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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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2. See the difference between God and a great part of the World, they are unjust, 1. In their Courts of Judicature; they pervert Justice: Isa. 10.1. They decree unrighteous decrees. The Hebrew word for a Judges Robe, Magnil, signifies Prevarication, Deceit, or Injustice. It is often truer of the Judge then the Robe. The Judge deserves rather to have that Name than the Robe. What is a good Law, without a good Judge? Injustice lies in two things, either not to punish where there is a Fault, or to punish where there is no Fault; how frequent! Again, 2. Unjust in their Dealings. This is 1. either in using false weights, Hos. 12.7. The Balances of deceit are in his hand. 'Tis sad to have the Bible in one hand, and false Weights in the other. Or 2. in adulterating Commodities; Isa. 1.22. Thy wine is mixed with water; when they mix bad grain with good, yet sell it for pure grain. I can never believe he is good in the first Table, who is not good in the second. He cannot be godly who is not just. Though God doth not bid you be Omnipotent, as he is, yet be Just as he is.
2. See the difference between God and a great part of the World, they are unjust, 1. In their Courts of Judicature; they pervert Justice: Isa. 10.1. They decree unrighteous decrees. The Hebrew word for a Judges Robe, Magnil, signifies Prevarication, Deceit, or Injustice. It is often truer of the Judge then the Robe. The Judge deserves rather to have that Name than the Robe. What is a good Law, without a good Iudge? Injustice lies in two things, either not to punish where there is a Fault, or to punish where there is no Fault; how frequent! Again, 2. Unjust in their Dealings. This is 1. either in using false weights, Hos. 12.7. The Balances of deceit are in his hand. 'Tis sad to have the Bible in one hand, and false Weights in the other. Or 2. in adulterating Commodities; Isa. 1.22. Thy wine is mixed with water; when they mix bad grain with good, yet sell it for pure grain. I can never believe he is good in the first Table, who is not good in the second. He cannot be godly who is not just. Though God doth not bid you be Omnipotent, as he is, yet be Just as he is.