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1, - HE Punt of our Religion, and
“ thcé ExcE lehcy of 01:11; Goveri'r
ment togethér Wiflhdtheappan
3; rent reafonablmiefs and utility,
borh of our Civil and EcElcfiaf’cical LaWs,
are {0 Vifible to any Stibjeét Who {hall
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nefl: mind, that one would think the fu—
preme Power fhould reCeiVe no farther
trouble after the preparing fuch) Wife and
Whole-form; codfiitutions
But then ,- if to the goodnefs and Wif-
dome of our Governours 1n prefcribin'g
fuch‘ fifefull ah'd equal meafuress we con-
fider that they are inthron d by God 5 ap-
pointment, and goVern by his Power ;
their commands receive from thence, all
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fear of the Prince, but of God too be-~

comes their Sainaiom, Fan -Wéf771ufl needs

be: fufijqfi, \7zrot 972er for mat/9, but alfq fer '
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the Laws of izi‘Jinces in obediefiedigthé
Laws of God, itis the oddef’t thing in all:
the world to hear; men p‘retenh' mCon-
{deuce -.againfi their Duty ;; and t ink to
fatisfiejhe; Law; by grievous out—er" and.
feditious Pamphlets; teaching the :fiagi-
firate how he mould govern, when he is.
dircfting; them. how they: @1091ch obey =~
110C COMldmlgfihat itjiS' mmhchhnfl’l'
ans to doe their'duty,- and obey'the Laws,~
rather than to be full of talk—"and. argo-
ment "to-create temples, and fiik‘iithe heads-
of their follow‘e’rswithfiobieékions againfl
them. Thus mens minds are perplex’t,
and the Government is diflurb’d , and
Coqfciemeflhich .is the greatefl Obligation
in all the world to obedience, as it is or:
der’d, .is made the greatefi Oquéi’iorz. For
you mufl obey for Confciem'e-faée , fays
Sc. anl5 bur if you have any Confei-

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Apoflles. To determine therefore "this
great Cafe I lhall indeavour three things.
A , L1} '; i. éi‘-..,;iJU’,;‘, .4
I. Tofcitt‘lefohedience-ro humane‘tfiafia
. upon the two-fanétions of the Tam
;.the feat of Wat/a , and the ' obliga-s
tion of Con/Hence. ‘ (V7945
‘ H. "I .lhall giVe What‘s aanetfilfam able, _
t 10"me6 of thofei objeétions'Vhich
are 'ufually Lofl‘et’d to ddiver_ the
':Co7zfa'e'zzaé from that Ohligatiox. ’19:? -
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I. Our‘: fi‘l'ft undertaking 'met be“, ta
fertle obedience :10 the Laws, upon the pro~
‘perSamfliqrts of it, mention’d .in the Text,
the feamf wrath; and the Mitigation of (Mr
fciente. ”Throne" is man’s; “the other. is
God’s: Fear of' Wrath is that band of
Obedience which humane Power adds to
theiuv. - For though there is‘a bafendé
in. difobedienoe, which all good men
hate, and all wife men condemn; be—
caufe it is: an ener’ny- to order and do

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. more; of} péaqegfiand 38(5ch spikestlnis

56mg” noc'fifong enou h: to oblige: of}:
felfigbecaufe mee peop e lay afidefnll nag
tu’ral goodnefs and juflice5 therefore to
allelamsritcié mcelfary<t¥mmjflabulfl Be a
pmfilhrncnt. annex’d ,“2 the feats afiewhich ,
mgdrefirainfmen from doing ragainft the
Law. _ 50"";3. lifts") it) mar]

