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           Piety's
           Address
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           .
           Delivered
           in
           a
           SERMON
           AT
           THE
           ASSIZES
           HELD
           IN
           WINCHESTER
           ,
           
             Iuly
             11th
          
           .
           1695.
           
           BY
           
             E.
             YOUNG
          
           ,
           Fellow
           of
           Winchester
           College
           .
           And
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           at
           the
           Bishop's-Head
           in
           St.
           
             Paul's
             Church-Yard
          
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           and
           Honored
           The
           Justices
           of
           Peace
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Southampton
           ,
           lately
           assembled
           at
           the
           Assizes
           held
           in
           Winchester
           .
        
         
           
             SIRS
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           the
           Israelites
           were
           in
           despair
           of
           ever
           getting
           free
           from
           the
           Egyptian
           Yoak
           ,
           because
           the
           Red
           Sea
           seemed
           to
           be
           an
           Invincible
           Stoppage
           to
           their
           Flight
           ;
           God
           commanded
           Moses
           to
           
             Lift
             up
             his
             Rod
          
           ,
           and
           That
           instrumentally
           divided
           the
           Waters
           and
           made
           Them
           room
           to
           escape
           .
           In
           this
           appointment
           of
           Providence
           
             Moses
             his
             Rod
          
           was
           the
           Complete
           Emblem
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           Coercive
           Power
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           only
           Competent
           Means
           under
           God
           to
           recover
           Men
           from
           the
           Bondage
           of
           Reigning
           Vice
           ,
           and
           to
           force
           a
           passage
           thro
           their
           opposing
           Inclinations
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           is
           morally
           impossible
           they
           should
           ever
           get
           Free.
           What
           present
           need
           we
           have
           that
           This
           Rod
           of
           Moses
           should
           be
           lifted
           up
           ;
           and
           what
           success
           it
           promises
           
           towards
           the
           publick
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           ;
           and
           how
           Hopeless
           all
           other
           Methods
           are
           in
           Respect
           of
           This
           ,
           —
           is
           the
           Argument
           of
           the
           following
           Discourse
           :
           Which
           You
           having
           honoured
           with
           a
           liberal
           Approbation
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           send
           it
           amongst
           You
           to
           be
           a
           farther
           Remembrance
           of
           what
           is
           therein
           offered
           .
           To
           give
           Advice
           is
           a
           familiar
           and
           Easie
           Task
           ,
           and
           That
           was
           Mine
           ;
           but
           to
           take
           Advice
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           as
           You
           appear
           to
           have
           done
           ,
           indicates
           so
           much
           both
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           I
           hope
           the
           Honour
           of
           it
           will
           always
           accompany
           You
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           follow
           You
           to
           the
           Future
           .
           To
           be
           Able
           to
           assist
           publick
           Vertue
           is
           a
           glorious
           Power
           ;
           and
           This
           is
           in
           Your
           Hands
           :
           To
           assist
           it
           ,
           is
           a
           more
           glorious
           Act
           ,
           and
           This
           is
           in
           Your
           Choice
           :
           God
           invigorate
           and
           prosper
           and
           Crown
           Your
           just
           Endeavours
           to
           do
           so
           .
           Thus
           humbly
           pray's
           He
           ,
           who
           is
        
         
           
             Yours
             ,
             With
             all
             Respect
             and
             Observance
             ,
             
               E.
               Young.
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           ON
           1
           TIM
           .
           ii
           .
           2.
           
