A sermon preached July 26, 1685 being the day of publick thanksgiving appointed by His Majesty for the late victory over the rebels, in the parish-churches of St. Mildred's Poultrey, and St. Ann's Aldersgate : published in vindication of that, and the author / by John Williams ...
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             A sermon preached July 26, 1685 being the day of publick thanksgiving appointed by His Majesty for the late victory over the rebels, in the parish-churches of St. Mildred's Poultrey, and St. Ann's Aldersgate : published in vindication of that, and the author / by John Williams ...
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           July
           26.
           1685.
           
        
         
           Being
           the
           DAY
           of
           Publick
           Thanksgiving
           Appointed
           by
           His
           MAJESTY
           for
           the
           Late
           VICTORY
           over
           the
           REBELS
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Parish-Churches
           of
           St.
           
             Mildred's
             Poultrey
          
           ,
           and
           St.
           
             Ann's
             Aldersgate
          
           .
        
         
           Published
           in
           Vindication
           of
           That
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           By
           
             JOHN
             WILLIAMS
          
           ,
           Rector
           of
           St.
           
             MILDRED's
             POULTREY
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             R.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Walter
             Davis
          
           in
           
             Amen
             Corner
          
           .
           1685.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           and
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           HENRY
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 MY
                 LORD
                 ,
              
            
             
               IT
               is
               to
               Your
               Lordship
               ,
               that
               we
               of
               the
               Clergy
               within
               your
               Diocess
               ,
               are
               immediately
               (
               under
               his
               Majesty
               )
               accountable
               for
               our
               Doctrine
               and
               Behaviour
               ;
               in
               which
               ,
               if
               any
               of
               us
               are
               known
               to
               offend
               ,
               it
               becomes
               such
               as
               know
               it
               ,
               and
               are
               aggrieved
               ,
               to
               complain
               to
               you
               ,
               as
               our
               Ordinary
               ,
               for
               the
               Reformation
               and
               redressing
               of
               it
               .
               But
               it
               is
               of
               late
               grown
               too
               much
               a
               practice
               amongst
               some
               ,
               that
               would
               be
               thought
               not
               a
               little
               concerned
               for
               our
               Church
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               first
               that
               censure
               us
               ,
               and
               without
               Examination
               of
               the
               Case
               ,
               or
               enquiring
               into
               the
               Truth
               and
               Certainty
               of
               what
               they
               report
               ,
               make
               the
               wide
               World
               the
               Judg
               ,
               and
               proclaim
               our
               Faults
               ,
               whatever
               they
               are
               ,
               or
               are
               said
               to
               be
               ,
               in
               the
               chief
               Places
               of
               Concourse
               ;
               and
               which
               your
               Lordship
               
               (
               and
               perhaps
               the
               Party
               himself
               )
               knows
               nothing
               of
               ,
               till
               every
               body
               knows
               it
               ,
               and
               common
               Fame
               brings
               it
               to
               your
               Ears
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               it
               has
               happened
               thus
               with
               me
               ,
               as
               with
               others
               (
               who
               am
               not
               the
               first
               ,
               nor
               it's
               likely
               shall
               be
               the
               last
               that
               is
               to
               be
               thus
               served
               .
               )
               For
               having
               Preached
               July
               26.
               the
               Day
               appointed
               by
               his
               Majesty
               for
               a
               Publick
               Thanksgiving
               for
               the
               late
               Victory
               over
               the
               Rebels
               ,
               there
               want
               not
               some
               who
               have
               reported
               that
               I
               only
               entertained
               my
               Auditory
               with
               a
               General
               Discourse
               that
               was
               not
               to
               the
               purpose
               of
               the
               Day
               and
               Occasion
               .
               A
               Calumny
               I
               for
               a
               while
               slighted
               ,
               and
               contented
               my self
               to
               give
               my
               Friend
               satisfaction
               ,
               that
               first
               acquainted
               me
               with
               it
               :
               But
               when
               ,
               from
               a
               deep
               Design
               in
               some
               to
               asperse
               the
               Clergy
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               from
               a
               Credulity
               in
               others
               to
               believe
               ill
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               humour
               of
               an
               Age
               (
               from
               what
               reason
               it
               proceeds
               ,
               God
               knows
               )
               given
               to
               believe
               a
               Lye
               ,
               it
               came
               to
               be
               a
               publick
               Talk
               :
               It
               became
               me
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               no
               regard
               to
               my
               own
               Reputation
               ,
               yet
               from
               the
               regard
               I
               ought
               to
               have
               to
               our
               Clergy
               
               (
               which
               too
               much
               suffers
               by
               such
               aspersions
               )
               and
               to
               your
               Lordship
               (
               under
               whose
               Cognizance
               it
               falls
               )
               to
               take
               the
               most
               effectual
               course
               for
               the
               refuting
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               publishing
               my
               Sermon
               ,
               how
               defective
               soever
               it
               may
               otherwise
               be
               .
               This
               therefore
               I
               do
               ,
               without
               adding
               any
               new
               matter
               ,
               saving
               what
               may
               serve
               to
               render
               it
               the
               more
               intelligible
               ,
               useful
               ,
               and
               entire
               (
               which
               is
               therefore
               distinguished
               from
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               set
               forth
               by
               marks
               )
               and
               without
               making
               any
               Alteration
               ,
               so
               much
               as
               in
               the
               Words
               relating
               to
               the
               Day
               ,
               forbearing
               even
               those
               Things
               that
               I
               said
               more
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               they
               then
               offered
               themselves
               to
               my
               thoughts
               ,
               because
               I
               cannot
               now
               exactly
               recollect
               it
               ,
               though
               I
               am
               sensible
               it
               would
               have
               been
               not
               a
               little
               to
               the
               Advantage
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               I
               must
               acknowledg
               ,
               there
               is
               not
               that
               bitterness
               and
               severity
               ,
               with
               which
               some
               eager
               spirits
               are
               gratified
               ;
               having
               learned
               from
               the
               behaviour
               of
               St.
               Michael
               ,
               not
               to
               bring
               even
               against
               an
               Adversary
               a
               
                 railing
                 accusation
              
               :
               But
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               the
               Doctrine
               I
               teach
               ,
               doth
               overthrow
               the
               main
               Principle
               by
               which
               Rebellion
               is
               supported
               ;
               a
               way
               
               indeed
               that
               may
               not
               make
               so
               much
               noise
               ,
               but
               if
               prudently
               and
               effectually
               managed
               ,
               strikes
               it
               to
               the
               Heart
               ;
               and
               differs
               as
               much
               from
               the
               former
               ,
               as
               fighting
               and
               vanquishing
               an
               Enemy
               doth
               from
               railing
               at
               him
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               tho
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               answer
               for
               the
               order
               and
               dress
               of
               it
               (
               which
               had
               the
               Printing
               been
               a
               mere
               voluntary
               act
               of
               mine
               ,
               I
               should
               be
               obliged
               to
               )
               yet
               for
               the
               Truth
               and
               Loyalty
               ,
               I
               may
               safely
               challenge
               those
               that
               have
               adventured
               either
               spightfully
               or
               ignorantly
               to
               revile
               it
               ,
               the
               worst
               of
               mine
               or
               our
               Churches
               Adversaries
               ,
               to
               question
               it
               .
               In
               Confidence
               of
               which
               ,
               I
               do
               present
               it
               to
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               and
               desire
               to
               stand
               or
               fall
               ,
               as
               your
               Lordship
               shall
               judg
               of
               it
               :
               Who
               as
               in
               this
               ,
               so
               upon
               all
               other
               occasions
               ,
               shall
               approve
               my self
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Lordships
                 Most
                 Obedient
                 Servant
                 ,
                 
                   JOHN
                   WILLIAMS
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Parishioners
           of
           St.
           