,3FErm1t’cicnnf‘efsdiofe: meg abreEznb .Vety
good Suhie‘ftsgr iwho obejr‘onelyflto» avoid
the penalty; therefOre. lt-lfizmadC'LthC cha-
raéter .xofxeg-{sbafeudifpofitimsmttfbrbear
tranfgrefl‘mg, onelyuduttofga lflafiifh appre-
henfion Of theigmeUent..eyilt:ubut St.
Paul faid , that ’the Law, thatiis.:, the
threatning was made, mm for the righte-
ous; but for the; Wicked: Fifi {0. long as
men lov’d goodnefs, and took delight- in
doing well, and had no delign’s againfl
common *ho‘nefly and . ,jufiice‘, there was
no need to forbid any, thingu'pOn the ac-
count of fear, for a good man will ab-
fiain from all unrighteous praé’tices ,
though there were no penal Laws in a
Common-wealth. But then fome..men
having ras’d out all natural Principles;
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the. dread-of .punilhment; not that-the
LaWscinteh'cled to doe any evil, but that
Primes .thmeIVQS. and their Subjefis.-,
lhould rnotgfuffer any, evil bywthe difo:
bedient and unjufl,- For that by fear the
malice of ill men be refirain’d, and mifl-
chief prevented; to communities, is ,the
end Qfall; penal; Laws, and the putppfe
of authority. ‘80 that wicked men mak-
lngt penal ,Law‘s necellary, they are jufl;
too , upon the fame. account; becaufe
Without ciomfpulfion it is no Law, and
without Law there could be no fociety,
men having laid afide all. ingenuity and
goodnefs, and would be herds of Wolves,
and Iygers but for a power above them.
~ 1.. need not therefore {pend time , to,
prove either that the Magifirate. has a.
power/to make Laws penal, or that it is.
lanull-~ to execute them when made 5».
StuPaul having determin’d borh thefc cafes
in this Chapter of the Ten molt clearligp
For having Qfirl’trefOlv’dMagiflracy to- 9‘
the ordinance of God; the ' then affirms,
thefup‘reme;-Power to have a {word in his
hand,'.wh_ich hedoes not bear ,. in vain;I
butitis in vain'if the Prince can makeno,

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Laws to reflrain, or has no powerto pu-I
nilh evil : and therefore he adds becaufe
of that power of punilhing, hethat tranf-
grelles the Law, ‘which he calls doing e-
vil, ought alfo to fear. And of himfelf
when he was accufed of a capital crime, '
he declares, that if he had done ‘42:} thing

pywortb} of death he refus’d- not to die, he

never quefiion’d the power, nor fpake e-
vil of the Government, but onelyproe
relied his innocency. . ‘ . .
This being evident, I {hall leave- it to
{land by its own firength; and lhall ra-
ther indeavour to remove a great miflake
taken up by our tranfgreffors of the
Laws, which is this 5' the think, though
they break the Law, yet i when they can-
nor avoid it, they undergo the puni/bment,
they reckon themfelves people of a very.
good confcience, though they remain in
the tranfgreflion. Now this conceit I the
rather {hall inquire into, becauk it {ecms
to be directly Oppofite to the Text, re—
quiring Obedience not one!) fir wrath, but i
alfo for Confcieme-faée.' I {hall take leave
therefore to affert that the tranfgreffors of
the Law, though they have indur’d the pu-v

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nilhment, yet are net difeharg’d in (:65; ..
feienee, until they repent alfo the tranf-

greflion. And this I prefume will be e-
vident if we eonfider but two things; the
Nature of the Laws Which are broke; and
the Rule of the Text {Or their obfervation.

, Fbfl, If we turn to the Laws them-

felves, they are not Laws purely penal ;.

but'fueh are eall’d mixt penal LaWs; that

is, When with the duty commanded,

there is a penalty annexed upon the net
performing of it. As to infianee in one
for all; there is a Law reqUiring all per-
fons to hear divine fervice every Lord’s
day, which befides that it is a duty of
Religiomuis .requir’d to be 'perform’d of
every Subjeé’t under Inch a penalty. Now
here the intention of the Law is, that all
eople doe their duty, and it is not fatif-
‘ed in its defign, unlefs the dtity be per-
form’d; for the Law makes no conditi-
ons for difobedienee, that you may Pray
at home, {0 youpay your money; nor
is the penalty addedvto make the Subjee‘t.
poorer, but better, and for fear to keep
him in obedience. So that he who tranll
grelles the Law is punilh’d for. doing evil,

