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Two sermons preached at Northampton at two several assizes there The one in the…Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the…
Two sermons preached at Northampton at two several assizes there The one in the time of the shrievalty of Sir Erasmus Dryden Baronet. Anno Domini, 1621. The other in the time of the shrievalty of Sir Henry Robinson Knight, anno Domini, 1629. By Robert Bolton ... Published by E.B.Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Erasmus Dryden Baronet. Anno Domini, 1621. The other in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Henry Robinson Knight, anno Domini, 1629. By Robert Bolton ... Published by E.B.
London: printed by George Miller, 1635
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.
The Realm was corrupted with the unjustice, and extortion of former reigns, by the sale of Offices: being most certain that what we buy in gross, we must sell by retail. He did therefore expressly prohibit these sales, & supplied such places as were void, according to the merit of persons, after due examination; to draw good men, and of understanding, to apply themselves to study; otherwise they would have been shrewdly tempted, rather to have stored themselves with money then merit, with gold then goodness. Wise, and gracious then, is the counsel, which the fore-named noble and learned * 1Mornay gave unto another French King, in his Meditation upon Psalm, 101.
The Realme was corrupted with the unjustice, and extortion of former raignes, by the sale of Offices: being most certaine that what we buy in grosse, we must sell by retaile. He did therefore expresly prohibit these sales, & supplyed such places as were void, according to the merit of persons, after due examination; to draw good men, and of understanding, to apply themselves to study; otherwise they would have beene shrowdly tempted, rather to have stored themselves with money then merite, with gold then goodnesse. Wise, and gracious then, is the counsell, which the fore-named noble and learned * 1Mornay gave unto another French King, in his Meditation upon Psalme, 101.
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The Princes eye, saith he, and care should be upon the best sort of people, to set them in offices, and bestow charges upon them. He should take this course. Those that shall affect such places, he should always suspect them, their persons, and practises; for certain it is, that he that very earnestly aimeth at an office, or living, hath laid his plot already; and without doubt, he desireth it for the profit, and not for the charge.