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A00584 Nicodemus for Christ, or The religious moote of an honest lawyer: deliuered in a sermon, preached at the assises at Okeham, in the county of Rutland, March. 10. 1627. By Antony Favvkner, Master of Arts, and late student in Iesus Colledge in Oxford Fawkner, Antony, b. 1601 or 2. 1630 (1630) STC 10722; ESTC S101884 15,761 32

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will punish you legetalionis by a iust Law of paritie Vae qui pradaris c. Woe vnto thee that destroyest When thou hast made an ende of doing wickedly they shall doe wickedly against thee Esay 33. 1. Goe too then grind the face of the poore accept persons in iudgement oppresse the widdows and fatherlesse crying for iustice shed innocent blood But stay and heark the Preachers trumpe summons thee before God by a fearefull Scito Know that for all this thou shalt come to iudgement Eccles 11. 9. Thou mayest indeed kill the innocents body but ex ore tuo condemnaberis thy sentence shall rebound and by a mortall recoyle pierce thine owne soule Secondly consider in whose place you sit In the seat of God the iust God and the mercifull God Sing therefore with Dauid in your actions both mercy and iudgement vnto the Lord. Destroy betimes all the wicked out of the land Psalm 101. 8. yet be mercifull also as your Father is mercifull Luk. 6. 3. 6. Thirdly remember in whose presence you iudge againe in the sight of God a iust God a iealous God a terrible God a God that will auenge vnto the third and fourth generation Hearken then vnto the caueat of Malachies memento Remember yee the Law which he commanded with the Statutes and Iudgements Malach. 4. 4. For it is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God Heb. 10. 31. Neither deceiue your selues with a vaine secrecy saying The Lord shall not see nor the God of Iacob regard Shall not he which planted the eare heare or he which formed the eye shall not he see His eyes are ten thousand times brighter then the Sunne darkenesse is to him as the noone day yea the righteous God searcheth the heart and reines Psal 7. 9. Iustice is Gods honour and the Lord is iealous of his glorie If therefore you transgresse hee will surely find it out The offendours indeed of mans Law may escape the punishment saith the Heathen Xenophon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 some by a priuiledged greatnesse some by a subtile priuacy but they that transgresse against Gods Law must needs vndergoe the censure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the same Author which a man can by no meanes auoide for it is impossible to escape Gods hand Can any hide him in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord Do not I fill Heauen and Earth saith the Lord Ier. 23. 24. If therefore yee are rebellious and companions of theeues euery one louing gifts and following after rewards if yee iudge not the fatherlesse neither suffer the widowes cause to come vnto you Thus saith the Lord the Lord of Hosts the mighty One of Israel Ah I will ease me of mine aduersaries and bee auenged on mine enemies Isai 1. 23 24. Fourthly and lastly thinke seriously whom you iudge the answer to which brings me to a point in my Text hitherto of purpose ouer-passed that the Law and Iustice might bee handled together 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Doth our Law iudge A man c. A man Nec ampliùs dicam nec opus est I can say no more nor neede l. A man the Image of God a walking world the worke of a Trinity Let vs make Man Gen. 1. 26. A man thy brother the begotten sonne of thy naturall father Adam thy brother the politique sonne of thy Ciuill Father the Prince and againe thy brother the adopted son of thy heauenly Father God Vespasian had a combat betweene his Office and Nature Iustis supplicijs illachrymauit ingemuit as Suetonius He was an Emperour therefore must needs iudge and condemne he was a man too and therefore by as great a necessitie hee must sigh and pitie Learned Athens was not void of a morall pietie and euen that is alwaies attended with mercy Their chiefe seate in their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 their iudgement-hall was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iouis liberatoris Their chiefest God was their pardoning God the crowne of soueraignty is mercy Holy Scripture honours it as much nay more making it a title of the true God yea and that a great title for His mercies are aboue all his workes Himselfe will bee stiled Pater misericordiarum the Father of mercies 2. Cor. 1. 3. And to induce vs Patrizare to bee like our Father in an easie clemency he leaues vs mercy as an inheritance and reward of our mercy Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercy Matth. 5. 7. Yet as man indeed beares the Image of his Creator and ought therefore to bee seriously tried before condemned so also a notorious malefactor beares the marke of Satan hee hath defaced the Image of God in himselfe and ought therefore to bee punished Vice corrupts his Nobilitie sinne depriues him of pitie Thine eye shall not spare him Deut. 19. 13. For he which iustifieth the wicked and he which condemneth the iust euen they both are an abomination to the Lord Prou. 17. 15. To conclude Blessed is that soule which can be the seate of God Which is that saith Saint Bernard Himselfanswers The soule of the iust for Iustice and Iudgement are the establishment of his Throne Psalm 89. 14. Doe iustice therefore in these three things Redde superiori Redde inferiori Redde aequali cuique quod debes dignè celebras aduentum Christi parans in Iustitiâ sedem suam Giue to thy superiour giue to thy inferiour giue to thy equall to euery of them what is their due so shalt thou religiously welcome the graces of God into thy heart and thy selfe in iustice bee established the holy Temple of God Where if thou prepare him a residence in this life hee will prouide an eternall mansion for thee in his new Ierusalem of the World to come whither hee of his infinite mercy bring vs. Amen Deo Trino Vni Gloria FINIS Errata In the Latine Epistle the second page line 4. for sololes r. soboles p. 3. l. 9. r. well l. 12. r. lo● p. 5. in the marg r. Gillibertus in Cantic Serm. 30. p. 10. l. 7. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ier. 17. 4. Iob. 19. 7. De simili quaestione vide Beza in S. Mat. 7. 22. Gilbertus in Cantica Ier. 30. Philo Iudaeus de Fabric Mundi S. August de lib. arb c. 6. Aquin. 12. q. 92. Art 2. Plutarc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ● Plato de legibus lib. 12. S. Amb. in epist ad Rom. c. 5. Rud. Com. Graec. fol. 1033. Postellus de Magistrat Athen cap. 5. Xenophon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Postellus de Mag. Athen. c. 6. Plato de leg-Dial 111. Varro de ling. Latin lib. 5. Christoph interp Philon. Iudaei de offic Iudicis Iosep de Antiq. Iud. lib. 4. c. 8. Varr de ling. Lat. lib. 4. Non. Marcel de prop. Serm. Plut. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ambr. de offic lib. 1. cap. 28. Bern. Serm. paru Ser. 11. Xenophon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aquin. 22. q. 60. ar● 2. 1. Tim. 5. 1. Diligence Ambr. de of fic lib. 1. cap. 28. Ioseph Antiq. Iud. lib. 4. cap. 18 Philo Iud. de offic Iudicis Set. Munster Cosmog de Vngari● Budaus com Grac. fol. 1349. Aristot Eth. 5. c. 15. Esth 1. 19. Erissonius de Regibus Pers lib. 1. Tertul. Apol. aduers Gent. cap. 4. Hugo Card. in Eccles 7. 18. Knowledge Hugo Card. in S. Job c. 7. v. 51. To the Iudge Iustice Hutton Psal 82. 6 7. H●m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Xenop 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wisd 16. 15. Suet. in Vespas Postellus de Mag. Athen. cap. 25. Bern. de Aduen Dom. Serm. 3.