             Mildred's
             Poultrey
          
           ,
           and
           St.
           
             Mary
             Cole
          
           ;
           and
           of
           St.
           
             Ann's
             Aldersgate
          
           ,
           and
           St.
           
             John
             Zachary
          
           .
        
         
           HAVING
           Preached
           the
           ensuing
           Sermon
           to
           both
           Auditories
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           I
           now
           present
           it
           to
           you
           from
           the
           Press
           ;
           not
           of
           mine
           own
           accord
           (
           for
           then
           it
           had
           been
           better
           fitted
           for
           that
           purpose
           )
           but
           as
           compelled
           thereunto
           for
           my
           own
           (
           not
           to
           say
           your
           )
           Vindication
           .
           I
           have
           already
           appealed
           to
           my
           Superiours
           as
           my
           Judg
           ;
           to
           you
           I
           appeal
           as
           my
           Witnesses
           :
           To
           them
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Matter
           be
           either
           true
           in
           it self
           ,
           or
           fitted
           to
           the
           Occasion
           :
           To
           you
           ,
           Whether
           it
           be
           the
           Sermon
           I
           Preached
           .
           I
           cannot
           expect
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           most
           attentive
           should
           remember
           every
           Particular
           then
           delivered
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           be
           able
           generally
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           the
           Sermon
           I
           at
           that
           time
           entertained
           you
           with
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           so
           ,
           (
           as
           so
           it
           is
           )
           then
           I
           need
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           to
           
           answer
           those
           that
           have
           too
           rashly
           censured
           and
           traduced
           it
           as
           not
           at
           all
           suitable
           to
           the
           occasion
           it
           was
           Preached
           upon
           .
           Certainly
           if
           the
           Doctrine
           therein
           contained
           be
           true
           ,
           viz.
           that
           
             We
             must
             not
             do
             Evil
             that
             Good
             may
             come
          
           ;
           those
           that
           first
           invented
           ,
           and
           so
           industriously
           spread
           the
           Calumny
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           best
           of
           men
           (
           whatever
           end
           they
           think
           to
           serve
           by
           it
           )
           nor
           a
           credit
           to
           that
           Religion
           and
           Church
           they
           profess
           to
           be
           of
           .
           I
           leave
           such
           to
           the
           Sermon
           ;
           and
           recommend
           that
           ,
           you
           ,
           and
           my
           Labours
           amongst
           you
           ,
           to
           the
           Blessing
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           beseeching
           him
           to
           lead
           us
           into
           all
           Truth
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Servant
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             
               JOHN
               WILLIAMS
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Reader
           is
           to
           take
           Notice
           ,
           That
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Sermon
           as
           is
           thus
           marked
           "
           was
           ,
           through
           want
           of
           Time
           ,
           not
           Preached
           ,
           or
           else
           not
           so
           fully
           as
           it
           is
           now
           Printed
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           July
           26.
           
           Being
           the
           Day
           set
           apart
           for
           a
           Publick
           THANKSGIVING
           for
           the
           Late
           VICTORY
           over
           the
           REBELS
           .
        
         
           
             
               ROM
               .
               III.
               7
               ,
               8.
               
            
             
               If
               the
               Truth
               of
               God
               hath
               more
               abounded
               through
               my
               lye
               unto
               his
               Glory
               ,
               why
               yet
               am
               I
               also
               judged
               as
               a
               sinner
               ?
               And
               not
               rather
               ,
               as
               we
               be
               slanderously
               reported
               ,
               and
               as
               some
               affirm
               that
               we
               say
               ,
               Let
               us
               do
               evil
               that
               good
               may
               come
               ,
               whose
               damnation
               is
               just
               ?
            
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           Former
           Chapters
           of
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           had
           considered
           the
           sad
           Condition
           which
           the
           whole
           Mass
           of
           Mankind
           was
           in
           ,
           whether
           Jews
           or
           Gentiles
           ;
           and
           shewed
           that
           the
           Jews
           ,
           whatever
           Preheminence
           they
           had
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           as
           
           God's
           peculiar
           People
           ,
           and
           invested
           with
           many
           Eminent
           Priviledges
           and
           Marks
           of
           the
           Divine
           Favour
           ;
           yet
           in
           case
           of
           Unbelief
           and
           Disobedience
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           be
           thereby
           secured
           against
           
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             which
             is
             revealed
             from
             Heaven
             against
             all
             ungodliness
             and
             unrighteousness
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             hold
             the
             truth
             in
             unrighteousness
          
           [
           ch
           .
           1.18
           .
           ]
           
             For
             there
             is
             no
             respect
             of
             persons
             with
             God
          
           [
           ch
           .
           2.28
           .
           ]
           From
           whence
           he
           concludes
           ,
           [
           ver
           .
           28.
           ]
           
             He
             is
             not
             a
             Jew
             which
             is
             one
             outwardly
             ,
             neither
             is
             that
             circumcision
             which
             is
             outward
             in
             the
             flesh
             ;
             but
             he
             is
             a
             Jew
             which
             is
             one
             inwardly
             ,
             and
             circumcision
             is
             that
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             in
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             letter
             ,
             whose
             praise
             is
             not
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Against
           this
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           suppose
           it
           will
           probably
           be
           objected
           ,
           
             What
             advantage
             then
             hath
             the
             Jew
             ?
             or
             what
             profit
             is
             there
             of
             circumcision
             ?
          
           chap.
           3.1
           .
           To
           this
           he
           replies
           ,
           v.
           2.
           