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and for the 'jfame-reafon ;’ i even after-'- ea:
during the punifhm'ent, he is bound tore-4'
pent and doe fo no more; becaufe every
breach of a Good Law is a Sin againft
God, and that is mm to be boughtofi
with money; nor is the offence takena-
way in the Court of Confcience, by ex—
changingitinto a Shilling, g , =
Secondly, We are to confider? the Rule
of the Text, in which it is faid We are
to obey not one!) for fear of wrath, but 41]?)
for C onfcience-faée, But therefore if'fuf‘
ferihg the puniflitnent did fatisfie the Law,
h0w can we be faid to be bound to Obe-
dience by the tyes of Confcience P But
if that be oblig'd, then theoffender can
never be difcharg’dv bit by repenting of
the crime, and obeying theLaW; for no
man’s Confcience can be fet right but b
returning to his duty. And that this
mayb: the better underflood, I {hall re-
prefent to you humane Laws with that
Sanction which God has added, and {how
you we are to obey for Confcience—fake.
' This appears firfl; becaufe the Power
by which the Prince makes Laws is giv-
cn him from God. There is no power

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original .iILAuthoritya 0f ,. mnki‘ng‘DLéwsfi to
direct our: Manners and 7 Religion is in
GO'd§LAbLt§~.fl%n becéuib‘he {peakscfigo us:
noc; alwayslbyshimzfelfl Mfomeume‘s by
the ‘Magifirate; 'who has a' Bower? derived
from “him, 'we are to receive" it"a's’fpake
by God‘ himfelfs; and) actor- obedience , bit?
is: 2135 obliging ' if‘ The commands by moxie;
as if. he fpake in perfon.' The way of
deliverin Laws “makes no difference; the
power is: , .reon'elytfozbc'eonfidet’d :. and
it being by God’s . addiority’thet ' Prince
conflitutes, for that teafon we are bound
to obedience. So that; though. the fu-
preme- poWer Pfif’ making Laws; binding"
the Confcience’fis' in' God ,7 Tyet fince'he'
has inflated the (Magifirate with this pow~‘
er, it is binding upon the account of its dc“
ri-vation, '~‘becaufe it is God’s power in his

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adde to it in the fetoml place, that the
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from-Gad. ‘v Vagecme‘e iseminé; fayssfiedg
and- wlmzche: fupteme pbwer ‘~ punifhes;
he is humihehAXflhgep thode: Wrath
find Sbfal’ndl This Beat 'iwhichcqur, h0-
lry Lord iCQflfiimfld :zwhah; .: '; hf: .3 Iaid 1’ llfito,
Pilate, whoulieddlzw -bavefzzoz.-Wez: mid? “it
wee, gizem ilxge fmm above; 'z'IIhereforewe
mflsattendi flue.eo£cqemce.~le£ God pue
niihes; When ; ehe .-Ma ' ate; sexeeutesf , it'-
wfllefollowf 311?); that e is offended , when.
the. hWEEiSrbrekeg,- and, thaei;.every-, tranfi';
gm 0!? an-shumane rbfdmanceisjayir?
Olatiqnfio‘g 6111' Dctltty :tg God: he‘chshglm
perfon- -'.im'imi.,'-,,.an putseaeeer ' "y,
15wond-inmmhe Magifi'mm’s hand to IC‘:
venge‘ ! itgsflpmiihti Grim . (For Where?
there .is' an, offence_agah1ft:God; as there. is
in, the-breach of all jufl Laws, thexethe Con-,-
fcjch’ee? i‘s conc‘crn’di; the (me isthedemon‘;
fli'ation' of the Other. ? This is the reafori";
that St; Peter eflablifhes Sflcéfion’ upon
that interef’c which God'hi elf has in the
duty, Obey every ordinate of man finfi Ike'-
Lord’s fake. I: is as neceffary, and as pie
ous, 3 has in it the fame reafon, and the
fame-religion, it is bound upon us with
the fame excellency, and 'the fame re-

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wards 5 ,inay-I'adda difobédiena‘ce To, rhumane
.COmmzinds, sis threatned with the 2' fame
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-tbdt refifl'ifh‘afl. find tor-.tbémfelzeés damnation.
' This therefore I find "confemed ‘to. '- by
‘maoft, that the Magifirate ,has' the power
.of punifhing 5' Ennelyé..;{mneuarevi1pktas?d"to
:grant :it“; With ; :thm ‘ refiriétioma gii_;~1hatizit. .is
‘onely for the breach of {math Laiwgithat
~‘ either. in ‘ words, or . feds; .dreicontain’d in
~the. ‘. Divine Commandments; :g: ang: ,. they
:fuppofezohei mm to; "be .: inéomp'etent . to
makeany Lawsrat all in indifferent things,
fuch as; God has. left wholly uncommand-
'cd ;:.fw1'1irh ; opinion -, the BI "Confcquences
r-fiadm it," will? hes fnfficlient 'to, .ovérthrow.
For this inthe firfl place takes away the
whole ower of - Princes. . Secondly , it
makes t eir care and their prlhflcnce a1-
mofl‘ hfclefs 5* if .no'new provifibms can
‘be made for newneceffitics, if not-refpeé‘t
rmuflbe Ind to Qtimes and laces, to cuf-
toms mid- 'Qpinionsgvbiit a1 people muff
be govern'd alike, without any confidera-
tion to the ~expediency or ufefulncfs of
things T And laflév, no Gnvennments flnalml
have any, power to prcécribe 1111wa "gt-
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mom's? (which 3 they: (fall -' their: den'feien-
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' Which: confeujmeesz. bechufe. they__ are not

to be .Tjndut’d; We fnult “gifre to every
Common-wealth: its ‘own Jufi power, to

‘gover theizmm \concernx'byuwhat; mea-
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all Commufiit’ieé andIChutehes Clorrequire
and prflifeq ‘v‘ll'nd indeed thoughat the
firft, ; it had been ado greet: figttetwhether

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But becaufe the 'ignor'h'nr, :an'dthexfiub-
born, will ' yet pretend -. Confeienee fagainf’t
obedimce, exprefly. againft the doétrme
of the Text 51 and' think -1hei,r:Realhnsn.to
be fufficient to beat them out; and there-
fore may be apt to clamour if their;-an~
guments cannOt be. heard, "'and’fairly.'cmr
fidet’d g, 1 mull; enter upon my. feeonfi
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task which will be to give you an account
of fome of thofe things that are brought
forth to. deliver the Confcience from the
obligation that is upon it to. humane
Laws, together with. what maybe faid in

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anfwer to them; and then leave. you to de-.

termine for or againl’t Anthority, as you

(hall fee; which balancethas. the molt
weight in it. ' ' ' -. . '

all. It is, faidhfirfl, that God alone is to
dime-"t {and govern the,,,Confciencc, becaiufe
he onel-y can look-into the. mind, fee into
the faults and punifh the prevarications.
And therefore to inflate humane Authori—
tywith this power; (be'fides the. incompe-
ten'cy of giving Laws, where it cannOt
take: notice ;of the tranfgteffion) would
beanpfurpa'tion upon God’s right, and
aiiia-inttenching upOn the SOVereignty of
Heaven. ‘
, tan/grep, We do admit that God alone
has, 3 the Royalty over Confciencess but
then it mun be added, that GOd, by that
power which he has overthe Confcience,
does alfobind it to the obfervation of; hue
inane Laws. For we do nOt pretend 'thfilt.
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the Laws - Of men bind itinby their own
’f’trength, but that it is bound to obey by
the command of God. So that his So—
'vereignty‘ is not in the leal’t diminilh’d ,
but the [lime el’tablilh’d, 'beCaufe we fay '
that humane Laws Could have no obliga-
tion upon the Confeience if ’ it were not
by GOd’s appointment, Nor is "~ it need-
full .as the objeétion does {up fe, that
the Sovereign power {hould in peé’t mens
Confciences, in order to their obligation,
becau-fe God Who can fearchi into them
has already bound them. The Prince
gives’but the matter, and. the inflances of ,
obedience, God lays on the compulfion.
And indeed“ the true Rating of the que-
ftion would have been fufficient to. this
objeé‘tion 5 for though we affirm that hu-
mane Laws are tied upon the Confcience,
yet we do n0t fay by humane power 5
the Confcience is God’s Servant, and he
binds it. And this anfwers What St. Paul
teaches in the Text, that we mafl needs be
ful‘jec‘f, not one!) for wrath, [mt ialfi) for C072-
fiierzte~fake5 that is, for fear of God’s diF
pléafure who has bound the Confeience to
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_ It is urged femmlly that to allow hu-
mane Laws to oblige the Confcience, is
to give up the rights and liberties of Chri-
f’tians into the difpofe of . humourfome
and tyrannical Princes 5 and contrary
both to our prudence and duty; and
. therefore it is both . folly and treachery to
become the fervants of men.

