JUDGE. 



integrity : (y*) of well regulated passions; beyond the 

 influence either of anger, (g) by which he may be in 

 capable of judging, or of hope either of money (A) or of 



(/ ) The enamel which adorneth the dove s nest never shines so clear 

 and glorious as \vhen the sun shines upon it : so the ornaments of power 

 never look so splendid as when they are surrounded by a glory of virtue. 



Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. &quot; Cursed,&quot; 

 saith the law, &quot; is he that removeth the landmark.&quot; The mislayer of a 

 mere-stone is to blame ; but it is the unjust judge that i c; the capital 

 remover of landmarks, when he defmeth amiss of lands and property. One 

 foul sentence doth more hurt than many foul examples; for these do but 

 corrupt the stream, the other corrupteth the fountain : so saith Solomon, 

 &quot; Fons turbatus, ct vena corrupta est Justus cadens in causa sua corarn 

 adversario.&quot; He so hates bribes, that he is jealous to receive any kindness 

 above the ordinary proportion of friendship. Bacon. 



It is not ability alone that is sufficient. He must have both science 

 and conscience. Fuller. 



He that pretendeth to judge others should himself be innocent; under 

 no indictment, and not liable to condemnation. Is it not very improper 

 for a criminal, for one who is not only in truth, and in his own conscience 

 guilty, but who standeth actually convicted of heinous offences, to sit upon 

 the bench determining about the deeds and states of others ? It is the case 

 of us all, we are all notoriously guilty of heinous crimes before God, we 

 all do lie under the sentence of his law, we do ;;I i stand in need of pardon 

 from our judge; his mercy is our only hope and refuge; and shall we then 

 pretend to be judges, or be passing sentence on our brethren ? If only 

 those who are free and guiltless should judge, who could undertake it? 

 There would surely be no more than there appeared then, when in the 

 case of the woman taken in adultery our Lord propounded the like con 

 dition : He that is without sin amongst you, let him cast the first stone at 

 her : upon which proposition the sequel was, and they that heard it being 

 convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the 

 eldest, even to the last, and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing 

 in the midst; so infallibly, should no man be allowed to judge who was 

 not himself void of the like guilt, would every man escape censure. 



(g) Sir M. Hale, in his rules for things necessary to be continually had 

 in remembrance, says, &quot; That in the execution of justice I carefully lay 

 aside my own passions, and not give way to them, however provoked.&quot; 



(h} The next security for the impartial administration of justice, especially 

 in decisions to which government is a party, is the independency of the 

 judges. As protection against every illegal attack upon the rights of the 



