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A62049	Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate as it was presented in a sermon at the assize holden at Hertford for that county on August 2, 1653 / by George Swinnocke ...	Swinnock, George, 1627-1673.; Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665. Beauty of magistracy.	1660 (1660)	Wing S6278A; ESTC R18061	67,270	101

for forswearing themselves to spare others He will be a terror to thee and make thee a terror to thy self who wilt not at his command be a terror to evil doers Thou sinnest in others whilst thou sufferest them to sin and thou shalt one day suffer with them Rev. 18.4 Thou art afraid to offend thy Neighbours I tell thee God will make thee know t were better offending all the world then one God I beseech you make it appear that you are Magistrates by being men of courage be as bold in executing as others are in transgressing the law Shall iniquity be brazen-faced and authority hide it self If the offendor be in robes be not afraid of him but make him affraid of you I have read that the Athenian Judges sat in Mars-street to shew that Rulers should be men of valour Cowards are more fit to be slaves then rulers A Magistrate should be like Moses in his own cause as meek as a Lamb in Gods cause as stiff as an Oak as bold as a Lion All dare disparage him who dareth discourage none How punctually doth Scripture tell you that this ought to be your practice Magistrates saith Peter are sent for the punishment of evil doers 1 Pet. 2.14 And Paul saith If thou doest evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain For he is the Minister of God an avenger to execute wrath on them that do evil Rom. 13.4 The sword which is carried before him as an Ensign of his power is not for shew or for fashion but for the wounding disorderly persons A wise King saith Solomon Prov. 20.26 scattereth the wicked and bringeth the wheel over them a kind of punishment then in use and now in many places Especially be severe to them that prophane the Sabbath that Queen of dayes that golden season of grace Nehemiah would not spare the chief men that prophaned this chiefest of dayes Nehem. 13.17 This is one of the chief precepts which the Lord of Sabbath commandeth you Exod. 20. Exod. 23.12 Englands disturbing Gods rest hath raised God to disturb Englands rest He that spareth the bad hurteth the good The Chirurgion must cut off incurable members and the Physitian of the State must purge out the peccant humours of the body Politick least they infect and injure the whole The execution of Justice is like a clap of thunder which striketh few but frighteth many Smite a scorner and the simple will beware Prov. 19.25 Thus by not punishing the evil both the good and bad are though unjustly punished yet the greatest injury is to the Ruler by the offendors impunity for besides the guilt which he contracts on his soul and thereby Gods eternal wrath he is oftentimes punished in his body and made an example of Gods Justice to others When the French King was perswaded by the Duke of Sully to banish that generation of Vipers the Jesuites he would not saying Give me security then for my life But he was shortly after stabbed to death by their instigation God doth not seldom make them examples of his judgements that will not make others examples of justice Secondly That you be Protectors of them that do well The Holy Ghost telleth you that you should be for the praise of them that do well Courts of Justice should be Cities of refuge to them that are unjustly and causlesly pursued like Noahs Ark to take in and give rest to those weary Doves like the horns of the Altar to which innocency should flie for protection Mine eyes saith David shall be upon the faithfull in the Land Psal. 101.6 Hide the godly especially under the shadow of your wings Piety hath too much been bespattered with obloquy and holiness suffered under the name of baseness Maliesse coguntur ne viles habeanthur Men have been necessitated to be vicious lest they should be accounted vile Be you not only patterns but Patrons of purity Let the world know that greatness can own and countenance goodness The Kings of Gerar were called Abimelech which signifieth My Father Gen. 30.2 noting that a King should be as carefull and mindfull as tender and chary of his Subjects especially good ones as Fathers of their children Alas if the Magistrates will not own them what what shall the godly do The Devil raiseth all the the Train-bands of hell against them that march to heaven The world loveth its own but because they are not of the world therefore the world hateth them their neighbours malign them and rage because they dare not run to the same excess of riot The whole Parish if occasion be will be gathered together against those that are pious especially if they be zealous for Gods glory against others impieties Now since God hath set you up for their shelter surely you are concerned to secure them in times of danger Sure I am that it is a priviledge and honour to you that you may be serviceable to the people of God God carrieth them upon Eagles wings Exod. 19.4 as tenderly as the Eagle her young ones of which some observe she carrieth her prey between her Talons but her young under her Wings and if a Flowler shoot at her she will first have her own body shot through before they shall be hurt God is therefore called their shield Gen. 17.1 Now a shield is between the body and the weapon Look therefore that you imitate God in this Remember that men were not made for you but you were made for them God took David from the sheepfold to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance Psal. 78.70 71. It was said by Nazianzen of Athanasius that he was Magnes Adamas an Adamant in his stout resolute carriage against vice and a Load-stone to encourage and draw vertue to him And the wise man telleth us The Kings favour is towards a wise servant but his wrath is towards him that causeth shame Prov. 14. ult. As the wind hurteth not the reeds and corn which yield to it but rooteth up the sturdy stubborn Oak which will not bow so the Ruler should deal sharply with the obstinate but gently with the mild and flexible Augustus Caesar in whose time Christ was born was so tender of his people that when he died they wept saying Would he had never been born or never died Secondly As you should work like Gods amongst men in executing Justice impartially so likewise in shewing mercy God is the Father of mercies 1 Cor 1.3 Rich in Mercy Ephes. 2.4 He hath multitudes of tender mercies Psal. 51.1 He is abundant in mercy 1 Pet. 1.3 His mercy is free Rom. 9.15 Great Psal. 57.10 Matchless Jer 3.1 Sure Isa. 55.1 Mercy as one observeth is the chief of all Gods attributes though in themselves they are all equal but in regard of our necessities as Oyl swims above all other liquors as the Eagle is the chief of Birds the Lion of Beast Gold of Metals so mercy is the chief of all