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A07372 The vniuersall principle the common iustice of the world, and the royall law of love : deliuered in a sermon at the assises in Dorchester, the 23. day of Iuly, anno Dom. 1629 / by I.M. ... Mayo, John K. 1630 (1630) STC 17756; ESTC S1301 12,269 25

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others all agree and concurre in this that to doe as wee would be done vnto is a generall rule of Iustice a Sentence teaching all charitie humanitie moderation and good dealing one to another and a sentence as it were pointing out the way to eternall blisse and happinesse Alexander Seuerus the Emperour had this for his Symbole Emperours as Bullinger tells vs in Decade 11. Serm. 1. pag. 93. This saith Bullinger hee had often in his mouth this he commanded to be engrauen and writen in his Pallace and other of his buildings Hoc coluit in larario suo saith Bullinger and when any one of his disorderly souldiers was to be punished hee would haue this spoken vnto him by the voyce of a Crier Quod tibi hoc alteri Traian the Emperour a great obseruer of Iustice and called the Darling of Mankinde would very often say how he himselfe and all others must doe as they would be done vnto and how Subjects ought to be such towards their Prince as they would haue their Prince to be towards them It is written in the life of Augustus the Emperour how one Zonaras did often remember this generall rule of Iustice to Augustus the Emperour and would say to him Siipse alijs feceris quae tibi fieri velles non peccabis quippiam omnia suauissimè felicitèr administrabis nullo cum periculo vitam deges That learned Lawyer Vlpian principall Counceller to Alexander Seuerus the Emperour framed this as as a Constitution which is found in the Pandects that is the volume of the Ciuill Law called the Digests And this was done by the commandement of Iustinian that learned and worthy Emperour That of our wise Kings worthy learned and of blessed and happy memory King Iames deceased may serue for all the rest in his Basilicon doron li. 2. pag. 6. where shewing to his Son Prince Henry what formes were to be vsed with other Princes he saith thus vnto him Vse all other Princes as thy brethren honestly and kindly Striue with euery one of them in courtesie and in kindnes and as with all men so specially with them be plaine and truthfull euer keeping that Christian Rule to doe as yee would be done vnto Where we see King Iames cals it a Christian rule and would haue his Sonne Prince Henry euer to keepe it Philosophers and Heathen people Pythagoras and Plato Socrates and Xenophon with many others taught this Philosophy and generall rule of Iustice to do as they would be done vnto and very carefully obserued it in their life and conuersation So did Solon and Aristides among the Athenians Agesilaus and Lycurgus among the Lacedemonians Curius Fabricius and Numa Pompilius among the Romanes Xamelzis among the Gothes Zaleuchus among the Locrians Trismegistus among the Egyptians and Dunwallo Mulmutius among the old Brittons of this Land Nay more and that which is very strange That diuilish Impostor and damnable wretch Mahomet hath recommended this generall rule of Iustice to doe as we would be done vnto and hath inserted it among the 8. Ordinances which hee left to the Musalmans telling them how they were sent downe from heauen by the Angell Gabriel This also the heathen haue not obscurely insinuated by making Themis which is Law or right a Goddesse by building a Temple vnto her in Beoetia and by making her to be the Daughter of Heauen and earth for heauen and earth doe applaud this generall rule of Iustice to doe as we would be done vnto it is the Royall Law of Loue it was taught by our Sauiour Christ deliuered by the law of Nature and obserued by Heathen people led onely by instinct of Nature Seeing then that the dignitie of this generall rule of Iustice is so great with the Author and affirmation the benefit of it is so great with the effects and the necessity of it is so great with the subiects obiects and the end And seeing this is proued and approued by testimonies of Scriptures examples of Scriptures testimonies of ancient Fathers and late Writers Emperours Kings and Philosophers and Heathen people led by instinct of Nature It is fit and worthy to be remembred and followed of vs and to be written vpon the tables of our hearts with the point of a Diamond that it may neuer be forgotten for it is old Philosophie and Christian Religion it is the end and the scope of all the Commandements of the second Table and the onely type and token of euery good Christian Therefore whatsoeuer yee would that men should doe to you euen so doe ye to them for this is the Law and the Prophets That learned Father S. Austin in his 54. Epistle tels vs there that we may occupare negotiosissimum in Republica virum proemio we may not hold a man of the greatest employment in the Common-weale with a long preface If not with a long Preface then not with a long discourse Pardon therefore my boldnesse right honourable and reuerend Iudges if I first speake to you and tell you that this generall rule of Iustice to doe as ye would be done vnto is fit and worthy to be remembred of you who are loquentes leges chiefe guardians of iustice and Altars vnto which such flye for succour and reliefe as are wronged and iniuried By this you shall take Gallioes course as it is in Act. 18.16 to driue away friuolous and iniurious suites from the iudgement seat By this you shall be faithfull Stewards of the highest Iudge and by this you shall keepe safe and sound those two Salts that are in you the Salt of knowledge and the Salt of Conscience which Salt of Conscience is the inward Court wherein the highest Iudge of all doth sit This generall rule of Iustice is fit to be remembred and followed of you also who are Magistrates and in the Commission of peace the Princes eyes to see withall and the Princes hands to worke withall the Ephori of the Common-weale and the Ouer-seers of common quietnesse This will make you good and iust like Iosoph of Arimathea This will make Iustice in you neuer to draw her breath faintly or to be peruerted with any feare or fauour passion or precipitation malice or presumption and this will make you like Atropos to cut off the web of many debates and quarrels at home among your neighbours and to be of that worthy Lord Iudge Dyers minde who when there came before him any controuersies of poore men to be tryed at the Assises would vually say that either the parties themselues were wilfull or their neighbours at home vncharitable because their suites were not quietly ended at home Many poore mens suits may be quietly ended at home by you who are the Iudges eyes It is well knowne that some of you doe so O that all would doe so It is a blessed action to doe so for Blessed are the peace-makers This generall rule of Iustice is fit also to be remembred and followed of you who practise