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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

Meaning of the words Caelestes Aerii Terrestres Marini dii As many Gods as creatures almost amongst the Heathen And ye all sons of the most High Ain w. leg. Ainsw. in loc. Ceterum hic nomen sicuti paulo post aliis locis pro judicibus sumitur quibus specialem gloriae notam insculpsit Deus Calv. in Psal. 82.1 Magnifica existimatio Honor Gloria Eras. Maxima debetur capiti c. * It is ordinary in the Hebrew to adde the name of God to a thing to heighten the excellency of it A man of God is as much as an extraordinary man an excellent man It is said of the Church compared to a Vine She sent forth her branches as goodly Cedars Psal. 80.10 so we read it But in Hebr. As the Cedars of God that is tall and excellent Cedars and so in many other places because all the creature excellencies are derived from him and are but a drop a beam a print of that Glory and Majesty which is in him Dii per analogiam tanquam Deum imitantes Theodor This is a godlike prerogative God is cloathed with Majesty and honour Psal. 104.1 The blessed and only Potentate to whom all people must pay this tribute In this the Gods on earth resemble him Gen 41.42 43. Job 29.7 8. Job fuit Rex {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} This is a Godlike priviledge Isa 33.21 to make laws for men to prescribe what creatures shall do and what they shall forbear Zanch. de Magistrat That Commonwealth only can be safe where the people obey the Magistrate and the Magistrate the Law Solon Three uses of the civil sword 1. Ad vindictam 2. Ad protectionem b●ner●m 3. Ad executionem justitiae Willet in Rom. 13. Plut. in vit. Caes. ●●gistratus dii vocantur quia sunt vicarii dei in administrando jure exequenda justitia tuendo benos puniendo malos Pelan Syntag lib. 7. cap. 19 Propheta ad regum insignia vel pompas alludeas dicit judicium justitiam esse sulturam solii ejus acsi diceret loco sceptri vel purpurae vel diadematis his insignibus ernari deum quò justus aequus mundi judex Calvin in loc. Large Annot. in Exod. 22.28 Etiamsi fuisset Jeconiah mihi charissimus quem semper in oculis ferrem Jun. in loc. Prosopolepsis dicitur si quis paribus imparia vel imparibus paria tribuat Coc Plutarch in Vit. Cat. U●ic * Of Trajan the Emperour it is said that he neither feared nor hated any man but that he heard the causes of his subjects without prejudicare impiety examined them without sinister obliquity and judged them without unjust partiality Privati fures in compedibus aetatem agu● publici vero in auro purpura visuntur Cat. Omnis potestes à summa potestate Non de quolibet verbo Dei sed de speciali dominandi mandato Calv. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Hes Willet in locum Cujus jussu homines ejus jussu reges Ireneus lib. 5. cap. 24. De bello Judaic lib. 62. Every one hath in him the mind of a King Calv. on 1 Pet 5.5 {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} subjecting them to me Septuagint leg. Sueton. The second use by way of Information * Politick Government was probably then instituted when man was first created under the Old Covenant of works for it is a natural blessing and grounded upon the fifth Command of the Moral Law which commenced upon mans first Creation before Adams fall and the rather may we thus judge because it is a law of Nature which was binding in mans estate of innocency besides Christ himself who knew no sin yet minded this duty of subjection Luke 2 51. 1 Col. 16.22 Matth. 22.23 Augustine thinketh that all civil subjection of one man to another came in by sin though not all natural subjection of children to parents De civit Dei lib. 19. R. Willet in Rom. 13. Magistratus necessarius ecclesiae quia à Dio ordinuus est ad defensionem Ecclesiae Polan Syntag lib. 7. c. 19. H●rding accused though falsly Luther to have animated Muncer the rebel-preacher in Thuringia Calvin in Rom. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} idem valet quod {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} alterius faman laedere maledicti So Deodat in loc. Calvin Vide Joseph Antiq. lib. 20. cop 3.5 Jun. in Parall. Seneca saith of Egypt that in was loquax ingeniosa in contumeliam praefectorum provincia in qua qui vitaverit culpam non effufugit infamiam Luther cried Henry the eighth mercy for his uncivil language such as that Audi Domine Rex edocebo te The mother of Artexerxes in Plutarch was wont to say that they who addressed themselves to Princes should use silken words Xenoph. Hellen. lib. 11. Magistrates are patres patriae Prohibiti sunt maledici non jussi sunt sacrifici●s honorari Aug. in Exod. Honor est agnitio dignitatis vel excellentiae illius quea est in alio cum ejusdem debita testificatione Agnilio sinul dicitur testificatio quia neque in externa observantia sola neque in interna consistit sed in utroqueAmens Med. Plutarch in vit Fab. Max. Mallem obedire quam miracula sacere Luth. Zanch. miscel. epi. dead. Magis obtemperandum est diis apud quos deutius manendum est qu●m hominibus quibusum admodum brevi tempore vivendem est Antigon in Sophoc V●de Large Annotat. in loc. