A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…

The ordinary method for the handling of this subject of Judgement should be this. 1. To show you what Judgement is in the General, and what it doth contain: and that is, 1. The persons. 2. The cause. 3. The Actions. 1. The parties are, 1. the Accuser. 2. the Defendant. 3. Sometime Assistants. 4. The Judge. 2. The ⟨p. 9⟩cause contains, 1. the Accusation. 2. the Defence. 3. With the Evidence of both. 4. and the Merit. The Merit of the cause is, as it agreeth with the Law and Equity. 3. The Judicial Actions are, I. Introductory. 1. Citation. 2. Compulsion if need be. 3.Appearance of the Accused. II. Of the Essence of Judgement, 1. Debate by • the Accuser, 2. Defendant, called the Disceptation of the cause. 2. By the Judge. •. Ex:ploration. 2. Sentence. 3. To see to the Execution: But because the Method is less suitable to your capacities; and hath something humane, I will reduce all to these following heads.

The ordinary method for the handling of this subject of Judgement should be this. 1. To shew you what Judgement is in the General, and what it doth contain: and that is, 1. The persons. 2. The cause. 3. The Actions. 1. The parties are, 1. the Accuser. 2. the Defendant. 3. Somtime Assistants. 4. The Judge. 2. The ⟨p. 9⟩cause contains, 1. the Accusation. 2. the Defence. 3. With the Evidence of both. 4. and the Merit. The Merit of the cause is, as it agreeth with the Law and Equity. 3. The Judicial Actions are, I. Introductory. 1. Citation. 2. Compulsion if need be. 3.Appearance of the Accused. II. Of the Essence of Judgement, 1. Debate by • the Accuser, 2. Defendant, called the Disceptation of the cause. 2. By the Judge. •. Ex:ploration. 2. Sentence. 3. To see to the Execution: But because the Method is less suitable to your capacities; and hath something humane, I will reduce all to these following heads.