' To this I reply, though this looks like
a .very. pretty Argument, yet the whole
lillungls nor ata l to the purpofe. For
we” are at no controverfie, whether it
be nor a part of Chrif’tian liberty that
the} Confcience be bound by none but
God ethar Lmatter- is. readily yielded
them; and we do acknowledge that when
humane Laws are made, if it was nm for
the will of God commanding our obedie
ence', the Confcience was purely at liber‘
ty. But then it is. to be added, that when-
ever Laws are made , a neceffity then is
introduc’d u n the Confcience; becaufe
God who is t e Lord of it has fubjeéfed it,
when he faid, obey ever} ordinance of man
for the Lord’s fake. Nay and St. Peter

who underflood well enough how far we _

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S ubjefh’on fin“ Confiience-fake.
obedience exprefly‘tells us, that weimhf’r '
not pretend it upon thebafer defign of
carrying on Sedition, or 5661])», oriRebele
[ion by it. s. 2 :. .

And therefore it is by no means to, be
indur’d, that Chrifiian liberty. fhould be
fet up to deflr‘oy Chrif’tian- Kings, and‘the
freedoms of Confcience run 6 out to lie?
centioufnefs of practice; and becaufe Our
Confciences are nor the fervants of . the:
Prince, therefore we our felves neitheriwall‘
become his fubjeéts. ' Our minds are free,
therefore our mouths , and pens, 'and
actions muft be fo too; as if Chriftian,
and Libertine, were terms equivalent, and“
Chrif’tian immunity were a toleration'to
dei’troy all civility, and government, and
peace , and humanity. But is there no
way for Chrif’tians to maintain theirli~
berry bur by entring upon the rights and
prerogatives of Kings? And .is Chriflian
iberty fo much altogether Within the in-
clofure of the Subjeét, that the Prince has
nor alfo his {bare in it? Or muff the
free-born Subject break. in upon the
Birth-rights and Liberties of the Crown,
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thatiethe humoutfomeChtiltian may en-
{Oy what he is pleasid to call his Chrifiian
libcrtyé. Nari/i. :‘gavs nor: hisiblondsfcrtthis
may. mt‘did, hemakfi 31.;'R1l¥9b3fCQET-3 dif-
obedlent, and gain-laying people ; and as
He himfelf fet up no pretences from God
againl’t theRi htsof £54m, but determi:
95:91-39-3ach mi. "Pmportions of J ufiiCCs
and. ‘beediefnee', f0 hie ‘jintended by his
Death, andipoé‘ttines, Precepts and Ex-
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thellshe b’e alfo a good. Subjeé‘t. ..

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59551th ltja great cal of__clamour, and clOes
mo of all cofen out peope, and that is
this. __W hen the Magif’trate, or the Mini-
flcrspf; Religion-call [upon them to obey
the Laws, Why'Godiforbid but they (houl'd;
the . areas ready as any to doe that, fo far
astiey are good, and jufi, _ and agreeable
to the Word of. God. But what 1f. they be
againfl the word ofGod? what then? why
then, no man calls upon them to obey.
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one 'ni'ou‘th 231516 agarnitbur £3W3, that!
they are not agte'eahle to the Weird ofGod’

