The
Text
.
2
Chron
.
19.5
,
6.
And
he
set
Judges
in
the
Land
,
in
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
,
City
by
City
.
And
he
said
to
the
Judges
,
Take
heed
what
you
do
;
for
you
judge
not
for
man
,
but
for
the
Lord
,
who
is
with
you
in
judgement
.
Right
Honourable
,
Right
Worshipfull
,
and
Well-beloved
,
THe
World
before
it
was
civilized
,
may
fitly
be
resembled
to
a
vast
Ocean
,
or
to
a
wilde
Wilderness
:
for
as
in
the
vast
Ocean
,
the
greater
Fish
devour
the
less
without
controul
;
and
as
in
the
wilde
Wilderness
,
the
strongest
Beasts
tear
in
pieces
the
weaker
at
their
pleasure
:
So
in
the
World
,
the
raging
Nimrods
,
who
are
like
the
Job
41.1
.
Leviathan
in
the
Ocean
;
and
the
furious
sons
of
Belial
,
who
are
like
Job's
Job
40.15
.
Behemoth
in
the
Wilderness
,
would
make
a
prey
of
all
who
are
infirm
and
quiet
,
unless
there
were
Government
,
Law
,
and
Judges
,
to
preserve
Propriety
,
Liberty
,
and
Life
.
Wherefore
Jehoshaphat
,
a
noble
and
wise
Prince
,
that
he
might
curb
unruly
Sensuality
,
restrain
bruitish
Violence
,
punish
devouring
Oppression
,
and
bridle
unsatiable
Avarice
,
which
are
the
Scylla
and
Charybdis
of
Humane
Society
;
as
also
that
he
might
establish
Law
and
Equity
,
which
are
the
Pillars
of
a
Kingdome
;
settle
Righteousness
and
Truth
,
which
are
the
Palladium
of
a
Nation
;
and
protect
Meum
&
Tuum
,
which
are
the
Foundation
of
Wealth
,
Peace
,
and
Industry
;
He
doth
(
as
it
is
in
my
Text
)
set
Judges
in
the
Land
,
thorowout
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
,
City
by
City
.
And
he
saith
to
the
Judges
,
Take
heed
what
you
do
,
&c.
The
Context
.
De
Jano
bifronte
.
Vide
Macrob
.
Sat.
lib
.
1.
cap
.
9.
The
first
word
of
the
Text
is
a
Conjunction
copulative
,
and
therefore
,
like
Janus
among
the
Romans
,
looks
backward
to
the
Verse
preceding
;
where
we
find
King
Jehoshaphat
in
his
Royal
progress
,
from
Beersheba
to
Mount
Ephraim
,
and
in
his
progress
denying
himself
many
contenting
delights
,
and
lawfull
pleasures
,
that
he
might
promote
the
Publick
good
.
For
as
he
was
(
after
the
example
of
all
his
Royal
Predecessours
)
Supream
in
all
Causes
both
Ecclesiastical
and
Civil
,
so
he
takes
care
in
all
Causes
Ecclesiastical
and
Civil
:
and
as
he
was
(
after
the
example
of
all
his
noble
Progenitours
)
Custos
utriusque
tabulae
,
the
Guardian
of
both
Tables
of
the
Moral
Law
,
so
he
takes
especiall
care
for
the
observance
of
each
Table
.
His
care
in
Causes
Ecclesiastical
,
appertaining
to
God
,
appears
in
the
last
words
of
the
former
Verse
,
He
brought
the
people
back
to
the
Lord
God
of
their
Fathers
.
His
care
in
Causes
Civil
,
appertaining
to
the
Kingdome
,
appears
in
my
Text
,
And
he
set
Judges
in
the
Land
,
thorowout
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
,
City
by
City
.
And
he
said
to
the
Judges
,
&c.
And
here
I
beseech
you
take
notice
of
the
Piety
and
Prudence
of
this
most
Religious
and
Heroick
King
;
Observation
from
the
Context
.
He
takes
care
of
God
and
of
Religion
in
the
first
place
:
for
what
the
Soul
is
to
the
Body
,
that
is
Religion
to
the
State
.
The
Body
without
the
Soul
is
dead
,
and
the
State
without
some
establisht
Religion
is
confused
and
dis-joynted
.
This
was
well
known
by
the
glimmering
Lamp
of
Nature
,
to
wise
Videtur
Opheus
hoc
conatus
apud
Thraces
,
quod
Pythagoras
tentavit
apud
Ionios
,
&
Numa
apud
Romanos
.
E●as
.
Adag
.
Chil.
4
Cent.
8.
Num
.
99.
Orpheus
among
the
Thracians
,
to
aenigmatical
Pythagoras
among
the
Grecians
,
and
to
devout
Numa
among
the
Romans
;
who
did
endeavour
in
the
first
place
to
instill
some
Principles
of
Natural
Religion
,
among
the
barbarous
and
rough
People
,
that
so
they
might
mollifie
their
savage
Natures
,
and
reduce
them
to
Civility
,
Order
,
and
Obedience
.
For
Religion
in
it self
is
the
Religioni
serviendum
est
,
quam
qui
non
suspicit
,
ipse
se
prosternit
in
terram
,
&
vitam
pecudum
secutus
,
humanitate
se
abdicat
.
Lactant
.
de
falsa
sap
.
lib
.
3.
cap
.
10.
in
fine
.
foundation
of
all
morall
Vertue
,
the
original
of
all
just
and
pious
Law
,
the
cement
that
strongly
combine
s
all
humane
Society
,
and
the
very
life
of
impartiall
Justice
,
upright
Love
,
and
constant
Honesty
.
And
supernatural
Religion
is
the
Haec
doctrina
porta
coeli
est
,
&
janua
paradisi
,
scala
illa
Jacobi
,
&c.
Armin
.
orat
.
de
auct
.
&
fine
.
Theolog
.
pag
.
45.
