Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

258 A SERMON.Deut I' ' ^*a very lively fong ofone that h ath afkafant vorce,^ canfUywell on An inUrument:for they hcarethy rvcrdsy hutthey do them not. Let us lift up our voices never To high,orcrie never fo lowd: and rell Judges,Ti^4f they oughtnot to be afraidofthefacecfman^for the judgement isGo D s: that in judgemenr/Z'^j' ?nufl mitherrefpechheLcvit.i 9. 1 5. ^erfon ofthefoore^dor honour the -perfin of•the mighty chatJ9/.J7.they fhould nor onely hold their hands from groficbribes with Epammondas,\vho{^s the ftory tels us)re-Lanquet.chron**' fufed great prefentsfenc unto him, although he waspoore/ay ing ,7/7^^ th^ng weregood,he woulddo it withpfalPag*i4*4. out any bribe.,hecaHfigood:Jfnot honefljoe wouldttot do itBribery extendi for al thegoods in the fvorld,h\.\t they muft alfo be ofAutoaff0tons,Num.3533,j^^^^ judgement ,that not only monie, gold and filveror prefenrs(asthey call them) are bribes,but the guiltofbribery alfo may be juftly imputed,evento any exorbitantaffection, which fwaies a man afide from anioipartial execution of juftice ;as love, feare, hatred,anger, pufanimitic, worldlines, dcfirc of praife & applaufcjwhichisAufiins inflace.&c.Thatthey bewareofbringing morebloud upon the Law by fparing thefpiilcrofbloud. For hlood'JakhGoD)itdefleththelanddr the land cannot be cleanfedofthehloodthat isfhedtherinibut by the bloodofhim that jhedit :\\\2.i they muftnot look upo the caufes which come before them onlythrough the fpedtacles ofa favourite,&c. and tel jufticesof Peace,that they muft be true hearted patriots,and not fcrvers of rhemfelves, and their owncturnes: that they muft be ferioils, reall,and gravejnononly formall 5 not cyphers,not unnobly light in theirbehaviour on the Bench : that they muft ever aime atthe publike good, and never at their owne particular^nd private cnds.chatthcy fhould difdainc & fcornat*""'