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A80411	The vindication of the law: so far forth as scripture and right reason may be judge, and speedy justice (which exalts a nation) may be advanced. VVherein is declared what manner of persons Christian magistrates, judges, and lawyers ought to be. / By Iohn Cooke of Graies Inne, now chief justice of the province of Munster, 1652.	Cook, John, d. 1660.	1652 (1652)	Wing C6028; Thomason E662_9; ESTC R206788	78,991	98

change of any great Commander that when God rides post for the good of his Church he uses many times to change horses that one may not have all the honour many of our Centurions have done so gallantly that many Volumes cannot containe their just praises therefore I intreat their pardon that I doe not name any in perticuler least I should not pay them half their due so be thought to exclude the rest dear Soules they have marched many a myle to ingage for us therfore if I make a little digression to testifie my honourable respect to them it cannot be thought unreasonable Concerning our Noble Generall whom I trust shall shortly have the Olive for his just Guerdion for I hope we shall not long continew under the Malignant constellation of Mars Saturne as Crowes amongst Carcasses but every honest man shall live peaceably under the gratious influence of Iupiter Venus for matters of millitary prowes gallant valour I need not say any more but that he is the son of the Right Honorable the Lord Fairfax and of the noble Daughter of the truly Noble Earle of Mulgrave And here Duty and Gratitude must make a parenthesis I cannot mention this good Earle without an honorable remembrance in whom Greatnesse and Goodnesse keepe their cohabitation for having had the honour to advise his Lordship concerning his estate I finde a mine of wisedome in his noble minde our late Soveraigne King Iames rejoyced at his magnanimous comporting the losse of his three noble Sonnes The Relation whereof deserves a whole volume one saying was most remarkeable that Iesus Christ my Saviour dyed without issue Salvato meus mortuus est fine exitu how zealously affected his Lordship hath been for God and his Countrey since 88. I am sure all good men love and honour him for it Indeed the Piety Humillity and chaine of Graces in the noble Countesse and the vertuous Ladyes wherein all their ambition is to excell one another far exceed the most invaluable Diamons and Iewels and to say much in little So much as a man brings of Christ with him thither so much welcome there Now that I may be true to my first principles I shall say nothing of his Excellence but in relation to Iesus Christ This fully discovers the excellency of our Noble Generalls spirit that deserving so much he will not take the least honour to himself but all must be ascribed to God those numerous victoryes looked upon as love tokens from Heaven handed over by the Lord Christ as forerunners of that absolute Victorye which He will have over all his enemyes and rejoyces so far form as God makes him instrumentall for the good of the Kingdome What an honour is it to command them who command themselves Omnis denominatio sumiter a digniori vel a Majori and those whom the Angels rejoyce to serve and for an Army of Lyons to be commanded by a Lyon who is commanded by the Lyon of the Trybe of Iudah what Anti-Christian Power can make resistance when it pleases God to lead them by the hand who hath promised to stand at the right hand of his servants and will honour them that so unfainedly out of right principles by true meanes and for glorious ends honour him I cannot but take notice that our Noble Generall is of Graies Inne nor can I forbeare a general remembrance of many precious gentlemen in the Army of the same society in whom the seeds of vertue have bin sowne even from their yeares of discretion I wish many Armes were taken downe from our Hall windowes and these noble Gentlemen placed in their roome for as hee that fights for the Law Ex parte Dei et ex parte rei Annot. 2. Tim. 4.7 Lachrymae sunt sudores cordis wins an honourable esteem of all good men so they that oppose the Law ought by the Law of Armes to have their Coates removed and just as I was writing there comes newes to mee that there is one heavenly light more in Heaven sweet Colonell Pickering having fought a good fight and kept the faith and professed a good profession before many witnesses hath finished his Course received his garland even a Crowne of righteousnesse Sir Gilbert Pickering one of the noble Knights for Northamptonshire and were it manly the sweat of my heart would blot my paper and were it not that pure love cannot consist with much greife when the party beloved is made a Saint and that his noble Brother carries al the graces and vertues by survivorship they being joynt tenents of them all his losse should ever be green in my rememberance What actings of faith do we heare of for the taking of strong holds from the Enemies that gallant Gentleman second in command who feares nothing but to offend God at the storme of Basing being acted with the same spirit that the propheticall Psalmist was confident that God would enfeeble the hands and legs of Popery Psalm 115. ● and that their Idolls were but vanity and not only then but many other times the Lord hath graciously said unto them according to your faith so be it unto you The Generall question is still what is the minde of Iesus Christ in this particular was there ever such glorious things done by faith since the 11th of the Hebrews Oh what heavenly breathings of the spirit and religious Conference is there in the Army when will Sion be establisht in perfect beauty saies one when shall Iesus Christ be set gloriously upon his throne saies another God can save by one as by many saies a third le ts do our worke and trust Jesus Christ for our wages shall we think much to loose our blood for him who has shed his precious blood for us Jesus Christ tooke Bristoll no Iron barres can keepe out Jesus Christ if we die we live and our Indentures are but given us in a little before their ordinary time with many such sweete divine expressions that they are in heaven upon earth abounding in that excellent grace of spirituall resignation in all the dispensations of divine providence the hand of God is allwayes good and his time is ever the best that I am even ravished at the apprehension of them never having heard the like unlesse it were in that most comfortable speech of that deare servant of Christ Mr. Burton at his suffering the like glorious manifestation of the spirit in my oppinion is not legible in Mr. Foxes worthy labours besides a most admirable spirit of love Commands as in cheife throughout the Army that I heard a gallant man say it were worth riding 5000. miles to behold it but I shall turne my prayses of them into prayers for them that not a haire of their heads may perish though truly I do not so much praise them as the gifts and graces of God in them wheresoever we meete Jesus Christ and see but the least dawnings and breathings of