Ladder
of
Jacob
,
by
which
the
Soul
may
gradually
ascend
from
Earth
to
Heaven
;
the
silver
wings
of
Davids
Dove
,
by
which
we
approach
into
the
presence
of
the
Almighty
;
and
the
golden
Chain
that
unites
God
to
Man
,
and
draws
down
the
rich
Blessings
of
Heaven
upon
us
poor
and
needy
Mortals
in
the
Earth
.
Wherefore
Jehoshaphat
did
most
prudently
,
as
well
as
piously
,
to
give
primitias
Deo
,
the
first
Fruits
to
God
,
who
is
{αβγδ}
,
Apoc
.
1.8
.
Primus
&
ultimus
,
the
first
and
the
last
.
And
having
{αβγδ}
.
Aratus
in
Phaen
.
Vid
.
Lorin
.
in
Act.
17.28
.
first
served
God
in
Religious
Affairs
,
he
proceeds
in
the
next
place
to
take
care
of
the
Kingdome
in
Civil
Affairs
,
And
he
set
Judges
in
the
Land
,
&c.
The
which
words
do
represent
unto
us
,
as
in
a
clear
optick
Glass
,
two
noble
Objects
,
namely
,
The
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
;
And
The
most
Reverend
and
Learned
Judges
.
And
they
represent
these
Objects
without
any
envious
or
eclipsing
cloud
:
They
represent
them
in
their
orient
splendour
,
and
dazling
lustre
.
1.
They
represent
the
King
in
his
Soveraignty
and
Supremacy
,
which
is
the
most
precious
and
beautifull
Flower
in
his
Crown
.
2.
They
represent
the
Judges
in
their
Circuit
and
Commission
,
which
is
their
venerable
Honour
and
Authority
.
1.
Here
is
the
King
in
the
Pronoune
primitive
,
He
.
2.
Here
is
the
Kings
Soveraignty
and
Supremacy
,
in
that
,
He
set
Judges
in
the
Land
,
(
which
none
but
Royal
Majesty
can
do
.
)
3.
Here
is
the
Circuit
of
the
Judges
,
Thorowout
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
,
City
by
City
.
Lastly
,
Here
is
the
Commission
of
the
Judges
;
Wherein
is
contained
,
1.
A
pious
and
prudent
Caveat
,
Take
heed
what
you
do
.
2.
The
Plea
for
putting
in
the
Caveat
,
You
judge
not
for
men
,
but
for
the
Lord
.
3.
The
Seal
to
strengthen
the
Caveat
,
God
is
with
you
in
judgement
.
And
he
set
Judges
in
the
Land
,
thorowout
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
.
And
he
said
,
&c.
1.
Of
the
King
,
in
the
first
word
of
the
Text
,
the
Pronoun
primitive
,
He
.
And
now
I
may
say
with
holy
David
,
Psal
.
45
1.
My
Heart
is
inditing
of
a
good
matter
,
I
speak
of
the
things
I
have
made
concerning
the
King
;
my
Tongue
should
be
as
the
Pen
of
a
ready
Writer
.
For
Kings
are
not
the
Invention
of
active
Wits
,
or
of
ambitious
Heads
,
or
of
politick
Brains
,
as
the
deluded
Sleid
.
eom
.
lib
.
10.
Anabaptists
,
and
other
Enthusiasts
dream
;
neither
are
they
Creatures
of
the
Peoples
making
,
or
the
product
of
the
Multitude
,
as
Bell
.
de
Laicis
.
lib
.
1.
cap
.
6.
E.
Bellarmine
on
the
one
hand
,
and
the
Longe
contraria
est
huic
doctrinae
Christi
,
Fanaticorum
Angliae
opinio
,
qui
docent
Regem
esse
creaturam
populi
,
&c.
Salmasius
in
reg
.
defens
.
cap
.
3.
in
principio
,
&
cap
.
10.
circa
medium
.
Independents
,
with
other
seditious
Persons
on
the
other
hand
,
maintain
:
But
they
are
grounded
on
the
Law
of
Nature
in
Paternall
Authority
,
which
is
co-aevall
with
the
World
;
they
are
founded
on
the
Law
of
right
Reason
,
which
gives
a
Dignity
and
Authority
to
the
First-Born
over
all
his
Brethren
;
they
are
rooted
in
the
Original
Law
of
Nations
,
as
Cicero
lib
.
3.
de
Legib
.
testifies
,
where
he
saith
,
Omnes
antiquae
Gentes
Regibus
paruerunt
,
All
the
ancient
Nations
of
the
World
were
governed
by
Kings
:
They
are
confirmed
by
the
unerring
Law
of
God
,
who
did
institute
the
Deut
.
17.15
.
Government
of
Kings
over
his
own
chosen
People
,
and
gave
express
1
Sam
.
16.1
.
Commandement
for
David
to
be
annointed
King
over
Israel
.
Finally
,
they
are
Prophetically
promised
,
as
a
very
great
Blessing
to
the
Church
in
Gospel-times
,
Isa
.
49.23
.
Kings
shall
be
thy
nursing
Fathers
,
and
Queens
shall
be
thy
nursing
Mothers
.
This
Government
by
Kings
,
Plato
the
Seraphick
Philosopher
In
Timaeo
.
calls
{αβγδ}
,
the
most
divine
Government
.
And
Herodotus
lib
.
3.
in
orat
.
Ostanis
,
pro
Monarchia
.
Herodotus
(
who
is
stiled
Pater
Historiarum
,
the
first
Historian
among
the
Heathen
)
calls
it
{αβγδ}
,
the
most
ancient
Government
.
And
Aristotle
(
who
was
the
most
rational
and
judicious
of
all
the
Philosophers
)
{αβγδ}
.
Eth.
lib
.
8.
cap
.
10.
calls
it
{αβγδ}
,
the
most
excellent
Government
.
