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The Lord in the Law doth admonish the Magistrate to beware of this sin, and to the prohibition annexeth a commination or threatening, to make him the more heedful to avoid it: Thou shalt keep thee far from a false matter, and ¹shalt not slay the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify a wicked man: that is, I will find out the guiltiness of such unjust Judges and Rulers, and I will accordingly plague them for the same. This may be exemplified by that which befell Pharaoh, Ahab, Jezebel, and Manasse, though not to his destruction, yet to his smart; when of a Prince he was made a prisoner, and bound with chains like a malefactor. And the Lord Jesus told Paul whiles he was violent against them that believed in his name, he did but unwisely beat the point of the goad with his heels: He kicked against the prick, as in the end it was told him.²

The Lord in the Law doth admonish the Magistrate to beware of this sinne, and to the prohibition annexeth a commination or threatning, to make him the more heedfull to auoid it: Thou shalt keepe thee farre from a false matter, and ¹shalt not slay the innocent and righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man: that is, I will finde out the guiltinesse of such vniust Iudges and Rulers, and I will accordingly plague them for the same. This may be exemplified by that which befell Pharao, Ahab, Iezabel, and Manasse, though not to his destruction, yet to his smart; when of a Prince he was made a prisoner, and bound with chaines like a malefactor. And the Lord Iesus told Paul whiles he was violent against them that beleeued in his name, hee did but vnwisely beat the point of the goad with his heeles: He kicked against the pricke, as in the end it was told him.²

1. 1Exod. 23. 7.
2. 2Act. 9. 5.