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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43844	Two sermons preached before the judges of assize 1. At Reading, on Cant: 7.4, 2. At Abingdon, on Ps. 82.1 : with two other sermons preached at St. Maries on Oxford, 1. On I Cor. 15.10, 2. On Psalm 58.11 / by John Hinckley ...	Hinckley, John, 1617?-1695.	1657 (1657)	Wing H2049; ESTC R37864	133,129	357

skins Mic. 3.3 I never b Christianus nullius est hos● is nedum Imperatoris Tertul ad Scapulam envied at the State and might of Magistrates when they flourish it will be the better for us the greater is their strength the more will be our security we shall be safe under the shadow of their winges and breath as it were with the breath of their nostrills Troy was safe whilst the Palladium continued there Salva Roma salva patria salvus est Germanicus Rome is safe our Countrey is safe for Germanicus is safe murmuring and tumultuous sedition against the head does commonly end as that mutiny of the members against the belly the hands would not work nor the feet goe nor the mouth eate because the belly devoured all till at last these members were so feeble that they could not help themselves The shrubs in the fable being over-topt with some Oakes which grew amongst them petitioned that these Oakes might be cut downe and all might be made levell well annuit Jupiter it was so what then the Winter stormes came and beate them to the ground and the summers heate scorcht them up the Morall is very plaine Once more Aelian de Animal l. 5. cap. 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. So long as the Master Bee commands the whole swarme is at peace the drones rest in their Cells the young Bees in theirs and the old ones in theirs but if h● miscarry 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. no Bee knowes his owne Cell so t is in a Common-wealth all things are full of disorder and confusion where the sinewes of government are loosened our very lives are bound up with theirs that rule us As might is necessary for rulers so t is to be wisht that they would temper it with mildenesse and gentlenesse that they might not so much force as winne obedience Where is there a better decorum of obsequiousnesse then among the Bees yet the Leader there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 milde and without any sting at all saies the Naturalist nay this is to be like God himselfe who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 All-mighty yet chuses to draw his servants after him Cant. 1.3 by the sweet odours and oyntments of his graces He makes them a willing people in the day of his power Ps 110.3 so that they can say 2 Cor. 5.14 the love of God constraines us Constantine thought it a reproach to his government that any of his subjects should appeare before him with a a Domisso lugubri vulcu Euse pag. 159. lib. 4. sad and discontented countenance As this will beget mutuall love and cheerefulnesse so it will adde to the might of Magistrates No such Fortresses as the hearts of the people was our good Debora's Maxime Dioclesian thought he had upbraided Constantine when he called him poore and beggerly Prince Euse pag. 121. lib. 1. de vita Constantini but Constantine sendeth for his rich subjects tells them he wanted money they presently fill his Exchequer up to the brimme and confirmes this truth that the cordes of love draw with greatest strength 2. Their honour and dignity Elohim gods And might when t is rightly derived and well managed is alwaies a good step to honour Men of courage and might are famous in the Congregation men of renowne but to heighten their esteeme among men they have a title above men above humane Herauldry as if when they are translated from private men to become rulers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hom. they receive an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and are consecrated unto gods Q. Is not this contrary to Hezekiahs prayer thou art God thou alone 2 Kings 19.15 To that of Moses Heare O Israel the Lord thy God is one to that of God himselfe He is jealous of his honour and will not communicate it to another Has not he expresly forbid our having more gods than one A. To reconcile these differences Saint Paul must be the Umpire 1 Cor. 8.5 6. To us there is but one God the father of whom are all things and we in him so farre by way of concession Though there be that are called gods whether in heaven or in earth as there be gods many and lords many This is by way of distinction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Chrysostome glosses upon the places They are not gods indeed but in title not by nature and essence but in office not Jehovah but Elohim which is sometimes communicable to angells and men as the learned observe 1. Rulers are gods by deputation anointed to be his Vicegerents his Lieutenants and representatives here upon earth having Commission from him he calleth them gods to whom the word of God came the word of God Jo. 10.3.5 i. e. by an Hebraisme his warrant and authority For as the judgment of the great day is attributed unto Christ We shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ Act. 17.32 and he hath appointed a time to judge the world in righteousnesse by that man whom he hath ordained because Christ has a body and so will be visible to the world so does God now judge among us in a visible manner by men like our selves In this respect Peter calls Magistracy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a humane ordinance because t is exercised by men and vers't among men though the commission it selfe is from God 2. They should be gods in imitating the judgment of God judging deliberately uprightly boldly severely and mercifully as occasion shall serve not sparing fat Agag's rich and potent Benhadads and in the meane while neglecting or oppressing the widdow and fatherlesse which will do them the most mischeife at the throne of Grace 1 Cor. 4.14 I speake not these things to shame you but as my beloved freinds I warne you 1. By way of caution to rulers themselves Appli lest this glorious title should swell them up with ambition as Alexander Domitian the King of Babel c. Ezek. 28.2 Esa 14.14 would have bin taken for gods indeed Dan. 6.7 9 and so be worshiped with divine honour Herod would thus rob God of his glory by owning and assuming to himselfe that blasphemous acclamation The voice of a God and not of a man but you may read his doome Act. 12.23 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he was eaten up of worms Neither must rulers think because they are called gods they may do what they list and have a priviledge for loosenesse and licentiousnesse Qui selecti erant nobilitate criminum non dignitate virtutum August de Civitate Dei lib. 7. cap. 33. as too many turne the grace of God into wantonnesse This is to be like the heathen gods who were deified not for their vertues but for their crimes Magistratus virum power will shew what is in man as a manis truly that which he is in temptation By way of direction unto them If gods how should all their carriage and courses