+7a Dext.t. Ranh judge- ment altoge ther to beca. uded lodgementoughtto bee Vpon the Tuefdayafter free from all partialitie. andwonderful' : Withoutdortbt y arc accepters of perfons., ThePharifees might replie, Circumcifion is adiuineprecept,but thyworke isnotfo. This ar- gumentis ofno force ; fortheobferuation ofthe Sabboth,was likewife a diuine precept ; but becaufe that of the Cifcumcifion was the more antientof the two, theydid prefer this before that: And therefore Chrifts worke, beinggrea- ter than theCircumcifion, weeare to fuppofe thatit wasdiuine, and by confe- quence tobe preferred before it. Toconclude , it feeming to thePharifees an vnworthie thing, that the authoritie ofacommonman fhouldbeparallel'dwith that of the antient Patriarches, they condemned hinn fora tranfgreffour. Wher- uponour Saviourfayesvnto them,Xelite indicareficnndum faciem. Firft ofall,hehere condemneth in Iudges theaccepting ofperfons, contra- rie to fo many places of Scripture,whichcondemn this inequalitie. Eccleftafli- cma faith, Fortifimuanon habebit in i!!iapatientiam. And thoughGod be fo merci- ful aGod,& offuchgreat fufferance,yet herebyanHyperbole,hewill not haue patience with thofe Iudges, which for hatred,loue, or profit,thail bee mooued topronounce anvniuft fentence ; nor with thofeprinces andpotentates ofthe World,which in matters of Iuftice,fhall carrie anvneuenhand. And hee corn- mandeth thofe Kings that were toraigne ouer hispeople,that they fhould beare the booke of the Lawabout them,and fhould read therein all thedayesof their life, That they may learnt to feare theLordthirGod. For, If the feareof God doth not bridle them , they are head-ftrong and cannot be ruled. Iudges, haue for their bridle, God,and the King; Kings, onely God. Andagainft thofe thatThal loofe their refpeEt towards him,he faith,Hearetherefore ô yeKings,andwider- ftand, learne yethat be Iudgesof the ends of the Earth ; GiueBare ye that rule the multitudes arid glorie inthe multitude ofpeople : For the rule is giuenyou of the Lord,and power by themofthigh,whichwill trieyour workes,&fearch out your imaginations. Becaufethat ye beeingofficers of his Kingdome, haue not iudged aright nor kept the Law,norwalked afterthewill ofGod ; horribly and fuddenly will he appearevnto you ; for anhard iudgement (halltheyhaue that beare rule. Andthe mightie!ball bemightilytormented. Tomanygreat finners, Godgiuesalong life, hauingan eye to the ill that waytes for them ; but bad Gouernours and Iudges, heecuts fhort and permits them nottohue outtheir dayes. And therefore, Bite indicarefecundumfaciem,ita parvumau- dietis,vt magnum. And becaufe,ftickingmany times vponGodsrecommending untothem the caufeof the poore, and thefauour that fliould bee fhowen theni as well in their perfon,as matter of Iuftice ;and confidering on the other fide,their miferie and want, Tonepittifull Iudge, contrary toIuftice,many incline to fauourhis caufe ; ourSauiouraddeth, Reaum iudicium indicate,Let not your eyes,noryour hearts, becarriedaway with the miferieof the poore, nor the profperitieof the rich. And as God hath commanded, Regardnot thePerlin of themightie, So likewife hefaith, Regardnot the Perfon ofthePoore,butjudge rightly. And this fenceis that whichis pretended inthe Text. Secondly,hecondemneth all kindof rafh iudgements,& all doubtful' things where there arenot manifeft proofes,or forceitdicia, or fignesof evil, there to leane to thebetterpart.And foThomas teacheth them.Toiudge folely vponfuf- pition,is meet rafhne(fe,whichcommonly arifethfrom thefe three grounds. The one, That the Iudge is vicioushimfelfe; Stultna, omnesflaltos afiimat,fo faythEcelefiafficus : Thetheife thinkerall to belike himfelfe, &c. The other,proceedsfrom paffioti,whichcommonly iudgeth ill vpon light oc- cafrons,
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