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Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate…
Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate as it was presented in a sermon at the assize holden at Hertford for that county on August 2, 1653 / by George Swinnocke ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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 Bee doth not sting till provoked: God doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men, Lam. 3.33. There should be bowels of compassion in him than pronounceth sentence of condemnacion. Ille dolet quoties cogitur esse ferooe. Augustus never pronounced a deadly sentence without deep sorrow.
Our Laws forbid Butchers to be Jurors, because it is supposed they will be hard-hearted.1 Among several qualifications which the Jews required in their Judges, these were two; 1. That they should be Fathers of children, hoping that their paternal affection would incline them to commiseration. 2. That they should not be Eunuchs, for they conceived such very cruel. It is a bestial cruelty to delight in blood.
Our Laws forbid Butchers to be Jurors, because it is supposed they will be hard-hearted.1 Among several qualifications which the Jews required in their Judges, these were two; 1. That they should be Fathers of children, hoping that their paternal affection would incline them to commiseration. 2. That they should not be Eunuches, for they concieved such very cruel. It is a bestial cruelty to delight in blood.
- 1Godwin. Antiq.
The laws of Draco are generally condemned,1 for they were written in blood, and the offender was sure to die of what nature soever his offence was. A. Gel.