A51846:1009
A second volume of sermons preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton…
A second volume of sermons preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton in two parts : the first containing XXVII sermons on the twenty fifth chapter of St. Matthew, XLV on the seventeenth chapter of St. John, and XXIV on the sixth chapter of the Epistle of the Romans : Part II, containing XLV sermons on the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, and XL on the fifth chapter of the second Epistle to the Corinthians : with alphabetical tables to each chapter, of the principal matters therein contained.
London: printed by J. Astwood for Jonathan Robinson, 1684
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.
(1.) Wisdom and Understanding, by which he is able to judge all Persons and Causes that come before him, according to the Rules and Laws by which that Judgment is to proceed: For no Man can give Sentence in a Cause wherein he hath not Skill, both as to matter of Right and Wrong; and sufficient Evidence and Knowledge as to matter of Fact. Therefore, in ordinary Judicatures, a prudent and discerning Person is chosen.
(1.) Wisdom and Vnderstanding, by which he is able to judge all Persons and Causes that come before him, according to the Rules and Laws by which that Judgment is to proceed: For no Man can give Sentence in a Cause wherein he hath not Skill, both as to matter of Right and Wrong; and sufficient Evidence and Knowledge as to matter of Fact. Therefore, in ordinary Judicatures, a prudent and discerning Person is chosen.
(2.)Justice is required, or a constant and unbiased Will to determine and pass Sentence, ex aequo, & bono; as Right and Truth shall require. He that giveth wrong Judgment, because he doth not accurately understand a thing, is imprudent, which in this business is a great Fault: But he that doth rightly understand a Matter, and yet is biased by perverse Affections and Aims, and giveth wrong Judgment in the Cause brought before him; that is highly impious and flagitious: Therefore, the Judge must be Just and incorrupt.
(2.)Justice is required, or a constant and unbiassed Will to determine and pass Sentence, ex aequo, & bono; as Right and Truth shall require. He that giveth wrong Judgment, because he doth not accurately understand a thing, is imprudent, which in this business is a great Fault: But he that doth rightly understand a Matter, and yet is byass'd by perverse Affections and Aims, and giveth wrong Judgment in the Cause brought before him; that is highly impious and flagitious: Therefore, the Judge must be Just and incorrupt.