           
             Much
             every
             way
             ;
             chiefly
             ,
             because
             that
             unto
             them
             were
             committed
             the
             Oracles
             of
             God
          
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           had
           the
           best
           means
           in
           possession
           ,
           of
           knowing
           what
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Encouragements
           in
           many
           Excellent
           Promises
           for
           obeying
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           with
           all
           these
           Advantages
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           believe
           nor
           obey
           ,
           is
           it
           
           reasonable
           to
           suppose
           that
           they
           should
           yet
           stand
           in
           the
           same
           condition
           as
           if
           they
           believed
           and
           obeyed
           ?
           And
           that
           God
           could
           not
           withdraw
           his
           Favour
           ,
           and
           disfranchise
           them
           of
           those
           Priviledges
           ,
           without
           being
           false
           to
           his
           Word
           ?
           
             For
             what
             if
             some
             did
             not
             believe
             ?
             shall
             their
             unbelief
             make
             the
             Faith
             ,
          
           or
           Faithfulness
           ,
           
             of
             God
             without
             effect
             ?
             God
             forbid
             .
          
           v.
           3.
           
        
         
           Against
           which
           the
           Apostle
           considers
           it
           may
           be
           further
           objected
           ,
           But
           if
           it
           happen
           that
           
             our
             unrighteousness
             commend
             the
             righteousness
             of
             God
             ,
          
           v.
           5.
           
           And
           that
           by
           the
           unbelief
           of
           the
           Jews
           and
           their
           rejection
           upon
           it
           ,
           God
           doth
           enlarge
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Gentiles
           Partakers
           of
           the
           same
           Priviledg
           ,
           
             is
             God
             unrighteous
             that
             taketh
             vengeance
             ?
          
           To
           this
           he
           replies
           with
           great
           Indignation
           ,
           
             God
             forbid
             ;
             for
             then
             how
             shall
             God
             judge
             the
             world
             ?
          
           And
           then
           what
           an
           horrid
           consequence
           would
           follow
           from
           it
           ,
           viz.
           
             Let
             us
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             :
             For
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             if
             the
             truth
             of
             God
             hath
             more
             abounded
             through
             my
             lye
             unto
             his
             Glory
             ,
             why
             yet
             am
             I
             also
             judged
             as
             a
             sinner
             ?
             And
             not
          
           rather
           ,
           
             as
             we
             be
             slanderously
             reported
             ,
             and
             as
             some
             affirm
             that
             we
             say
             ,
             Let
             us
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             ?
          
        
         
           Which
           Words
           ,
           and
           the
           Coherence
           ,
           will
           be
           better
           understood
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           the
           
           7
           
             th
             verse
          
           is
           but
           the
           Repetition
           of
           the
           Objection
           made
           verse
           5.
           
           And
           the
           8
           
             th
             verse
          
           is
           a
           continuation
           of
           the
           objection
           in
           verse
           7.
           
           As
           will
           appear
           more
           evidently
           ,
           1.
           
           If
           the
           Word
           rather
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Original
           ,
           be
           left
           out
           .
           And
           2.
           
           If
           the
           following
           words
           ,
           
             as
             we
             be
             slanderously
             reported
             ,
             and
             as
             some
             affirm
             that
             we
             say
             ,
          
           be
           read
           by
           way
           of
           Parenthesis
           .
           And
           3.
           
           That
           the
           word
           [
           why
           ]
           be
           repeated
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           
             If
             the
             truth
             of
             God
             hath
             more
             abounded
             through
             my
             lye
             unto
             his
             Glory
             ;
             why
             yet
             am
             I
             also
             judged
             as
             a
             sinner
             ?
             And
             why
             not
             (
             as
             we
             be
             slanderously
             reported
             ,
             and
             as
             some
             affirm
             that
             we
             say
             ,
             )
             Let
             us
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             ,
             whose
             damnation
             is
             just
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           words
           ,
           
             let
             us
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             ,
          
           are
           an
           Inference
           from
           the
           objection
           contained
           in
           the
           Words
           ,
           
             If
             the
             truth
             of
             God
             hath
             more
             abounded
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           which
           it
           seems
           some
           maliciously
           reported
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           held
           ;
           and
           charged
           upon
           him
           as
           his
           Principle
           and
           Doctrine
           :
           But
           he
           protests
           it
           is
           a
           notorious
           calumny
           ,
           and
           a
           Doctrine
           he
           abhors
           ,
           and
           so
           can
           be
           none
           of
           his
           ;
           that
           it
           's
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           pernicious
           Consequence
           ,
           and
           what
           no
           man
           can
           hold
           without
           apparent
           hazard
           of
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           
             whose
             damnation
             is
             just
          
           .
           Which
           censure
           ,
           tho
           it
           immediately
           refers
           to
           the
           Authors
           of
           that
           slander
           
           cast
           upon
           him
           ,
           yet
           hath
           also
           a
           respect
           to
           the
           impiety
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           he
           disavows
           ,
           and
           the
           danger
           such
           are
           in
           that
           do
           maintain
           it
           .
           This
           is
           at
           least
           implyed
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           Damnation
           of
           such
           as
           invented
           the
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           threw
           it
           upon
           him
           ,
           be
           just
           ,
           then
           no
           less
           certainly
           is
           it
           true
           of
           such
           as
           do
           hold
           the
           Doctrine
           it self
           ,
           they
           calumniated
           him
           with
           .
        
         
           In
           Treating
           upon
           these
           Words
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           consider
           what
           evil
           it
           is
           which
           Persons
           may
           pretend
           to
           do
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           what
           is
           Good
           ;
           and
           what
           Good
           it
           is
           that
           they
           may
           respect
           in
           doing
           Evil.
           And
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           shew
           the
           unreasonableness
           and
           unlawfulness
           of
           doing
           evil
           that
           good
           may
           come
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           shall
           shew
           the
           danger
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           from
           the
           event
           of
           it
           ,
           
             whose
             damnation
             is
             just
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           shall
           shew
           the
           prevalency
           of
           this
           Principle
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           :
           Of
           these
           as
           the
           time
           will
           permit
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           Evil
           it
           is
           that
           Persons
           may
           pretend
           to
           do
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           some
           Good
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           By
           Evil
           ,
           all
           Sins
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           a
           Transgression
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           or
           of
           Divine
           Revelation
           ;
           whether
           they
           be
           Sins
           of
           Omission
           ,
           or
           Commission
           .
        
         
         
           
             1.
             