For
Monarchy
is
the
imitation
of
the
Government
in
Heaven
,
which
is
by
one
God
;
the
restitution
of
the
Primitive
Government
in
the
World
,
which
was
by
one
King
:
And
it
is
the
reflection
of
that
admirable
government
of
Nature
,
which
rules
the
many
Members
of
the
Body
by
one
Soul
.
Experience
proves
,
that
Ship
is
best
guided
which
is
steered
by
one
Pilot
,
though
trimmed
by
many
Sailors
;
that
Army
is
best
ordered
which
is
commanded
by
one
General
,
though
assisted
by
many
inferiour
Officers
;
and
that
Nation
is
best
governed
who
is
ruled
by
one
King
,
though
advised
by
divers
prudent
and
religious
Counsellours
.
Doth
not
Nature
give
us
a
Hieroglyphick
hereof
in
the
mellifluous
Bees
,
whose
sweet
Commonwealth
is
ordered
by
one
King
,
—
Quem
admirantur
,
Georg
lib
4.
&
omnes
Circumstant
fremitu
denso
,
stipantque
frequentes
,
whom
they
all
reverence
,
and
like
little
nimble
Courtiers
,
wait
upon
.
As
also
in
the
subtile
Cranes
,
Plin
.
nat
hist
.
lib
.
10.
cap
.
2●
.
who
in
their
annuall
flight
over
the
Mount
Taurus
,
(
where
the
Eagles
,
their
mortal
enemies
lodge
)
do
by
instinct
reduce
themselves
into
a
form
of
Battalio
,
like
a
Triangle
,
and
follow
the
conduct
of
one
Leader
,
who
flies
before
them
,
as
if
he
was
their
King
.
Let
us
therefore
in
a
unanimous
Suffrage
conclude
with
the
judgement
of
the
Hom.
Iliad
.
B.
Prince
of
Poets
,
{αβγδ}
;
—
Let
there
be
one
Lord
,
one
King
.
But
what
is
a
King
without
Power
?
He
is
as
a
Bird
without
wings
,
or
a
Picture
without
life
:
He
is
as
Judg
.
16.20
,
21.
Sampson
among
the
Philistins
,
with
his
locks
cut
off
;
or
like
Aesop
.
fab
.
17.
Aesop's
Log
,
cast
by
Jupiter
into
the
Lake
,
among
the
croaking
Frogs
,
at
first
their
Fear
,
but
afterwards
their
Scorn
.
Power
therefore
is
essential
to
the
Being
of
a
King
,
without
which
he
is
but
like
the
Spartans
Nightingale
,
Vox
,
&
praeterea
nihil
,
a
Noise
,
and
nothing
else
.
Power
is
so
necessary
,
that
without
it
he
cannot
protect
his
loyal
Subjects
from
wrong
,
or
his
Vide
Salmas
.
reg
.
defens
.
cap
.
10.
per
totum
.
Sacred
Person
from
outrage
:
He
cannot
defend
his
Laws
from
shamefull
neglect
,
or
Himself
from
base
Contempt
;
neither
can
he
repell
a
sudden
invasion
from
abroad
,
or
charm
down
the
Evil
Spirit
of
Rebellion
and
Insurrection
at
home
.
And
this
brings
me
to
the
second
part
of
the
Text
,
and
that
is
,
—
The
Authority
,
Soveraignty
,
and
Supremacy
of
the
King
,
in
these
words
,
{αβγδ}
He
set
Judges
in
the
Land
.
And
now
behold
the
King
in
his
Throne
.
Behold
him
not
only
with
a
Crown
of
Gold
upon
his
head
,
but
with
the
glittering
Sword
of
Justice
in
one
hand
,
and
the
golden
Scepter
of
Law
in
the
other
hand
.
Behold
him
attended
with
his
reverend
,
wise
,
and
learned
Judges
;
and
they
not
imposed
upon
him
,
(
as
if
he
was
a
Minor
,
and
in
Wardship
)
but
of
his
own
free
choise
,
and
gracious
Election
;
for
so
saith
my
Text
,
{αβγδ}
He
set
Judges
in
the
Land
.
And
this
is
a
Point
very
remarkable
,
The
second
part
of
the
Text
.
and
of
highest
Concern
:
For
there
hath
been
in
our
sad
and
wofull
Memory
,
Two
Pretenders
unto
this
supream
Act
of
Power
;
the
one
is
the
People
,
Qui
vult
decipi
,
non
vult
cogi
;
the
other
is
the
Senate
,
which
is
the
Representative
of
the
People
.
But
to
say
little
hereof
,
(
ne
cicatricem
refricarem
)
both
are
absolutely
excluded
by
my
Text
:
For
the
Text
doth
not
say
,
{αβγδ}
,
They
set
Judges
in
the
Land
;
but
the
Text
speaks
in
the
singular
number
,
{αβγδ}
,
He
set
Judges
in
the
Land
.
This
is
an
Act
of
Supremacy
,
and
therefore
belongs
to
the
King
:
It
cannot
belong
to
the
People
,
unless
we
do
,
with
the
unreasonable
Fanatici
'
docent
,
populum
dominum
esse
Regis
.
Salmas
.
in
reg
.
defen
.
cap
.
3.
Fanaticks
,
make
the
Feet
the
Head
;
neither
can
it
belong
to
the
Senate
,
for
their
many
Oaths
,
and
the
title
of
their
frequent
Petitions
disavow
it
,
whereby
they
both
swear
and
declare
themselves
,
His
Majesties
most
humble
,
loyal
,
and
obedient
Subjects
.
St.
Peter
the
Apostle
makes
it
a
ruled
Case
in
the
Law
of
God
,
1
Pet
.
2.13
.
