunity_n p._n 174._o 175_o f._n fatherless_a must_v be_v pity_v p._n 109_o 110_o fifth-monarch-man_n dangerous_a p._n 17_o 18_o flatterer_n take_v heed_n of_o they_o p._n 68_o 70_o 71_o g._n god_n how_o many_o way_n that_o title_n be_v use_v p._n 6_o 7_o god_n be_v present_a among_o ruler_n p._n 87._o he_o be_v almighty_a p._n 10_o 11._o the_o most_o high_a p._n 150_o 151._o the_o judge_n of_o all_o p._n 286._o to_o be_v fear_v p._n 156_o godly_a be_v not_o rebellious_a p._n 43_o good_a thing_n need_v press_v on_o we_o p._n 119_o great_a man_n seldom_o good_a p._n 99_o 110_o h._n heretic_n must_v be_v punish_v p._n 80_o i._n independency_n dangerous_a in_o magistracy_n p._n 11_o ignorance_n how_o vile_a p._n 132_o injustice_n a_o cry_a sin_n p._n 100_o inquiry_n must_v go_v before_o sentence_n p._n 83_o 84_o justice_n how_o great_a a_o blessing_n p._n 111_o 138._o a_o sevenfold_a manner_n of_o do_v it_o aright_o p._n 112_o etc._n etc._n k._n king_n must_v rule_v by_o law_n 69_o 84._o they_o must_v see_v to_o religion_n 76_o 77_o l._n lament_v the_o loss_n of_o good_a man_n p._n 65_o law_n how_o needful_a p._n 84_o 85_o 198._o how_o they_o bind_v the_o conscience_n p._n 41._o go_v to_o law_n lawful_a p._n 91_o 92._o liberty_n abuse_v p._n 21_o light_n pleasant_a p._n 138_o m._n magistrate_n why_o call_v god_n p._n 7_o 8_o 142_o 192._o cavil_n against_o magistrate_n answer_v p._n 21_o 22_o etc._n etc._n 214._o it_o be_v a_o great_a mercy_n to_o have_v they_o p._n 22_o 35_o 36_o 37_o 38._o 〈◊〉_d that_o in_o gospel_n time_n p._n 27._o they_o must_v love_v their_o people_n p._n 50_o 51_o magistracy_n be_v god_n ordinance_n p._n 12_o 13._o seven_o reason_n t●_n prove_v it_o 14_o 15_o 32._o no_o man_n may_v assume_v that_o office_n without_o a_o call_n p._n 32_o 33._o it_o be_v a_o honourable_a call_n p._n 49_o 5●_n prove_v by_o one_o and_o twenty_o title_n of_o honour_n give_v to_o it_o p._n 49_o 195._o they_o must_v not_o dishonour_v their_o honourable_a call_n p._n 71_o 72._o how_o they_o must_v imitate_v god_n in_o nine_o particular_n p._n 73._o they_o have_v their_o commission_n from_o god_n p._n 148_o 149_o 193_o 194_o 205._o they_o be_v the_o sens_n of_o god_n p._n 157._o they_o must_v die_v p._n 160_o minister_n and_o magistrate_n must_v assist_v each_o other_o p._n 55._o 82._o and_o in_o the_o epistle_n dedicatory_a minister_n may_v not_o be_v magistrate_n p._n 56_o 57_o n._n the_o nation_n be_v god_n inheritance_n p._n 187_o necessity_n of_o magistracy_n p._n 213_o o._n old_a testament_n god_n word_n p._n 148_o p._n papist_n rob_v magistrate_n of_o their_o power_n p._n 16_o 17._o partiality_n condemn_v p_o 101_o 114_o 200_o 201_o patience_n require_v in_o magistrate_n p._n 75_o poor_a must_v be_v pity_v p._n 109_o 121_o perseverance_n in_o wickedness_n dangerous_a p._n 137_o pr●y_n for_o magistrate_n p._n 40_o prayer_n awaken_v god_n p._n 175._o how_o it_o must_v be_v qualify_v that_o it_o may_v awaken_v he_o p._n 176._o three_o sin_n to_o be_v shun_v especial_o which_o mar_v our_o prayer_n p._n 177._o it_o must_v be_v fervent_a p._n 178._o how_o excellent_a a_o helper_n p._n 182_o etc._n etc._n it_o turn_v five_o k●ys_n p._n 184_o 185._o the_o misery_n of_o such_o as_o can_v pray_v 180_o preface_n when_o they_o may_v be_v use_v p._n 9_o public_a spirit_n become_v magistrate_n p._n 85_o pusillanimity_n condemn_v p._n 116_o q._n quaker_n their_o baseness_n p._n 19_o 20_o
