The true Peace-ma5er. digeft,theguts to exporr,the hands to execute,thetongueto talk for the good ofthts ll. naturall Common-wealthofthebody,all goeswell and happily; bm ifany ofthefe parts will he gathering to rhemfclves,& obltruetionsgrowwirhin;and mutinous difrempers arife in rhehumors, ruine is rhr:amed ro rhe whol : Ifcirher rheSuperiors mifcommand orrhe infenorsdtfobey, tttsan affrontro Peoce. I need notrell you rhar good la,_:es are rhe wals ofrheCity,.rhe linews cfrhe Pclirick-body, the rule of our life the hfeofour ftare, w11hour whtCh men WO)! Id rurne brure, yea mon!hous, rhewo;ld were aChaos,yea an hell. It is wifdo!lrlhat ~k~s law<:Syitis Juflice tha keeps them; Oh JetthisJultic frill bJ~us widiaperpetuall P"ce: as tbo~ rhar c!o not rhink rhe world madefor us,bur our fe1ves made for rhe world, let us dnve ar an univerfall good : let there be everrhar fweet correfpondence betwixt Soveraigmy and fubjcCtion, rhartheone may be happy intheorher, both in peace. B Secondly,the diflriburiveJuflice is not le!fefruirfull ofpeace;when rewards ofhonors and gracious refpeets are fuited to rhe well-deferving; when malefaCtors fmart according to their crimes;This Juflice bath flocks for the vagrant,whips furbarlors brands for perry larzons, ropes fur felons, weights for rhe contumaciouOy lilem, flakes for blafphemous hcrericks,gibbetsfor murtherers, the hurdle & the koire and the pole for traitors;and upon all thefe engins of )uflice hangs thegarlandofpeace. It was not for nothing that M•ximilliii the firfl,paffingby thegallows,falutcd it with Jalve J11[titia.Ye never fee J ufrice paintedwithout a fword;when rhat livord glitters •virh ufe,it iswcl wirh rhe publick;woe be to rh eNationwhere ir rufls.Therecan be nomore acceptable facrifice than the blood ofthe flagitious. Immediarly after Gar- "'ts execution, F•ther David at Tpre, in a publick Sermon declared the miracles c !bown thereat; amongfl rhe refl, thar a fpring ofoyle brake forrh fuddenly in the place where that Saintwasmartyred; In flead ofalie, let it bea parable; The blood ofTraytorsfhed by rhefword ofJuflice, is awellofoyle to fatten, and refre!b the Common-wealth. I know wcl how mercy befits the months ofGodsMiniflers: The fofr tongueofa Divine is no meet whetflon for theedge offeverity; but withall, I dare fay, that Juflice is anoble work ofmercy; neither need we wi!b robe more charitable, than rhe God ofmercy that faies, Thine e;e jhall 11o1 fpare the mNrlherer, Numb.3 5·3 I. The te•pltr t• IdolllrJ, Deut.I 3.6. The V<JY Cons ofLtvi were appointed towin an ev.erlafring hleffing,by confecrating their'hands toGod in Ifraeliti!b blood: The unju!l favor,and plauGbility,ofRomi!b DoCtors,towards capitall offendors,hatbmade D their Santl:uaries (even lirneraly) a den of rheeves, an barbor ofvilany. It is memorable of L""i< ofFra>Ue(fli!ed theSaint) that he reverfed a pardon wrought from him toamalefitdor, upon reading rhat verfe in the Pfalm, Beali fHi fociwolj•flililm i~>omoi temp•re;Bief{etlare theJ thatdoejHftice •t•ll timet: No marvel ifoneofthofe foure things which rfabel of Spain waswonr ro fay !be loved to fee,were, ATheef•P· ontheUdtkr; Even through his halter mighs!befee the profpeCtofpeace.Woe be ro rhem that eyrher for gaineorprivat inrerefl ingage themfelves in rhe fuit offavor tomaliciouOy bloody hands; rhar by the damof their bribes tabor to flop thedue courfe ofpunitive Ju!lice; thefe, thefe are rheenemies ofpeace; rhefe {rain the land with that Crimfon die that cannot be wa!btoutbutbymany wofulllaversofre- E venge: Farre, far be it from anyofyou, generousChrifrians, to eodevor eirherto cormpr,or interrupt rhe waies ofJudgment,or for aprivat benefit to cro!fe thepublike Peace: Woebe to thofe partiall Judges, rhar juftifie thewicked, and condemn rhe innocent; the girdleof whofe equity fags down on that tide where rhe pmfe ban!(S: Laflly, woe tothofe unworthy ones that raife themfelvesby fraud,bribes,fymonie, C.1crilege; rhertore are thefeenemies to theStare, becaufe to Peace;and therefore enemies to Peace becaufe violaters ofjuflice,A11d theroorke ofj•fticr i< Peace. Thirdly, that comnmrarive )utticeworksPeace, needs no otherproofe rhanthat all the reall brablesandfuits amongflmen, arife from either rrueor pretended injuflice ofcontraCts. Let me leade you in aTermemorning to the fp•cious Hall ofJufiice: Whatis the caufeofall tharconcourfe? that Hive-likemurmure? that noife at the Bar, but injurious bargains, fraudulent conveyances,falfe titles,difappoinment of trufls,
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