RESPECT of Persons. God appointed, Lev. xix. 15. Deut. xvi. 1, 17, 19.that the Judges should pronounce their Sentences without any Respect of Persons; That they should consider neither the Poor, nor the Rich, nor the Weak, nor the Powerful; That they should attend only to Truth and Justice. God has no Respect of Persons; Deus Personam non accipit, 2 Chron. xix. 7. Mat. xxii. 16.nec munera. And the Jews told our Saviour, That he told the Truth, without any Respect of Persons, and without Fear; Non enim respicis personam hominum. Jude, ver. 16.Saint Jude, instead of the Phrase, to have Respect of Persons, makes use of this, to Admire Persons; Mirantes personas quæstûs causâ. Isaiah says it down as one Isai. xxiii. 2.of the distinguishing Marks of the Messiah, that he should have no Respect of Persons.
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