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…

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 ⟨p. 13⟩therefore now, they are not to enrich themselves by it, nor to look at their own ends in the public.

In the second place, another thing requisite is; That he be of a publique spirit: for beloved, to be in a publike 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 Governours have as many eyes as Argus, to find out profit, and matters of gaine: 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 publike heart and a publike 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 abhorre all inriching of himselfe, on the losse of the publique: oh! what a woefull thing will it be at the day of iudgement, to have a man crying as Judas said, here, take this silver, and take the gold againe, or take this estate againe that I have got by robbing of the Common-wealth: And how necessary is this to our Governours, to our Magistrates, to our Commanders, to our Souldiers; all that have to doe in the publike, that they would consider, that they are for the publique, and the publike 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