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} To pay to the King that tribute which is due to God only is not tributum Caesaris sed servitium Diaboli Chrysost. Hist. Gall Moses was a pious patient man yet he telleth us notwithstanding all his strength of grace Non possum portare I am not able to bear all this people Numb. 11.14 B. Halls contemplation {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} capitatio Poll money which men pay by the poll or according to their estates {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} vectigal due for merchandize Beza Pompey first converted the capitation or head silver to the City of Rome Par. in Rom. * Tiberius did not approve that shepherd that flayed his sheep instead of clipping Nor Tully him who cut the wings so that they could never grow after Magistrates are set for the good of the people and therefore should be moderate in demanding their goods Speed Chron. Martial Policy true Religion and civil Justice are the three Pillars which uphold all saith Sr. Walter Rawleigh {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} medela Non sibi sed multorum utilititati se esse natum Non mihi sed populo signifying that which he was often heard to say Ita se rempublicam gesturum ut sciret rem populi esse non suam Of Bonosus the Emperour it was said He was born non ut vivat sed ut bihat And when being overcome by Probus he hanged himself it was commonly jested That a tankard hung there not a man Ideo deteriores sumus quia meliores esse debemus Salv. * Pope Urban wrote to a Prelate in his time scoffingly Monacho fervido Abbati calido Episcopo tepido Archiepiscopo frigido still the higher in means the worse in manners Euseb. * Lactantus telleth us that the very Heathen thought that their only way to honour their Gods was to be like them to do as they did Nemo errat sivi ipsi sed dementiam spargit in proximos Sen. Ep. 94. The whole Army of souldiers will follow their Leader Hisy Exem Hain in vit. Lutheri It was a strange yet true saying There was more justice in hell then in France there the guilty are punished be they never so great they do not escape but in France it is otherwise may it not be said so of England Psal. 122.5 Dan. Hist. Our old word Koning and by contraction King comes of Con saith Becanus and comprehendeth 3. things Possum Scio Audeo Poena ad unum timor ad omnes Henry the fourth Salvian Suetoil Mr. Calamy on Ezek. 36.32 p. 30. before the Parliament Godwin Antiq. Ferina rabies est sanguine vulneribus gandere Senec de cle. lib. 1. cap. 24. Nero in the beginning of his Empire being requested to set his hand to a warrant for the execution of an offender would say utinam nescirem lite●as Siles Plut. in vit. Jul. Caes. Prima Magistratus cura debet esse religionem veram promovere impietatem prohibere Ames de consc. lib. 5. cap. 25. In hoc reges Deo serviunt in quantum reges Aug. Plato would not permit in his Common-wealth any such person as asserted God the Author of sin Christianus nulla re magis dignosci potest quam si D●o factas contumelias blasphemias severissime ulc●scatur suas obliviscatur Guevara in ep. ad Car. 5. Princeps nihil statuat de religione saith Mariana the Jesuite Marian cap. 10. * It is observable that in the Kings and Chronicles when Henry the sixt mentioneth the lives of the Kings of Israel he doth in the first place take notice how they dealt in matters of Religion whether they brake down the graven Images or cut down the groves or tooke away the high places or the like Euseb. lib. 2. de vit. Constantini cap. 44. Theodoret. lib. 5. cap. 20. Par. on Rom. Cicero de legib. Vide Zanch. de Magistrat Gerh. loc. com Wallaeum de codem sub Willet in Rom. 13. controver 4. The smoak of a great mans sacrifice smels never the sweeter before God because he is perfumed with Musk or cloathed in Silk Theodosius the second wrote the New-Testament out with his own hand Speed Chronic. Baldae de Script Brit. cent 2. Actiones specificantur ab objecto fine circumstantiis eustath. Omnibus operationibus nostris coelestis intentio adjungi debet Aug. de civit Bei lib. 3. cap. 24. Quintus Pius in 2 Chro. 19. Diodor. Sicul. lib. 1. Quint. Curt. As birds build in steeples and are never troubled at the noise of Bells being used to it nor ye at the sight of graves or coffins * That King of terrors and terror of Kings Quoties diem illum considero toto corpore contremisco Hierom. Hoc inculcatum sit esse Deos venturum esse summum fatalem illum diem