             When
             I
             say
             ,
             Sins
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             and
             Revelation
             are
             hereby
             forbid
             ,
             I
             understand
             thereby
             what
             is
             intrinsecally
             and
             of
             its
             own
             nature
             evil
             ,
             and
             not
             what
             is
             so
             upon
             mutable
             Reasons
             ,
             such
             as
             that
             which
             is
             forbid
             by
             Temporary
             and
             Arbitrary
             Laws
             ,
             depending
             upon
             the
             mere
             will
             of
             the
             Law-giver
             ,
             or
             some
             present
             Reasons
             .
             For
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             evil
             by
             such
             circumstance
             ,
             may
             not
             only
             be
             done
             when
             that
             circumstance
             ceaseth
             ,
             but
             also
             where
             there
             is
             an
             absolute
             necessity
             for
             it
             ,
             tho
             the
             general
             Reason
             for
             the
             observation
             of
             that
             Law
             continue
             .
             Thus
             it
             was
             in
             the
             case
             put
             by
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             when
             the
             Law
             forbad
             the
             People
             to
             eat
             the
             Shew-Bread
             ,
             and
             yet
             David
             with
             his
             Company
             
               entred
               into
               the
               house
               of
               God
               when
               he
               was
               an
               hungred
               ,
            
             and
             did
             eat
             it
             ,
             Matth.
             12.3
             ,
             4.
             
             But
             if
             the
             Matter
             forbidden
             be
             intrinsecally
             evil
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             no
             circumstance
             of
             things
             can
             alter
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             violation
             of
             Oaths
             ,
             Blaspheming
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             When
             I
             say
             Sins
             of
             Omission
             and
             Commission
             are
             forbidden
             to
             be
             done
             for
             a
             good
             end
             ;
             we
             are
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             the
             Omission
             of
             a
             Duty
             is
             not
             concerned
             in
             it
             ,
             when
             two
             duties
             do
             interfere
             ,
             so
             that
             both
             cannot
             be
             
             performed
             together
             ,
             and
             one
             must
             be
             omitted
             for
             the
             other
             ;
             for
             then
             the
             more
             necessary
             takes
             place
             of
             the
             less
             ;
             and
             the
             omission
             of
             the
             less
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             then
             from
             being
             an
             evil
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Duty
             .
             So
             our
             Saviour
             did
             when
             he
             healed
             on
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             ,
             Luke
             13.15
             .
             and
             so
             he
             determined
             the
             case
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             God
             
               will
               have
               mercy
               and
               not
               sacrifice
               ,
               Matth.
            
             12.7
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Good
           which
           will
           not
           warrant
           any
           evil
           to
           be
           done
           for
           it
           ,
           may
           be
           of
           Two
           Sorts
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Positive
           
             Privative
          
           :
           The
           preventing
           ,
           avoiding
           ,
           or
           removing
           any
           Evil
           which
           we
           fear
           ,
           foresee
           ,
           or
           suffer
           by
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Positive
           :
           The
           procuring
           ,
           promoting
           ,
           or
           establishing
           any
           Good
           ,
           whether
           Publick
           or
           Private
           ,
           whether
           Civil
           or
           Religious
           .
        
         
           The
           thing
           called
           Good
           ,
           and
           especially
           that
           kind
           of
           Good
           which
           is
           evidently
           known
           and
           own'd
           so
           to
           be
           (
           such
           as
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           )
           is
           so
           Excellent
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           doth
           most
           of
           all
           employ
           himself
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           takes
           the
           most
           effectual
           course
           for
           preserving
           or
           obtaining
           it
           ,
           is
           justly
           to
           be
           esteemed
           one
           of
           the
           best
           of
           men
           :
           And
           since
           this
           is
           so
           eminent
           and
           useful
           a
           Good
           ,
           it
           's
           hard
           to
           think
           he
           can
           err
           that
           in
           any
           Action
           or
           undertaking
           ,
           has
           and
           
           keeps
           this
           in
           his
           Eye
           ,
           and
           doth
           steer
           his
           course
           according
           as
           that
           shall
           require
           and
           need
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           's
           both
           a
           Temptation
           to
           mankind
           frequently
           to
           commit
           unwarrantable
           Actions
           ,
           and
           engage
           in
           unlawful
           Designs
           for
           such
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           a
           Temptation
           to
           others
           to
           think
           well
           of
           it
           :
           But
           now
           if
           evil
           be
           evil
           in
           its
           nature
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           to
           be
           changed
           ,
           then
           evil
           is
           not
           to
           be
           done
           upon
           any
           reason
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           End
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           it
           cannot
           change
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Action
           ,
           cannot
           make
           that
           to
           be
           no
           fault
           which
           was
           so
           before
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           so
           after
           ,
           and
           wherever
           that
           good
           End
           is
           not
           .
           So
           that
           whether
           there
           be
           a
           good
           End
           or
           not
           ,
           evil
           is
           not
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           since
           the
           evil
           is
           as
           well
           evil
           where
           this
           End
           is
           ,
           as
           where
           it
           is
           not
           :
           And
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           lawful
           to
           do
           evil
           for
           evil's
           sake
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           evil
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           what
           is
           good
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           shall
           represent
           from
           the
           following
           Considerations
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           Evil
           may
           be
           done
           that
           good
           may
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           will
           in
           Effect
           confound
           all
           difference
           betwixt
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ;
           since
           Evil
           in
           such
           Circumstances
           where
           ●t
           may
           serve
           a
           good
           End
           ,
           is
           as
           Eligible
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           as
           what
           
           is
           really
           good
           .
           Now
           if
           what
           is
           evil
           in
           such
           case
           ,
           is
           lawful
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           is
           unlawful
           becomes
           lawful
           ;
           and
           where
           is
           then
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ,
           Vertue
           and
           Vice
           ,
           lawful
           and
           unlawful
           ,
           betwixt
           what
           is
           commanded
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           forbidden
           ?
           That
           there
           is
           as
           vast
           a
           difference
           betwixt
           these
           two
           ,
           as
           between
           Light
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           all
           do
           acknowledg
           ;
           and
           setting
           aside
           the
           good
           End
           ,
           evil
           will
           be
           evil
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           evil
           will
           be
           unlawful
           to
           the
           World's
           end
           :
           But
           though
           these
           are
           never
           so
           contrary
           in
           Notion
           and
           Speculation
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           unite
           in
           Practice
           ,
           and
           that
           where
           good
           is
           the
           End
           ,
           Evil
           may
           be
           used
           as
           a
           means
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           as
           much
           confusion
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           difference
           had
           not
           been
           observed
           and
           determined
           in
           the
           Notion
           :
           And
           there
           being
           no
           case
           in
           which
           there
           may
           not
           be
           some
           good
           ,
           real
           or
           imaginary
           ,
           pretended
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           case
           in
           which
           Evil
           will
           not
           ,
           or
           may
           not
           be
           done
           :
           And
           then
           if
           Evil
           may
           be
           thus
           done
           ,
           and
           allowably
           too
           ,
           and
           lose
           its
           Name
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           present
           its
           Nature
           ;
           then
           what
           Evil
           is
           there
           which
           will
           not
           be
           legitimate
           ?
           For
           let
           but
           a
           good
           End
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           be
           placed
           in
           the
           Van
           ,
           and
           presently
           Injustice
           and
           Extortion
           ,
           