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united endeavours both 0 he 1’ apt/2 and
Dflmm, ‘to deflr'o‘y our‘Chuieh,1t1iooks
morh’ihtd ’é Confederacy; than a {hidpih
But if It be, das they pretend, a diffithfaéti—

; 1t 13th to be confiderd,
Thatdhd theFe Parties ydo admit; that inclheéi7
they are to obey the LaWs for Confcienee~
fake, unite, the Law it {eff be :1ng the
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out of counténianqcaf with war sat-1d “megs!
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and .the Quarrel is 'nOt foimuchibetWeeri’
Conformity and Confcience, «asbet'ween‘
their Leaders, and the Government: ;_-,_? i-A-ncl
yet— _: if ’ the?iép.tqtencer«‘beacppfczien‘ce; we
lliOuld doefive‘llf to: give. o'v‘e'r‘ ouxlfReVilings,
and-{uppo'fe at ' leal’c this far’fin faVou‘z? of
the- MagifirategigiThitIJhe ma think-his
Confcionc'esas Tlgh (l7; fillirtiété 4‘07 fieqiii re
obed bate, asa'hey:dai'nfi:rd}qmnfgi§nccé
direéted to difobey. ~' Cerltarinljfi'thefl’lfince
mull have aslhucl1~nghji1§é>lIf5;hi$r'fGWfl
meaa‘ures Ii'n-uprefcribmg to khefionfcience
of his Subjcét's; 2215 EC; praéhee,’ azs'gchey-sean
have t0‘ fet- up'féth‘ei'rI-vfiaéiiees agai—m} the
Law;; " and; m Ma ifit‘at'ej ’ (an wifihmys
or. fatisfafiion; gu {his own» mifld,i*-’that
[hall compofe‘ h‘i's anS—‘fia‘éji‘fimmlly with
Other mens. 'And if thc'hum'o‘umfany
one Party lhall be a3 lieenfe for-itheirflifm
bedience‘, all difagreeing: Béfiuafidng'lwm
put in for the fame Privilege 5 and {o the
Magillrate {hall make Laws to be obey’d
by who will, and he mull alter his‘iDeteré
min’ations, as oft as a-ne‘w Conf‘cicne‘e lhall
be flamed. ‘ , - ~
Some men are of lhortvunderflandings,
and Others, lye Under great prefilcli‘c‘esé,

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they have weak heads, and flrong necks,
and Tome play upon you with the word
Confidence, butidefign‘,‘ and interefl, are
under-thedilguife. '4 NOV:r if the Magi-
firate’s confcience mull be condemn’d to
obfche all the humours of hOt and crafy
heads, yOu-V-may'as’fixtell make him the
Mafier of the Hofififlr’k and the" Bedlam ,
and bid him let all his people run to le-
profie and madnefs,‘without controul, or
cure. ’ And-3 for."tlie;‘other, ”the defignina,
and intriguinb coiifCienC'e 5 if the Prince
mutt n0t mofeft that, he delivers up his
people to~~crafc~and9 violence; and fuch
men as hayegno confcienCES of their own,
{hall ruine "a State and Church, by work’—
ing upon Other mens; And therefore it
is better that. the Magif’trate keep his
own confciencé, Iarid look to the Govern-
ment ; for certainly men's perfuafions' are
not to be let alone, to doe mifchief, and
- del’troy the peace. * And if they will in-
joy their confciences,let them doe it with-
out'calling the people into Conventicles,
and making feditious OratiOns, to bring
the Laws into contempt, and the ~pe0ple
into {ufpicions , to trouble mens minds,

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and deflroy both our quiet, and our Che-

dicncc: .<,.SOmC-vmcns.:015m,19ns; and '19th
tnens- interell; is the ‘eonfqienee; )theyfo
much talk of; hand then his. no Wondet
at all, they cannot fof ,theirxihegtrts obey,
when] they: Fh¢mf§1V§$ 21:9 {fitting Up. for
{Uperiorityei Bur tethvfia {4/31}; that-rare
reduced , the Magiflrate would be pati-
ent, and the Laws tendergmfngpofing. that
they remain at home and asmllumblcs
and Willing to be inf’ttué’tcclé; bunlf thQY;
Will remain ignorant, andfinbbotn, the
Laws are .nov so; begfufpwd§dmb¢¢aef9 +
fomc men'Want Wienénd chgrsmgdfiflaé
and will think as they lift, anti c1033 fill/i1}

