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A66730	The true interest of nations impartially stated in a sermon preached at the Lent assizes at Chelmesford in Essex, March 2d. 1690/1 : proving that the promoting universal righteousness, piety, justice, and honesty, is the sure means to exalt a nation ... / by Anthony Walker ...	Walker, Anthony, d. 1692.	1691 (1691)	Wing W311; ESTC R5492	23,518	42

Ezek. 14.20 3. Cry mightily to God to pardon thy own and the Nation 's Impiety Iniquity Improbity and with an holy and pathetick vehemency call to Heaven and Earth in Isaiah's Words Chap. 45. ver 8. Drop down ye Heavens from above and let the Skies pour down Righteousness Let the Earth open and let them bring forth Salvation and let Righteousness spring up together And sue out those gracious Promises that God hath made to his Church concerning Righteousness yet to be fulfilled to hasten their Accomplishment Such as these amongst many I will restore thy Judges as at the first and thy Counsellers as at the beginning afterwards thou shalt be called a City of Righteousness the faithful City Isa 1.26 In Righteousness shalt thou be established and shalt be far from Oppression Chap. 54.14 I will make thy Officers Peace and thine Exacters Righteousness ch 60.17 ver 21. Thy People also shall be all righteous And pray down that New Heaven and New Earth wherein Righteousness shall dwell which we expect and St. John saw descending 2 Pet. 3.13 Rev. 21.1 II. The Second Branch of the Exhortation I shall direct to all concerned in the solemn Business of the Day Plaintiffs and Defendants Counsellers and Pleaders Jurors and Witnesses I beseech and warn you to do all you do say all you say as in the sight and hearing of him who judgeth righteously and will render to every Man according to his Deeds All whose Ways are Judgment a God of Truth and without Iniquity just and right is he Deut. 32.4 And if we must give an Account for every idle Word at the Day of Judgment Mat. 12.36 how much more for every false malicious scornful Word spoken before a sacred Tribunal of Judgment Briefly 1. Do to others as you would others should do to you None of you would be falsly witnessed against sworn out of your Estates Lives Liberties by a false Oath or have advantage taken of your Ignorance or Weakness to oppress you in Judgment or be run down by Noise and Clamour Do not serve others so 2. Do as Conscience will do by you at that Tribunal whither you are hastning that will then speak the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth Let that guide you not Favour nor Affection Love or Hatred Faction or Partiality Expectation of Reward or Fear of Revenge Lastly Let me without imputation of indecent Rudeness or immodest Boldness My Right Honourable Lords the Reverend Judges be your Remembrancer not to instruct you in your Duty which you know much better than I can teach it but to encourage you to persist in the performance of it As the Nations Happiness absolutely depends upon the flourishing of Righteousness and its flowing down as a mighty Stream so the promoting of Godliness and Piety Justice and Equity Honesty and Probity doth much depend upon your Love to them Zeal for them and Courage to execute true Judgment with Impartiality and Truth The Motives to it are so many and so cogent I have neither need nor time to reckon them up I only beseech you always to carry them with you and often to reflect upon them One is instead of all which I shall repeat in the Words of the good and great Jehoshaphat 2 Chron. 19.6 Take heed what you do for you judge not for Man but for the Lord who is with you in Judgment Ver. 7. Wherefore now let the Fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord nor respect of persons nor taking of Gifts thus shall you do faithfully and with a perfect heart Ver. 10. And what Cause soever shall come to you of your Brethren between Bloud and Bloud Law and Commandments Statutes and Judgments you shall warn them that they trespass not against the Lord and so Wrath come upon you and upon your Brethren This do and you shall not trespass Ver. 11. Deal courageously and the Lord shall be with the Good Franciscus Alverius writes of some Aethiopian Judges who sate upon the Foot-stool of their Chairs leaving the Seat empty for God or Angels to sit in And Plato tells us That Judgment used to be administred near the Temples that the Reverence of the Deity might bend the Judges Mind to the doing of Justice and I humbly hope this taking the Pulpit in the way to the Bench may have the like Effect Amen FINIS BOOKS Published by Dr. Anthony Walker The Vertuous Woman or the Life of the Countess of Warwick The Danger of deferring Repentance In several Sermons A Sermon before the Company of Apothecaries upon Eccles 10.1 Say on An Assize-Sermon before the Judges Fire out of Water Devotions for Water-Drinkers Discourses on Several Scriptures By Ezekiel Hopkins late Lord Bishop of London-Derry Newly Published