supreame Court in any Kindome should bee limited nor can it limit its owne power no more th●n a man can continue alive and cease from breathing and exercising other naturall functions true it is that the body represented is stronger then the representative but the legall authority is in the parliament where it has bin planted and settled for many hundred yeares and let that hand wither that shall seeke to Rob them of it for a government there must be and no human policy could ever finde out a better Loving Reader I pray the likewise take notice of a 3. leaved Pamphlet intituled newes from Hell Rome and the Inns of Court and believe it that Hell and Rome are the two Elders and the Innes of Court the chast Susana when our Clients give us a Fee wee take it in love as a Chast virgin does a paire of Gloves sent unto her for a love token if the giver expect any bruitish thing we abominate the first risings of dishonesty the Author like one of Machiavells Schollars thinkes by his over confident calumniation to make some thing stick upon our noble and Gospell profession but it is but shooting a headlesse Arrow against Armour of proffe for our profession is pure Marble 1 Tit. 3.13.14 and no dishonour can be imprinted upon it but upon a second perusall of it I finde that in a Charitab e construction what he said may be intended only of such Lawyers that are of the Oxford party therefore I passe by it And now Curteous Reader to draw to a conclusion because I will not trouble those that need not know so much nor weary the intelligent Reader I have but one word to speake to my adversary which is to intreat him as a brother to retract this fond and weake oppinion as being though I am perswaded not intentionally yet consequentially destructive of all state pollicy or else truly Anonimus Though it bee such an error that thou maist carry to Heaven I shall not bee freinds with thee that is with thy oppinion for I will ever be a freind to thy person for I praise God J am not so wedded to my owne opinion as to love no man but he that shall concurre with me hee that loves another man only because he is of his Judgement loves himselfe in that man as hee that mournes for the death of a friend mournes perhaps rather for his owne losse If there were some lines of Communication and rules of association or such principles of union that all honest peaceable men though of different judgements might walke with indeared affections to one another Duraeus inclitus Scotus peregrinavit multos ann●s pro Concordia inter Lutheranos Calvinistas Beati pacifici Jllus●rior est vnio quae nascitur ex charitate quam vnio cujus precium oritur ex raritate till every mans spirituall eye sight bee equally alike provided that no oppinion be any way destructive of State policy as tending naturally to inflamations certainly it would exceedingly conduce to a most hapy reformation I blush to read such extreame bitter passages and railing invectives as daily come forh to gratifie and make musique for our Enemyes for shame forbeare or cease to be Englishmen I would presume for the reconciling of various oppinions and preventing all disaffections as much as may bee to propound to our most noble Senators that learned Godly and sweet spirited men might bee appointed so soone as they heare of any erronious opinion so generally conceaved mildly to answer every printed error to repaire to the Authors or maintainers of it loveingly to shew them their error and to admonish them convictingly whereby thousands by Gods blessing may be convinced for spirituall maladies require spiritual remedies and the Governors not so much as acquainted with it unlesse it be a moot point and very disputable and then further light must discover the nakednesse of it We Lawyers know what is a breach of the peace and for prevention let men be bound to keepe it if there be a just feare for no rationall doubt can disturbe the peace of the Kingdome as that Noble Peere who went to Heaven as in a fiery Chariot in an active Martyredome for the publique good cleerely demonstrates in his divine treatise concerning Bishops reason being the perfection of every Kingdome What a stir there was in the Bishops times about privat meetings as if poore soules that meet in Corners to pray and that for the happinesse of the Kingdome whose prayers no doubt were heard as being favorites of heaven would thereby disturbe or endanger the peace of the Kingdome oh that ever rationall men should give such a Bill of divorse to common sence and understanding This is practised amongst the Pontificians with great successe answerable to the Venetian policy where when any man is injured by another the patrons of Iustice finde out the party wronged Quadruplat●res and follow the cause for him to take of all vindictive prosecutoins that every thing may be done for the love of Iustice and 3. or 4. in every County authorised as arbitrators generall to take up and compose all private quarrells and differences in a Christian way of love would prevent numerous suits and vast expences and truly every man that professes to be a Christian should study hard to bee a Sonne of Truth and Peace One thing I must insert that may answer all objections that whensoever any man in humility propounds any thing tending to a politique reformation of something that he conceives to be amisse in a Kingdome that he must cheerefully submit unto the present practise untill the wisdome of State shall otherwise determine according to that excellent saying we tollerate or rather submit to many things which we do not love Multa toleramus quae non amamus Farewell Anonimus that I may speake freely I think thou art an honest man and of a publique spirit two excellent qualities for which I esteeme thee but in this thy zeale is not managed by right reason If any man towards the Law be unconcionable in his practise the Lord worke repentance in him so as to make restitution as in the case of Zacheus No period better then prayer Therefore here I cast Anchor and bind up these spreading lines Additionalls omitted in my absence P. 17. L. 31. adde I heare many complaints that writs of Error are not determined truly if any man will not pay his debts that is able but takes advantage of the Benches Vacancy I wish he were in excecution to morrow but if poore men bring writs of Error meerly to preserve their Liberties it is far better for the Kingdome that they should hang in suspence and abeiance till domesday As in the Iewes divorces● Difficillimum est homines amplissima fortuna ditatos legibus ●ntinere Plato then that any man by Indurance should be disabled from serving God and his Countrey in their lawfull callings and this is not