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A91477	The judges charge; delivered in a sermon before M. Justice Hale, and M. Sergeant Crook, judges of assize, at St. Mary-Overies in Southwark, Martii 22. 1658. As also setting forth, the necessity of magistracy, for the weal of a people. With a serious item and admonition to all unruly spirits, that despite dominion, and resist the ordinance of God. By Rich. Parr, M.A. sometimes Fellow of Exeter-Colledge in Oxford, now pastor of Camerwel in the county of Surry.	Parr, Richard, 1617-1691.	1658 (1658)	Wing P547; Thomason E947_2; ESTC R33023	21,680	40

The Judge Charge DELIVERED IN A SERMON BEFORE M. Justice Hale and M. Sergeant Crook Judges of Assize At St. Mary-Overies in Southwark Martii 22. 1658. As also setting forth The Necessity of MAGISTRACY For the Weal of a People WITH A serious Item and Admonition to all unruly Spirits that despise Dominion and resist the Ordinance of GOD. By Rich. Parr M. A. sometimes Fellow of Exeter-Colledge in Oxford now Pastor of Camerwel in the County of Surry So speak ye and so do as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty Jam. 2.12 For God shall bring every work into judgement with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil London Printed by J. C. for Nathaniel Brook at the Angel in Cornhil 1658. To the High-Sheriff OF The County of Surry THOMAS WALKER Of Camerwel Esq SIR THis Sermon was preached at your request and having performed it as I was able and as suitable to the occasion as I could think on afterward you thought it not unfit to be made a little more publick by Printing and your demands with others that heard it have at last prevailed with me thus to send it abroad though very much besides my inclination and resolution The Subject of this Discourse for the main appertains to an Assize-business fitted for and applied to those Persons concerned in and about that Court of Judicature and in truth observing the great neglect of most Men as to the faithfulness of performance though under an Oath to do all things justly and honestly I laboured to convince Men of and perswade Men to their Duty as they fear God and must give an account one day how they have acted in their several Places and lest Men otherwise of honest Principles might erre for want of Direction in many Points I made it much of my Task to inform them from God's Word and if this Sermon fall into their hands and they will read it with as sincere intention as I preached it it may serve them to some purpose Besides there are some Passages in it by way of Corollary which are very seasonable for these Times to be considered while that Anti-Magistratical Spirit is up which so much thwarts the Peace of a Nation and Scripture-Command And if any thing in this Sermon hath had or hereafter may have any influence upon the Hearers or Readers and it serve either for Caution or Direction I have all I aim at Mean time I hope I may not lie under the censure of any that fear God for what I have done this way seeing I am not guilty of Flattery Temporizing or Curiosity if any thing offend it will be my plainness for my manner is to be so and if I am as 't is very often my lot more bold then welcome as long as 't is for God and Reformation I can bear it well enough and this Sermon had the bap to be thought so Besides I have no Temptation to believe I shall get any worldly advantage by this Sermons printing nor any other that exposed it because of the Subject treated on and sure it cannot be thought a desirable Preferment to go in the crowd with so many too many Pamphlets that are printed to little purpose and this must fare as they do for ought I know And I think the Stationers-stall is no such throne of Honour that Men should be ambitious to let their Names lie there But fare it as it may with Many yet if Any may get some good by it I can bear the rest And now Sir you must own it for on your account it was preached and on yours and others printed And if it were Truth and Good when delivered 't is so still and seeing you were one of them that took up your part of it to practice as you did effectually and were not at a shame and scorne to follow the Exhortation which had so much of Charity in it And the Reverend Judges were pleased to own what was given them too in their practise for that Session and that it may be a Memento to all that fear God and in commission within any County to act toward a reformation as to those many abuses up and down among us much to the dishonour of God specified in the close of this Discourse of which I would minde them again Vpon those Considerations I yield to let it pass abroad and I think in respect of your place your compliance with the Truths delivered and Obligation of Friendship you are the Person fitted for this Dedication from SIR Your Pastor Friend and for my Dear Lord and Master Christ your Servant Richard Parr Camerwel May 6. 1658. The Text. 2 Chron. 19.6 7. 6. And said unto the Judges Take heed what ye do for ye judge not for man but for the Lord who is with you in the judgement 7. Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons nor taking of gift YOu have in this Chapter a Model of good Government and a Systeme of an Assize-Court both for persons that are to act and things that are to be determined in this Court of Judicature 1. You have God the Supreme King and Law-Giver in whose Name all just Laws run Isa 33.22 and by whose Command all good Laws must be executed justly for his Honour 2. You have likewise mention made of Jehosaphat an upright man for the main and religious King next under God Supreme over Judah v. 1. who was as all good Kings should be very circumspect at this time and careful about reformation of what was amiss both in Church and State and in it he had an eye to God's Honour and the peoples good both for Body and Soul see v. 4. 3. And because the burthen was great too great for one Man to bear well and the Abuses to be reformed many he chose certain Men Men of wisdom and integrity to put good Laws in execution and these are called Judges v. 5. persons entrusted under him the King with the Administration of State-affairs to whom he gives strict charge in the Name of God to execute true justice to advance to the utmost of their power the honour of God and weal of the State in subordination to God without any respect of persons but onely to God as v. 5. And he set Judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah city by city 4. There is mention made of other Officers who are appointed to serve the designe of Reformation and justice which were to wait on this business v. 11. Also the Levites shall be officers before you So much for the persons that arc to rule in a good State and to execute justice Secondly you have the matters which are to be enquired into and determined in and by this Court of Judicature 1. Matters of civil controversie between man man doubtful and disputable about