where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n no_o rule_n no_o order_n but_o he_o be_v the_o god_n of_o order_n delight_n to_o dwell_v among_o his_o people_n who_o delight_n in_o order_n and_o especial_o among_o the_o ruler_n of_o his_o people_n who_o be_v depute_v by_o he_o to_o rule_v in_o righteousness_n he_o judge_v as_o he_o will_v judge_v among_o the_o go_n these_o word_n be_v exegetical_a and_o help_v to_o illustrate_v what_o he_o have_v say_v before_o judicabit_fw-la god_n stand_v in_o the_o congregation_n of_o god_n what_o be_v that_o why_o he_o judge_v as_o supreme_a among_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o world_n he_o stand_v not_o as_o a_o cypher_n or_o a_o bare_a spectator_n but_o he_o himself_o make_v one_o among_o they_o 1._o he_o judge_v active_o among_o they_o we_o look_v upon_o man_n and_o think_v the_o judgement_n be_v they_o leigh_n but_o it_o be_v god_n that_o exercise_v judgement_n among_o they_o he_o know_v the_o cause_n direct_v the_o judge_n and_o execute_v the_o sentence_n judge_n be_v but_o deputy_n under_o god_n the_o work_n of_o judge_v proper_o and_o principal_o belong_v unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v say_v not_o only_o to_o be_v among_o they_o but_o in_o the_o very_a pagnin_n midst_n of_o they_o to_o let_v they_o know_v that_o none_o of_o their_o consultation_n or_o act_n be_v hide_v from_o he_o 2._o passive_o he_o be_v so_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o these_o earthly_a god_n that_o if_o they_o do_v unjust_o tragoed_n he_o will_v execute_v justice_n on_o they_o and_o judge_v the_o judge_n of_o the_o world_n for_o though_o they_o be_v great_a yet_o there_o be_v a_o great_a than_o they_o to_o who_o they_o must_v short_o give_v a_o account_n quest._n some_o may_v demand_v who_o be_v mean_v by_o god_n here_o answ._n by_o god_n here_o be_v mean_v judge_n and_o magistrate_n as_o our_o saviour_n interpret_v it_o john_n 10._o 34._o who_o be_v god_n lieutenant_n and_o vicegerent_n appoint_v in_o his_o stead_n to_o administer_v justice_n to_o his_o people_n this_o title_n in_o scripture_n be_v take_v 3._o way_n 1._o primary_o and_o proper_o 2._o secundary_o and_o metaphorical_o 3._o catachrestical_o and_o abusive_o 1._o this_o title_n of_o god_n elohim_n be_v give_v primary_o proper_o and_o most_o true_o to_o god_n who_o be_v the_o creator_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n 1_o cor._n 8._o 6._o and_o beside_o he_o there_o be_v no_o lord_n isa._n 44._o 6._o &_o 45_o 22._o 2._o metaphorical_o and_o allusive_o and_o so_o there_o be_v god_n many_o 1_o cor._n 8._o 5._o thus_o the_o holy_a angel_n be_v call_v elohim_n go_n two_o sam._n 28._o 13._o zach._n 1_o 2._o 8._o psal._n 8._o 5._o thou_o have_v make_v he_o little_o low_a than_o elohim_n which_o the_o apostle_n call_v angel_n heb._n 2._o 6._o &_o 27._o so_o psal._n 97._o 7._o worship_v he_o all_o you_o god_n i._n e._n all_o you_o angel_n of_o god_n now_o they_o be_v call_v god_n because_o of_o all_o creature_n they_o be_v the_o 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one_o or_o two_o but_o it_o be_v give_v general_o to_o all_o magistrate_n be_v they_o good_a or_o bad_a ver._n 6._o i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n i._n e._n you_o be_v all_o god_n and_o son_n of_o the_o most_o high_a not_o by_o regeneration_n and_o adoption_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o your_o profession_n and_o the_o office_n which_o you_o bear_v now_o they_o be_v call_v god_n 1._o not_o essential_o or_o by_o nature_n for_o we_o see_v they_o die_v as_o other_o man_n but_o by_o participation_n representation_n and_o office_n because_o they_o do_v in_o a_o sort_n participate_v of_o god_n dignity_n naturâ_fw-la authority_n and_o power_n as_o star_n borrow_v their_o light_n from_o the_o sun_n so_o do_v ruler_n their_o power_n from_o god_n he_o have_v set_v they_o in_o