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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17315	A sermon preached at the generall assises in Warwicke, the third of March, being the first Friday in Lent. 1619. By Samuel Burton, Archdeacon of Gloucester. Seene and allowed by authoritie	Burton, Samuel, 1568 or 9-1634.	1620 (1620)	STC 4164; ESTC S107146	16,569	31

our which masked vnder the name of Martin a certaine Booke-seller who was knowne to haue dispersed many of them being examined vpon oath by some which were then of greatest place and authority within this Kingdome how many hee had sold made answere vpon his oath that within the space of eight or ten weekes hee had sold two thousand of them adding further that hee could haue vttered in the same space two thousand more if he had had them and that there was neuer any booke that pleased the people so well Good people you must thinke they were the while the true brood of Cham which could take such pleasure in a very scurrilous and dul booke a booke wherein in I will not say as one doth that wounds were ript vp with a laughing countenance but a booke wherein wounds were inflicted vpon the persons of reuerend and renowned Prelates by the pen of the libeller where indeede there were none at all That people should shew themselues so willing to behold the nakednesse of their spirituall fathers and that the reproches which were layd vpon them in that Libell which they should haue lamented and bewailed with many teares if they had beene true should reioyce their hearts and tickle them with delight and pleasure being false and faigned this shewes that they were led by the same spirit that was in Cham and brought the curse vpon him Let vs therefore take heede how wee vnloose our tongues and set them at liberty to speake euill of them that are in authority or lend our eares to them that doe it for hee that speaketh someth out his owne shame and hee that loues to heare it loues to see the nakednesse of his owne father and both shall be in danger of wrath and iudgement for it 3. The last point of dutie that we owe to the Magistrate goes downe into the heart and there requires a reuerent conceit and estimation of him They that haue scanned the nature of those passions that God hath put into the heart of man obserue that reuerence is a mixt affection and is compounded of these two Loue and Feare which are the two affections that God requires of vs. The one as a Father the other as a Lord. If I bee your Father where is my loue If I be your Lord where is my feare So then we rouerence the Magistrate when wee loue him for his goodnesse and for his greatnesse and power doe feare and stand in awe of him being desirous to keepe our credit and reputation with him and to be held in his good opinion and fearing to giue any the least occasion to be brought before him as euill doers If this affection this reuerend conceit of the Magistrates person were as it ought to bee truely imprinted in the hearts of men who sees not what good it would doe and what a singular holpe and furtherance it would be to all order and gouernement both in the Church and Common-wealth For although it bee true that the feare of God is the true Fountayne of all vertue yet as Saint Austen saith of slauish feare that it is vnto Charitie as a needle to the threed it is many times a meanes to bring in Charitie so we may say of the reuerence of man That though it be not the true Fountayne of vertue yet it is many times a meanes to bring vs to the true Fountayne They that stand in feare of Men may easily bee led on further to the feare of God Againe the feare of Men though it be not able to breed true godlinesse yet it is a bridle to sinne For Qui malè agere non verentur videri tamen verecundantur Men that are not afraid to sinne are yet afraid and ashamed that the world should see them sinne Now of such there is some hope But when men haue lost modesty which as Bernard truly saith is not only Gemma in vita vultu adolescentis a jewell of great price in the life of a young man but Omnium ornatus aetatum a beautie to old men and an ornament to euery age Cum non verecundantur when they are past all shame and cannot blush when they haue not only paued their hearts with adamant but also couered their faces with brasse when they declare their sinnes as Sodom and care not to hide them no not from the face of the Magistrate himselfe when they haue proceeded so farre in sinne that not only the feare of God but also the shame and reuerence of the world are fled together and departed from them such men are in a very dangerous estate if not wholly desperate there is little hope of such or none at all Whereby we may perceiue what a great mischiefe it is in a Common-wealth when the faces of those men are made vile which should be honourable amongst the people and when contempt is by Libellers and Raylers cast vpon them For when the feare of God and feare of Man are both taken away then all the pales that should keepe men within the compasse of order and obedience are vtterly broken downe and a wide gap is laid open to all manner of sinne and libertie And therefore they which haue the charge of this Common-wealth as they loue the beating downe of sinne and the growth of vertue amongst vs so let them endeauour to maintayne to the vtmost of all their power that reuerence which is due to the Princes seate and let them also be carefull of their owne credit and reputation For by that meanes I am out of doubt if not the heart of the wicked yet his colour and his custome will be somewhat changed and one of the pales of obedience at the least shall bee maintayned amongst vs and kept standing And let this suffice for the first part of my Text concerning the dignitie and high calling of the Magistrate and our duties that depend vpon it 2. I am now at length come vnto the second part concerning the dutie of the Magistrate vpon which part you shall not need to feare so long a discourse as you had vpon the former As the time will not beare it so I hope there be not the like need of it The people you see had need to bee taught their dutie to the Magistrates and therefore I haue stood the longer vpon that point but I hope I may presume that the Magistrates to whom I speake in such abundance of knowledge wherewith God hath endued them and after so long experience are not now to learne their dutie And therefore it may suffice to put them in mind of it It consisteth you see on two parts whereof 1. The first is the protection of the iust and innocent For he is the Minister of God saith the Apostle for thy good How for thy good Not to promote thee to honour not to giue thee land or liuing or money out of his purse except he will himselfe For in these matters of bountie and charitie the Magistrate hath the same