        
         
           
             —
             For
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
             ;
             that
             we
             may
             lead
             a
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             Life
             ,
             in
             all
             Godliness
             and
             Honesty
             .
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           foregoing
           Verse
           the
           Apostle
           gives
           Directions
           concerning
           Prayer
           ;
           He
           requires
           us
           to
           pray
           (
           in
           entire
           Charity
           )
           
             for
             All
             Men
          
           ;
           and
           his
           Choice
           of
           Words
           points
           out
           what
           it
           is
           we
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           ,
           〈◊〉
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           all
           Men
           :
           For
           ,
           First
           (
           he
           says
           )
           there
           must
           be
           Supplications
           ,
           i.e.
           we
           must
           pray
           for
           all
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           bestow
           upon
           them
           such
           Blessings
           as
           are
           needful
           :
           Next
           ,
           There
           must
           be
           Prayers
           ,
           to
           render
           the
           Word
           more
           distinctly
           ,
           Deprecations
           ,
           i.e.
           we
           must
           pray
           for
           all
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           take
           away
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           avert
           his
           Iudgments
           from
           them
           :
           Then
           ,
           There
           must
           be
           Intercessions
           ,
           i.e.
           we
           must
           pray
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           apply
           the
           Means
           of
           Salvation
           to
           all
           that
           sit
           in
           darkness
           ;
           and
           of
           Conversion
           to
           all
           that
           walk
           contrary
           to
           the
           Light
           
           that
           is
           afforded
           them
           :
           and
           Lastly
           ,
           There
           must
           be
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           i.e.
           we
           must
           Thank
           God
           for
           all
           the
           Blessings
           we
           see
           bestow'd
           on
           Others
           ;
           to
           signify
           that
           we
           have
           a
           feeling
           Complacency
           in
           the
           Comforts
           that
           Others
           enjoy
           thro
           God's
           good
           Providence
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           his
           Pleasure
           that
           We
           enjoy
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           Having
           given
           this
           Direction
           to
           pray
           for
           All
           Men
           in
           general
           ,
           he
           comes
           ,
           in
           the
           Verse
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           to
           require
           our
           Prayers
           for
           some
           particular
           Orders
           of
           Men
           in
           a
           more
           especial
           manner
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             For
             Kings
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
             :
          
           Now
           there
           is
           Room
           for
           the
           Question
           ,
           What
           it
           is
           we
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           in
           behalf
           of
           These
           ?
           And
           some
           would
           have
           it
           meant
           by
           the
           Apostle
           that
           we
           should
           pray
           for
           Those
           in
           the
           following
           Form
           of
           Words
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             That
             we
             may
             live
          
           (
           under
           them
           )
           
             a
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             Life
             in
             all
             Godliness
             and
             Honesty
             :
          
           But
           this
           Interpretation
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           Wanting
           in
           Respect
           to
           the
           Governing
           Powers
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           in
           itself
           a
           formal
           Absurdity
           ;
           For
           that
           to
           pray
           on
           this
           manner
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           pray
           not
           at
           all
           for
           Them
           ,
           but
           purely
           for
           Ourselves
           ;
           the
           whole
           prospect
           of
           the
           Words
           extending
           no
           farther
           than
           our
           Own
           advantage
           .
           I
           know
           it
           is
           Lawful
           to
           pray
           that
           we
           may
           so
           live
           under
           the
           Governing
           Powers
           ;
           But
           the
           Question
           is
           ,
           Whether
           such
           a
           Prayer
           be
           a
           Discharge
           of
           that
           Duty
           towards
           Them
           which
           the
           Apostle
           is
           here
           insisting
           upon
           ?
           It
           is
           Lawful
           for
           me
           to
           pray
           that
           any
           private
           Man
           may
           do
           me
           a
           good
           Office
           ;
           
           but
           would
           any
           interpret
           that
           such
           a
           Prayer
           were
           a
           Prayer
           for
           that
           Man
           ,
           or
           did
           discharge
           any
           part
           of
           my
           Duty
           of
           Charity
           towards
           Him
           ?
           And
           if
           such
           a
           Prayer
           could
           not
           acquit
           me
           of
           my
           Duty
           towards
           a
           Private
           Man
           ;
           much
           less
           can
           it
           acquit
           me
           towards
           
