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A14745	Iethro's iustice of peace A sermon preached at a generall assises held at Bury St. Edmunds, for the countie of Suffolke. By Samuel Ward Batchelour of Diuinitie.	Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640.; Ward, Nathaniel, 1578-1652.	1618 (1618)	STC 25046; ESTC S103040	25,054	79

these greater Orbs should not be troubled with them Then indeed would that follow which Iethro assures Moses of in the last part of my Text ver 23. If thou do this thing God so commanding thee then shalt thou thy people endure al this people shal go quietly to their place An admirable emolument of Magistracy sufficient reward of all the paines of it that they and the people may go home in peace sit vnder their vines and fig-trees follow their callings and that which is the cheefe Iewell of all may lead their liues in all godlines and honesty That the gold blew and purple silke might shine and glister within the Tabernacle the outside was couered with red skins and goats haire such a shelter is Magistracy to Gods Church and Religion Nebuchadnezzar was a great tree and euery particular Magistrate a little one vnder whose boughs people build sing and bring vp their young ones in religious nurture euen foster-fathers as Ioseph in Aegypt Such were the rich religious times vnder Dauid Salomon vnder such as are described Esa. 32. which whole chapter is worth the reading as a iust Commentary vpon this poynt setting foorth the felicity quietnesse plenty vertue and piety of iust Gouernors as are hiding places from the winde and refuges from the tempest riuers of waters to to dry places and as raine to the new mowen grasse c. Such also were the times enioyed by the Church vnder Constantine deciphered as I take it Reuel 8. when there was silence in the heauen about halfe an houre the golden vialls filled with sweet odors the prayers of the Saints ascending as a pillar of smoke vp to heauen Of these times see Panegyricall Sermons and Encomiasticall discourses storied of olde and one of them at large recorded by Eusebius which whole booke is nothing but an Elogium of those peaceable dayes wherein the Church was edified multiplied The Common-wealth being to the Church as the Elme to the Vine or as the garden to the Bees the flourishing of the one the thriuing of the other and the disturbance of the one the disquiet of the other How can men either attend Gods seruice or their owne worke when they are molested at home with drunkards barretors quarrellous persons when hurried vp to London with suits As I haue knowen a Constable molested with fiue or six actions for an act of Iustice in punishing vice according to his office With what bitternesse of spirit do men groane vnder delayed and peruerted Iustice when it is turned into Hemlocke and turnes them out of their wits some of them swouning at the sight of their orders as I haue heard from credible eye-witnesses others ready to destroy themselues their aduersaries yea and somtime their Iudges Oh the benefit of good Magistrates It is an vnknowen good as the Country-man in an ancient Poet when hee had met with all feelingly cries out that hee had found that summum bonum which the Philosophers so much sought after hee now enioying more sweetnesse of little then of great reuenues in troublous times Surely wee Christians ought to prize it as the meane of our greatest good of our peaceable frequenting of our Churches and our seruing of God Marchants make a higher vse are more glad of a calme then common passengers so should wee Christians then Heathens by how much wee may and ought to improoue it for richer ends of Gods glory and the saluation of our soules Lord what manner of persons ought wee to bee in all godlinesse and honesty which enioy such length and latitude of Halcion dayes as wee doe the tithe whereof not onely former dayes but our neighbour Nations would now be glad of God giue vs the vse and fruit of them continue and encrease them which will then bee when this Text shall bee most studied and practized Then as Amos speakes shall iudgement flow as waters and righteousnesse run downe as a mighty torrent or as Dauid Then shall the earth encrease all people shall praise God and God euen our God shall blesse vs and all the ends of the earth shall feare him And so I make Iethro's preface my conclusion I haue giuen you counsell this day Hearken to my voyce and the Lord God bee with you all Amen FINIS To my louing Brother Mr. SAMVEL WARD BRother if you meet with your Iethro's counsell returned from beyond the seas and as much beyond your expectation preserued aliue as his sonne in law was against Pharaoh's Iniunction meruell as much as you will but bee no more offended then you haue cause Ioab sinned wider on the other hand in destroying Dauids Absolom contrary to his serious charge yet Ioab was pardoned and yet no brother I haue noted you hitherto inexorable for your owne publishing of any thing of your owne whether out of iudgement modesty curiosity or melancholy I iudge not but when others haue aduentured them with fruit and acceptance into the light I haue seene you rest content with the publique good The like leaue I haue taken expecting like successe assuring you and my selfe of the generall welcomnesse and vsefulnesse heerof to all whom it concernes which are the greatest number of the land euen so many as haue any reference to Sessions and Assises if not all sorts of Christians Onely I feare that the corruption of our times is growne so grosse and Eglon-like that it doth not Ebud-like enough sharpen the poynts and send them home to the heft that they may reach to the quicke I had my selfe added thereto a proiect and perswasion for the redresse of many abuses crept into offices and officers hauing spent so much time in the study of the law and execution of some offices as made me weary of the errours I saw and heartily wish the reformation of them but fearing I haue learned too much bluntnesse plumpnesse of speech among the Lutherans which is here as prime a quality as smoothnes with you as also loth to meddle out of mine orb in my second thoughts I suppressed it And so wishing vnto this many diligent conscionable and ingenuous Readers and Appliers and to them Gods blessing and the fruit intended I take my leaue From Elbing in Prusia Your brother in the flesh in the Lord and in the worke of the ministery NATH WARD Cohen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ignat. ad Marian Cassob Diuision Circumspection 1 Sam. 16. Tanquam sub hasta Aug. Lib. 〈…〉 Generality Strength Wealth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cassa hordea●ea morionu sceptra Chapm Z●ch Ierem. 22. 14. Birth Eccles. 10. 17. Iudg 6. 15. 1 Wisdome and experience Eccles. 9. 16. Monstrum eui lumen ademptum 2 Moderation of minde or equanimity Courage or Magnanimity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Leuit. ● 22. 27. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iudg. 7. 3. Iob 28. 1 Chron. 29. 11. 12. Cant. 8. Eccles. 7. 1● The second Character 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Iohn 3. Rom. 13. Eccles. 12. 13. 1 Pet. 2. Summa boni Iudicu est neque respicere neque despicere neque circumspicere sed suspicere 〈◊〉 in Ioh. 5. 30. 2 Sam. 〈…〉 3. 4 Isa. 52. 8. 12. 13. Ier 5. 22. 24. The third Character 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iob. 29. 16. Psal. 101. 7. 〈…〉 Isa. 54. 4. 〈…〉 The fourth Character Prou. 17. 4. Acceptatio muneris est preuaricatio ver●tatis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Exod ●7 Deut. 16. 19. 〈…〉 〈…〉 1 Tim. 6. Heb. 13. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Esay 33 14. Quod campana sene 〈◊〉 apud 〈◊〉 Application Psal. 62 9. Ob. Answ. The fourth part The fift part Euseb. lib. 10.