The magistrates commission from heaven. Declared in a sermon preached in Laurence Jury, London, the…The magistrates commission from heaven. Declared in a sermon preached in Laurencejury, London, the…

And then this knowledge is to have all the affections joined with it; fear, and love, &c. to say as he said, Pereat magis totum regnum, quam ut semel contra Deum peccem, Oh! let all this earthly Kingdom of mine perish: yea, totus orbis, (as he adds) let the whole world, rather then that I should once sin knowingly against God: this ought to be the resolution in every Governor and officer; Let the whole Kingdom perish, let all my estate, let all my glory, let all my pomp perish, rather then I should once offend against God: And as he is to have the fear of God in his heart, and the knowledge of God out of his word: so his delight is to be unto those that are godly, and to those that are holy: as David makes it his resolution, My delight (says he) shall be on the faithful of the Land. So then, this is the first thing necessary unto a Governor, one that understands the word of God, one that hath knowledge, soundness of judgement out of the same.

And then this knowledge is to have all the affections joyned with it; feare, and love, &c. to say as he said, Pereat magis totum regnum, quam ut semel contra Deum peccem, Oh! let all this earthly Kingdome of mine perish: yea, totus orbis, (as he addes) let the whole world, rather then that I should once sinne knowingly against God: this ought to be the resolution in every Governour and officer; Let the whole Kingdome perish, let all my estate, let all my glory, let all my pompe perish, rather then I should once offend against God: And as he is to have the feare of God in his heart, and the knowledge of God out of his word: so his delight is to be unto those that are godly, and to those that are holy: as David makes it his resolution, My delight (sayes he) shall be on the faithfull of the Land. So then, this is the first thing necessary unto a Governour, one that understands the word of God, one that hath knowledge, soundnesse of judgement out of the same.

In the second place, another thing requisite is; That he be of a public spirit: for beloved, to be in a public place, and to have a private heart, and to have private ends, how incongruous is that? Woe be to thee, O Common-wealth, where thy Governors have as many eyes as Argus, to find out profit, and matters of gain: and as many hands as Briarius, to receive and take the same: We told you they are for the Common-wealth, and the Common-wealth is not for them; and so they ought to labour for a public heart and a public spirit: My parts they are the Common-wealths, my power it is the Common-wealths, my time it is the Common-wealths: He ought to abhor all enriching of himself, on the loss of the public: oh! what a woeful thing will it be at the day of judgement, to have a man crying as Judas said, here, take this silver, and take the gold again, or take this estate again that I have got by robbing of the Common-wealth: And how necessary is this to our Governors, to our Magistrates, to our Commanders, to our Soldiers; all that have to do in the public, that they would consider, that they are for the public, and the public is not for them: Austin considers much that out of Tully, respublica, is, res populi, the Common-wealth it is the peoples good, it is, res populi, and