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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94239	The high court of justice. A sermon preached before the judge of assise at Leicester, Julie 30. 1652. / By Antonie Scattergood rectour of Winwick in North-hampton-shire.	Scattergood, Antony, 1611-1687.	1652 (1652)	Wing S841; Thomason E1418_2; ESTC R210320	21,372	75

to Christ to the Saints God even the whole Trinity shall bee the Judge in respect of judiciarie power Christ shall bee the Judge in respect of his visible appearance and audible promulgation of the sentence The Saints shall judge the world 1 Cor. 6.2 in respect of consent and approbation God shal judge as the King who is supreme Christ shall judge as a Judge sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers for the praise of them that do well 1 Pet. 2.13 14. The Saints shall judge as the honest Justices and Gentlemen and body of the County who when their ears hear an upright Judge then they bless him and when their eyes see him they give witness to him Job 29.11 I. If Christ bee Judge then the judgement shall bee according to truth Rom. 2.2 The Judge of all the earth will do right Gen. 18.25 Judges of but part of the earth oft erre in judgement Great men are not alwayes wise neither do the aged alwayes understand judgement saith Elihu Job 32.9 Sometimes Judges would find out the truth but cannot sometimes they can find it out but will not sometimes they do find it out but are driven from it Truth lieth as the Philosopher said in a pit and some Judges have not wherewith to draw it out It is sometimes so covered with darkness and the way to it so intricate perplexed Falshood now and then meeteth the Judge in so handsome a disguise that it is no wonder to see even a good man mistaken to see an Isaac think well of an Esau Gen. 25.28 a Samuel of an Eliab 1 Sam. 16.6 a whole college of Apostles of a Judas Mat 26.22 Joh. 13 21-26 But errour in judgement ariseth oftner from want of will to do right then from want of skill the Judge either not having the patience to afford the cause a full hearing and to examin and sift matters to the bottome or else having his eyes bleared with passion or blinded with gifts And it not seldome happeneth that though the Judge find out the truth and could find in his heart to maintein it yet hee is driven from it either some great mans frown or letter being a Prohibition to him and then Contra libertum Caesaris ire timet hee is afraid not to seem Caesars friend John 19.12 13. or hee is afraid to anger the beast with many heads the multitude then Barabbas is released and Christ is condemned by Pilate Mark 15.15 Luke 23.23 and Paul by Felix is left bound Acts 24.27 Lastly it is a thing too often seen that after the Judge hath worthily done his part and justly doomed a malefactour to death some greater power interveneth and rescueth him from the gallows granting him either a Pardon or a Reprive Hence it frequently happeneth what the Prophet complaineth of Isa 59.14 that judgement is turned away backward justice standeth afarre off that truth falleth in the street and equity cannot enter that those old scenes are in every age oft acted over that Joseph is condemned as a vitious person that Mephibosheth's estate is bestowed upon a sycophant that Naboth fareth the worse for having a good vineyard and Micaiah loseth his liberty for not emprisoning the truth that as Cyprian saith inter leges ipsas delinquitur that JUS is turned into VIS Right overturned by Might Certain it is that while darkness is in the minds of men and the Prince of darkness is suffered to tempt amongst other Vanities that are under the Sun that will still bee one that yee heard Solomon complaining of Eccl. 3.16 that in the place of judgement wickedness is there in the place of righteousness iniquity is there Under the Sun it will bee so But when the Sun in the firmament shal bee put out then the Sun of righteousness will shine forth then a Judge will sit in the throne that will judge right Psal 9.4 and there shall bee no unrighteousness in him Psal 92.15 For hee hath all the properties of a complete Judge Wisdome Power Justice all infinite First his Wisdome is such that his eyes cannot bee blinded The darkness is no darkness to him Psal 139. Hee prieth into the closest corners even into those of the heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is his peculiar title Acts 1.24 All things are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stipped naked ripped open before him Heb. 4.13 Those that have gone in the dark and sought deep to hide their counsel from the Lord shall at the day of judgement find their cunning contrivances to have been to no purpose All close plots all secret chamberings all curtain-sins shall then bee brought to light all hypocrisy shall bee unveiled and every mask pulled off Even in the dayes of his flesh Christ knew what was in man John 2.25 hee knew Nathanael to bee a true Israelite John 1.47 and Judas to bee a devil John 6.70 how much more then in the day of his glorie shall hee bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make manifest the counsels of the hearts 1 Cor. 4.5 The wicked shall at that day call to the mountains and rocks to cover them Rev. 6.16 but in vain For impossible it will bee for thee to bee hid For besides the omniscience of the Judge a whole cloud of witnesses wil appear against thee I. Every sin thou hast committed if thou suffer it to lie down in the dust with thee will bee sure to rise up in judgement against thee Many sins are said to cry now as Murder Gen. 4.10 Uncleanness Gen. 18.20 Oppression Isa 5.7 Keeping-back the labourers hire Jam. 5.4 but every sin will have a voice at that day to cry for vengeance if its mouth bee not stopped in the mean time with that bloud which speaketh better things Hebr. 12.24 II. Every creature which thou hast abuled will put up a bill of endictment The lands or livings that by fraud or violence thou hast usurped and deteinest from the right owners even these will cry against thee and the furrows thereof will complain Job 31.38 If thou buildest thy house by unrighteousness and thy chambers by wrong wo unto thee Jer. 22.13 for the stone shall cry out of the wall and the beam out of the timber shall answer it Hab. 2.11 The gold and silver that thou hast either ill got or ill kept or ill spent will prove an ill treasure even a treasure of wrath at the last day Jam. 5.3 4. III. Satan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that adversarie in judgement as S. Peter calleth him 1 Pet. 5.8 who hath all thy life-time been 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Tempter will at the day of judgement especially make good his name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and play the Devil indeed accusing thee of those sins to which he tempted thee IV. But if all else should bee silent thou hast that in thy bosome that will speak loud enough a book wherein all thy works words thoughts are written This though now perhaps