36q. Of:Magisizates,andofflMagis`fracie. fromdoingof wrongto anie, as lof phrca:ónethwithhis brethren;Ifeare God, therefore I will not doe youwrong: ascontrariwife, wherefoeuerit is not truelie planted no fume fo great, norno ssickedncilcfogricuous whichusenfor their pleafurefake will not eat. be brought tocommit: as AbrahamGene fis zo. anfivereth Abimelech. Therefore mutt Magiftraces euermore (etthe feare of God before theirface, as lob in theoneand thirtie Chapterlothwitneffe that he hiinfeifedid,tliattherelly theymayboth make a contcience indoing iultice,and aft, bekept from wrong. S. 5 Fifthe , it is needfull that they be true dealing men : this truedealing bath firth re- The SY1agi- fpea to theMagiftrates thernfelues,thatwhatfoeuer they fpeake, theybe carefull to doe, _florae mutt bee and what they promife,they becarefullto perfourme, and thatthey euermore1peake as toed that triors f they thinks. This mpleand vpright dealingdoth purchafecredit veto any, muchmore moth, p.a1ks vntoa Magiftrate. Secondlie,ithath'refpetttothe cafe that theyhauetodcalein, that vprig {,tlie, theytake painesto fearch out thetruth therof, andglue righteous lodgement as the cafe requtreth. For asthe Lord iudgeth according toright , foought they alfo, feeingthey are InsMinifters. Therefore they muffnotfurther theeuill cattle of a goodman, thougho- The magiflmte rherwifebee begood; neyther muffthey hinder the good caufe or anyman , though o- myno t tell'"' therwife beebe euill: they ought notto be careleliéofa itraunger, becaufe lice is a'i ran- p f ger, neyther Inuit they goe bilgeabout the euill caufeof the friend orneighbour, be. caufelice is theyrneiglibour ortlieir friend . To conclude, theymult neyther behold the perfon of therich norof thepowreto peruertiudgmentfor their caufe, butgive true iudg- mentwithout refpeEi of perfon. c. 6 Sixtlie,theymuff behaters of h ell le gaine. Couetoufncffeis the mother of oppref- Themagifi.ate lion andextortion, which doe differ in this, that oppreffion bath the colour of right mutt hatehdtby and law; and extortion is whenman gettethby hooke or bycrooke,and cared) not him, gai:re. fobeemay haue it: but thefe two arenot noche here forbidden, but cuco the loue of ri. The difference ches and rewardes, whichare of suchnature, that they will blinde theeyes of the pro betroersíe op- and ffo a the Bares of the ri hteous.-Yet is it notaltogethervnlatifull to ote, prefonandex- > PP g g carrion., giftes and rewardes, forSalomon faith, that a gift in the bofome pacifieth much ftrife, Gifesr and if it bewifelie belt owed,it profpereth whitherioeuerit corneth: againeMerdeceyand Heferr Fruit is mentioned with this commendation , thatthey fent giftes Currie man to. his neighbour: but when they are giuen with corrupted purpores, 'orreceiued to pertiert right,then are they of all men to be abhorred, but 1peciallie ofmagiltrates. 7 -Thefeaventhanailáftproppertieof a good Magilirate is that bee bee well knowne 7' to ailment and thisbaths reipehteo all thole that went bebefore; liemutt beknownethen The mágidtrate.to bee endued with wilèdo.ne and ex erience to be of a valiantandcoura sous heart to mutt beeaman P > g t met knomae,& hauethe feare of Godbefore his eyes, to be vpright inhisdealing, and a hater of hlthie wet reported' , guille. Só Paoli wouldháue theMiniftersto haue a good report euenof thofe thatare of without. And furelíe it is greatreafon thatthey fhould be well knowne, or elfe they thall l'arditehaveanie credit with vs.For titeweakeneffe and corruption of our nature is fuck; thatwhen lice who is not well knownevntovs (hall 1peakeas founda truth, and deliuer itperaduenturemere plainely;yet doch nothis word beare fomuchcredit with vsas ano- therevhomeweeknow, and haue fottte experienceof. For our natures doe for theMolt partfufpeét ftraungers, and weeare loath to commit ourfeluesandour matters to them wee know not-. Whereforeto theend that Magiitrates . may beare credit atnongvs,itis verie rneete that they thouid bewell knowneand their giftsalto. 8 This dobtrine muffteachvs firft to confider calling the Lordehath in inertie placed vsin, and whether wee have giftes anfwerable to our callinges, that wee may nerd thefir- tnhoetr, ebay dincreaethatpwhichweelhaue ,andaetiernorelfiippli thatwhichcswanting. Secondlie,itlerueth to teach vs toglue due honour to thole to whome weefee the true propertiesofMagiftrates to be, and to acknowledge their lawful! calling. Thirdlic,that in all our ele&ions weemikechoife Of lochMagiftrates as are indued with thefeproper- ties. Fourthlie, thatwee maypraye that fuchMagiltrates maybee profitable where they are, and that theLorde would glue themto fuck places as hauethemnot. And lath ofall. that
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