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Ientaculum Iudicum : OR , A BREAKE-FAST FOR THE BENCH : PREPARED , PRESENTED , and PREACHED in two Sacred Seruices , or Sermons , the Morning Sacrifice before the two Assises : at Thetford , at Norwich : 1619.

Containing monitory Meditations , to execute Iustice and Law-Businesse with a good Conscience .

BY SAMVEL GAREY , Preacher of GODS Word at Win-farthing in Norff.

EZECH. 3.1 .

Sonne of man , eate that thou findest , eate this rowle .

IOHN 10.10 .

And I tooke the little Booke out of the Angels hand , and eate it vp , and it was in my mouth sweete as honey , but bitter in my belly .

LONDON , Printed by B. A. for Matthew Law , and are to be sold by Edmond Casson at Norwich in the Market-Place , at the Signe of the Bible , 1623.

TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL SIR THOMAS HOLLAND , KNIGHT , and his very worthy Lady , all happinesse Externall , Internall , Eternall . ( RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL )

THe law of Nature , which condemneth ingratitude , yea , the common Rules of humanitie , which oblige the gratefull to good Benefactors , enforce mee to this Dedication .

I haue reaped with a plentifull hand the goulden haruest of your fauors , in requitall whereof , I tender vnto you the small gleanings of my poore labours : for although I am easily ouercome of others , in parts of nature , learning , and grace ; yet , in gratefulnesse to my good friends , I say with resolute Luther , Cedo nulli : I euer abhorred from my heart that fault , wherewith the a a Rom. 1.21 . Apostle taxeth mankinde , they were not Thankfull . Seneca . Many men like Zeno's mony-minstrell , sing for siluer , or pipe for pence , to whom the Wiseman said , Si dedero , & te , & pecuniam perdo ; When their turn is serued , they returne no thankes : I hope I shall neuer merit an exclusion out of the Kalendar , or Catalogue of your thankfull debtors : Saying with Seneca , b b Epist. 8 3. Nunquam tibi gratiam referre p●tero , illud certè non desinam vbique confiteri , me ferre non posse ; God accepts votall satisfaction , where is no power of actuall restitution : I know you desire to imitate your Maker ; and with him , Solutio debiti est grata confessio Beneficij . But to pretermit all publike and priuate debts of dutie , whereby I stand engaged to your Seruice , these two Twinnes , or sister-Sermons desire to call you Patron ; who as they were conceiued , and brought to light by the life of your loue , so they run to you to be their Protector : And to none more willingly doe I commend , and communicate my preaching paines , then to your Worthinesse ( so cordially affected to the Gospell ) , who of all the Tribe of Gentrie in these parts ( whereof be many sincerely religious ) , yet among the most eminent , ( if Enuie be not iudge ) you merit the Palme : c c Pro. 31.29 Many haue done vertuously , but you surmount them all : And as the flower of Religion ( Pietie ) is fixed in your heart ; so the fruits of it , flow from your hand , ( Charitie , & Hospitalitie ) : farre vnlike many wandring Planets in some places , who at Michaelmasse make the Countrie their Circumference , to gather in their Rents ; but at Christmasse , when they should expend their store to feede the poore , make the Citie , or their Cosens houses their Center ; as great non-residents from the Basket , as some of our coat be from their Benefices : but you with charitable d d Iob. 31.17 . Iob may say , I haue not eaten my morsels alone , the fatherlesse haue eaten thereof : Couetousnesse neuer stood for Porter at your Gate .

But I will not blow a trumpet of your vertues , and almes-deedes ; they e e Reu. 14.13 . shall follow you to Heauen , when your body falleth to Earth : and herein you are worthy to be praised , that though you deserue , yet you desire no praise : f f Seneca . Magnum est , nolle laudari , & esse laudabilem ; You haue the loue of the Clergy , Gentry , Country ; the fire of this Triple Loue flames in many hearts , g g Cant. 8.7 . Much water cannot quench this loue , neither can the flouds drowne it ; Vereor , ne violem frontem tuam , Sedem verecundiae .

Worthy Sir ! Accept in good part this poore oblation of my deepe Affection , then which fauour , when I weigh my worth , I can wish no more ; when I remember you , I do hope no lesse . I preached these cursory meditations at your appointment , in the time of your great Imploiments ( being the very worthy high Sherife of Norfolke ) and then they found good acceptance ; and the Lord chief Iustice , the Oracle of the Assises , graced them with approbation , requiring a copy of them for priuate deuotion , which here I publish ( perswaded by many ) to posteritie : So crauing a fauourable construction , and acceptation of this plaine , and perfunctory labour , with my hearty prayers to God , to make your pathes euery way prosperous , To blesse your Worship , your religious Lady , and hopefull progenie with health , and happinesse on earth , and with a glorified life in Heauen , I euer rest

Your good worships to command , SAMVEL GAREY .
To the gentle READER .

ANtiquity placed Mercury in their Temples among the Graces , meaning , that as Mercury ( the supposed God of Eloquence ) and the three graces , the Ladies of Curtesie , were placed together ; so Speech is desirous of friendly Eares , and Writers wish Curteous Readers .

When men reade with a minde to carpe , then their throats are so narrow that nothing will downe ; this seems too round , or too flat , too blunt , or too sharpe , one way awry . Many who keepe no warmth in their owne Chimney , will finde fault with their Neighbours fire : I say with Martial ,

Carpere vel noli nostra , vel ede tua .

What I preached to the Eare , I here present to the Eye , that one way or other it might get to the heart : wherein I feare the fortune of Seiramnes the Persian , who seeing many men wonder that he spake well , but nothing which he spake , euer practised , answered , That words were in his owne power , but Successe aboue his reach : So the Admonitions here propounded , be good , and wholesome , the Successe I referre to God , who must giue increase .

In publishing of which poore paines , I hunt not after worldly praise , or profit , the two Lackies of most mens labours : praise is but a vulgar breath , or ayre , fit to feed a Cameleon , my stomack can brooke no winde : and profit , many times they finde most , who preach or print least :

Hos ego versiculos feci , tulit alter honores :

The Drones which creepe into the Hine , sucke away most of the honey , when the labouring Bees be starued : All I can say for my selfe is , I desire to doe good ; Whereof if I faile , yet my intent shall content my conscience : saying with the Romane Orator ,

Malim mihi facultatem , quàm voluntatem deesse .

