Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate…

Epaminondas rejoiced much that he had done noble exploits, his Parents being alive to take notice of them. What noble acts soever are done for the promoting Godliness, for the stopping the mouth of wickedness by the children of the most High, are all known to the everliving Father, who recordeth them faithfully, and will reward them bountifully; be therefore exact in your walkings, and zealous in your working, since your labour shall not be in vain for the Lord, 1 Cor. 15. ult.

Epaminondas rejoyced much that he had done noble exploits, his Parents being alive to take notice of them. What noble acts soever are done for the promoting Godliness, for the stopping the mouth of wickedness by the children of the most High, are all known to the everliving Father, who recordeth them faithfully, and will reward them bountifully; be therefore exact in your walkings, and zealous in your working, since your labour shall not be in vain for the Lord, 1 Cor. 15. ult.

Secondly, Consider the day of your dissolutions is hastening. While ye are creeping only in Gods way, or doing negligently Gods Work, death is posting with speed towards you. Consider the verse following the Text; though he hath said, Ye are Gods, and called you children of the most High, yet ye must die like men: Your honours, and your worships, your Majesties, and your Highness, must shortly lie in the dust, and be as low as the meanest. Diseases spare none for their fine Clothes, high Places, or great Estates. And the Cannon of death doth as soon hit the great Commanders as the Common Soldier, it maketh no difference. Charles the great, Pompey the great, and Alexander the great, were all little in Deaths hands: Men in places of greatest power, are not persons privileged from the Arrest of this surly Sergeant.

Secondly, Consider the day of your dissolutions is hastening. While ye are creeping only in Gods way, or doing negligently Gods Work, death is posting with speed towards you. Consider the verse following the Text; though he hath said, Ye ars Gods, and called you children of the most High, yet ye must die like men: Your honours, and your worships, your Majesties, and your Highnesse, must shortly lie in the dust, and be as low as the meanest. Diseases spare none for their fine Cloaths, high Places, or great Estates. And the Cannon of death doth as soon hit the great Commanders as the Common Souldier, it maketh no difference. Charles the great, Pompey the great, and Alexander the great, were all little in Deaths hands: Men in places of greatest power, are not persons privileged from the Arrest of this surly Sergeant.