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The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Showed in…The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Shewed in…
The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Showed in a sermon before the inferior court in Northampton, Decem. 3d, 1712. : Together with the benefit of the Gospel, to those that are wounded in spirit. Showed in several sermons, from Luke 4th. 18, 19. On the occasion of a more than ordinary pouring out of the spirit of God. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.The efficacy of the fear of Hell, to restrain men from sin. Shewed in a sermon before the inferiour court in Northampton, Decem. 3d, 1712. : Together with the benefit of the Gospel, to those that are wounded in spirit. Shewed in several sermons, from Luke 4th. 18, 19. On the occasion of a more than ordinary pouring out of the spirit of God. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.
printed by Thomas Fleet for Samuel Phillips, 1713
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4. It would be a great benefit to Under-Officers. The Work of some Under-Officers is, To inform themselves of the breaches ⟨p. 19⟩of Law, and to give Information to Rulers. They may fail of their Duty by neglecting to get Knowledge, lest they should be counted Busy-bodies; and by neglecting to give Information, either from Friendship or from Fear, or to prevent Trouble. There be other Under-Officers who are to judge in Causes Civil and Criminal. Their Work is to give a Verdict; a Verdict is Verumdictum, a true Sentence: And though they are under a necessity to bring in a Verdict, yet they are in no Snare, to act against their Consciences. If they be all of a Mind, their way is fair; if they can't be all of a Mind, they must in Civil Cases bring in for the Defendant: In Criminal they must bring in Not Guilty, for those are Negative Verdicts: The meaning is, They can't agree to give the Case to the Plaintiff, or to Condemn the Prisoner. But these Men may fail much, when some for quietness do comply with the Judgment of others against their own Light: So likewise when they bring in a wrong Verdict, from Friendship or Bribery, or Credulity, depending on the Infallibility of the Lawyer that Pleads the Case, it would be very Serviceable for these Men to remember the Judgment ⟨p. 20⟩of the last Day, and the Punishment that will be inflicted on ungodly Men. Under-Officers may bring a Woe upon themselves, Isa. 10.1. Under-Officers may prevent much Injustice, Joh. 7.46.
4. It would be a great benefit to Under-Officers. The Work of some Under-Officers is, To inform themselves of the breaches ⟨p. 19⟩of Law, and to give Information to Rulers. They may fail of their Duty by neglecting to get Knowledge, lest they should be counted Busie-bodies; and by neglecting to give Information, either from Friendship or from Fear, or to prevent Trouble. There be other Under-Officers who are to judge in Causes Civil and Criminal. Their Work is to give a Verdict; a Verdict is Verumdictum, a true Sentence: And though they are under a necessity to bring in a Verdict, yet they are in no Snare, to act against their Consciences. If they be all of a Mind, their way is fair; if they can't be all of a Mind, they must in Civil Cases bring in for the Defendant: In Criminal they must bring in Not Guilty, for those are Negative Verdicts: The meaning is, They can't agree to give the Case to the Plantiff, or to Condemn the Prisoner. But these Men may fail much, when some for quietness do comply with the Judgment of others against their own Light: So likewise when they bring in a wrong Verdict, from Friendship or Bribery, or Credulity, depending on the Infallibility of the Lawyer that Pleads the Case, it would be very Serviceable for these Men to remember the Judgment