386 Chaps Si:. Au Expofitign upon tha Boolkof 1.0 B. Vert. 33, threaten or perfwade him to return, thou wilt repent it if thotf doefl. Thus alto the Lord appeared, as a Dryer-man between his peopleof old, and the great onesof the world (Ff4. 105. r 4 j iç{e Jufferedno man to do themwrong, yea, he rebukedKings far their fakes. God is alwayes able to, and oftenduet interpole for, and vindicatehis peoplefrom the opprethons of men, 'Tis cof}ly med- lingz itbtheSaints. Kings mayget a rebuke for it. Tea, Kingsmay fmart, andKingdoms fbake for it !Pere erne, in- What a Dayes-mau is,is foplain and well known by the cufiom rerpretei hune and ufage of moll places, that it needs little explication. We in vofuotde Me- our language tomtit-tiescall him an Vmpire, fometimesan 4rbi diatorefeu'1 ,tratour, fometimes a biediatour, fometimes a Referrer ; and iaì, iitro, quern julti va- y Come Countre s with us, when a quetlion arifes between neigh-. rifron cant foque- boors, concerning which they are unwilling to fpetid money and frera,inteli- time in fatesof Law, they fay, TVe will refer it unto men ; which- guroyquafr)ob kind of fpeaking Teems to allude to the title of Magitirates rimpjudicina. judicom and Judgcs,whom the Scripture calleth gods ; and when a buff- rium pr,aredozu nefs is brought before them, it may be laid to be refcrfd or put werfieulo, me- to God. In oppofition towhich, when it is taken up by the um- ìtarreer vero piridge of friends, it is Paid, To bereferred or put tomen. We in feuarbirruar E liflr tongue, call fuch Dayes -mew, either beeaufe they be- aGVerfx our n , flowedga dares pains upon- the ending of a bufinefs, or beeaufe they were obliged to end it by a fet day , whereas Judges may idea, fermi'''. take more liberty to themfelves.. Yet Come of the Greeks exprefs tppsb.rtrìrquoi all mans judgment by this word , Mans-day , bccrufe certain frtutrogs err dayes wereappointed for judicature.- The Apof lc Paul tiles the filesifequerur, fame phrafe (r Cor..4. 3.) in oppofition to.the Lards-day, the Geid.le..ro great day of judgment, to which he there appeals, from all the 'equefleraf dayes fct forr mans judgment in. this world. The Latins call Poi errantrbw Dayes. man, Sequefires .. and Critiques tell us, that as the Dsyet'- acdt,w `rarer- rtran is ex refred by a word in the Hebrew -whofe.root fr nifies to venit,ljri aped P Y g Orfeor ¿ r' rebuke, becaufe a Dayes-man, hadpower to rebuke and reprove dicitur, spud him that-had done the wrong: So he is called Sequefier in the 9puemgigiwra atin, frovi a- word which frgnitres to :follow, beeaufe of a deponi fodi- d owercommitted to him, that whichway, oevcrheatonic', date fequendo di- pow ' y 1er,,gois and-determine the bufinefs between the parties, they_were bound petswraque 'to follow, and .fubmit to his award; or, becaufc hewas fuppofed Pare fellow. a'man. of fich wildom;faithfulnefs and integrity,thatboth parties ICdor. t, ro might fafely followhim:Hence he wascalled Seguefier,that is,one llryaJ' whom they mull-or might follow, and'abide by. his Centence. To au*
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