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over" out: minds ,2 but {ghogeghe mayi‘e
fir's‘in.‘ our wens; Ln?!» £71. 14%) flex. We
upon them the pretene 1&1 “eligiozz 5.,fo
we have known hetet ore What. Rtarfti:
ces have affumfd .t ‘theinfe’lyesthe title of
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feverer Remedies, as the diftem-peris nor

{0 hurtfull, or as it is ulcerousx andin:
Veteran. But fome _mens ‘.i§endcrnels i5;
Ihrewdlr toflbe fufpeéted, Whenit {hall
he con ider’d 5 that molt of ~thofe things
for which they fo . earnefilyleomend a;
géirifi? 111; LaWS‘ dog—evidently; {cm <the2
ends 'of money and. amhitionr and have
greater defigns upon riches andpowen,
than heaven, or the, fouls. of their ,l’rpfe;
Iytes._ ., 1; ’- ;, 33:33
And let Ilie‘incithremxmd 11.11601?"
cern’d part of the world determine, when.
men {hall cry outitcndern‘efs of mind 21-;-
gamfi. the Prince’s: Laws ,:>‘3;Dd: i. 139%an
tendernefs . at all for his Perfon; when)
they [hall fcruple his Commands , but:
make no .fcruple. to invade hisfiightsss,
when they themfelves cannot ;--k"ne_e1 atthq
Communion , and yet {hall make them
King kneel to a Block; when they (hall.
indeavour to fete-up C/JrifliS; Kingdom,
Only as a: pretenee to pull dOWancefdriS;
and make way for‘ their unlimited Ufa-t;
Eations; when it {hall be _ ,no Treafon to:
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Plate, aha Church- Revenues; every 1112111
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our Wlfc Governours, or .mwmflktid

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fomuch ithe Wbrsfexolbccilflfiflzg ibcwfi:

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fay; fgmcwfi thbifl vadymfefvflsi;

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.fiandfitg ithci; idem 10f (ionfgi'encé).
in» foam -difpucablequin_ts,:‘t§é1af§flg tb’ Cd-
rcmoni'cs'énd Modaof: {WOIIMP yhdrid. ya
.cOmmic fuch horrid things-fiber!) againfl
divine, and {humane . LaWs, that up .. Age,
nor-”no People; though the? mofig-faflgc,
can. ptpducc the; like. B'ut-Jfiill ’ifzyiou
willhmvadmit of thcfc ‘ mnsmiofifor
Rcfiormation; not hear -thciraiplcas fox
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elm, till by; a Curfe yeMéroz, they have
form‘di' their tfollowei’sr to give; ,‘Battel to
12116 flickedggz why -_ thw- ':.g00d: men 1! , pre—
fantly: their C011‘fciences are: tro'ubled ,
and :13: great "At—Hicftion, is. upon their
minds 5- . for V. the: Laws. fit 'VeryguneAfie

dpahthofeimens -{houlders , Where fluba ;

bomtlefshmlcinterefi ”do influence the dif-
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1311 :beggsour r Patience, .‘ to 4121211 it to; this
Day,- a ‘1"tihi's'Aflémbl)’. ' " ; , .

