c SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS MAJESTIE . AT hisCourt at THE B A Los, on Saturday the IS. of S £PT£ M a£ ~t, I 6 2 1. John 7. 24. J•tlge nol ~ccottling lo the4ppear#nce,6otjNtfgt righteolltjNdgmtnl. . S in the civill body, fo in the narurall; the head as it is the ' highett, fo the chiefe part : according ro the place i; the digniry: Of thehead, <he highe!t Region is chiefe!t; ftrvingonely for rhe ufe of intelleC\uall powers; whereasrbe lower parr of iris onely imployed for bodily nutrition: Now, as rhereafonablepartofrheSoule isPertex 4»im.e, being conrradi!tinguifhed to rhe fenfitive; So, if ye di- ~1 liinguifh rhe reafonable ioro Judg~or and Delibemioo, ~==:;e;=xmo.=~ NaiMr•le]Htli'"toriNmtlicetHr<jfo 'IJ<'It:X:, faith Ag•inas; Jud!!emenr is the top ofourfuule; and rherefore cals tor the ropofour care; Ifrhe highe!t wheele goerighr, rhe inferiour hardly erre. Heare D rhen rhe golden ruleofthe Aurhor,ofrheJudgeofour judgemenr, J•tlge not •ccording to the appt4Tince,611rjudge righteousjMtlgemtfJI, The negativepart is firli,JudgefJot; chen,Judge;wherethemind is treeand clear,ir is good ro beginwith the poficive doctunenr otrighr,which is rhe rule to it felfand rbewrong;burwhere the hearr is fore- !lalledwithmif-opinion, ablarivedirettions are fir!lneedfull rounreach error, ere we <;an learnrrurh. Judge nottherefureaccording to rheappeaunce : "' ' '"'• i~ (as the Vulgar rightly)focll•d•mfaciem, according ro rhe face,becaufo the face onelyappeares, there([ ishid: Every rhing, nor man onely, bath borha face and an heart; a face which is perviousro every <ye, an heart ro which no eye can pierce bur the wire. Thisface, as ofman,foof rhi,gs,is a hlfe rule ofjudgemenr.i From ocNii,&c. Theforehead,eyes,counronance te'lmmy a lye, Judge nor rheretore according to app<:irance; it is nomeafurinp hy acrooked line: There is nothingmore uncerraine E than appearance 1 fome thinps appeuerbar are nor, and fome things are tharappeare nor; and that ( bdides natura !I occurrences) in morally both good and evill: Some rhings appeare!!Ood thar are nor, and therefore miC:lead theheart both to an unju!t profecunon,•nd ro afalfeapplaure; fome things appeare evil! rhatarenor,and there fore tnif:lead us to an injurious cenfure,and undeferved abomination : Ag rb, from• things ore good that appear< not, and therefOre lofeborh our allowance and purfuir, fom• rhin~s are good thar appeare nor, and therefore infinuare themfelves in our acquaintance and love, ro our coli: Many a Snake lies hid under rhc Strawberry leaves
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