So crauing thy curteous Acceptance of my good will , ingenuously acknowledging , that frequency in the Seruice of Preaching , depriues me of leisurable times to polish any thing for the Presse , or to make ( as once one said ) my labours to smell of the Candle : If ought be amisse , impute it to the weakenesse of men : what herein is good , for thy good , giue glory vnto God , and to the word of his Grace , which is able to build thee further , &c. I rest

Thy Christian Well-willer Sa: Garey .
A BEAKE-FAST FOR THE BENCH . TEXT . PSAL. 2. v. 10.

Be learned ye that are the Iudges of the earth : serue the Lord in feare .

THis Psalme a a Piscator in l●t . is partly propheticall , and partly protrepticall , and paraeneticall .

The Psalmist prophesies of the Kingdome of Christ vnto the tenth verse : and then exhorts & admonisheth all Kings , and Iudges to serue , and honour this high and holy Lord and King , in the three last verses following .

Of the Kingdom of Christ , three things prophesied : 1. Of enemies : Why doe the heathen rage ? vers. 1. 2. Their enterprize : The Kings of the earth band themselues , &c. vers. 2. 3. Their ouerthrow followes . specially described , vers. 9. Similitudine dissipationis vasis figlini : Breake them in peeces like a Potters vessell .

The second part of the Psalme paraeneticall , Admonitorie , or exhortatorie to serue Christ , who is here prophetically presigured . I will be no generall Surueior of this Psalme , vpon a little peece of ground I set this Fabricke .

And this Dauid , a princely Prophet , who from a poore Sheepheard raised by God to sit vpon the Kings Bench , here giues a Spirituall Charge to Kings and Iudges : Dauid , the prolocutor , is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let the hearer be , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 :

A Charge , Quibus ? de quibus ?

1. To Kings , and Iudges . 2. Be wise : be learned .

The duty of both conioined : Serae the Lord in feare .

I haue chosen halfe his charge , worke enough for my discourse , and for your practise .

In this Apostrophe , or Compellation , behold Danids Information , and Exhortation :

Information , Be learned .

Exhortation , Serue the Lord in feare .

Here is both Theoricum , & Practicum .

1. A Qualification , in quo : Be learned . 2. A Caution , circa quod : Serue the Lord in feare .

Three parts , the principall points of all : 1. The persons , Iudges ; there is dignitas : Their dignitie . 2. Their properties , erudimini ; Be learned : there is qualitas , their qualitie . 3. Their practise , Serue the Lord in feare , there is pietas , their pietie .

Thus this Text , like a small Garden-plot , yeelds plenty of rarities : like to b b Matth. 26.7 . Iohn 12.3 . Maries little Box full of sweete ointment , which being opened , the sauor perfumes an whole house : Verba pauca , longum Epiphonema : Few words , yet full of weight : In handling of them , we implore Gods assistance , and your fauourable patience .

1. Of the persons , Iudges : dignitas personae .

Iudges are of Gods owne c c Iudg. 2.16 . raising . Their calling , and office venerable : Nomen honorificum apud omnes ; an honourable name among all : Their Authoritie not to be controuerted , except God be countermanded .

Iudges e e Acts 13.20 . ruled in Israel 450 yeares : and because f f 1 Sam 8.3 . Samuels children were bribing Iudges , therefore the people of Israel cried , and called for a g g 6. King to iudge them like other Nations .

For before that time , h h 1 Sam. 7.15.16 . Samuel Iudged Israel , and went about yeare by yeare , ( as it were in circuite ) to Bethel , Gilgal , and Mizpeth , and iudged Israel in all those places .

Moses the first , who chose Iudges by the counsell of i i Exod. 18.21 . Iethro : which practise after continued long in Ierusalem : they had their Gasith , their Court , in the inward Citie , which the Iewes called Sanhedrim , the Greekes Syned●ion , the counsell of the Elders .

I purpose to passe by the Antiquitie and Authoritie of Iudges , their properties are markes more proper for our discourse : and these properties specially fiue , required in a iust Iudge .

1. Perspicacit as ingenij : deepe vnderstanding . 2. Audacitas An●mi : boldnesse and courage . 3. Honestas conscientiae : honesty of Conscience . 4. Impartialitas Iustitiae : vprightnesse of Iustice . 5. Aequitas sententiae : Equitie of Sentence .

These siue faire properties are better ornaments to adorne Iudges , then Iosephs siue k k Gen. 45.22 . suits of rayment to set out Beniamin .

1. Perspicacitas Ingenij : sharpnesse of apprehension : Ignorantia Iudicis est calamitas innocentis ( saith Auslen ) , the Ignorance of a Iudge is the calamitie of the Innocent : and graue Iudicium est eius , qui non habet iudicium , saith Seneca : Grieuous is his iudgement , who hath no iudgement . They must be wise , and learned , and haue the eyes of vnderstanding in their owne heads , not to be guided by others : or like the * * Plutarch . Lamiae , carry their eyes in a boxe : rather l l Matt. 10.16 . to be wise as Serpents . A Magistrate should not be like Polyphemus , who had but one eye , and that a had one : to be monoculate rather , like Argus , oculatus à fronte , & à tergo : eyes before and behinde : An office , which requires the prayer of the m m Ephes. 1.18 . Apostle , That the eyes of their vnderstanding may be enlightened : So hard a Taske to performe , that the Son n n Ecclus. 7.7 . of Syrach counselleth ; Seeke not to be made a Iudge or a Magistrate , lest thou be not able to take away iniquitie .

I haue read , that Heraclitus being sicke examined his Phisition , concerning the cause of his sicknesse , and for that he was ignorant of the cause , he would none of his Phisicke , saying ; If he be not able to shew me the cause , he is lesse able to take away the cause of my disease : So the Phisition of the politicke Body , If he hath not wisedome , and knowledge , he can neither see , nor take away the causes of the corruption of Common-wealths : but by a man of vnderstanding , a Realme endures long , saith o o Pro. 28.2 . Salomen .

They had need of great knowledge and experience , who are appointed Instruments to preserue Regem . The King . Iagem . The Law . Gregem . The Country .

They had neede to be learned , and able to carry the Iethro of Counsell in their owne Bosomes . There are many sores and sicknesses in a Common-wealth : Fraude is subtle :

— mille necendi

Artes : a thousand waies to deceiue :

And as Ouid of Autolicus , that he was

— furtum ingeniosus ad omne :

Witty in all kinde of wickednesse .

The world is full of wicked wits . Magistrates had neede of Serpentine wisedome , to p p Cant. 2.15 . take the little Foxes of the world : q q Ier. 15.19 . to separate the pretious from the vilde .

