Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	great_a	king_n	lord_n	8,214	5	3.8032	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14055	A nevv booke of spirituall physik for dyuerse diseases of the nobilitie and gentlemen of Englande, made by William Turner doctor of Physik	Turner, William, d. 1568.	1555 (1555)	STC 24361; ESTC S118750	76,442	208

authoritie out of the newe testament to proue that it belongeth vnto the Kinges Dukes Erles Lordes and other noble and gentlemen to exercyse iustice and iugemēt Rom. 13. and to defende the innocent and to ponishe the euell I wyl shew two euident places to proue the same Paule in the .xiii. of the epistle vnto the Roma declareth expressedly that the office of prynces is to defende the innocent to ponyshe the euel His wordes are these They that do well nede not to feare the princes but suche as do euel Wyll thou not be afrayed of the power do it that is good and thou shalt haue prayse of hym For he is goddes seruaunt or officer to thee vnto good But yf thou do it that is euell feare for he beareth not the sworde in inuayne for he is Goddes officer and an angry aduenger vnto hym that dothe euel Peter also in the seconde chapter of hys former Epistle teacheth vs that it is not onely the office of a kynge to defende the good and to ponyshe the euel but that the same is also the office of other rulers and officers vnder hym as ye be His wordes are these Be you obedient vnto euery creature of man for the Lordes sake whether it be the king as moste execellent or dukes or gouerners whyche are appointed by hym for the ponyshment of the euel doers and for the commēdation of weldoers These thynges are they where in chiefly stāde the office dutie of a ryght noble or gentleman all these thynges are al Emperores Kynges Dukes Erles Barons Knyghtes Squyers and all other gentlemen bounde to do But these thynges can they not do wythout great learnyng and knowlege and specially in the holy scripture For howe shall that noble man knowe whether he be kynge duke or erle howe to destroye ydolatrye and fats worshippynge of God and set out the true religion whyche hathe not learned what is ydolatrye what is true religion and wherin the one standeth and wherin the other standeth He that knoweth not both the contraries knoweth not parfytlye one of them Howe shall he be able to iuge and say thys is ryght whyt whych knoweth not blacke Howe shall he knowe what is euell that knoweth not what is good Howe shal he iudge whyche is whyte and whych is blacke that is blynde and can se no colour Howe shall he iuge after the ciuile lawe that neuer knew it Howe shall he iuge after the law of God or man that neuer learned nor knewe any of both Aristotel Quae quisque no uit de ijs vere iudicat eorumque est aequus aestimator Sayeth Aristotel that is euery man iudgeth those thynges truly that he knoweth Therfore wythout great learnyng and namely in the word of God no person cā rightly exercyse the office of kynge or gouerner or of a noble or gentleman When a man of the contre cōmeth to a gentlemā that is his landlorde or to a iustice of peace or to a knight or to a lorde or an erle or a duke or a kynge and accuseth hys neyghbour of blasphemy or heresy for sayeng it that was ones breade cā not be made God Yf the gentleman be ygnoraūt in the scripture to whom thys accuser cōmeth and wote not what is blasphemy but only foloweth that learnynge that he hath receyued of vnlearned preestes false prophetes putteth in pryson the mā accused for thys sayeng and the poore man dyeth in prison in the meane season whyche myght haue lyued yf he had ben out of pryson what shall we saye of thys Iuge is he not a murtherer Thinke ye that on the daye of iudgement whē god shal inquyre why that gentleman kylled or cast in pryson an innocēt thynke ye that yf the gentylman answere I knew no better that God the great iuge which made althing and was neuer made wyll allowe thys excuse I trowe not Thynke ye that the gentlemē of Cambridgeshyre and the Iudges whyche keste Iohn Warde paynter into pryson amongest theues and murderers for sayeng that it was as lawful to set a candle before hys hat as before a paynted ymage shall scape vnponyshed yf they dyd not repent them afterwarde Wyll thys excuse I knewe no better be then allowed in suche as were by the expressed commaūdemēt of God charged to haue parfyt knowlege of the law of God I trowe naye Was it not a greate shame that Iudges whyche wyth a fewe other of that profession wyll are almoste only called learned mē shulde be so ignoraunt in scripture that they kest an innocent into pryson namely whē as a paynter told hys matter so that no scripture learned iudge wolde haue condemned hym to prison but rather wolde haue commended hym That Iuges maye learne herafter to iuge better and to auoyd the shame that the forsayd iuges had and the ponishment that abideth for them except they haue repēted thē selues I wyl reherse the hole storye Ihon warde aboute xx yeares ago made a fayre paynted ymage of S. Christophor where vnto he had ioyned a deuout interpretacion of saint Christophors lyfe and he had set out the ymage very lyuely in a table this set he before him in hys pew in the churche to learne to be a ryght Christophor But with in a moneth that he had set vp hys table certein supersticius people set were candels before the ymage that he had painted trimmed set vp Therfore he beynge offended wyth the supersticion of the people keste downe all the candelles and toke awaye out of the churche hys ymage agayne and caried it home and vntyl he came agayne he left hys hatte in the place where hys ymage was before And when he came agayne to churche one axed hym what he ment to set hys hatte in the place of hys ymage and he answered to se whether any wyll be so mad to worship my hatte as they were to worshyp my ymage Thynke you quoth the Papist to Ward that any man wyl be so mad to worship your hat Ward answered they maye as wel worshyp my hatte as my ymage for the hatter is as holy a mā as I am and hys handworke deserueth as well to haue candelles set vp before it as myne dothe And for thys hys sayeng whē as he was accused therof and cōfessed it he was iuged worthy to haue lyke imprisonmēt wyth theues and murderers Wolde not the knowlege of scripture haue don good seruice vnto these blynde iudges yes a great deale more then .x. queyres of pedlers frenche But perchaunce the great men I meane Kynges Dukes Erles Lordes Knyghtes and other gentlemen wyll saye there are lawyers learned mē enough to do this busynes what yf it be our duetye and office to gyue iudgemēt in suche maters when as we maye do thys parte of our office and dutie by our seruauntes or other why shulde we be combered therwith Do not ye knowe my lordes and masters that ther is none of you all that