           Rapine
           and
           Violence
           ,
           Oppression
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           Usurpation
           and
           Disloyalty
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Evils
           of
           the
           World
           may
           come
           in
           the
           Rear
           ;
           and
           men
           need
           not
           boggle
           at
           whatever
           such
           a
           cause
           may
           need
           or
           require
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           this
           to
           justifie
           them
           .
           So
           that
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           Evil
           shall
           be
           as
           securely
           and
           lawfully
           practised
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           nothing
           of
           that
           Nature
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           being
           in
           such
           good
           Company
           ,
           comes
           to
           lose
           its
           malignity
           ,
           and
           become
           venial
           ,
           say
           I
           ,
           nay
           ,
           praise-worthy
           and
           meritorious
           ;
           and
           what
           without
           that
           End
           was
           the
           worst
           of
           Villanies
           ,
           shall
           by
           it
           ,
           become
           an
           Heroical
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           Divine
           Quality
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           takes
           away
           all
           security
           and
           trust
           amongst
           men
           ,
           and
           puts
           them
           into
           a
           posture
           of
           War.
           If
           there
           be
           no
           Essential
           Difference
           between
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           Actions
           are
           equally
           lawful
           in
           themselves
           ,
           then
           no
           man
           is
           safe
           ,
           further
           than
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           or
           his
           own
           Power
           can
           make
           him
           :
           And
           though
           there
           be
           this
           Difference
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           be
           not
           observed
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           good
           End
           may
           throw
           it
           down
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Evil
           to
           be
           Good
           ,
           and
           the
           unlawful
           to
           be
           lawful
           ,
           then
           we
           are
           no
           longer
           quiet
           or
           safe
           than
           our
           neighbour
           hath
           no
           good
           end
           of
           
           his
           own
           to
           serve
           ;
           for
           if
           that
           comes
           into
           play
           ,
           of
           a
           Friend
           he
           may
           be
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           of
           a
           Confident
           he
           may
           be
           a
           Deceiver
           ,
           a
           Robber
           ,
           or
           a
           Traytor
           .
        
         
           And
           our
           Security
           depending
           upon
           a
           great
           uncertainty
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           Person
           doth
           not
           now
           understand
           ,
           he
           may
           in
           a
           little
           Time
           perceive
           to
           be
           his
           Interest
           ;
           we
           must
           be
           always
           upon
           our
           Guard
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           is
           bound
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           his
           safety
           is
           concerned
           ,
           to
           look
           upon
           the
           best
           of
           his
           Friends
           as
           in
           a
           possibility
           of
           being
           his
           most
           dangerous
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           to
           converse
           and
           treat
           with
           all
           mankind
           with
           Distrust
           ,
           Jealousie
           and
           Fear
           .
           Grant
           this
           ,
           that
           Evil
           becomes
           lawful
           by
           a
           good
           End
           ,
           and
           we
           that
           live
           in
           Amity
           and
           good
           Correspondence
           ,
           may
           be
           in
           as
           much
           Danger
           as
           those
           that
           live
           at
           the
           Foot
           of
           Aetna
           or
           Vesuvius
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           Moment
           do
           shake
           and
           tremble
           ,
           and
           vomit
           forth
           their
           Flames
           ,
           and
           discharge
           them
           upon
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           to
           their
           utter
           Ruin
           and
           Devastation
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           think
           our selves
           secure
           ,
           may
           have
           all
           compacts
           broken
           ,
           Oaths
           dissolved
           ,
           all
           difference
           betwixt
           Superiours
           and
           Inferiors
           confounded
           .
           It
           exposes
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           to
           every
           Pretender
           ,
           and
           any
           one
           that
           has
           a
           mind
           ,
           will
           never
           want
           a
           Reason
           for
           Insurrection
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           
           For
           it
           's
           but
           setting
           up
           a
           good
           End
           ,
           and
           it
           gives
           him
           a
           Right
           ,
           as
           much
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           to
           assault
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           to
           defend
           himself
           .
           So
           that
           this
           Principle
           of
           doing
           Evil
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           ,
           is
           as
           uncomfortable
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           unsafe
           ;
           and
           cannot
           be
           true
           if
           the
           Peace
           and
           good
           Order
           of
           the
           World
           be
           to
           be
           minded
           and
           secured
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           for
           it
           so
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           this
           Principle
           be
           true
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           disparagement
           to
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           or
           argue
           a
           Distrust
           in
           it
           .
           The
           Providence
           of
           God
           doth
           govern
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Good
           of
           Mankind
           are
           the
           Ends
           it
           doth
           respect
           and
           prosecute
           ,
           so
           it
           's
           above
           all
           Temptation
           to
           use
           such
           means
           for
           the
           accomplishing
           those
           Ends
           ,
           as
           are
           Dishonourable
           and
           Inglorious
           ,
           Base
           and
           Infamous
           :
           But
           if
           this
           be
           allowed
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           do
           evil
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           ,
           it
           would
           represent
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           as
           a
           Friend
           to
           such
           Courses
           ;
           or
           that
           it
           as
           much
           needed
           our
           help
           in
           order
           to
           the
           attaining
           those
           Ends
           ,
           as
           an
           evil
           Course
           is
           supposed
           necessary
           for
           those
           that
           would
           attain
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           if
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           is
           a
           displaying
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           ,
           the
           Justice
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           it
           neither
           needs
           
           nor
           uses
           any
           such
           Arts
           as
           will
           debase
           his
           Authority
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           diminution
           to
           his
           Divine
           Perfections
           :
           And
           consequently
           ,
           if
           such
           are
           used
           ,
           it
           shews
           a
           distrust
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           in
           those
           that
           use
           them
           :
           And
           so
           what
           was
           unlawful
           without
           that
           good
           End
           pretended
           to
           be
           respected
           ,
           is
           for
           that
           reason
           unlawful
           with
           it
           .
           If
           therefore
           Persons
           do
           pass
           the
           Bounds
           prescribed
           them
           by
           the
           Divine
           Law
           (
           whatever
           cause
           they
           do
           it
           for
           )
           it's
           to
           betake
           themselves
           to
           diabolical
           Arts
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           in
           the
           Devil
           to
           their
           Assistance
           .
           They
           do
           like
           Saul
           ,
           who
           went
           to
           the
           Witch
           when
           God
           had
           forsaken
           him
           :
           Or
           as
           Ahaziah
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Sickness
           sent
           to
           Baalzebub
           the
           God
           of
           Ekron
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           a
           God
           in
           Israel
           ,
           2
           Kings
           1.2
           ,
           6.
           
