Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habitFiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit

This vice is in all men iniquity, but in a Magistrate Blasphemy: the root of all evil in every man, the rot of all goodness in a great Man. It leaves them, like those Idols in the Psalm; neither eyes to see, nor ears to hear; but only hands to handle, Such m•n will transgress for handfuls of barley, and morsels of bread; and a very dram of profit put into the School of Justice, turns i• to the wrong side. There is not among all the charms of Hell, a more damnable spell to enchant a Magistrate, then the love of Money. This turns Judgement into Wormwood, or at least into vinegar: for if Injustice do not make it bitter as Wormwood, yet shifts and delays will make it sour as vinegar. O how for did and execrable should bribes be to them, and stink worse in their nostrils then Vespasians tribute of urine! Let them not only bind their own hands, and the hands of their servants, that may take; but even bind the hands of them that would offer. He that useth Integrity, doeth the former: but he that constantly professeth Integrity, doth the latter. It is not enough to avoid the fault, but even the suspicion: It is some discredit to the Judge, when a Client with his bribe comes to be denied: for if his usual carriage had given him no hope of speeding, he would not offer. A Servant, that is a favourite or inward, gives suspicion of corruption, and is commonly thought but a by-way; some postern or back-door for a gift to come in, when the broad ⟨p. 69⟩fore-gates are shut against it. This makes many aspire to Offices and great places, not to do good, but to get goods; as some love to be stirring the fire, if it be but to warm their own fingers. Whatsoever affairs pass through their hands, they crook them all to their own ends; and care not what becomes of the public good, so they may advance their own private: and would •et their neighbours house on fire, and it were but to roast their own eggs. Let them banish Covetousness, with as great a hatred as Amnon did Tamar; first thrust it out of their hearts, then shut and lock the door after it: for the covetous heart is none of them that God chooseth.

This vice is in all men iniquitie, but in a Magistrate Blasphemie: the roote of all euill in euery man, the rot of all goodnesse in a great Man. It leaues them, like those Idoles in the Psalme; neither eyes to see, nor eares to heare; but onely hands to handle, Such mn will transgresse for handfulls of barley, and morsells of bread; and a very dramme of profite put into the Scole of Iustice, turnes i to the wrong side. There is not among all the charmes of Hell, a more damnable spell to inchant a Magistrate, then the loue of Money. This turnes Iudgement into Wormwood, or at least into vineger: for if Iniustice doe not make it bitter as Wormewood, yet shifts and delayes will make it sowre as vineger. O how sor did and execrable should bribes bee to them, and stinke worse in their nostrils then Vespasians tribute of vrine! Let them not onely binde their owne hands, and the hands of their seruants, that may take; but euen binde the hands of them that would offer. Hee that vseth Integritie, doeth the former: but hee that constantly professeth Integritie, doth the latter. It is not enough to auoyde the fault, but euen the suspition: It is some discredit to the Iudge, when a Clyent with his bribe comes to bee denyed: for if his vsuall carriage had giuen him no hope of speeding, hee would not offer. A Seruant, that is a fauourite or inward, giues suspition of corruption, and is commonly thought but a by-way; some postrne or back-dore for a gift to come in, when the broad