Submit
your selves
to
every
Ordinance
of
Man
,
for
the
Lords
sake
,
whether
to
the
King
as
Supream
,
(
here
is
the
Kings
Supremacy
asserted
by
divine
Authority
)
or
to
Governours
,
as
sent
by
him
,
(
here
is
the
inferiority
and
dependency
of
all
Judges
and
Magistrates
establisht
)
Jehoshaphat
in
my
Text
,
after
the
practice
of
all
his
Royal
Progenitours
,
after
the
example
of
all
his
noble
Predecessours
,
after
the
president
of
pious
1
Chron
.
26.29
,
30.
1
King
.
4.4
,
5.
David
,
wise
Solomon
,
and
all
the
other
Kings
of
Judah
,
{αβγδ}
,
He
set
Judges
in
the
Land
.
And
it
must
needs
be
so
;
for
according
to
the
Greek
Aphorism
,
{αβγδ}
,
&c.
the
Throne
and
the
Bed
will
not
bear
a
Rival
.
To
set
Judges
in
the
Land
without
the
King
,
is
either
to
be
above
the
King
,
which
Nec
quenquam
jam
ferre
potest
Caesarve
priorem
,
Pompeiusve
parem
.
Lucan
.
Phars
.
lib
.
1.
Caesar
could
not
brook
;
or
else
to
be
co-ordinate
with
the
King
,
which
Pompey
could
not
digest
;
or
else
to
cut
off
a
skirt
from
the
Kings
royal
Mantle
,
which
made
1
Sam
.
24.5
.
Davids
Heart
to
quake
and
tremble
.
What
Gentleman
of
the
long
Robe
,
who
is
advanced
beyond
his
Littleton
,
doth
not
know
,
it
is
a
received
Maxime
in
the
Laws
of
England
,
that
the
King
is
the
Fountain
of
Honour
,
and
of
Justice
?
Therefore
as
all
Nobility
is
like
a
Chrystal
Stream
,
which
flows
from
that
glorious
Spring
;
so
all
Judges
,
Justices
,
and
inferiour
Magistrates
,
are
as
Rivers
which
issue
from
that
noble
Ocean
.
Alexander
told
the
Embassadours
of
Darius
,
Q
Curt
.
hist
.
de
Alex
.
lib
.
4.
The
Firmament
will
endure
no
more
but
one
Sun
,
and
the
Regal
Throne
will
bear
no
more
but
one
Supream
;
—
He
set
Judges
in
the
Land
.
But
there
are
two
sort
of
Judges
;
the
one
Ecclesiastical
,
the
other
Civil
:
The
one
to
judge
in
things
that
appertain
to
God
,
and
Divine
Worship
;
the
other
to
judge
in
things
secular
,
appertaining
to
Right
and
Wrong
,
which
concern
Mens
Liberties
,
Lives
,
and
Fortunes
.
Both
these
depend
upon
Kingly
Power
,
and
are
goodly
Branches
,
which
grow
and
flourish
upon
the
Royal
Tree
of
Monarchy
.
For
we
find
in
the
8th
.
Verse
of
this
Chapter
,
that
King
Jehoshaphat
appoints
an
Ecclesiastical
Court
of
Priests
and
Levites
,
to
determine
in
Matters
Spiritual
and
Ceremonial
;
and
he
constitutes
Amariah
the
High-Priest
,
Chief
Judge
in
this
his
Ecclesiastical
Court
,
Verse
the
11th
.
of
this
Chapter
.
Further
,
He
appoints
a
Civil
Court
,
to
determine
matters
of
the
King
,
and
Pleas
of
the
Crown
,
and
constitutes
Zebadiah
the
Son
of
Ishmael
,
chief
Judge
therein
,
as
it
is
in
the
same
Verse
.
And
this
jurisdiction
of
King
Jehoshaphat
in
Matters
Ecclesiastical
and
Civil
,
was
no
intrusion
,
or
innovation
,
but
a
just
asserting
of
the
ancient
Charter
of
his
most
honourable
Predecessours
:
For
King
Solomon
,
whose
King
.
4.30
.
wisdome
excelled
all
the
wisdome
of
the
East
,
and
all
the
wisdome
of
Egypt
,
did
appoint
Zadok
the
Priest
to
be
1
King
.
2.35
.
High-Priest
.
And
thus
did
Christian
Emperours
in
the
Bilson
of
Obedience
.
Primitive
times
,
untill
Boniface
the
Third
usurped
that
ambitious
and
tyrannical
title
of
Universalis
Episcopus
.
Yea
Heathen
Kings
by
the
principles
of
just
Policy
,
have
,
and
do
keep
this
Prerogative
inviolate
,
namely
,
To
be
Supream
Governour
over
all
Pesons
,
and
in
all
Causes
,
both
Divine
and
Civil
:
well
knowing
,
it
is
a
dangerous
Cancer
in
the
body
of
the
State
,
to
suffer
any
Power
in
a
Kingdome
to
be
independent
upon
the
Royal
;
and
that
it
makes
a
Kingdome
,
like
the
Serpent
(
which
Plin
.
nat.
hist
.
lib
.
20.
cap
.
20.
Pliny
calls
)
Amphisbaena
,
who
having
two
Heads
,
drawing
two
severall
wayes
,
doth
writhe
the
body
miserably
,
and
after
many
painfull
convulsions
,
doth
tear
the
body
into
loathsome
pieces
.
Presumptuous
therefore
,
and
highly
injurious
,
is
the
Usurpation
of
the
Bishop
of
Rome
,
in
claiming
a
Supremacy
over
Kings
and
Princes
in
Bell
.
de
Rom.
Pontif
lib
.
5.
cap
1.
&
cap
.
6.
&
cap
.
7.
Causes
Ecclesiastical
:
especially
presumptuous
is
he
in
claiming
a
Superiority
over
the
King
of
England
,
who
was
held
to
be
{αβγδ}
,
by
the
Vide
the
primitive
Rule
of
Reformation
.
pag
.
33
,
34.
Romanists
themselves
;
and
as
our
learned
Camden
.
Brit
.
cap
.
Ordin
.
Angl.
