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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…
The magistrates commission from heaven. Declared in a sermon preached in Laurence Jury, London, the 28. day of Sept. 1644. at the election of the Lord Major. / By Anthony Burgess, sometimes fellow of Immanuel College in Cambridge; now pastor of Sutton Coldfield in Warwick shire, and a member of the Assembly. Imprimatur Thomas Gataker.The magistrates commission from heaven. Declared in a sermon preached in Laurencejury, London, the 28. day of Sept. 1644. at the election of the Lord Major. / By Anthony Burgesse, sometimes fellow of Immanuel Colledge in Cambridge; now pastour of Sutton Coldfield in Warwick shire, and a member of the Assembly. Imprimatur Thomas Gataker.
London: printed by George Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1644London: printed by George Miller for Thomas Vnderhill, 1644
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In the fifth place,Another Qualification that is requisite, is, Fortitude, and Courage, and Zeal: Wisdom is the eye; but Courage and Fortitude that is the hand: and so to the one there must be the other joined; and certainly, where there is not zeal for God, and zeal against vice, there can be nothing done rightly: therefore Magistrates are called Elim, they are called the strong ones: as therefore, I told you, it is not enough for a Magistrate to say, I desire to do good, and I fain would do good, but he must know how to do good: So on the other side, he ought to be full of courage, and full of fortitude, that he be not any way hindered in the doing of the same, that he neither be flattered out, nor frighted out of his duty: not to be afraid of the people, nor yet to be afraid of great ones. You may see Saul for fear of the people, and Aaron for fear of the people, how they were forced to commit sin: And so likewise on the other side, not for fear of great ones, that was Zedekiah's fault, that for fear of the Nobles, he delivered up Jeremiah.
In the fift place,Another Qualification that is requisite, is, Fortitude, and Courage, and Zeale: Wisedome is the eye; but Courage and Fortitude that is the hand: and so to the one there must be the other joyn'd; and certainly, where there is not zeale for God, and zeale against vice, there can be nothing done rightly: therefore Magistrates are called Elim, they are called the strong ones: as therefore, I told you, it is not enough for a Magistrate to say, I desire to doe good, and I faine would doe good, but he must know how to doe good: So on the other side, he ought to be full of courage, and full of fortitude, that he be not any way hindred in the doing of the same, that he neither be flattered out, nor frighted out of his duty: not to be afraid of the people, nor yet to be afraid of great ones. You may see Saul for feare of the people, and Aaron for feare of the people, how they were forced to commit sin: And so likewise on the other side, not for feare of great ones, that was Zedikiahs fault, that for feare of the Nobles, he deliverd up Jeremy.
Further in the next place,another great requisite in him, it is a holy care of Family, of Officers, of those that belong to him, if he be a superior. This you may see to be the resolution of David in the 101. Psalm: it is a Psalm that it is well if all Governors would be diligent in; you may see what he did resolve on, when he