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A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen, upon the second Sunday in Advent, being the fifth of December, 1686 by the Reverend Father Dom. Philip Ellis ...
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Ellis, Philip, 1652-1726.
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1686
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Wing E599; ESTC R40479
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to_o demolish_v the_o dead_a diis_fw-la non_fw-la detrahes_fw-la &_o principi_fw-la populi_fw-la tui_fw-la non_fw-la maledices_fw-la thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n nor_o speak_v evil_a of_o the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n exod._n 22.28_o speak_v not_o evil_n one_o of_o another_o james_n 4.11_o in_o cogitation_n tuâ_fw-la regi_fw-la nè_fw-la detrahas_fw-la debase_v not_o the_o king_n in_o thy_o very_a thought_n 10.20_o eccl._n 10.20_o wherefore_o then_o be_v you_o not_o afraid_a to_o speak_v evil_a of_o my_o servant_n num._n 12.8_o three_o all_o acceptation_n of_o person_n whether_o in_o decide_v difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n or_o in_o confer_v real_a honour_n place_n of_o trust_n and_o preferment_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v a_o violation_n of_o distributive_a justice_n which_o oblige_v the_o magistrate_n if_o not_o to_o proportion_v the_o reward_n to_o the_o merit_n at_o least_o to_o place_v the_o reward_n with_o the_o merit_n nor_o to_o accept_v person_n but_o upon_o account_n of_o a_o great_a desert_n either_o of_o service_n or_o capacity_n in_o all_o other_o case_n that_o decision_n of_o st._n james_n fall_v heavy_a upon_o man_n in_o public_a employment_n si_fw-mi personas_fw-la accipitis_fw-la peccatum_fw-la operamini_fw-la if_o you_o have_v respect_n to_o person_n 2.9_o james_n 2.9_o you_o commit_v sin_n be_v convict_v by_o the_o law_n as_o transgressor_n of_o it_o but_o what_o law_n be_v there_o which_o bind_v a_o man_n to_o the_o choice_n of_o those_o who_o be_v to_o serve_v under_o he_o or_o in_o who_o he_o please_v to_o repose_v a_o confidence_n first_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o in_o bear_v rudiment_n of_o justice_n prompt_v we_o to_o give_v every_o one_o what_o in_o right_n and_o equity_n belong_v to_o he_o reddere_fw-la unicuique_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la merit_n and_o retribution_n be_v relative_n merit_n therefore_o be_v a_o right_n which_o equity_n be_v bind_v to_o 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saviour_n judge_v not_o according_a to_o the_o face_n which_o some_o man_n set_v upon_o thing_n or_o person_n no_o nor_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o great_a number_n who_o be_v sway_v by_o a_o contrary_a interest_n say_v the_o eternal_a justice_n 23.2_o exod._n 23.2_o in_o judicio_fw-la non_fw-la acquiesces_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la sententiae_fw-la nec_fw-la accipies_fw-la cujusquam_fw-la personam_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la vero_fw-la devies_fw-la in_o judgement_n i._n e._n in_o assign_v reward_n as_o well_o as_o otherwise_o do_v not_o acquiesce_v to_o the_o opinion_n even_o of_o the_o most_o nor_o accept_v the_o person_n of_o any_o body_n whatsoever_o so_o far_o as_o to_o depart_v from_o what_o be_v right_a in_o thy_o own_o judgement_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v if_o you_o do_v exclude_v person_n who_o you_o think_v deserve_v in_o your_o own_o judgement_n either_o upon_o appearance_n or_o the_o err_a opinion_n even_o of_o the_o most_o you_o will_v depart_v from_o justice_n 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communicate_v itself_o to_o