Antiquary
proves
,
holds
not
his
Empire
in
vassallage
unto
any
,
neither
is
inthroned
,
or
installed
by
any
forreign
Power
,
and
hath
an
Arch-Bishop
in
his
own
Dominions
,
who
is
{αβγδ}
,
a
great
Metropolitan
,
&
magnus
totius
orbis
Patriarcha
,
a
great
Patriarch
of
the
Christian
World
.
Injurious
likewise
,
and
more
highly
presumptuous
,
is
the
little
Church
of
Geneva
,
in
her
novell
and
high-minded
opinion
,
concerning
the
power
of
the
Presbytery
over
Kings
and
Princes
,
Travers
.
de
discipl
.
Eccl.
fol.
136
,
137.
even
to
the
dreadfull
sentence
of
Excommunication
;
as
also
in
teaching
the
People
,
(
as
appears
in
the
Writings
of
Cal
.
instit
.
lib
4.
cap
.
20.
Sect
.
31.
Danaeus
de
Christiana
polit
.
lib
.
3.
cap
.
6.
Bucan
.
Inst.
theol
.
de
Magistratu
.
num
.
77.
&c.
Calvin
,
Beza
,
Danaeus
,
Bucanus
,
Knox
,
Buchanan
,
and
many
others
)
that
it
is
lawfull
for
them
to
take
up
Arms
against
their
Soveraign
,
in
case
of
Religion
or
Liberty
;
the
which
seditious
Doctrine
,
clean
contrary
to
sacred
Rom.
13.1.2
,
5.
Scripture
,
clean
contrary
to
the
practice
of
the
Tertul
.
in
Apolog
.
primitive
Christians
,
and
diametrically
contrary
to
the
judgement
of
the
ancient
Circa
Majestatem
imperatoris
infamamur
,
tamen
nunquam
Cassiani
inveniri
pouerunt
Christiani
.
Tertul
.
ad
Scapulam
.
Fathers
,
(
if
it
be
not
thorowly
quenched
in
England
)
will
be
a
Fire-brand
to
kindle
a
new
Warre
in
the
bowels
of
the
Nation
,
Dolere
potero
,
flere
potero
▪
aliter
nec
debeo
,
nec
possum
resistere
.
S.
Ambr
in
orat
.
in
Aux●nt
.
as
soon
as
the
people
are
like
Tinder
prepared
for
the
work
.
I
am
sure
this
novel
and
people-flattering
Opinion
is
a
poysoning
of
the
Subject
in
point
of
Loyalty
,
and
a
robbing
of
his
gracious
Majesty
of
the
most
choise
and
glorious
Flower
which
grows
in
the
Crown
Imperial
,
the
which
Flower
was
planted
by
the
hands
of
God
himself
.
And
thus
much
for
Ecclesiastical
Judges
;
who
as
they
are
by
Divine
and
Civil
Authority
established
in
England
,
do
like
1
King
.
1.23
:
Nathan
the
Prophet
bow
down
before
King
David
,
and
heartily
acknowledge
the
King
(
as
Tert
.
in
apol
.
adver
.
gentes
.
cap
.
30.
Tertullian
in
his
Apology
declares
the
primitive
Christians
acknowledged
the
Roman
Emperour
)
à
Deo
secundus
,
post
quem
primus
,
ante
omnes
,
&
super
omnes
;
Next
to
God
himself
in
his
own
Dominions
,
and
superiour
to
all
persons
in
his
own
Kingdomes
.
I
proceed
to
the
other
kind
of
Judges
,
which
are
Civil
,
of
which
my
Text
directly
speaks
—
He
set
Judges
in
the
Land
.
And
what
are
Civil
Judges
?
They
are
the
honoured
Fathers
of
their
Countrey
,
the
worthy
Patrons
of
the
Subjects
Birth-right
,
which
is
Propriety
,
and
legal
Liberty
;
and
as
the
holy
Psal
.
47.9
.
Scripture
calls
them
,
{αβγδ}
,
the
Sheilds
of
the
Earth
.
Judges
are
the
Atlas's
which
bear
up
the
pillars
of
a
flourishing
Nation
;
the
Altars
to
which
the
desolate
Widow
,
the
forlorn
Orphan
,
and
the
distressed
Innocent
fly
for
succour
;
and
they
are
the
Oracles
of
Law
,
from
whose
well-guided
Lips
the
Princes
of
the
Earth
learn
Wisdome
and
Righteousness
.
They
are
so
extreamly
necessary
,
that
not
only
the
Well-being
of
a
Kingdome
,
but
the
very
Being
of
humane
Society
depends
upon
them
.
So
that
what
some
Modern
Philosophers
say
of
the
Sun
,
namely
,
Rob.
de
fluct
.
in
utriusque
cosmi
.
hist
.
tract
1.
lib
.
1.
cap
.
6.
That
if
that
glorious
Planet
was
pulled
out
of
his
Sphear
,
by
the
hand
of
Omnipotence
,
the
lovely
frame
of
Heaven
and
Earth
would
sink
into
a
Chaos
:
So
we
may
confidently
say
,
that
if
Judges
and
Magistrates
were
thrown
out
of
the
Seat
of
Government
,
and
levelled
with
the
Vulgus
,
by
the
evil
spirit
of
Quakerism
,
Anabaptism
,
and
Enthusiasm
,
all
humane
Society
would
quickly
corrupt
into
self-destroying
Confusion
,
and
be
swallowed
up
in
the
gaping
gulph
of
Oppression
,
Violence
,
and
ruining
Misery
.
How
happy
then
are
we
of
this
Kingdome
,
Bona
si
sua
norint
Agricolae
,
if
we
had
Eyes
to
see
our
Happiness
,
that
we
have
Judges
and
Magistrates
in
the
Land
:
That
we
are
not
left
like
the
harmless
Dove
,
to
the
greedy
violence
of
Birds
of
prey
;
that
we
are
not
left
as
the
quiet
Sheep
,
to
the
griping
hunger
of
ravenous
Beasts
;
nor
constrained
to
cry
out
according
to
the
elegant
E●asm
Adag
.
cent
6.
num
.
