seat of judgment

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"I do not sit in the seat of judgment... I love people for who they are. We're all God's children!"

From Fox News • Jan. 18, 2022

Whether he discoursed on Assyrian or on English politics, or on his private wrongs, he sat visibly on the seat of judgment.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

At the Wicklow assizes of that spring, he, from the seat of judgment, set forth with great strength of language the miserable state of the country.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

I am not called upon to sit in the seat of judgment; but I may say that it would be singular if the attempt succeeded.

From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

All this the spectator will quietly note, sitting in his seat of judgment, ready to show his pleasure or displeasure, according to what is done.

From How to See a Play by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir