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And it wanteth not his emphasis, that the Psalmist saith, Judica terram, Judge the earth: not, Judica istos, Judge these men; but Judica terram ipsam, Judge the earth, or the Land it self: as he said before, ^aTerrae ipsius statumina dimoventur; the very props and shores of the whole State are shaken. For when corruptions are crept into place of judicature, they become the sins of the Land, of the State.

And it wanteth not his emphasis, that the Psalmist saith, Iudica terram, Iudge the earth: not, Iudica istos, Iudge these men; but Iudica terram ipsam, Iudge the earth, or the Land it selfe: as he said before, ^aTerrae ipsius statumina dimoventur; the very props and shores of the whole State are shaken. For when corruptions are crept into place of iudicature, they become the sinnes of the Land, of the State.

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When private men do wrong, the sin is their own, it is their personal offence, and they must answer it with their heads. But when private mens abuses and enormities are borne with or bolstered out by authority, are not duly redressed and condignly ⟨p. 77⟩punished by those that be in authority, when either justice is denied to those that be wronged, or injustice is done them by those that should do them right, then the offence becometh public, even the sin of the whole State: And maketh God enter into judgement not ^bcum senioribus populi & principibus eius, With the Elders of his people and their Princes alone; but cum terra universa, with the whole Land, with the state in general. ^c