22
Greek
Adage
,
{αβγδ}
,
Let
there
be
Equality
by
casting
of
Lots
,
and
not
a
taking
by
the
Throat
,
to
snatch
away
what
is
ours
by
strong
hand
and
power
.
As
also
what
great
cause
have
we
to
bless
God
,
that
we
have
Judges
in
the
Land
,
who
make
the
Law
their
rule
,
and
Religion
their
guide
;
who
are
loyal
to
their
gracious
King
,
and
faithfull
to
his
obedient
Subjects
;
who
know
God
sits
in
the
Congregation
of
the
{αβγδ}
Psal
.
82.1
.
Gods
;
and
as
Homer
saith
,
{αβγδ}
,
hath
an
impartial
Eye
to
revenge
all
ungodliness
and
unrighteousness
.
Finally
,
what
great
cause
have
we
to
magnifie
God
,
for
this
Happiness
of
the
Kingdome
,
far
above
other
Kingdomes
in
the
world
,
that
these
honourable
and
learned
Judges
of
our
Land
,
do
like
the
Vine
and
Fig-tree
in
Judg
.
9.10
.
Jotham's
Parable
,
leave
their
own
Sweetness
and
self-enjoyments
,
to
bear
precious
fruit
to
us
;
that
they
value
not
their
own
Ease
and
Rest
,
to
bring
upright
Judgement
to
our
doors
,
and
impartial
Justice
to
our
County
;
that
they
are
as
burning
and
shining
Lamps
,
wasting
the
oyl
of
their
Health
and
Strength
to
enlighten
and
refresh
us
.
In
a
word
,
that
they
do
with
Exod
.
18.13
.
Moses
,
sit
from
Morning
to
Evening
,
to
hear
the
Causes
between
man
and
man
.
And
this
brings
me
to
the
third
part
of
the
Text
,
the
Judges
Circuit
,
—
Throughout
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
.
The
third
part
of
the
Text
.
But
what
have
fenced
Cities
to
do
with
Judges
?
Fenced
Cities
have
need
of
valiant
Souldiers
,
and
experienced
Commanders
;
have
need
of
swelling
Granaries
,
and
loaden
Magazins
;
have
need
of
Vitruvius
,
to
build
strong
Bulwarks
;
and
of
De
Archimede
.
Vid
.
Plut.
in
vita
Marcelli
.
Archimedes
,
to
draw
Geometricall
lines
.
Julius
Caesar
told
the
honest
Tribune
,
who
forbad
him
to
break
open
the
Roman
Treasury
,
because
it
was
against
Law
;
Plut.
in
vita
Julii
Caesar
.
Julius
Caesar
told
him
,
that
the
shrill
sound
of
the
Trumpet
,
and
the
ratling
beat
of
the
Drum
,
did
so
deafen
his
Ears
,
that
he
could
not
hear
the
voice
of
any
Law
.
Yet
notwithstanding
all
this
,
and
much
more
that
might
be
said
,
there
is
great
necessity
and
abundant
advantage
,
when
Judges
are
appointed
to
visit
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
.
For
a
City
may
be
fenced
in
the
Halcyon
dayes
of
Peace
;
a
City
may
be
fortified
,
when
the
Temple
of
Janus
is
shut
;
and
the
politick
Wisdome
of
Princes
teacheth
them
,
to
provide
as
well
against
the
Fraud
of
a
pretended
Ally
,
as
against
the
watchfull
Malice
of
a
proclaimed
Enemy
.
It
is
something
too
late
to
draw
Fortifications
,
when
the
Herald
denounces
Warre
,
and
the
Canon
spits
fire
:
And
therefore
2
Reg
.
23.9
.
2
Chron
.
19.15
,
16.
2
Chron
.
26.14
,
17.
David
,
and
Solomon
,
and
U●iah
,
did
fence
their
Cities
in
time
of
Peace
;
and
every
Prince
who
is
a
Prometheus
will
do
so
.
Preventing
Physick
is
the
cheapest
and
the
best
Physick
.
Now
in
this
case
,
Judges
are
as
needfull
and
usefull
for
fenced
Cities
,
as
their
deep
Trenches
,
and
double
Walls
:
Nay
,
they
are
more
needfull
,
and
more
strong
defences
,
than
all
their
Walls
of
Stone
or
Earth
;
stronger
than
that
brazen
Wall
,
which
common
fame
relates
,
the
learned
Frier
endeavoured
by
Magical
skill
to
erect
round
about
this
famous
Island
.
Lycurgus
the
renowned
Law-maker
of
Sparta
was
clearly
of
this
judgement
,
and
therefore
Plut.
in
vita
Lycur
.
forbad
his
Citizens
to
build
any
Walls
about
their
Sparta
,
affirming
,
that
good
Laws
duely
executed
were
the
strongest
monuments
to
Towns
or
Cities
;
the
which
Truth
was
confirmed
by
real
Experience
,
for
(
as
Plutarch
observes
)
Sparta
,
Plut.
in
vita
Lysandri
.
which
had
no
Walls
,
but
good
Laws
,
was
longer
lived
,
and
more
illustrious
than
Thebes
,
or
Corinth
,
or
Athens
,
or
any
other
City
of
Greece
,
which
had
supposed
invincible
Fortifications
.
And
this
Truth
is
establisht
by
solid
Reason
:
For
as
Impostumes
within
the
Body
,
if
they
are
not
cured
,
do
more
certainly
kill
,
than
loathed
Ulcers
that
are
in
the
external
parts
:
And
as
infected
blood
running
in
the
channell
of
the
Veins
doth
more
speedily
transfix
the
heart
,
than
wide
wounds
which
are
exposed
to
the
Eye
;
so
Division
,
and
Oppression
,
and
Riots
,
and
Debaucheries
,
and
sordid
vices
within
a
City
,
do
more
certainly
and
speedily
ruine
a
fenced
City
or
Corporation
,
than
Hannibal
ante
portas
,
than
a
threatning
Enemy
that
beleaguers
the
Walls
,
or
a
bold
Foe
that
throws
a
Granado
into
the
Town
,
or
strikes
a
Petard
upon
the
Gates
.
Needfull
then
are
Judges
,
even
in
fenced
Cities
,
that
they
may
be
Healers
of
in-bred
Divisions
,
Repairers
of
tumultuous
Breaches
,
and
Restorers
of
quiet
paths
to
dwell
in
.
Necessary
be
Judges
,
that
they
may
charm
with
the
rod
of
Mercury
,
the
evil
spirit
of
Violence
,
and
punish
with
the
glittering
Sword
of
Justice
,
the
impudence
of
incorrigible
Offendors
.
They
are
necessary
to
protect
the
Gown
from
the
Buff
;
to
shelter
the
un-armed
Townsman
,
from
the
imperiousness
and
rapine
of
the
Man
of
Warre
,
who
would
roar
and
swell
like
the
raging
Waves
of
the
Sea
,
if
Judges
and
Governours
did
not
with
the
Trident
of
Law
,
asswage
the
fury
of
the
thundring
Tempest
.
—
But
my
Text
goes
further
—
City
by
City
.
that
is
to
say
,
Every
City
had
Judges
appointed
for
the
composing
of
civil
differences
,
and
the
punishing
of
notorious
malefactours
.
Urbes
noviter
structae
,
Urbes
bello
acquisitae
,
&c.
Cities
which
were
newly
built
,
and
Cities
which
were
lately
conquered
,
have
Judges
appointed
to
determine
in
all
Causes
civil
and
capital
,
as
the
incomparable
Grot
.
Annot
.
in
loc
.
Grotius
observes
upon
the
Text
.
And
this
was
a
singular
act
of
Prudence
:
For
if
there
be
no
City
,
Town
,
or
Corporation
,
(
except
in
Sr.
Thomas
Moor's
Eutopia
)
which
is
priviledged
in
a
moral
sence
,
as
Heylins
Cosmogr
.
de
Creta
&
Hibernia
.
Creet
and
Ireland
are
in
an
historical
sense
,
from
venemous
Creatures
;
then
there
is
an
absolute
necessity
of
providing
the
antidote
of
Law
,
and
the
amulet
of
Justice
for
every
City
,
that
the
Good
and
Vertuous
be
not
stung
to
death
by
the
flying
Serpent
of
Oppression
,
or
gnawn
to
the
bones
by
the
weeping
Crocodile
of
Hypocrisie
.
Poets
do
Hefiod
.
Virg
.
Ovid
,
&c
,
fable
of
the
Golden
Age
,
that
it
flourished
sine
Lege
,
&
sine
Judice
,
without
Law
,
or
Judges
;
and
that
Men
were
then
so
vertuous
,
that
—
Vindice
nullo
Sponte
sua
,
sine
lege
,
fidem
,
rectumque
tenebant
,
—
Paena
metusque
aberant
.
that
men
in
those
ancient
times
were
honest
and
faithfull
of
themselves
;
and
that
they
were
just
without
paenal
Laws
,
or
fear
of
punishment
.
But
that
Age
of
Innocency
is
long
ago
expired
,
and
we
live
in
the
Iron
Age
,
where
Facit
indignatio
Versum
.
Juvenal
.
Sat.
1
Num
.
79.
blushlesse
crimes
out-face
the
Sun.
Where
Faith
and
Truth
are
strangers
,
or
else
exiles
;
Where
Fraud
or
Force
do
undermine
,
or
storm
;
And
therefore
there
is
extream
need
of
Judges
,
and
of
Law
,
that
the
Augaean
Stable
may
be
cleansed
;
the
stinking
sinks
of
foul
sins
may
be
washed
;
that
men
may
not
be
Cannibals
,
or
else
turn
Brutes
,
and
be
like
Monsters
to
tear
and
devour
one
another
.
For
the
body
politick
is
in
many
regards
like
the
body
natural
:
And
as
the
body
natural
doth
every
year
contract
some
ill
humours
,
and
therefore
hath
sometimes
need
of
incision
,
sometimes
of
purgation
,
sometimes
of
breathing
a
Vein
,
and
sometimes
of
Causticks
,
and
sometimes
of
the
amputating
Saw
,
Ne
pars
sincera
trahatur
,
lest
the
sound
parts
be
gangreen'd
;
so
it
is
in
a
City
or
Corporation
,
the
diseases
of
Impiety
and
Iniquity
abound
,
and
like
the
crawling
Insects
breed
and
multiply
of
themselves
:
and
therefore
there
is
a
necessity
of
Judges
and
Magistrates
,
to
be
the
blessed
Aesculapius's
to
cure
all
these
destroying
Maladies
;
to
cure
the
Tympany
of
Haec
sunt
septem
peccata
capitalia
,
ut
numerantur
à
Canisio
in
cat
.
pag
.
455.
Pride
,
the
Dropsie
of
Covetousness
,
the
Itch
of
Luxury
,
the
Impostume
of
Envy
,
the
Caninus
appetitus
of
Gluttony
,
the
Feaver
of
Wrath
,
and
the
Lethargy
of
Idleness
.
Need
of
Judges
itinerant
to
visit
a
Kingdome
,
City
by
City
,
that
they
may
cure
the
Megrim
of
Disloyalty
,
the
Leprosie
of
Schism
,
the
Frenzy
of
Quarrelling
,
the
stinking
Breath
of
false
Witness
,
the
Rheum
of
railing
Language
,
and
the
Palsie
of
a
lying
Tongue
.
Who
knows
not
that
Cities
and
Corporations
are
as
Common-shores
,
wherein
the
filth
of
a
Kingdome
runs
?
