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A sermon preached at the last generall asise holden for the county of Sommerset at Taunton. By William Sclater Batchelar in Diuinitie, and minister of the word of God at Pitmsiter
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Sclater, William, 1575-1626.
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Heâ—iâ— Ieiunio cap. 17. Bibamus pro salute imperatorum qui non biberit sit reus in deuotione Let vs drinke to the health of the King who so pledgeth not his health let him bee culpable in point of deuotion O obsequie of pious deuotion saith Saint Ambrose ironically or rather ô foolishnesse of men that thinke drunkennesse a sacrifice to God as if the God wee serue were as Bacchus the Idoll of the heathen to be propitiated with intemperance g 1. Tim. 2.1 Oremus pro salute Regum pray for the health and saluation of Kings that 's Pauls deuotion If such be your liues this your obseruance of that God that hath so highly aduanced you take heed it proue not your portion at the last that the wise man hath Potentes potentèr tormenta patientur mighty men shall bee mightily tormented One thing more let mee adde on this ground as more neerely concerning your Lordships Analogie you haue in dignitie to the great God of heauen and earth I beseech you be carefull in your executions to maintaine the proportion Iehoshaphat hath particularized it in his charge to the Iudges of his time vpon this ground either of analogie or deputation h 2 Chron. 197. Ye iudge not for men but for the Lord therefore let the feare of the Lord bee vpon you take heed and doe it for there is no iniquitie with the Lord nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts The charge runs often for impartialitie in iudgement ye shall iudge the small as well as the great and haue no respect of persons in iudgement not feare the face of the mighty nor esteeme a poore man in his cause not fauour the person of the poore nor honour the person of the mighty Know it for suretie iniquitie dwels not all in cottages but findes entertainment in sieled houses I would they were not some of them as it s said of Shinar i Zech 5.11 the land where wickednesse is setled as vpon her owne base Ieremy in the search hee made in Ierusalem for a man found goodnesse as rare among k Ier. 5.5 the great ones as amongst the vulgus The state of our time and Kingdome is not much vnlike My counsell is this onely Let neuer cauillers haue cause to say of our lawes as Anacharsis spake tartly of those of Scythia they are as spiders webs the great flies breake thorow the smaller onely are holden For gifts how professeth the great Iudge that herein requires your imitation a holy scorne of them l Mic. 6.7 Thousands of Rammes and ten thousand riuers of oile none of these so precious in his eyes as is the preseruation of iustice Let the same minde be in you What Peter speakes to Simon Magus say you to corrupting bribers m Act. 8.20 Thy money perish with thee that thinkest so sacred a thing as iustice may be peruerted by money Withall forget not what Augustine admonisheth that there is something equiualent to a bribe as much tainting the soule with guilt of iniustice whether it be done prece or pretio timore or amore the sinne is the same Pilate perhaps could wash his hands of bribes not therefore of Christs bloud The feare or fauour of Caesar suggested by the people n Ioh. 19.12 Thou art not Caesars friend was equiualent to a bribe and swaied him against iustice to condemne an innocent The o 1. Reg. 21.9.10.11.12.13.14 Iudges of Israel that sentenced Naboth to death wee reade not to haue beene corrupted with bribes but there was something equiualent for which their soules to this day frie in hell except they repented whether it was feare of Iesabels violence or hope of fauour and preferment by her that procured their cruell obsequiousnesse to her bloudy mandate My Lords hee that said yee are Gods requires you in iudgement to put off all partiall humane affections and to frame your proceedings to those of the great Iudge of heauen and earth so doing his promise is to be p 2 Chro. 19.6 with you in the cause and iudgement Giue leaue now a little to direct my speech to those of inferiour ranke imploied in this seruice they haue also their meditations naturally affoorded from consideration of your dignitie Consider it seriously beloued Christians you that haue to deale whether by way of information or testimonie or howsoeuer They are Gods by office and deputation before whom ye stand and the great God of heauen and earth q Psal 82 1. protesteth his presence in the assembly of his Vicegerents Know for a suretie yee haue God a spectator a witnesse a Iudge of all your proceedings The obligation of an oath is sacred wherein you r 2. Cor. 1.23 contest the diuine Maiestie and engage your soules to his wrath in case you deale falsly or fraudulently before his Deputies Let the feare of the Lord be vpon you Tremble to play with the name of God in an oath before his Vice-gerents The sinnes of the Country you cannot be ignorant of they are growne clamantia and the sinners of no lesse then Sodomiticall impudencie Å¿ Isa 3.11 They declare their sinnes like Zodom and hide them not The modestie of Pauls times is long since worne out of vse It was wont to be said t 1. Thess 5 7. They that are drunken are drunken in the night and the speech was once prouerbiall He that euill doth u Ioh. 3.20 hates the light Deeds of darknesse are now done at noone-day and gluttonie is now no longer matter of x Rom. 13.13 chambering the very streets are filled with filthy vomitings I could wish it were matter of inquirie by your Law the horrible dalliance with Gods name in vaine swearing and can but wonder how in a Christian Kingdome a sinne of so great impietie hath so long wanted restraint by penall lawes The names of Princes wee are iustly tender of and the reproachfull traducing of their persons is in some cases capitall For my part I could wish Moses Law reuiued Who so blasphemes the Ruler of the people shall be put to death but withall cannot but lament that the dreadfull name of the Lord of hosts should be so freely permitted to the prophane abuse of euery godlesse miscreant and shall neuer thinke the Kingdome secured from Gods wrath till such time as wee haue learned to y Eccl. 9.2 feare an oath Because of oathes z Ier. 23.10 the Land mournes And questionlesse that damned crue of mercenarie periuers issueth out of this damnable crue of common swearers Through too much familiaritie with oathes Gods name is growne into contempt and whilest men make no conscience of swearing vainly they grow at length to make as little of swearing falsly That of Recusancie I know is commonly matter of inquisition and yet to this day the seuerall sorts of Recusants are either vnknowne or winked at There are besides our superstitious Recusants the Papists and the curious