his_o place_n and_o therefore_o he_o give_v they_o his_o title_n because_o they_o be_v deputy_n under_o he_o to_o execute_v justice_n in_o the_o world_n plautus_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sparkle_n of_o divine_a majesty_n appear_v in_o magistracy_n yea_o god_n have_v engrave_v a_o special_a note_n of_o his_o own_o glory_n and_o image_n on_o they_o so_o that_o by_o analogy_n they_o may_v well_o be_v call_v god_n as_o resemble_v god_n in_o have_v the_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n in_o their_o hand_n hence_o the_o apostle_n put_v a_o emphasis_n on_o this_o that_o they_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o rule_v for_o he_o rom._n 13._o 4._o 2._o this_o title_n be_v give_v they_o because_o god_n be_v please_v to_o bestow_v many_o excellent_a and_o divine-gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n on_o they_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o moses_n be_v call_v pharaoh_n god_n exod._n 7._o 1._o because_o god_n have_v give_v he_o power_n to_o speak_v unto_o pharaoh_n in_o his_o name_n and_o to_o execute_v vengeance_n on_o he_o though_o all_o magistrate_n be_v not_o regenerate_v yet_o they_o may_v have_v many_o excellent_a heroic_a moral_a virtue_n and_o common_a gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o justice_n prudence_n patience_n temperance_n fortitude_n liberality_n &_o to_o fit_v they_o for_o government_n numb_a 6._o 11._o 17._o 1_o sam._n 10._o 6_o 9_o 10._o &_o 16._o 13_o 14._o act_n 14._o 11._o 3._o by_o deputation_n from_o god_n who_o lieutenant_n they_o be_v and_o to_o who_o they_o must_v give_v a_o account_n for_o the_o male_a administration_n of_o their_o office_n they_o derive_v their_o power_n from_o he_o as_o his_o delegate_n by_o commission_n and_o so_o bear_v his_o title_n 3._o the_o title_n be_v use_v catechrestical_o and_o abusive_o and_o so_o be_v attribute_v 1._o tenus_fw-la to_o idol_n gen._n 31._o 32._o &_o 35._o 2_o exod_a 12._o 12._o judg._n 17._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 8._o 5._o because_o idolater_n give_v divine_a worship_n to_o they_o though_o by_o nature_n they_o be_v no_o god_n gal._n 4._o 8._o and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n call_v they_o nothing_o 1_o cor._n 8._o 4._o a_o idol_n be_v nothing_o though_o material_o it_o be_v wood_n and_o stone_n yet_o formal_o it_o be_v nothing_o i._n e._n it_o be_v not_o that_o which_o the_o idolater_n conceive_v it_o be_v it_o be_v not_o god_n and_o there_o be_v no_o holiness_n in_o it_o though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o conceit_n and_o corrupt_a imagination_n of_o the_o idolater_n it_o be_v a_o god_n yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v nothing_o eramus_fw-la 2._o to_o the_o devil_n he_o be_v call_v the_o god_n of_o this_o world_n two_o cor._n 4._o 4._o because_o the_o wicked_a of_o the_o world_n obey_v the_o devil_n will_v before_o god_n will_v and_o delight_n to_o do_v his_o work_n gerhard_n john_n 8_o 44._o and_o so_o make_v he_o their_o god_n he_o rule_v in_o they_o and_o they_o ready_o obey_v he_o as_o their_o god_n 3._o any_o thing_n that_o a_o man_n adore_v or_o esteem_v more_o than_o god_n that_o be_v his_o god_n thus_o some_o man_n make_v mammon_n and_o riches_n their_o god_n job_n 32._o 24._o other_o make_v their_o belly_n their_o god_n impendit_fw-la p●il_n 3._o 19_o rom._n 16._o 18._o they_o be_v slave_n to_o their_o epicurean_a pleasure_n and_o lust_n serve_v they_o in_o stead_n of_o god_n observation_n 1._o it_o be_v requisite_a sometime_o to_o preface_n before_o we_o speak_v especial_o when_o the_o matter_n be_v weighty_a it_o be_v good_a to_o quicken_v attention_n by_o some_o serious_a grave_a agumentative_a and_o nervous_a preface_n the_o psalmist_n do_v so_o here_o ver_fw-la 1._o there_o be_v almost_o as_o many_o argument_n as_o there_o be_v word_n in_o the_o verse_n proclaim_v the_o majesty_n omniscience_n and_o all_o see_a eye_n of_o god_n stimuli_fw-la the_o better_a to_o prepare_v we_o for_o that_o which_o follow_v in_o the_o
psalm_n wherein_o be_v matter_n of_o the_o great_a moment_n thus_o when_o the_o lord_n publish_v the_o ten_o commandment_n the_o better_a to_o prepare_v we_o for_o the_o hear_n and_o obey_v of_o they_o he_o set_v a_o short_a but_o pithy_a preface_n before_o they_o exod._n 20._o 2_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n which_o bring_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o bondage_n every_o word_n have_v its_o weight_n 1._o i_o be_o jehovah_n by_o who_o you_o live_v move_v and_o have_v your_o be_v 2._o thy_o god_n by_o creation_n and_o by_o covenant_n 3._o that_o bring_v israel_n out_o of_o egyptian_a bondage_n and_o have_v deliver_v thou_o from_o a_o far_o vile_a slavery_n and_o bondage_n even_o from_o the_o slavery_n of_o sin_n and_o satan_n from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n from_o death_n hell_n and_o wrath_n to_o come_v so_o christ_n himself_o set_v a_o preface_n before_o the_o lord_n prayer_n the_o better_a to_o prepare_v our_o heart_n for_o the_o duty_n according_a to_o that_o of_o solomon_n eccles._n 5._o 2._o observation_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v a_o trinity_n of_o person_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o essence_n 6._o the_o person_n or_o subsistence_n be_v three_o yet_o the_o divine_a essence_n be_v but_o one_o be_v equal_o communicate_v to_o all_o hence_o these_o three_o be_v say_v to_o be_v one_o 1_o john_n 5._o 7._o mat._n 28._o 19_o 1_o cor._n 12._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 11._o &_o 2._o 13._o 13._o now_o let_v all_o the_o world_n dispute_v and_o wrangle_v their_o heart_n out_o yet_o these_o three_o or_o four_o text_n if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o be_v sufficient_a to_o settle_v any_o gracious_a soul_n in_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o point_n as_o for_o those_o photinian_n arrian_n antitrinitarian_n socinian_n heretic_n which_o be_v of_o late_a so_o rife_o among_o we_o who_o list_n may_v see_v they_o full_o and_o learned_o confute_v in_o dr._n owen_n treatise_n against_o blasphemous_a biddle_n chap._n 7._o pag._n 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they_o to_o angel_n my_o lord_n be_v wise_a as_o a_o angel_n of_o god_n 2_o sam._n 14._o 20._o and_o act_v 6._o 15._o they_o behold_v his_o face_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v the_o face_n of_o a_o angel_n farther_n the_o great_a happiness_n of_o holy_a one_o in_o heaven_n be_v set_v forth_o by_o their_o likeness_n to_o angel_n they_o shall_v be_v as_o angel_n matth._n 22._o &_o 30._o now_o what_o glorious_a person_n than_o be_v magistrate_n that_o have_v the_o name_n of_o angel_n give_v they_o angel_n be_v call_v dominion_n principality_n power_n col._n 1._o 16._o ephes._n 1._o 21._o so_o be_v magistrate_n jude_n v._n 8._o titus_n 3._o 1._o be_v subject_n to_o principality_n and_o power_n but_o the_o text_n speak_v more_o of_o their_o dignity_n magistrate_n have_v not_o only_o the_o high_a name_n of_o the_o most_o honourable_a visible_a creature_n man_n and_o of_o the_o most_o honourable_a invisible_a creature_n angel_n but_o of_o the_o creator_n of_o god_n himself_o the_o fountain_n 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