           Such
           do
           in
           effect
           disown
           the
           Presence
           of
           God
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           the
           Concernment
           he
           hath
           for
           the
           managing
           of
           things
           in
           it
           .
           For
           
             the
             wrath
             of
             man
             worketh
             not
             the
             righteousness
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Jam.
           1.20
           .
           And
           his
           cause
           doth
           not
           need
           any
           unjust
           Arts
           to
           defend
           and
           support
           it
           :
           And
           if
           by
           all
           that
           men
           can
           lawfully
           do
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           maintain
           or
           promote
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           proceed
           no
           farther
           ,
           but
           to
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           of
           God
           to
           contrive
           and
           prosecute
           what
           may
           serve
           for
           the
           accomplishing
           so
           excellent
           an
           end
           .
           We
           
           are
           always
           to
           resign
           up
           our
           Wills
           and
           Understandings
           and
           Devices
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           believe
           that
           when
           we
           have
           done
           all
           we
           lawfully
           can
           ,
           he
           will
           in
           his
           good
           time
           ,
           and
           by
           ways
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           do
           what
           we
           cannot
           ;
           and
           we
           cannot
           do
           what
           is
           unlawful
           and
           Evil.
           As
           long
           as
           we
           thus
           do
           ,
           and
           contain
           our selves
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           we
           give
           a
           due
           respect
           to
           Divine
           Providence
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           once
           venture
           to
           pass
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           either
           suspect
           our
           cause
           ,
           or
           God's
           Concernment
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           disparage
           our selves
           ,
           or
           the
           Protection
           we
           profess
           to
           depend
           upon
           .
           I
           shall
           close
           this
           with
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           Syrach
           ,
           Ecclus.
           15.11
           ,
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             Say
             not
             thou
             it
             is
             through
             the
             Lord
             that
             I
             turn
             back
          
           [
           or
           aside
           ]
           
             for
             thou
             oughtest
             not
             to
             do
             the
             things
             that
             he
             hateth
             .
             Say
             not
             thou
             he
             hath
             caused
             me
             to
             err
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             no
             need
             of
             the
             sinful
             man.
             The
             Lord
             hateth
             all
             the
             abomination
             of
             Error
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             fear
             God
             love
             it
             not
             .
          
           Ver.
           20.
           
           
             He
             hath
             commanded
             no
             man
             to
             do
             ungodly
             ,
             neither
             hath
             he
             given
             any
             man
             license
             to
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Principle
           of
           doing
           Evil
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           ,
           doth
           evacuate
           and
           disannull
           the
           Authority
           of
           God's
           Commands
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           no
           further
           to
           respect
           them
           ,
           than
           may
           be
           for
           our
           
           own
           private
           Convenience
           and
           Interest
           ,
           or
           the
           Convenience
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Church
           or
           State.
           For
           if
           the
           Goodness
           of
           the
           End
           may
           make
           the
           Means
           to
           be
           Good
           ,
           how
           wicked
           and
           unjust
           soever
           they
           otherwise
           are
           ;
           then
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           forbids
           that
           Evil
           ,
           is
           of
           no
           Obligation
           ,
           when
           that
           End
           comes
           between
           ;
           and
           so
           what
           the
           Law
           doth
           condemn
           ,
           it
           would
           allow
           ;
           and
           what
           it
           doth
           forbid
           ,
           it
           would
           set
           us
           again
           loose
           from
           ;
           it
           would
           leave
           it
           wholly
           in
           our
           own
           Power
           ,
           whether
           we
           would
           keep
           or
           break
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           it
           would
           be
           as
           much
           to
           obey
           ,
           as
           to
           keep
           it
           .
           By
           this
           Means
           ,
           the
           Commands
           of
           God
           would
           be
           contriv'd
           rather
           to
           serve
           our
           ends
           than
           his
           ,
           and
           be
           made
           more
           to
           provide
           for
           our
           ease
           and
           security
           ,
           than
           his
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           .
           How
           would
           this
           overthrow
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           disparage
           the
           Excellency
           of
           Gods
           Law
           ,
           and
           render
           the
           Threatning
           of
           our
           Saviour
           insignificant
           ?
           Matth.
           5.19
           .
           
             Whosoever
             shall
             break
             one
             of
             the
             least
             commandments
             ,
             and
             shall
             teach
             men
             so
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             called
             the
             least
             in
             ,
          
           and
           be
           utterly
           excluded
           
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
          
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           If
           this
           were
           true
           ,
           it
           would
           change
           the
           very
           Notion
           and
           Character
           of
           a
           Good
           Man
           ,
           who
           is
           described
           ,
           with
           Job
           ,
           to
           be
           
             an
             upright
             man
             ,
             
             one
             that
             fears
             God
             ,
             and
             eschews
             evil
             .
          
           With
           David
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           
             man
             after
             God's
             own
             heart
          
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           13.14
           .
           With
           Nathaneel
           ,
           to
           be
           
             an
             Israelite
             indeed
             ,
             in
             whom
             there
             is
             no
             guile
             ,
          
           Joh.
           1.47
           .
           Christians
           are
           to
           be
           
             wise
             as
             serpents
             ,
             but
             harmless
             as
             doves
             ,
          
           Matth.
           10.16
           .
           They
           are
           to
           be
           Free
           and
           Ingenuous
           ,
           Candid
           and
           Open
           ,
           Plain
           and
           Sincere
           ;
           they
           are
           to
           love
           ,
           and
           their
           Love
           is
           to
           be
           
             without
             dissimulation
          
           ,
           Rom.
           12.9
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           allow
           the
           doing
           evil
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           be
           wise
           without
           Innocency
           ;
           to
           fear
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           eschew
           evil
           ;
           to
           be
           an
           Israelite
           ,
           and
           yet
           full
           of
           Guile
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           none
           ;
           to
           pretend
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           be
           another
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           If
           this
           Doctrine
           be
           true
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           disparagement
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           in
           Conclusion
           to
           be
           a
           Patron
           of
           Vice
           ,
           which
           in
           its
           Precepts
           and
           Directions
           ,
           it
           's
           a
           declared
           enemy
           unto
           .
           It
           was
           to
           little
           purpose
           that
           the
           Heathens
           had
           a
           Religion
           ,
           and
           gods
           ,
           when
           their
           gods
           were
           supposed
           to
           be
           inclinable
           to
           ,
           and
           enslaved
           by
           the
           same
           Passions
           which
           ruled
           amongst
           men
           :
           And
           what
           Veneration
           could
           such
           Persons
           give
           to
           those
           kind
           of
           Deities
           ,
           who
           abhorred
           those
           Vices
           which
           reigned
           amongst
           the
           Objects
           of
           their
           Adoration
           .
           And
           
