theEpifle te the Galatiara. Chap.6. nable bead, among then for avengeance, that theymight know, that wherewitha manfirrneth, bythefame alfo Zellbe bepc rri/bed. Wald. t r. t 3. And this manner of pumfhing linnets in their kinds, lob acknov.ledgcth to be moll lull, when he faith, if s mineheart base be: nedeceived by a woman , er ifI bane laid write an the done of.7 reighbovr; let my wife grindunto anotherHaan, andlet othermot bardowns uponher. Iob 3 1. t o, t t . Vfe. Firfl, herewe fee the iuftice of God in awarding the Iafl few tence,.nay,, his bountieand frueritac : his bountie, in le- to compestcin ; men aboue their defcrts; his fcucritie , inpunifh- I ingfinncrs :c:Cos ding to their deferts. For as he will denic any thing in lu(hâe that denied to Dines a droppeofwater to coole his tonguc,L*.sk. 6.14,25. fo he will recompense any thing in mercie,that will rrcompenceovine cfcoldwater. Math. i c.42. 5 This integritie in iudgetncnt without partialitic, is fgnificd by the white throne, Reu.2o. i t . and it (ernes as a patterne and ex- ample fora]; Iudges and Magillrats to follow, in laying lodge- merit to the rule, and righteoufnes to the ballance, Efa. 28. t 7. that is, in hearing caufes indifferently, and determining equal - =o ly, examining theni(as it were)by lineand fquare,as the mafon. or carpenter cloth hisworke. TheGrecians placedInaice be- twixt Leo and LiGrat, thereby fignifying that there mull not onely be courage in executing , but a1íò indifferencic indeter- ntining.TheEgyptians expref% the fameby the hieroglyphical! 15 figureofaman withouthands,winkingwith his eyes; whereby is meant our vncorrupt Iudge , who hathnohands to recciue bribes, nor eyes to behold the perfonofthepoore , or refpct the perfonof the rich.And before our tribunalswecommon- ly haue the piEtureofaman, holding a ballance, in onehand, 3o and a fwordin the other, fignifying by the balance lull iudge- ment, by the fword,execution ofiudgement.Foras the balance putteth nodifference betweene gold and lead, but giueth an e quali or vnegttall poile to them both , not gluing a greater waight to the gold for the excellencie ofthe mettail , becanfe it 3 5 is gold,nor a letTc to the lead for the bafcnesof it , becaufe n is lead. So they were with an cuco hand to way the poore mans caufe as well as the rich. But it is moll notably fee one by the thronesfthe houfeof Daaid, mentioned Pfal. X 22. c. which was placed in the gate ofthe citie towards the forms :iron: in the are,fo fignífte that all which came in and out bythe zate ofthe i Nnnn z titleI
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