The Aegyptians Embleme was , Oeulus cum Sceptre : an Eie with the Scepter . The Heathens in their Hierogliphicks did decipher Iupiter with an Eie , and an Eagle : insinuating such a nature beseemed his Maiesty , not to be deceiued , or deluded by any Obiect : To be Eagle-eyed , and to be Lion-hearted . Magistrates should be for Wisdome , Eyes ; for Instruction , Eares ; for Protection , Hands ; for Supportation , Legges . Like r r Iob 29.15 , 16. Iob , who was Eyes to the blinde , feete to the lame , hands for the poore , to helpe the fatherlesse and friendlesse . The s s Psal. 10 13. poore commit themselues vnto you , for you should be helpers of the fatherlesse .

t t 1 Iohn 5 19. Mundus in maligno positus , the world is set vpon wickednesse : yea ( as u u Mic. 7.2 . Micah ) Euery man hunteth his brother with a net . So that I may say of the subtletie of sinners , as Caesar said of the Scythians , Difficilius inuenire , quàm interficere ; Harder to finde them , then to foile them : like the fish Sepia , they can hide themselues in their owne mudde ; or like the fish Atramentarius , they will so roare in the water , it is hard to catch them : So that the Magistrates , the Kings-fishers , had neede of great experience , industrie , and wisedome to catch them with the hookes of Iustice , who are so crafty , and slipperie to auoide and escape them . Be learned therefore O yee Iudges of the Earth , and pray to God with * * 1 King . 3.9 . Salomon , Giue vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart , to iudge this people , to discerne twixt good and badde .

None might come into the number of the Rabbins among the Iewes ( as Picus Mirandula writes ) vntill they could speake seauen Languages : so none are fit for Magistrates , who are not furnished with good literature , and wisedome : And as you are ( as x x Act. 7.22 . Steuen speakes of Moses ) learned in all the wisedome of the Aegyptians ; so seeke to countenance Learning . It is an old and true saying ; Scientia non habet inimicum praeter Ignorantem , Learning hath no enemie but the Ignorant . Tantum sumus , quantum scimus : not liuing , but learning should make a man esteemed . I say of Learning , as our Sauiour of Wisedome , y y Matt. 11.19 . Shee is iustified of her children .

Be not like z z Tob. 2.11 . Tobyes Sparrowes , who built vnder Tobyes roofe , yet were a meanes to put out his eyes : but herein I vse the modesty of the * * Heb. 6.9 . Apostle , Wee haue perswaded our selues better things of you , and such as accompany saluation , though I thus speake . Thus much , or little , of the first propertie Perspicacitas Iugenij , Sharpnesse of wisedome : which I point at , not prosecute : for , Sus Mineruam , I am too shallow to put my foote too deepe in your fountaine .

2. Propertie , Audacitas Animi ; boldnesse and conrage .

So a a Ex. 18.211 Iethro aduiseth Moses , to chuse men of courage , &c. So the Lord creating Iosuah Iudge of Israel , b b Iosh. 1.6 . Confortare , et esto robustus ; be strong and of a good courage . A ioyfull sight , when they on the Bench , like the men c c Nab. 2.3 . Nabum speakes of , The valiant men are in Scarlet : and as the Angell of d d Iudg. 6.12 . Gedeen , The Lord is with thee thou valiant man .

Multi homines , pauci viri : many men , yet few of courage : like e e Neh. 6.11 . Nehemiah , Should such a man as Nehemiah flye ? Courage an essentiall propertie to adorne a Iudge .

A Iudge should not be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , nor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , without heart , or head .

Wee reade in the Fable , when the Hart is made a iudge twixt the Wolfe and Lambe , it must needes go on the Wolfes side : Quis metuit offendere , cum Iudex metuit abscindere ? Who feareth to offend , when the Iudge feareth to punish ?

Foure waies ( saith Anselmus ) humane Iudgement is peruerted .

Timore , by feare . Amore , by loue . Odio , by hate . Lucro . by luker .

But they who be in authoritie , should be free from these corruptions , the foure mortall feauers of this courting Age . Men of courage , yet farre from choller , like the Puisition Hippocrates , of whom it is written ; That he was neuer seene to be in choller with any man : who had many Schollers , yet permitted none to praclise till they had taken an oath before the Altar of Apolto , land brcuiate diseases to their vttermost power .

A good president for Phisitions , and a good patterne for Lawyers to abbreniate Sutes to their vttermost power . A long Sute in a Court , like a long sore vnder a Surgeon , it may increase coyne , it decreaseth credit .

In the Iewish Common-wealth , Iudgement Seats f f Ruth . 4.2 . placed in the gates of the Cities , intimating quicke dispatch : Quod sacis , fac cuò . Sutes should not grow aged , and gray-headed in Courts : experience speaks it ; Non terminata negotia , donec enacuata Marsupia : The matter in hand , so long as money in hand . An hungry Age for money : Auri sacra fames ; an industrious Age in the chase of treasure : many ready to cracke their Lungs to plead for Fees : I confesse a Lawyers life is painfull , riding from terme to terme , from Court to Court , a worke to make a man sweat , and therefore no maruaile , though the Clyent bring a golden bottle to quench the thirst . It is sitting , the Law should be costly , else it would be too common : Malice often giues vp the ghost for lacke of * * Curia panperibus clausa est . gold : the world too full of wrangling Clients , and the Lawyer with an Ablatiue case , gets away the money , and throwes them the bagge ; and many a contentious Clyent may say to his Aduocate , as Balaams Asse to his Master , g g Numb 20.30 . Am not I thine Asse , which thou hast ridden vpon , since thy first time till this present day . They are ridden with golden spurres : and as Aquinas , in ciuill censures speakes ; Damnum pecuniae propter bonum animae ; Punishment of the purse may be phisick for the soule : yet a Phisitian , who puts his patient out of paine by a quicke recouery , is worthy of a double reward : sestina lentè , make slow speede is no good practise in Phisicke , or Law .

But I passe these inferior members of the Law , they lie not within the way , or walke of my text , I dare scarce salute them , and except they make better speede , I dare not say , h h 2 Ioh. v. 11. God speede . You who be the Rabbins of the Law , should be men of courage ; animosi , luminosi ; full of braines , and heart ; to feare , or flatter none : Iudex cordatus quasi lat is quadratus ; A stoute Iudge , like a foure-cornerd stone ; no winde or weather stirre it , like i i Psal. 125.1 . Mount Sion , which cannot be remoued : Qui habet se , habet totum in se , He who is Master of his owne minde , is a sit man for this worke .

They who sit in Moses chaire , should be men of courage , and good Conscience , and alwaies thinke vpon the sentence , which the young man put vnder the pillow of King Darins , k k 1 Esd. 3.12 . Truth ouercommeth all things : and to end this with Syrachs l l Ecclus 4.9 . admonition , Deliuer him who suffers wrong , from the hand of the oppressor , and be not faint-hearted when thou iudgest .

