The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Fourthly, the quality and manner of his administration, is in ^xjustice and truth: for the justice of it, the ^yPsalmist saith, and out of him the ^zApostle to the Hebrews, Thy Sceptre is a righteous Sceptre. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity. ^aAgain, He shall judge the people with righteousness, and the poor ones with judgement. The like saith the Prophet ^bIsaiah, Beheld, a King shall reign righteously. Again, ^cHe shall establish his Kingdom, and hold it up by Judgement and by Justice. The justice of his Kingdom standeth first in being a shelter to his subjects, then, destroying Rebels: What a shelter he should be to his subjects, ^dIsaiah did foretell: That Man (Christ the King) shall be as a hiding place from the Wind, and a Refuge from the Storm, as Rivers of waters in a dry place, as the shadow of a great Rock in a ground weary with very thirst: for, as the ^ePsalmist saith, He shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy which hath no helper: He shall spare the needy and the poor, and save the lives of the poor from guile and violence: he shall deliver their soul, and dear shall their blood be in his eyes.

Fourthly, the qualitie and manner of his administration, is in ^xiustice and truth: for the iustice of it, the ^yPsalmist saith, and out of him the ^z