           tho
           our
           Religion
           is
           never
           so
           pious
           in
           its
           Institution
           ,
           yet
           if
           by
           some
           collateral
           Ways
           it
           permits
           Men
           to
           be
           impious
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           as
           contemptible
           as
           the
           gods
           among
           the
           Heathens
           .
           It
           's
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           that
           by
           its
           Precepts
           and
           Commands
           ,
           its
           Arguments
           and
           Motives
           ,
           its
           Considerations
           and
           Rewards
           ,
           it
           doth
           drive
           at
           the
           Perfection
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           bring
           men
           into
           a
           propinquity
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           Capacity
           of
           conversing
           with
           him
           here
           ,
           and
           enjoying
           him
           hereafter
           .
           It
           purifies
           the
           Heart
           ,
           rectifies
           the
           Intentions
           ,
           governs
           the
           Actions
           of
           Men.
           It
           makes
           them
           humble
           and
           lowly
           ,
           gentle
           and
           meek
           ,
           contented
           and
           satisfied
           .
           It
           's
           a
           Religion
           contrived
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Mankind
           in
           every
           Capacity
           and
           State.
           But
           if
           this
           should
           be
           tolerated
           and
           maintained
           by
           it
           ,
           That
           men
           might
           do
           evil
           for
           a
           good
           end
           ,
           it
           would
           take
           in
           again
           all
           the
           Mischief
           it
           did
           discountenance
           and
           controul
           ,
           threaten
           and
           condemn
           ;
           and
           the
           World
           would
           be
           filled
           with
           the
           spawn
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           wickedness
           whatsoever
           ,
           under
           the
           profession
           
           of
           Religion
           .
           This
           would
           effectually
           destroy
           the
           Honour
           ,
           and
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           success
           of
           it
           .
           It
           would
           turn
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           good
           and
           vertuous
           men
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           induce
           them
           to
           think
           it
           no
           more
           worthy
           of
           their
           respect
           ,
           than
           
           Mahomet's
           Paradise
           would
           be
           of
           their
           choice
           ;
           nay
           ,
           than
           the
           Sands
           and
           Deserts
           of
           Africa
           ,
           where
           each
           Creature
           preys
           upon
           its
           Fellow
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           an
           opportunity
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           from
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Reasons
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           the
           Apostle
           did
           with
           Indignation
           cast
           off
           the
           Aspersion
           charged
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           false
           Apostles
           ,
           that
           he
           declared
           against
           it
           with
           all
           his
           might
           ,
           and
           doom'd
           it
           to
           the
           Pit
           of
           Hell
           :
           And
           which
           again
           we
           find
           him
           defying
           ,
           Rom.
           6.1
           ,
           2.
           
           
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             then
             ?
             shall
             we
             continue
             in
             sin
             that
             grace
             may
             abound
             ?
             God
             forbid
             .
          
        
         
           
             Which
             Leads
             us
             to
             the
             next
             General
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             This
             Principle
             of
             doing
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             thus
             evil
             in
             its
             Nature
             ,
             and
             mischievous
             in
             the
             
             direful
             Consequences
             of
             it
             in
             this
             World
             ;
             but
             is
             also
             as
             pernicious
             to
             the
             souls
             of
             Men
             in
             the
             other
             .
             For
             ,
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             their
             
               damnation
               is
               just
            
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             those
             that
             hold
             it
             ,
             and
             act
             according
             to
             it
             ,
             are
             in
             such
             a
             dangerous
             condition
             ;
             that
             nothing
             less
             than
             a
             full
             ,
             sincere
             ,
             and
             speedy
             Repentance
             ,
             can
             prevent
             their
             final
             and
             Eternal
             Destruction
             :
             it
             being
             not
             only
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             so
             resolving
             ,
             and
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             so
             declaring
             ,
             that
             damnation
             belongs
             to
             them
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             Thing
             for
             it
             ,
             implied
             in
             the
             Phrase
             ,
             
               whose
               damnation
               is
               just
            
             .
             For
             if
             we
             reflect
             upon
             the
             Principle
             (
             to
             sum
             up
             what
             I
             have
             said
             )
             it
             leads
             to
             such
             manifold
             and
             desperate
             mischiefs
             ;
             doth
             so
             evidently
             tend
             to
             ,
             and
             most
             commonly
             conclude
             in
             the
             overthrow
             of
             all
             good
             Order
             and
             Government
             ,
             Peace
             and
             Unity
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             doth
             so
             much
             derogate
             from
             the
             Honour
             of
             Gods
             Providence
             ,
             and
             his
             Religion
             ;
             doth
             so
             much
             pervert
             the
             Tempers
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             very
             hateful
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             God
             of
             Truth
             ,
             Equity
             ,
             and
             Order
             ;
             and
             so
             can
             no
             
             more
             like
             ,
             than
             he
             can
             need
             such
             Conclusions
             and
             Practices
             .
             And
             consequently
             ,
             the
             Persons
             holding
             such
             Principles
             ,
             and
             engaging
             in
             Practices
             issuing
             from
             ,
             and
             conformable
             to
             them
             ,
             must
             also
             be
             the
             Objects
             of
             his
             heavy
             Displeasure
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             Where
             is
             this
             Principle
             to
             be
             met
             with
             ,
             and
             where
             are
             the
             Persons
             that
             do
             hold
             and
             defend
             this
             Principle
             ?
          
        
         
           
             This
             is
             to
             be
             resolved
             in
             the
             last
             General
             .
             Which
             is
             ,
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             To
             shew
             the
             Prevalency
             of
             this
             in
             the
             Christian
             World.
             And
             here
             I
             could
             wish
             I
             had
             nothing
             further
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             that
             as
             no
             Religion
             has
             more
             discountenanced
             such
             Prineiples
             and
             Proceedings
             than
             the
             Christian
             ,
             so
             no
             Nations
             nor
             Persons
             had
             more
             discountenanced
             the
             thing
             than
             those
             that
             have
             professed
             it
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             too
             notorious
             to
             be
             dissembled
             :
             For
             that
             there
             have
             been
             Rebellions
             against
             ,
             and
             Depositions
             of
             Princes
             ,
             Dissolutions
             of
             Governments
             ;
             taking
             and
             breaking
             of
             Oaths
             ;
             and
             other
             things
             apparently
             evil
             ,
             
             of
             that
             and
             the
             like
             kind
             done
             ,
             to
             serve
             a
             Cause
             ,
             a
             Party
             ,
             or
             a
             Church
             ,
             is
             no
             Mystery
             now-a-days
             :
             And
             if
             any
             one
             lacks
             to
             be
             inform'd
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             ,
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             he
             should
             receive
             it
             from
             the
             Publick
             Records
             ,
             in
             which
             those
             things
             are
             deposited
             ,
             than
             from
             me
             .
             All
             I
             pray
             is
             ,
             That
             at
             length
             the
             Christian
             World
             may
             understand
             their
             Religion
             better
             ,
             and
             their
             secular
             Interest
             less
             ;
             or
             that
             they
             would
             see
             it
             to
             be
             their
             best
             and
             truest
             Interest
             to
             be
             guided
             by
             their
             Religion
             ;
             which
             teaches
             the
             wholsome
             Doctrine
             of
             being
             subject
             to
             the
             
               higher
               powers
            
             ,
             and
             that
             
               they
               that
               resist
               shall
               receive
               to
               themselves
               damnation
               ,
            
             Rom.
             13.2
             .
             And
             as
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             That
             we
             must
             not
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             .
          