3. Propertie : Henestas conscientiae : Honesty of Conscience .

Now there is a threesold Iudgement : Coeli , aboue , in Heauen . Saeculi , below , on Earth , Conscientiae , within , in thy Conscience .

And m m Ecclus. 14.2 . blessed is he , who is not condernned in his owne conscience : Socrates may be your friend , Plato your friend ; but Truth and a good Conscience preferre before all . The Conscience of a Iudge should be as true to God , as Sunne to day ; no way to be corrupted by bribery , or any partialitie ; able to say with n n 2 Cor. 1.12 . Paul : Our glory is the testimonie of our Conscience : and truly to protest with vpright o o 1 Sam. 12.3 . Samuel ; Behold , here I am , beare record of me , whose Oxe haue I taken ? whose Asse haue I taken ? of whose hand haue I receiued any bribes , &c. It is a comfort to the soule , when able to beare a part in Dauids song , O Lord , thou knowest my p p Psal. 7.8 . Innocencie .

There is nothing worse ( saith q q Ecclus 10.9 . Syrach ) then a couetous man : for his Conscience will be corrupted with , Omnia haec dabo , r r Matth 4.9 . all these will I giue thee .

Therefore Dauids petition necessary , s s Ps. 119.36 . Incline my heart O Lord vnto thy testimonies , and not vnto Couetousnesse : The t t 1 Tim. 6.10 . desire of money is the roote of all euill : Such a couetous Iudge u u Acts 24.27 . Felix , who did grope for a bribe . He who sels Iustice for siluer , sels his Soule to damnation .

It is a clause of a Iudges oath ( as I haue heard ) when he is promoted to that office , to repeate this diresull imprecation : If I doe not Iustice , God blot me out of the Booke of Life : a fearefull oath , if not faithfully performed : Had they Robes as rich as Salomon , or dominions as large as Alexander , yet if corrupt , they may quake at their doome , to be blotted out of the booke of life : O verbum ipsa gehenna terribilius ; Chrysost. A word more terrible then hell it selfe : as * * Wis. 6.1 , 3 , 4 Wisedome her selfe , Learne ye that be the Iudges of the earth , the Lord will trie your workes , and search out your Imaginations , and for the mightie abides the sorer Triall . Therefore x x Psal. 57.1 . Dauid examines all , Are your minds set vpon Righteousnesse , O yee congregation ? and doe yee iudge the thing that is right , O yee sonnes of men ? Many make their conscience poore , to make their coffers rich : wee enuie not the grauell which stickes in the throat of the vnconscionable : It is better to be Pauperem pium , quàm prosperum peccatorem , a godly poore man , then an vngodly rich man . A little that the righteous hath , is better then the riches of the vngodly . And saith Dauid , y y Ps. 37.16 . Ill gotten goods neuer prosper : and saith Iob , z z Iob. 15.31 . Fire shall deuoure the houses of Bribes .

I haue read , how the Sophy of Persia , being to send a great summe of money for an oblation to Mahomet in Arabia , would send none of his owne coine , because it was gotten by ill meanes ; but exchanged it with Merchants , whose money ( he thought ) was gotten honestly , and with a good conscience . Doe vnbaptized Idolaters know , that vnconscionable offerings are vnwelcome offerings to their false , and fictitious gods ? and shall not Christians much more acknowledge , that the true God of heauen & earth loatheth the seruice & sacrifice of vnconscionable sinners ? he * * Psal. 6.8 . cries , Depart from me ye workers of iniquitie . Many with a a Tim. 4.10 . Demas stoop for gold , & lose the goale ; and What shalit b b Matt. 16.26 profit a man to win the whole world , & lose his soule ?

Quicquid agas , prudenter agas , et respice finem : Remember the end , & you shal neuer do amisse : wealth is d d Gen. 27.39 . Esaus portion , the fatnesse of the earth shall be thy dwelling place : But God e e Gen. 27.28 . giue thee of the dew of heauen , is Iacobs blessing : Gods children say — Non est mertale quod opto : If God prosper them with wealth , they praise God , and neuer practise to augment their store by a bad conscience : they seeke not to set their nest on high , by f f Hab. 2.11 . making the stone to cry out of the wall , and the beame out of the timber to answer it . The Sonne of man , Iudge of quicke and dead , is said to g g Reu. 1.14 . haue Eyes as a flame of fire : Eyes to behold sinners , as a flame of fire , to punish for sinne : Testes factorum stare arbitrabere Diuos : h h Heb. 4.13 . All things are naked , and open to his eyes : he behold , all deeds of darkenesse : no curtaines can keepe out the light of his eyes : Horace : Noctem peccatis , & fraudibus obijce nubem :

No cloud , nor night can dazell Gods eyes : i i Zeph. 1.12 : He will search Ierusalem with lights , and visit the men frozen in their dregges , and say in their hearts , the Lord will neither doe good , or cuill : O Lord ( saith k k Ier. 5.3 . Ieremy ) are not thine eyes vpon the truth ? It is a poore comfort , laudari ore alieno , et damnari conscientia sua , to haue the crouches , and commendation of the people , and to be condemned in their owne conscience : but a ioy to the soule , if able truly to say with l l Acts 23.1 . Paul , Men and brethren , I haue in all good Conscience serued God vntill this day . And as Austen accused by Secundinus , to haue come from the Manichees for hope of preferment , answered ; I esteeme not what Secundinus faith or thinks of me , so long as my conscience accuseth me not before God . O te miserum ! si contemnas hunc testem : Miserable is the man , who contemneth the testimonie of his conscience . Remember S. m m Iam. 5 9. Iames caueat : Behold , the Iudge stands before the doore : The n n Reu. 20.12 . Iudge before whom all shall stand . And to end this , as the o o Gen. 4.7 . Lord to Caine : If thou doe well , shalt thou not be rewarded ? But if thou doe ill , sinne lies at the doore ; the doore of thy conscience .

4. Propertie : Impartialitas Iustitiae ; impartialitie of Iustice .

Iustice is the quintessence of the Law , the essentiall propertie of a Iudge : Tandiu Iudex , quamdiu iustus : So long a Iudge , so long as Iust : Nomen ab aequitate sumitur , per iniquitatem amittitur , saith Cassiodorus ; A name giuen from equitie , and lost by iniquitie . The eyes of Iustice ( saith Crisippus ) are pure eyes , and she hath open eares to heare Truth , without a golden eare-picke : The Heathens did dedicate Iustice to the Sun , which goeth immoueable in his circuite , seeing all , and seene of all : and The iust ( saith our p p Matth. 13.43 . Sauiour ) shall shine as the Sunne in the kingdome of their Father . Iustice was borne on sound not halting legges : and earthly Iudges should imitate the Iudge of all , q q Psal. 119 : 137. Iustus es Domine , et recta iudtcia tua : Righteous art thou , O Lord , and iust are thy iudgements : yea , thinke vpon Ieromes meditation ; Surgite mortui , venite ad Iudicium , Arise ye dead , and come vnto Iudgement . To remember r r Psal. 58.12 . Dauids saying , Doubtlesse there is a God , that iudgeth the Earth : a Iudge aboue , to iudge Iudges , and all below : Quid faciet Agnus , vbi aries tremit , Oregor : The s s Reu. 6.15.16 . Kings of the earth , great men , mighty men , rich men , are afraid of the Iudge that sits vpon the Throne . All the Gods ( as Homer faines ) could not warde a blow of Iupiters hand : If God be angrie with you , I may say to you , as God to t t Gen. 20.3 . Abimelech , Thou art but a dead man . Kisse the Sonne , lest hee be angry , &c. as it followes in this Psalme : Iniustice is a sinne , as red as scarlet ; like Seianus horse , to breake his Masters necke : Factores legis nonessent fractores ; Magistrates for Iustice , should not be ministers of iniustice .

Two Vipers seeke to u u Acts 28.3 . leape vpon the hand of Iustice . Bribery : Partialitie .

Let Benchers say to Bribers with Peter , Thy * * Acts 8.20 . money perish with thee . Or as said x x 2 King . 5.26 . Eliza to Gehasi , Is this a time to take money ? Indeed y y Prou. 19.4 . Salomon saith , Wealth makes many friends . And the Greekes haue a Prouerb , Fight with siluer launces , and you cannot faile of victory . The French vse a by-word , Siluer doth all . It was the z z Mich. 3.11 . Lords complaint , Ye heads , Iudge for rewards : The * * Esay 5.7 . Lord looked for iudgement , and behold oppression , &c. a a Esay 10.1 : Woe vnto them , who decree wicked decrees , to keepe back the poore from Iudgement .

The Tole-money the Emperour Vespasian raised from his Subiects vrine , gaue occasion to this speech , Bonus odor lucri exre qualibet : The smell of gaine is good from any thing : this corrupt gaine breedes the Apoplexies , and Lethargies of the Bench.

Truth should not be buried in a bagge . To such as sell , or smother Truth , I say with b b Iob 14.17 . Iob , Their iniquitie is sealed vp as in a bagge . Buy truth ( saith c c Prou. 23.23 . Salomon ) but sell it not : Estote amatores , non mercatores Iustitiae : Be Magistrates not Merchants of Iustice .

2. Partialitie .

Iudges are the kingdomes Rods , to scourge the great offendors , as well as the small : not like d d 1 Sam. 15. ● . Saul , to spare Agag , and the fat cattle : Exuit personam Iudicis , qui amici induit He puts off the person of a Iudge , who puts on the person of a friend . A Iudge should not fauour great men , or frowne on poore men : Dat veniam coruis , vexat censura columbas : As Iuuenal said of his time :

I haue read in a booke called Paenitentiarius Asin● , this Fable : That the Wolfe , Fox and Asse came together to shrift to do penance ; the Wolfe confessed , & the Fox dismissed : the Fox did likewise , and was absolued : But the Asse confessed , and his fault was this ; that being hungry , he tooke one straw out of the sheaf of a poore Pilgrime trauelling to Rome : for it he was seuerely punished , the Wolfe & Fox deuoures him , and make a great matter of it : they comment vpon it thus : Immensum Scelus est iniuria , quam peregrino Fecisti , stramen surripiendo sibi . A great offence it was , to picke a straw From Pilgrims sheafe : we execute the Law .

By the Wolfe there , is meant the Pope , by the Foxe his Priests , by the Asse the simple Laitie , who shal pay well for their penance : So where Pilate is Iudge , e e Mark . 15.15 . Barrabas shall be loosed and Christ condemned : This partialitie in Iustices made Solon and Anacharsis compare Lawes , Aranearum telis , to the cob-webs , which catch small flies , when great ones escape : but want of equall Iustice bringeth woes to Common wealths . Demosthenes being asked what preserued Athens so long , and made their Princes so famous , answered , the Citizens delight in peace , the Orators are learned , the Common people fearefull to transgresse Lawes , and the Magistrates delight in doing Iustice . We read that Cambyses flaied vniust Sysamnes for his briberie and partialitie , and of his skin made a cushion for all succeeding Iudges to lean and look on : Let this be the resolution of a Magistrate , Fiat Iustitia , aut ruet coelum : Let Iustice preuaile in the sight of men and Angels .

Take away Iustice , and the world is not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , but Chaos , not a place of comelinesse , but of confusion . Yet as there is a punishing Iustice , so there is a sparing Mercie : and as our dread f f Star-Chamber Speach . Soueraigne saith , no Iustice can be without Mercy : Nimia Iustitia incurrit peccatum : Aug. Extremitie of Iustice iniury : Draco's lawes all bloudy , and therefore barbarous . It is reported of Bias , an old Iudge of Greece , that he neuer condemned any but with teares : Verè amat , qui miserum amat ; He loues a man truly , who loues a man in calamitie : It was Claudians counsell to Honorius ; miseris misereri , to pitie the distressed : and Mercy did eternize Caesar ; of whom the Poet : Est piger ad paenas princeps ad praemia velox , Quique dolet , quoties cogitur esse ferox : A Prince to punish slow , and swift to giue , And when he must be cruell , did much grieue . Mitigat Iudicem pudor , et paenitentia reorum : Ambr. Let the sorrowes of sinners , where is hope of amendment , mitigate the rigour of Iustice . Seueritas quasi saeua veritas : Seueritie hath too sharpe an edge , and is too quicke a Surgeon : Deus praecipit charitatem , diabolus crudelitatem ; God commands Charitie , the diuell commends crueltie : Austens counsell excellent , Sic vi gilet tolerantia , vt non dormiat disciplina ; Let Mercy so wake , that Iustice may not sleepe . In one word , Diligite homines , interficite errores ; Loue the men , but punish their misdemeanours : so shall you rightly imitate the Iudge of all , who hath g g Ier. 9.24.1 Mercy for the penitent , h h Esay 41.2 . Iustice for the obstinate and disobedient .