upon you Dare not to do wrong to any dare not but do Justice to all if you fear God you need not fear man 'T is true I read of one Judge but I finde not his Christen-name that feared not God but his Sirname was Unjust Heare what the unjust judge saith Luk. 18.2 6. He that fears not God nor regards what wrong he doth to man he will surely be unjust for any advantage but he that fears God dares not be unjust And truely except you fear God it will be but a sorry relief poor innocent and wronged ones will finde by going to Law before the unjust 1 Cor. 6.1 Dare any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust They had better take wrong at home then come so far and pay so dearly for it But as you fear the Lord so do that which is just which is the fourth Argument in the Text. And thus you have the parcels of the Text laid together which here make up the indispensible duty of the Judges to perform strictly according to the rule and direction In it ye have the Quid fieri debet and the Quod factum valet for the discharge of a good conscience in this Office and imployment And this being followed according to the Rule whatever the success may be tantâ faece populi in times of so great corruption yet let Judges and all in commission discharge their duty faithfully and they shall have an Euge from the Lord Well done good and faithful servant And by this time you finde that this Text is that good Law which Solon never knew when he complained That there wanted one good Law to make us put all the good Laws made into execution And a more full and authentick Law then this of the Text for that purpose cannot be made or found Here is a Rule by which you must walk here is a Judge which will judge you if you judge not aright then so judge ye and speak as those that shall be judged by the Law Jam. 2.12 and your Pattern you have not a careless Gallio nor a fearful man-pleasing bribe-expecting Foelix nor yet an injurious Ananias a whited wall but the Soveraign just Judge the great God over all who is to be your Pattern and him you are to have still in your eye So have I done with that part of the Discourse which is for illustration of the sense and meaning of the words to make way for the inference and Observations Now before we come to the more proper Conclusion for this occasion it may be fit to minde you of something from the scope and coherence which may somewhat contribute to rectifie some extravagancies which if not reduced and allayed in time may bring confusion upon the whole frame There is an Anti-Magistratical Spirit up and it makes a great noise which may be checked by this truth if men will yield to truth That Magistracy is an appointment of God Doct. 1. for the good of his people it is his Ordinance This is easily proved if Scripture and Experience may be taken for currant testimony and this very Chapter makes it cleer here is Jehosaphat the King and the Judges with other Officers and these over the people of Judah Psal 78.68 which was the tribe of his peculiar choice of which Christ himself came after the flesh from David through the Line of Jehosaphat And if we look back on the times before this we finde Judges of Gods appointment the last of that kinde of Government under the name of Judges as Supreme was Samuel whom God appointed to rule the people and as good as he was though he setled the Church and kept the Commonwealth in quiet kept his yeerly Assize in Bethel Gilgal and Mizpeh besides his deciding causes at home in Ramah yet the inconstant fickle Many were weary of him and his rule but God was angry with them and laid this to their charge that they had rejected not Samuel but the Lord 1 Sam. 8.7 that he should not reign over them and although he was angry with them for their rebellion yet gave he them a King to rule but when their wickedness had enraged his anger to wrath he took away their King as you may find Hos 13.11 I gave them a King in mine anger but I was wrath when I took him away I took him away in my wrath And when Government ceased men did that which was right in their own eyes and set up false Gods and false worshippings and offered violence one to another no man was safe meeting with a stronger them himself then violence and confusion prevailed they were ruled by no Laws but that of their own wills Judg. 17.6 Judg. 21.25 for in those days there was no king in Israel and then Gods wrath was up But when the Lord intends a mercy and a blessing to a people hear what he saith I will restore the judges as at the first and upon the account of mercy and favour Isa 1.26 That God set up David and after him his Son Solomon and gave them Honour Rule and Wisdom 2 Chron. 9.8 because God loved Israel Was not Corah's rebellion against Moses and Aaron their Governours disowned of God and were they not punished with a death which was not common Numb 16. compared with cap. 27.25 did not the earth gape and swallow them and gave them that quick passage to Hell in the heat of their rebellion and is not that a terrible example for all of their spirits The Hebrews have a Proverb Migrandum est ex eo loco in quo Rex non timetur People that fear a judgement from the Lord should make haste from that place where the King is not reverenced and obeyed because God will punish rebellion with some fearful judgement Ruine is the child of Resistance of God's Ordinance first or last and mischief puts a period to the lives and designs of mischievous men But lest Old-testament-proofs may seem with some of lesser authority see what is in the New-testament that of St. Paul to the Romans Rom. 13.1 2 3 4. How readest thou there doth not St. Paul one that had the Spirit of Christ and knowledge of his Will write this by way of command as well as prudential direction or counsel Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 let no man exempt himself as free from subjection and he gives the Reason or Argument in the following words to oblige the conscience to this Duty for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God God hath appointed some to rule and some to be ruled Whososoever therefore resisteth the power 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation v. 2. The same Apostle to Titus Tit. 3.1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gives this in charge Put them in