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

Aftfe Sermon,6^States, that ever the Sunne faw, fhadowcd by Nehuchadnezar^great Image , fetting themfelvesagainftthefervants of Go d, were beaten upon,and blafted by the curfe of divine wrath, and fofunke in their feverall times, into the jawcs ofruine,and irrecoverable defolation. Theyblufteredawhile like mighty winds with much threatning,and impetuous rage, but prefently breathed out intonaught,andvaniilied for ever. Thatfione, faith theTcxtjwhich was cut out without hand, fmote the Imaj!^euponhisfeetCy that rvcreof jrorij and clay, and brakethem t6 peeces. Then was theyron, clay^ the hraffe^ andfdver, and the gold,brokcnto feeces together^ and hscomeUkfi thechajfeofthe Summer threfldngflower, andthe wind cnrriedthem away ,that no place wasfoundforthem. And fo let all the implacable enemies ofJesvs Christ periilitothe worlds end. 5^/4^.Thus you fee what is the maine end of Magiftracy:which neceffarily requires righteoufneflfe inRulers. ForA wicked Magiftrate or Minifter entering intothis place, not by Gods doorc, but by the Divelswindow,asthey fay, which is ordinary with men,^of ill conscience ; ifthey be of a medling and malignanthumour,fen(e of his guiltincfife in comminginbafely,and at a backe-doore, enraging him, orthe curfe of God for his Symony or Bribery juftlyhardning his heart- it is his wont to vexe and fallfoule upon honeft men, to ftandfor rotten caufes,totakethe worfe part without repentance all thedaies of his domineering. But if he be of a duller,and marcunadive fpirit,and given to the world ^he