Hence I argue, If the Holy Ghost in this good King, forbid inferior Judges wresting of judgement, respecting of persons, and taking of gifts, because the judgement is the Lords; and if the Lord himself were on the Bench, he would not respect persons, nor take gifts; then he presumeth, that inferior Judges are in the stead and place of Jehovah: and that when these inferior Judges should take gifts, they make (as it were) the Lord, whose place they represent, to take gifts, and to do iniquity, and to respect persons: but that the holy Lord cannot do. 2. If the inferior Judges in the act of judging, were the Vicars, and Deputies of King Jehoshaphat, he would have said, Judge righteous judgement; Why? For the judgement ⟨p. 160⟩is mine, and if I the King were on the Bench, I would not respect persons, nor take gifts; and you judge for me the supreme Judge, as my Deputies: but the King saith, They judge not for man, but for the Lord. 3. If by this they were not Gods immediate Vicars, but the Vicars and Deputies of the King, then being mere servants, the King might command them to pronounce such a sentence, and not such a sentence as I may command my servant and deputy, in so far, as he is a servant and deputy, to say this, and say not this: but the King cannot limit the conscience of the inferior Judge, because the judgement is not the Kings, but the Lords. 4. The King cannot command any other to do that, as King; for the doing whereof, he hath no power from God himself, but the King hath no power from God to pronounce what sentence he pleaseth, because the judgement is not his own, but Gods: And though inferior Judges be sent of 1the King, and appointed by him to be Judges, and so have their external call from Gods deputy, the King; yet because judging is an act of conscience, as one mans conscience cannot properly be a deputy for another mans conscience, so neither can an inferior Judge, as a Judge, be a deputy for a King: therefore the inferior Judges have designation to their office from the King; but if they have from the King, that they are Judges, and be not Gods deputies, but the Kings, they could not be commanded to execute judgement for God, but for the King: and Deut. 1. 17. Moses appointed Judges, but not as his deputies to judge and give sentence, as subordinate to Moses: For the judgement (saith he) is the Lords, not mine. 6.
Hence I argue, If the Holy Ghost in this good King, forbid inriour Judges wresting of judgement, respecting of persons, and taking of gifts, because the judgement is the Lords; and if the Lord himself were on the Bench, he would not respect persons, nor take gifts; then he presumeth, that inferiour Iudges are in the stead and place of Jehovah: and that when these inferiour Iudges should take gifts, they make (as it were) the Lord, whose place they represent, to take gifts, and to do iniquitie, and to respect persons: but that the holy Lord cannot do. 2. If the inferiour Iudges in the act of judging, were the Vicars, and Deputies of King Jehoshaphat, he would have said, Judge righteous judgement; Why? For the judgement ⟨p. 160⟩is mine, and if I the King were on the Bench, I would not respect persons, nor take gifts; and you judge for me the supreme Judge, as my Deputies: but the King saith, They judge not for man, but for the Lord. 3. If by this they were not Gods immediate Vicars, but the Vicars and Deputies of the King, then being meer servants, the King might command them to pronounce such a sentence, and not such a sentence as I may command my servant and deputy, in so far, as he is a servant and deputie, to say this, and say not this: but the King cannot limit the conscience of the inferiour Iudge, because the judgement is not the Kings, but the Lords. 4. The King cannot command any other to do that, as King; for the doing whereof, he hath no power from God himself, but the King hath no power from God to pronounce what sentence he pleaseth, because the judgement is not his own, but Gods: And though inferiour Iudges be sent of 1the King, and appointed by him to be Iudges, and so have their externall call from Gods deputy, the King; yet because judging is an act of conscience, as one mans conscience cannot properly be a deputy for another mans conscience, so neither can an inferior Iudge, as a Iudge, be a deputy for a King: therefore the inferiour Iudges have designation to their office from the King; but if they have from the King, that they are Iudges, and be not Gods deputies, but the Kings, they could not be commanded to execute judgement for God, but for the King: and Deut. 1. 17. Moses appointed Iudges, but not as his deputies to judge and give sentence, as subordinate to Moses: For the judgement (saith he) is the Lords, not mine. 6.
