OfMtsgifrates,andofMagi.iracie. he ¡hall bee reflored to his former fate. It is plaine, that the caufeof thefe correeìi- ons is the negleti of theinaru&ion of God in his word, which if weewould through- lie glue ouer our felues unto, wee might bee fore that no prefumptuous finne fhould preuaile againftvs. But if weeefteense nottheworde of God, or receiueit foasthat wee profite not by it, then let vs not maruaile though the Lordedoe vifste vs, and chat in great mercy to,ifwecan bee broughtfo highly toefteemeoftheword andof prayer,asof nothing more. 3dy CHAP. 46. 01Magiffracie or Gouernment. Fier that Icthre, Exod.s8. a I. had tolde Moles a better courfe in CesferExo.rt the goaerment ofthe people, fleedelcribeth what manner ofmen eu. witbDceip, theyfhould bee : and totheproperties which are there fet downc 1.13 there may beeadded threeinthe firft of Deut.verf.t3. Firft then aial rarer Magiftrates muff bee wife : that is, skilfull in all thefe caufes ,i bemenof which ¡hall come before them, otherwife, if they be not men of vetfdome. knowledge,theybenotfit for thatplace. Teathoughthey bewell minded, andwilling todo good ; yet ifthey issue not theknow- ledge oftholé things whichtheymuff dealein, it is not fufTscient. For as in handicraftsa goodman is not ftraightway a goodartificer : fo, and much more isit in this waightiecalling. a Secondly, it is required thatthey be endued with prudence or experience, for firm vvif= Sapientia and Prudentia do thusdiffer:that the former is thegenerals comprehenbonor donie ¡oldpro- knowledge ofthings: the latter is the experienceofchac knowledge inparticular aóìions. ntdenredíffer. .Experience in other thins doth thewhow this propertie is. For wee fee in t P g F F atagíffratet Phyficke and other artes,many by much reading tohaue obtained fingularknowledgc; mebepro. fothat they thinke with tlsesstielLseS they could doegreat matters, yet whenthey come to deatmea. haue thevfe of theirknowledge inTomeparticular matters, theyare often times behind hand, and theirknowledge for wane ofexperience doth bonne fade them: thereafonhere- of is this, by reading they get the-knowledge of generals rules, which when they are applyed to particular cafes are altered by circumftances, and many exceptions may beemadeagainft them. Sothat inall artes and feiences this is generally holden,that 16 much is thorowly and loundly knowne, as is knowne by experience. It is necetfary therefore thata Magiltrate bee not onely aman ofknowledge, but altothat bee be well experienced in thematters that be incident to his calling. 3 .The third propertie necdlarïe for aMagiftrate is, that he be ofa good heart and s courage. For although bee bee able for his knowledge and experience todeale in anie TheSled- matter, yetif flee haue not courageous heart, to got about them, the others will littlefl"""'," _t be profite him. And if wee confider with whome flee ¡hall deale, and in what matters, amaao a how bee is fssbieet to the rebukes ofthofe that are about him to thehatred ofhis in- goodheartand feriours, and to the euill fpeeches of all, then wee ¡hall eafily fee how needfull it is eourage. Bar him to haue courage, that hee may procecde in his calling, and with nothing bee difcouraged. 4 It is fourthly required, thatthey bee fuck as feare theLord. By thisfeareof God 4 they (hall both examinetheir couragewhether it be good, and allo they ¡hall moderate The magi- and rule it by the lame feare. Foras courage when it once paired) thebounds ofknow- ltratemuñbe ledgeandexperience, cloth oftentimes prone to bebut a headyraills bóldnefiè; fo like- God, ammtfearing wife if it bee not feafoned vvith the feare of God ,_it doth often ende -in opprefiìon, This feare of GOD with whome foeuer it prcuayleth, dooth caule them to abftaine I i z from
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