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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 Judge of all the earth doth right, and the Judges that are on the earth should do right. God doth judge the world in righteousness, and ministereth judgement to the poor in uprightness, Psal. 9.8. And they who rule over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God, 2 Sam. 23.3.
The Judge of all the earth doth right, and the Judges that are on the earth should do right. God doth judge the world in righteousness, and ministreth judgement to the poor in uprightness, Psal. 9.8. And they who rule over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God, 2 Sam. 23.3.
1Justice and Judgement are the habitation of Gods Throne, Psal. 89.14. The holy Ghost alludeth to the Thrones of earthly Princes, which were under-propped with Pillars (as Solomons Throne with Lions, 1 Kings 19, 20.) that were both a support and an ornament to it. Now saith the Psalmist, Justice and Judgement are the Pillars upon which Gods Throne standeth, or (as Calvin expoundeth it) the Robe and Diadem, the Purple and Sceptre, the Regalia with which Gods Throne is adorned. Thus Magistrates ought to make good their pattern, and to take heed what they do, because they judge not for man, but for the Lord who is with them in the Judgement, 22 Chron. 19.6. Magistrates are therefore called Gods, because they should (as God doth) do impartial justice without respect of persons,