4:311'1-11-‘12‘ ,"-'.1. g; __-.  '
21:11. 2:51n'cexGod “has bounchObediente
u§OH;-'US‘-'_.by his .ex’refs command ,3 . let
us 3315!.: Peter,,dirc 3,118, 068)! every 0r-
Jhldfim 29f‘fiid7znfor the; Lord's fake. LCt
us: 1101: 1mm; {our ; Religion into Difputaé
tions , and {eek Out Arguments again&
our Duty; nor find'out _ excufes to cover
our evil :Burpbfmh Obedience would. be
a ' very-dafie 'performanCe, toa Chtifhan,
if. hedid not intangle himfelf with nice-
;ties, and. fcruples; but it would agree
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better” with ink Name: and aProfefli'on'; in
be humble and ‘modefl, ' vdifputeglefs, and:
claw mere-fifth ObedimCe 3.211521“th ‘
our‘Rieligion,(.ifgwerniayah‘elieeeidiizifiexti;
but it isa- mofl mwfifihyfdlingsiiand‘dfi
moft abomimbleirflypoérifnxg fat 31112
Re]. ion {againfl Obedienée, tend; bung
fort Confeiencehgainfi ourrdntythwhiqh
if we have any emtfeienee, '. iwie: ism-bound
to perform. "Jiigsrft .\
2. .Becaufe we are under Government,
and in fociety: With: mixmm and! dme
anather 5 therefore We mbcmfidetithd
honour and benefit. of the tlitibhdit: im
lgy afide our Faétions, and private In~
terefls,' audxmakie £11k fin’ie uim’fits .our
common mfurds, .becattfe théyacqnafly

'r defend all our- Livesyfind' WWO!!!

Eflates; and) prefeg'Ve our. :1):an ,3 .{ctdh ‘

out Properties; and; maintain : mnofieiiw
ion 5 and do as fmuch confirmmur m
,iberties, as the King’s Prerogatives.

3. Since Godhas oblig’d'the Could:
ence to obey the Laws, becaufe the Prince
is his Minifler; we are to confider ..Magi?-
{hates under that facred Charaé’tcr, wléiglé

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God’has given then; Whtnhe {aid-7, the} Pf. 82. 6.
me Gad’s. They are his Vicegerents, and
we mufl receive theircommands, with the
fame readinefs and purpofes of obedienceu
And though wfevmziy'think {Dine things
which they prefcribe,‘ .are not necefliiry;
yet obedience is 5-' and :‘it . is not {0 much
the- exCel-lencytnf the thing; assthe Autho~
pity . which! ' commands,'.’.‘ that: we are to
confide): And be .éonfident there is no
Giant/2r, not Nation in the world; but con.-
tentiotlsi men may quarrel ; their: Con-
fi'itutions. But ’What, then a muft the
peCVifh 'Subjeé’t' be tolerated in every
thing. he is pleas’dito: find. fault with?
then" all amt-mime are precarious; and
at the, willflof the Pedple; and if the
Prince will take WObjnéhons infiead of .
Obedience and cafe his People in all: thofe
things againfi which; they. can find an at:
' sm’ent, he may eafily' conclude by what
- been, what will be again 5- RCIIHI to.
them but one Law. at two, .and‘tlwy Will
makea Breach upon: all the 'refi. It is.
better‘therefom that theSubjeflz be taught
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. " and Obedience more, nor fo much to

keep up Parties, and promote {trifes' , as.
Peace and Unity, Charity and Obedi-x
ence. ‘ .' . ii:
- 4. I {hall not be (6 vain toofi‘er any.
Advice to my Lords, the iudges : They
themfelves know. Very Well, that to pre-
vent farther Schifm- in. the Chair/2,: and;
Sedition in the State, We mull ‘bring all.
our triflina contentions, and religious,
quarrels, robe determined by. the Lmv. For,-
for ought. that. -I can fee, men will wranrt:
gle perpetually, and they will be always
confident, and eve man will think it
hard to lay down '3 Opinions at: the.
King’s feet; but therefore, .they ' mull
be brou ht to lay down their prae‘tis-
ces, as fie [hall require them. For We
are all agreed, that Kings and Parlia-
ments, can make What: Laws they think
bell, and When. the Prince , either by
Them , or by his Judges, has declar’d
his will by the Law or his meanin
in it, here one would think it nee -
fary that all Peoples hands, and tongues
lhould be tyed up, that they neither

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Laws baflled , nor our Peace diflurb’d; '
but that we may obey, and pray for our
King , and all that are in Authority under:
bimvt/mt we may Jemima quiet and “happy ‘i
lzfe, in all Godlinefs, and Hone/1}. Amen.

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