As
great
Rivers
,
which
admit
the
streams
of
any
muddy
Rivulet
to
mingle
with
them
;
as
vast
boyling
Pots
,
wherein
there
ariseth
naturally
abundance
of
Scum
.
In
a
Kingdome
there
is
foul-mouth'd
Swearing
,
Heaven-provoking
Cursing
,
swinish
Drinking
,
abominable
Cheating
,
injurious
Bargaining
,
false
Conveyances
,
pretended
Titles
,
cursed
failing
in
Trust
.
In
a
Kingdome
there
are
bloody
Murthers
,
impoverishing
Thefts
,
frighting
Burglaries
,
Soul-destroying
Perjury
,
Religion-ruining
Simony
,
execrable
Treasons
,
and
detestable
Sacriledge
.
Wherefore
it
is
necessary
to
have
Law
and
Judges
in
the
Land
,
that
these
Impostumes
may
be
launced
,
that
these
Ulcers
may
be
cured
,
that
these
pestilential
Humours
may
be
emptied
,
and
these
epidemical
Diseases
may
be
thorowly
purged
by
the
soveraign
Pill
of
Justice
,
Righteousness
,
and
Equity
.
And
it
is
high
time
that
these
ill
Humours
of
Vice
and
Wickedness
be
evacuated
:
For
what
a
blazing
Comet
,
in
reference
to
the
whole
Kingdome
,
is
that
universall
Profaneness
which
abounds
both
in
City
,
Town
,
and
Countrey
With
what
dreadfull
rayes
doth
it
threaten
t●●
whole
Nation
?
when
as
Gods
holy
Ordinanc●
the
spiritual
Manna
of
our
Souls
,
is
loathe●
when
Gods
sacred
Messengers
,
the
Heralds
●●
Evangelical
Peace
,
are
despised
;
when
Gods
divine
Worship
,
which
is
the
Quotidiana
Oblatio
,
the
daily
Offering
prophesied
of
by
Malachy
,
Mal
.
1.11
.
is
not
only
omitted
,
but
mocked
at
.
And
men
make
no
account
of
their
immortal
Souls
,
more
precious
than
ten
thousand
Worlds
,
but
sell
them
,
as
prophane
Esau
sold
his
Birth-right
,
Heb
.
12.16
.
for
a
mess
of
Pottage
,
to
gratifie
any
worldly
Interest
,
or
carnal
,
momentary
Pleasure
.
What
a
dismall
Prognostication
for
the
whole
Kingdome
is
the
slighting
of
Authority
,
the
speaking
evil
of
Dignities
,
the
murmuring
of
Corah's
,
the
whispering
of
Miriam's
,
the
refusing
the
Waters
of
Siloam
,
which
run
softly
,
and
the
impatient
longings
after
the
puddles
of
levelling
Government
in
the
Church
,
as
the
fickle
and
giddy
Israelites
did
once
long
after
the
stinking
Leeks
and
Onions
of
Egypt
.
Numb
.
11.5
.
Certainly
these
prodigious
Iniquities
,
these
ominous
Disorders
,
and
these
dangerous
Presumptions
,
call
aloud
for
the
coercive
Power
of
the
Magistrate
,
who
is
{αβγδ}
,
the
Minister
of
God
,
Rom.
13
4.
{αβγδ}
,
the
Revenger
,
to
execute
wrath
on
them
that
do
evil
.
Certainly
these
hainous
and
monstrous
Sins
cry
aloud
in
the
Ears
of
our
most
Reverend
Judges
,
for
due
execution
of
the
Laws
,
without
which
God
himself
will
enter
into
Judgement
with
us
,
and
plead
his
own
Cause
in
Thunder
and
Lightning
,
in
Storms
and
Tempests
,
far
more
terrible
than
the
late
fiery
Torrent
of
Aetna
,
which
to
the
amazement
of
the
World
,
consumed
all
that
was
before
it
.
And
doubtless
it
is
most
safe
for
Judges
and
Magistrates
,
Venienti
occurrere
Morbo
,
to
meet
a
Disease
,
before
the
Malignity
of
it
hath
seized
the
Vitals
;
and
to
destroy
the
Cockatrice
,
whilest
it
is
in
the
shell
.
I
beseech
you
consider
seriously
,
what
dreadfull
flames
have
kindled
from
neglected
sparks
;
and
how
many
stately
Ships
have
sunk
by
small
neglected
leaks
.
I
may
not
,
I
must
not
enlarge
—
Cinthius
aurem
vellit
,
Virgil
Eglog
.
6.
&
admonuit
.
And
so
much
for
the
third
part
of
the
Text
,
the
Circuit
of
the
Judges
,
—
Thorowout
all
the
fenced
Cities
of
Judah
,
City
by
City
.
The
fourth
part
of
the
Text
.
We
should
come
to
the
last
Part
of
the
Text
,
which
is
the
Commission
of
the
Judges
.
—
But
that
Part
of
the
Text
is
the
beginning
of
the
next
Verse
,
and
therefore
may
be
the
Conclusion
of
my
present
Discourse
.
And
the
first
particular
in
that
part
is
the
Caveat
which
King
Jehoshaphat
gives
to
the
Judges
,
in
these
words
—
And
he
said
to
the
Judges
,
Take
heed
what
you
do
—
Which
Caveat
given
to
such
Wise
,
Reverend
,
and
Learned
Persons
,
should
move
me
to
reflect
upon
my self
,
and
to
take
heed
what
I
do
,
namely
,
lest
I
presume
upon
your
Honoured
Patience
,
and
retard
your
Weighty
Affairs
,
and
Publick
Concerns
.
Wherefore
beseeching
God
to
bless
what
hath
been
delivered
,
we
humbly
return
to
God
the
Father
,
God
the
Son
,
and
God
the
Holy
Ghost
,
&c.
FINIS
.