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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.
Thus should Magistrates hear and determine without any respect to friends or relations,1 Prov. 24.23. To have respect of persons is not good, yea it is very evil. Magistrates must hear the cause, not the person; and mind, not the man, but the matter which is brought before them.
- 1Prosopolepsis dicitur, si quis paribus imparia, vel imparibus paria tribuat. Coc.
David was faulty (and he smarted sharply for it) in sparing Amnon guilty of Incest, and Absalom guilty of Murder, because they were his Sons. But Levi did nobly who said to his Father and to his Mother, I have not seen him, neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children, Deut. 33.9.
David was faulty (and he smarted sharply for it) in sparing Amnon guilty of Incest, and Absolom guilty of Murder, because they were his Sons. But Levi did nobly who said to his Father and to his Mother, I have not seen him, neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children, Deut. 33.9.
Pompey aspiring to the Roman Empire,1 and perceiving that Cato was against him, sent his friend ⟨p. 202⟩