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The shields of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…The shieldes of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…
The shields of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard Hutten, and Sir George Crook, at the assizes holden at North-hampton: February 25. 1634. By Edward Reynolds, rector of the church of Braunston in North-hampton shire.The shieldes of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard Hutten, and Sir George Crooke, at the assizes holden at North-hampton: February 25. 1634. By Edward Reynolds, rector of the church of Braunston in North-hampton shire.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostock, 1636
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Here then we have the Rulers of the Earth set forth by a double relation. The one upward, they are Scuta Deo, they belong to God: The other downward, they are Scuta Terrae, the Shields of the earth; ⟨p. 5⟩and both these noting two things, their Dignity, and their Duty. They belong to God, it is their honour that he hath Sealed them; they belong to God, it is their duty to be subject to him. They are the Shields of the earth, it is their Honour that they are above others; they are the Shields of the Earth, it is their duty to protect others. And surely great reason they should do their duty, when they have honour and dignity of their own to encourage and to support them in it. But there is a further reason than that in the Text, namely the Honour of God: for when the Rulers of the people do not only by the sacredness of their persons, but by the holiness of their lives belong to God; when they are above the people, not in honour only, to overtop them, but in love and righteousness to protect them▪ too, then, never more vehementer exaltatur, the God of Israel is highly exalted.
Here then we have the Rulers of the Earth set forth by a double relation. The one upward, they are Scuta Deo, they belong to God: The other downward, they are Scuta Terrae, the Shields of the earth; ⟨p. 5⟩and both these noting two things, their Dignitie, and their Dutie. They belong to God, it is their honour that he hath Sealed them; they belong to God, it is their dutie to be subject to him. They are the Shields of the earth, it is their Honour that they are above others; they are the Shields of the Earth, it is their duty to protect others. And surely great reason they should doe their dutie, when they have honour and dignity of their owne to incourage and to support them in it. But there is a further reason than that in the Text, namely the Honour of God: for when the Rulers of the people doe not only by the sacrednesse of their persons, but by the holinesse of their lives belong to God; when they are above the people, not in honor only, to overtop them, but in love and righteousnesse to protect them▪ too, then, never more vehementer exaltatur, the God of Israel is highly exalted.