5 : Propertie : Aequitas Sententiae ; Equitie of Sentence .

The i i Iohn 7.51 . Law iudges no man before it heare him , and know what he hath done , said Nichodemus . Iudicis non est , sine accusatore damnare : Ambr. It is not the part of a Iudge to condemne without an accuser : as Christ said to that Adulteresse ; k k Iohn 8.10 . Woman , where are thy accusers ? Equall Sentence must haue sufficient Testimonie , and be agreeable to the merits of the cause and crime . It is the Lords Commandement , l l Leuit. 19.15 . Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement .

The Thebans painted the pictures of Iudges blind , not to see friends , or malice foes : and without hands , not to feele bribes . Indeed the m m Amos 6.12 . Lord complaines , They oppresse the poore in the gate from their right . I haue read , that Archbishop Baldwin boasted , that he neuer did eate flesh at any time , to whom a poore widdow replied , yes ( saith she ) you haue eate vp my flesh ; being demanded how , she answers , by taking away her Cow contrary to all equitie and Iustice . n n Psal. 53.4 . Doe not the workers of iniquitie know , that they eate vp my people like bread : Therfore the Lord often proclaims by his Prophets this Commandement to great men , & Iudges , o o Esay 1.17 . Seeke Iudgement , relieue the oppressed , confort the fatherlesse , & defend the widowes . Their Motto may be that which was Hadrians symbol , Non mihi , sed populo : Not borne for themselues , but others . To end this with the Lords Counsell to the king Zedechiah p p Ier. 22.3 . Execute Iudgement , and righteousnesse , deburr the oppressed from the hand of the oppressour , vex not the stranger , the fatherlesse nor widow , doe no violeuce , nor shed innocent bloud .

Thus I haue a little touched the office and dutie of the Iudges of the earth , their peculiar properties ; wherein I may be said to me , as q q 1 King . 10.7 . Sheba to Salomon : Lo , the one halfe thou hast not told vs . I confesse I haue no skill in the politickes , I only doe remember the Ethicks , to shew what is good , and what the Lord doth require of you ; Surely to doe iustly , to loue mercy , to humble your selues , to walke with God : as the Lord by r r Mich. 6.8 . Micah .

And now as s s Sam. 2.23 . Ioabs men , who did follow the chase vpon Abners hoast , when they came to the place , where Asail lay dead , there made a stand in wonder and pitie ; thinking how so braue a man came to so bloudy a death : So here I will make a little pause , and stand and ouer-looke a while these fore-named properties of faithfull Iudges , and worthy Magistrates . To be wise , learned , men of good courage , of good conscience , vnpartiall in Iustice , and vpright in Sentence : These ornaments ennoble Iudges , more then their Robes , wherewith a lorned ; or their troupes , wherewith attended : And these properties ( Right Honourable ) are your ornaments , who may say of them , as Cornelia did ( to a certaine woman of Campania , boasting of her brauery ) of her sons the Gracchi ; Et haec sunt ornamenta mea , these Sonnes are my ornaments : So you are wise , learned , of courage , of good conscience , vpright , and equall in Iustice . These things afford our Countrie comfort , that now you come with Alexanders sword to cut a sunder the knot of sin , and sinners , which swarme in euery place : It were enuious , yea infinite to arraigne the seuerall sinnes of this Age : Let me name but three wormes , which gnaw the belly and bowels of the Common-wealth : The Slow-worme , the Glow-worme , and the Wild-worme : wormes worthy to be crushed with the sword of Iustice .

The Slow-worme , Drunkennesse , Idlenesse ; swift to the Alchouse , but slow from it : they runne to it , but reele from it : Multa pocula , multi morbi ; Many cups breed many corruptions . These drunken drones dote on the two t t Pro. 30.15 . daughters of the horse-leach , which sucke out all their thrift ; the Flemish hop , the Indian weede . These Alehouses , which nourish them , begin like Hydras heads to multiply ; and there these Malt-wormes make their nest , saying of the Taphouse , as Peter of u u Matt. 17.4 . Tabor , Bonum est esse hic : It is good for vs to be here : Vbi nec deus , nec daemon ; Where they thinke both God and the deuill are a sleepe . Thus they wast their daies , their health , their wealth , abuse the creatures , profane Gods name : Loue the Tauerne better then the Tabernacle . It were to be wished , these common Drunkards might stand forth at the barre , and be punished as the Samians did their captiues , brand them with the figure of an Oule , ashamed of the light who liue out their daies in louing the workes of darknesse .

The Glow-worme , Cozenage , Cheating ; the shops of Cities full of these Glow-wormes : and yet there is another Glow-worme ; Popery is a Glow-worme , and can cozen the Law , and come with their Statute-legs once a moneth to the Church ; Lunae vituli , Moone-Calues , whose religion is mutable like the Moone ; caried like the * * Acts 3.2 . Creeple to the Temple , vpon the crutches of Law or custome : or come a little before the Assises , more for feare of Law , then loue to God . Let such remember Austens counsell ; Quando timore , non amore fit bonum , nondum benè fit bonum : Where for feare and not for loue , they doe good , their good is not well done : Of these kinde of Popish Glow-wormes , I may say , as Lactantius of the Pagan gods , Nascuntur quotidie , a daily breed of them : These non serendi , veriùs feriendi ; not sufferable , lukewarme parasites to God and man ; and since the Gospell cannot make them blush , the Law should make them bleede : Haeretici corrigendi , ne pereant ; reprimendi , ne perimant : Punish them lest they perish , and correct them lest they corrupt others .

Moses and Aaron , the Magistrates and Ministers of God , like the x x Ger. 3.24 . Cherubins , set to keepe the way to the forbidden Tree : they should waue the blade of the shaken sword , the one the sword of Iustice to correct the carcase ; the other the sword of the Spirit to conuert the conscience . It was the royall speech of our gratious y y Star . Chamber Speach . Soueraigne , saying , My heart is grieued , when I heare Recusants increase : Ecce gladius Domini , et Gedeonis nostri : Behold the sword of the Lord , and of our z z Iudg. 7.14 . Gedeon , and these able to make them decrease : and herein

Primaque suscipite pro Ioue bella , patres :

First , and before all draw forth your sword in defence of Gods Word , let this be your primum Agite , as it should be euery mans primum quaerite .

A godly Magistrate is custos vtriusque Tabulae , an happy instrument for the glory of God , and good of men ; to punish all contemners of Gods worship , and Anti-Sabbatarians , who haue no care to serue the Lord in feare ; and to vse the words of the Psalmist , * * Psal 45.3 , 4. Gird thy Sword vpon thy thigh , O most mightie , ride on , because of the word of truth , of meekenesse , of righteousnesse , and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things .