        
         
           And
           according
           to
           this
           Principle
           of
           the
           Apostle
           (
           that
           it
           was
           unlawful
           and
           damnable
           to
           do
           evil
           that
           good
           may
           come
           )
           did
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Christians
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           proceed
           .
           None
           ever
           had
           a
           Power
           greater
           than
           our
           Saviour
           to
           confound
           and
           destroy
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           nor
           a
           better
           end
           to
           serve
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           died
           to
           accomplish
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           did
           
           not
           use
           that
           power
           when
           urged
           by
           the
           Apostles
           to
           command
           Fire
           from
           Heaven
           to
           consume
           those
           that
           would
           not
           receive
           him
           ;
           but
           rebuked
           them
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Ye
             know
             not
             what
             spirit
             ye
             are
             of
             ,
          
           Luk.
           9.54
           ,
           55.
           
           And
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           though
           so
           desirous
           of
           professing
           and
           propagating
           their
           Religion
           ,
           that
           they
           cheerfully
           laid
           down
           their
           Lives
           to
           bear
           witness
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           World
           might
           see
           they
           
             followed
             not
             cunningly
             devised
             Fables
          
           ;
           yet
           never
           made
           use
           of
           any
           Secular
           Power
           to
           defend
           it
           or
           themselves
           (
           when
           not
           without
           it
           )
           ;
           but
           ,
           like
           
             Moses
             ,
             endured
          
           all
           things
           ,
           
             as
             seeing
             him
             who
             is
             invisible
          
           ;
           and
           that
           knew
           when
           God
           thought
           fit
           ,
           and
           the
           fulness
           of
           his
           time
           was
           come
           ,
           that
           Truth
           should
           over-power
           all
           manner
           of
           opposition
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           Conformity
           to
           this
           ,
           are
           the
           
             Confessions
             of
             Faith
          
           in
           all
           the
           Protestant
           and
           Reformed
           Church●s
           ,
           from
           which
           there
           can
           nothing
           be
           drawn
           ,
           that
           will
           justifie
           Opposition
           or
           Rebellion
           against
           Civil
           Authority
           ;
           but
           they
           expresly
           declare
           against
           it
           .
           And
           if
           any
           particular
           Persons
           amongst
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           there
           are
           )
           have
           defended
           it
           ,
           we
           know
           
           from
           whence
           they
           fetched
           their
           Artillery
           ,
           I
           mean
           their
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           whither
           they
           went
           to
           sharpen
           their
           Weapons
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           That
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           they
           have
           acted
           according
           to
           those
           Principles
           of
           Submission
           in
           all
           lawful
           Things
           to
           Superiours
           ,
           and
           of
           making
           no
           hostile
           opposition
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           So
           it
           was
           in
           our
           Nation
           ,
           when
           Queen
           Mary
           was
           a
           known
           Member
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           yet
           the
           Protestants
           first
           joined
           with
           her
           against
           the
           Lady
           
             Jane
             Grey
          
           ,
           who
           was
           invested
           with
           the
           Title
           of
           Queen
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Protestant
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           France
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           joined
           with
           Henry
           the
           3
           d
           ,
           of
           another
           Religion
           ,
           and
           supported
           him
           against
           the
           League
           of
           those
           that
           were
           of
           his
           own
           Perswasion
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           particularly
           is
           the
           avowed
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           all
           its
           Articles
           and
           Homilies
           at
           large
           ,
           Three
           *
           of
           which
           are
           against
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           which
           ,
           we
           may
           understand
           what
           Enemies
           they
           are
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           ,
           that
           do
           proceed
           upon
           the
           Principle
           of
           doing
           evil
           that
           
           good
           may
           come
           ;
           and
           that
           so
           they
           set
           up
           Religion
           ,
           care
           not
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           nor
           what
           disparagement
           they
           bring
           upon
           that
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Injury
           to
           the
           Publick
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           to
           think
           of
           those
           that
           were
           animated
           to
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           amongst
           us
           (
           so
           happily
           quelled
           )
           by
           this
           pretence
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           evident
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           chief
           of
           them
           had
           other
           Things
           in
           their
           Eye
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           Religion
           ,
           as
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           Revenge
           ,
           or
           the
           avoiding
           punishment
           for
           other
           Crimes
           ,
           &c.
           that
           instigated
           them
           hereunto
           .
           But
           if
           we
           allow
           the
           Reason
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           not
           fictitious
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           good
           nor
           sufficient
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           have
           therefore
           Reason
           to
           bless
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           prevented
           ,
           as
           well
           the
           propagating
           this
           principle
           (
           by
           their
           success
           )
           as
           the
           Blood-shed
           and
           Confusion
           that
           would
           have
           ensued
           ;
           and
           the
           Rebellion
           and
           Contention
           that
           would
           otherwise
           have
           prevailed
           with
           it
           ,
           if
           not
           been
           entailed
           upon
           these
           Nations
           .
        
         
         
           We
           have
           indeed
           deserved
           that
           God
           should
           thus
           punish
           us
           ,
           whom
           Plague
           and
           Fire
           ,
           and
           other
           Judgments
           ,
           have
           left
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           unreformed
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           Reason
           have
           we
           for
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           that
           he
           has
           yet
           had
           Mercy
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           has
           rather
           taken
           up
           the
           Rod
           to
           affright
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           destroy
           us
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           yet
           sit
           under
           our
           own
           Vines
           and
           Fig-Trees
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           our selves
           ,
           and
           the
           Fruit
           of
           our
           honest
           Labours
           and
           Industry
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           more
           ,
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           Peace
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           grant
           that
           we
           be
           truly
           sensible
           of
           his
           undeserved
           Favours
           ,
           and
           may
           shew
           our
           Thankfulness
           ,
           by
           our
           Loyalty
           to
           our
           Prince
           ,
           Stedfastness
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Holiness
           of
           our
           Lives
           ;
           that
           by
           our
           Submission
           to
           Authority
           ,
           the
           Peaceableness
           and
           Piety
           of
           our
           Conversations
           ,
           we
           may
           bring
           Honour
           to
           God
           and
           our
           Religion
           .
        
         
         
           If
           we
           thus
           do
           good
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           that
           Good
           will
           come
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           
             fruit
             of
             Righteousness
             is
             sown
             in
             peace
             of
             them
             that
             make
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66419-e480
           
             *
             It
             should
             be
             six
             ,
             or
             six
             parts
             of
             the
             Homily
             .