I would not be thought too bitter , I speake in generall , I accuse none in particular : with a a Acts 28.19 . Paul , I accuse not my Nation : Yet hony was no b b Leuit. 2.11 . offering for gods Sacrifice , neither must the sweet waxe of Bees burne within the Tabernacle of the Temple : Wholsome Admonitions like c c Iohn 10.10 . Iohns booke , Sweete in mouth , and bitter in belly : and the Lord commands , d d Esay 58.1 . clama , Cry aloud , and spare not , to tell Iacob their offences , and the people of Israel their sinnes .

The Wilde-worme , Contention , the cares of Magistrates too often verberated with her querulous noises .

Oppression is a Wild-worme , and stings to death , Specially if the worme be great . This Sinne , Oppression , like e e 1 Sam. 15.14 . Sauls fatlings , bleates in the eares of Samuel , and cryes , Quousque f f Reu. 6.10 . Domine ? how long Lord ? Auenge our cause against these Oppressors .

Faction is a Wild-worme , furious , and fierce in profession . Saint Cyprian doth report of Nouatus , a seditious and pernitious Wild-worme , that he would not allow his owne Father bread , being aliue ; or bury him , being dead : because he would not consent vnto him in his hereticall opinions .

Iesuites , Brownists , Anabaptists , Arminians , Separatists , all Wild-wormes .

What should I name any more of these Babylonian brats , I say with the Psalmist , g g Psal. 137.9 . Blessed is he , who takes them , and dasheth them against the stones : The song of the Angels , is the summe of all your labours , and of our desires , h h Luke 2.14 . Glory be to God on high , peace on earth , and good will among men .

Last part followeth :

Pietas : Serue the Lord in feare . The principall point of all , and dutie of all .

But the publike Assaires of this Time , Qui quid praecipies , este breuis . and your great Imployments command celeritie . I will top this Sheafe , I may not stand to thresh it out .

And to begin with the Chorus which the Psalmist produceth , i i Psal. 148.11 . Kings of the earth , and all people , Princes , and all Iudges of the World , Serue the Lord in feare ; For k k Psal. 110.10 . the feare of the Lord is the beginning of Wisedome : Deo date prima , qui vobis dedit omnia ; Giue God the first of all , who hath giuen you all : l l Rom. 13.7 . Feare to whom , feare belongeth : For blessed is the man , who feareth the Lord . Not so much your bloud , your wealth , your farre-setcht line of pedigree , as your Christianitie , pietie , and seruice of the Lord , makes you great , and noble .

They m m 1 Sam. 2.30 who honour mee , I will honour them , saith God . It is God ( saith Iob n n Iob 12.8 . ) who puts on the Kings girdle , that fasteneth honour about him .

The o o Ecclus 10.10 honourable Seede are they , who serue the Lord .

They who are great in place , and in Authoritie in the Common-wealth , should Serue the Lord in feare , their good examples will moue inferiour members to doe the like : as the Pharisies told the Officers , p p Iohn 7.48 . Num quis ex principibus ? Do any of the Rulers beleeue in Christ ? Great men , like the maior proposition in a syllogisme ; vulgar people like the conclusion , they follow the premisses of great mens presidents : their neglect in the seruice of God is exemplarie , and like plague-sores infects the standers by , and lookers on : According to their good or bad example , — Totus componitur orbis . Popularitie much moued by the planetorie motions of the highest Spheres . A great man whose life and light is good , et carbo , et lampas est ; sibi ardet , et alijs lucet : Like as a coale , and lampe , warmes himselfe , and enlightens all : And on the other side , the wicked are great , and greedy imitators of the follies of Superiours , — Tutum peccare Authoribus illis . Safe sinning with their Superiours : and being reproued , they will reply , nihil feci , nisi quod fecére principes : I did nothing , but that which I saw my betters doe .

I may say of great men , if corrupt , Sedes p●●ma , sed 〈◊〉 . as one of Dice-players , Quantò peritior , tantò nequier , the more learned , the more leaud : the greater , the worser .

Diogenes , when he saw a boy play the part of a Rakell , went and beat the Master , saying , Talia doces , siccinè instruis ? teachest thou such things ? Nothing sooner blind men , then bad examples of great men . Indeed it is a great weaknesse to be directed by corrupt presidents : It was good counsell of one to the Emperour Domitian , who perceiuing most of his predecessors to be hated , was very desirous to learne what he might doe to be beloued : to whom one answered , Tu fac contra ; Doe contrary to them . So should we doe contrary to them , be they high , or low , who doe forget their seruice to God : Better to follow the vertues of poore men , then the vices of great men .

Well , Magistrates make other mens sinnes their owne , and that 4. waies : 1. Connivendo : by Conniuence . 2. Consentiendo : by Consent . 3. Consulendo : by Counsell . 4. Non corrigendo : by not Correcting .

Let not the Leprosie of others cleaue to you , who beare the sword : conuince them , by your exemplarie pietie ; correct them by your legall authoritie .

It is the saying of q q Ecclus. 10.3 . Syrach , as the Iudge of the people is himselfe , so are his Officers ; and what maber of man the Ruler of the Citie is , such are they who dwell therein : Confessor papa , confessor populus : Good orders among inferiors , where good example among Superiors : None too good to serue the Lord in feare , be they as high as Salomon in his Throne , or as poore as Samson in the Mill.

Pharo in his prophane pompe and pride , cries ; r r Exod 5.2 . Quis est dominus ? Who is the Lord , that he should know him , or feare him ? but his fall may teach all : Discite iustitiam moniti , et non ●emnere diuos : Learne by the fall of some , to be more wise , And neuer the eternall God despise . Let none forget their originall this Lord who must be serued in feare , framed all of dust , and shall bring all to dust : s s Iob 1.21 : Naked they came , naked they shall returne ; Authoritie shall faile , when piety shall follow to the Gate of Heauen : Miseranda obliuio originis non meminisse : They neuer rightly knew themselues , what they are , who forget what they haue beene , or shall be . It was t t Gen. 32 . 1● . Iacobs acknowledgement of Gods mercy to him , With my staffe I passed ouer this Iordan , and now I haue gotten two bands . So if blind Ingratitude would suffer many proud eyes to see it , or tongues to speake it ; they had cause night and day to serue the Lord in feare , whom he by his fauour hath highly aduanced , and requires of them the dutifull tribute of humble seruice , and holy obedience . Remember the u u Esay 51.1 . Prophets speech ; Looke vnto the rock whence ye are hewen , and to the hole of the pit , whence ye are digged ; and then with hearty vowes of thankfulnesse glorifie this Lord , and serue him in feare . They whom the bountifull Lord hath laden with earthly riches and honors , let them be like the full eares of corne , hang downe their heads in true humilitie to the earth , from whence they came ; or if their stalke be so stiffe , that it beares aboue the rest of the ridge , let them then looke vp to heauen to render vp holy and humble thankes , or else the Lord will soone bring the * * Luk. 1.52 , 53 mighty from their seat , and send the rich empty away . To whom God hath giuen much , he expecteth much : the greater Tallent must render the greater Tribute . When one bragged to wise Lacon , of the multitude of his great ship , and Sea-furniture ; the Wise man answered , I esteeme not this selicitie , which hanges vpon ropes and cables : So at last your piety and seruice of the Lord , not your plenty , and prosperity , which is transitorie , shall stand you in steede . These make of mans sacrifice smels neuer the sweeter before God , because they are cloathed in silke ; or because like the birds of Paradise , they are adorned with plumes , and fine feathers . God lookes not on the gay and painted outside , in which he beholds man x x 〈…〉 . lighter then vanitie : the inside he regards , he lookes on your obedience , requires your seruice , loues your thankfulnesse , respects your holinesse ; and therefore I say with Saint y y 2 Cor. 7.1 . Paul , Grow vp into all full holinesse in this feare of God . Remember the Generall Assises of all , when z z Reu. 20.12 . Great and small shall stand before God , and receiue their reward according to their workes . They who serue the Lord in feare , shall finde an happy venite , Come ye blessed : they who doe not , shall heare a most dismall discedite , Depart ye cursed : and well , if no more woe ? Faine would the condemned sinners flye away : Heu fuge peccator , teque his ( ait ) eripe slammis : They wish the wings of swiftest birds to flie from the fury of these fierce flames ; all in vaine : they call and cry to the * * Reu. 6.15 . Mountaines and Rockes , cadite super nos montes , & Petrae ; Fall vpon vs ye rockes and mountaines : Gladly would they be pressed to death with the ponderous weight of mountaines , desirous to haue the Rockes for their pillowes , and Mountaines for their couerlets , to hide them from the presence of the Iudge of quicke and dead . Oh desperate voice of deepe miserie , to wish to be hid from Christs presence ; which to Gods elect , is as a refreshing Paradise ; to the Reprobates , is as hot as hell , as terrible as the second death endured with the deuill , and his Angels . I may say with Anselmus , Heu miser peccator , sic deprehensus , quo sugies ? Latere impossibile , apparere intolerabile : Wofull sinner , who can rescue thee ? impossible to escape , intolerable to appeare . The Glorious Iudge will say , Ito lictor , ligato manus ; Goe Satan , Iaylor , to infernall soules , binde them hand and foot , cast them into darknesse , where the a a Esay 66.24 . worme neuer dies , and the fire neuer goes out : The worme of conscience alwaies gnawes the heart , yet neuer gnawes the strings asunder : fire euerlasting ; Semper punire , nunquam finire , No hope of ease , or end : Virg: Vna salus illis , nullam sperare salutem : Their comfort is , to expect no comfort : after many millions of yeares , still remaine millions more : eternitie of torment breakes the heart of all .

Thinke vpon this all ye , who forget God : fire , b b Psal. 11.6 . and brimstone , storme and tempest , this shall bee your portion to drinke . Too many are ready to serue Satan , who yet is ( as Paracelsus tearmes him ) , a base and beggarly spirit , his wages damnation : but few are forward to serue the Lord in feare , who is the best Master , his reward is Saluation :

The cry of the damned , at the iudgement day , will be like the wish of the Roman Valerius , who when Caligula that monster was killed , and it could not be found out , who had done it ; Noble Valerius rose vp , and said , Vtinam ego , would to God I had killed that monster : so all will say at last , if not too late , Vtinam ego , Would to God , when time did serue , I had serued the Lord in feare ; would to God , I had killed those monstrous sinnes , wherewith on earth , I was enamored ; and now like Pharos c c Ex. 14.23 , 25. Chariot , they haue drawne their master into the bottomlesse Sea of destruction . Sinne , and Satan are like Actaeons hounds , they deuoure their masters who feede and follow them .

Fooles make a mocke of sinne , saith d d Prou. 14.9 . Salomon : Cum illis ludunt , quae laedunt : They dally with their owne vexation , like Waspes about a Gally-pot , for one lick of honey drowned for euer . Let vs take pitty vpon our owne Soules , and not lose them in the errors of our liues : Now e e Esay 55.6 . seeke the Lord , while hee may be found : Serue him in feare ; So runne that we may obtaine : put holy f f Matth. 25.10 oyle in our Lampes , that when the Bridegroome comes , wee may enter into the mansion of eternall glory .

Remember g g 1 Pet. 1.17 . Saint Peters precept , If ye call God Father , who without respect of persons , iudgeth euery man according to his workes , See that you passe the time of your dwelling here in feare .

To winde vp all in one word : Principatum , quem geritis , ornate : Pythagoras principle to princes : Adorne your seuerall places , With Christian , and sacred graces : Neuer cease your best endeuours to serue the Lord infeare : thinke it not enough Quaerere Coelum , sed acquirere ; non Christum sequi , sed consequi : h h Luke 11.9 . Seeke till you finde , and knocke till Heauen gate be opened vnto you : Neuer forbeare , or giue ouer your search and seruice of God , vntill you come vnto , Summum ad quod , caput bonae spei : The head and Hauen of all good hope , — Quo mihi cursus erit :

Where I desire to land my selfe , and all the Brethren at this most happy Hauen ; That when the King of Kings shall come and call vs all before his Throne , we may receiue that most heauenly Euge , i i Luke 19.17 . Well done good seruant , you haue beene faithfull in a little ; k k Matt. 25.23 . Goe and enter into your masters Ioy .

The Lord for his infinite mercy sake , grant to vs all this Grace , that with soule and body we may serue the Lord in feare , call for mercy , pray for repentance , practice better obedience , that so by true faith in the merits of CHRIST IESVS , wee may finde forgiuenesse of all our sinnes , and neuer be condemned for them at the great day of Iudgement to come .

That we may liue in Gods feare , and die in his fauour , rest in peace , rise in power , and raigne in eternall glory : To which blessed selicity he vouchsafe to bring vs , who with his pretious bloud bought vs , IESVS CHRIST the righteous . To whom with the Father , and the holy Ghost , be ascribed of vs all , all praise , power , and maiestie , now , and for euer .

Amen .