             Those
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
          
           ;
           whose
           Care
           and
           Character
           extends
           our
           Duty
           to
           larger
           measures
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           conclude
           therefore
           that
           This
           Form
           of
           Words
           was
           not
           at
           all
           intended
           for
           the
           Matter
           ,
           but
           only
           for
           the
           Motive
           of
           our
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           To
           determine
           then
           What
           we
           are
           able
           to
           pray
           for
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           
             Kings
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
             ,
          
           This
           may
           be
           the
           Rule
           (
           viz.
           )
           We
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           in
           their
           Personal
           Capacities
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           prospects
           of
           Charity
           that
           we
           do
           for
           other
           Men
           ;
           but
           in
           their
           Relative
           Capacities
           ,
           i.e.
           as
           they
           are
           Kings
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           all
           such
           Blessings
           upon
           Them
           as
           are
           suitable
           to
           their
           Relations
           :
           All
           which
           (
           in
           short
           )
           may
           be
           included
           in
           This
           ;
           That
           God
           would
           dispose
           them
           to
           ,
           and
           furnish
           them
           for
           ,
           and
           prosper
           them
           in
           a
           due
           discharge
           of
           their
           Respective
           Offices
           .
           Now
           This
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           be
           the
           greatest
           Blessing
           to
           Themselves
           ;
           so
           (
           the
           Text
           tells
           us
           that
           )
           it
           will
           be
           Consequentially
           the
           greatest
           Blessing
           to
           Us
           :
           For
           This
           will
           be
           the
           Fruit
           and
           Effect
           of
           such
           an
           Administration
           ,
           That
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           
             to
             live
          
           under
           it
           
             a
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             life
             in
             all
             Godliness
             and
             Honesty
             .
          
        
         
         
           From
           the
           Words
           therefore
           I
           shall
           draw
           These
           Two
           Heads
           of
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             The
             Magistrates
             Influence
             upon
             the
             publick
             Welfare
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             II.
             The
             Proper
             Matter
             of
             the
             Magistrates
             Charge
             .
          
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Magistrates
           Influence
           upon
           the
           publick
           Welfare
           ;
           It
           appears
           evidently
           from
           the
           Hypothesis
           of
           the
           Text
           ;
           which
           is
           This
           ,
           That
           if
           Magistrates
           rule
           Well
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           Godliness
           and
           Honesty
           will
           be
           the
           natural
           Fruits
           of
           their
           Administration
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Proper
           Matter
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           Charge
           ,
           It
           appears
           as
           evidently
           from
           the
           same
           ;
           For
           since
           God
           has
           made
           Magistrates
           a
           Competent
           Means
           to
           procure
           such
           great
           Blessings
           to
           humane
           Society
           ,
           Who
           can
           doubt
           but
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Proper
           Business
           of
           Magistrates
           to
           intend
           and
           take
           care
           of
           the
           same
           Blessings
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           designed
           to
           procure
           ?
        
         
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           First
           Consideration
           ;
           The
           Magistrates
           Influence
           upon
           the
           publick
           Welfare
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           known
           Method
           of
           God
           to
           draw
           Good
           out
           of
           Evil
           ;
           And
           accordingly
           we
           may
           observe
           that
           there
           were
           Three
           remarkably
           Good
           Consequences
           which
           followed
           upon
           Sin
           ;
           For
           ,
           
             It
             brought
             forth
             Sorrow
             ;
             It
             Occasioned
             a
             Redeemer
          
           ;
           and
           
             It
             made
             Government
             necessary
          
           :
           Whereof
           
             
               
                 The
                 First
                 is
                 the
                 Natural
              
               
                 Cure
                 of
                 Sin.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Second
                 is
                 the
                 Federal
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 the
                 Third
                 is
                 the
                 Political
              
            
          
        
         
         
           And
           thus
           the
           same
           Wise
           Providence
           that
           has
           appointed
           Vipers
           and
           other
           Venomous
           Creatures
           to
           carry
           in
           themselves
           Antidotes
           against
           their
           Own
           Poyson
           ,
           has
           made
           these
           Consequences
           of
           Sin
           to
           be
           Sanative
           and
           Recovering
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           Sin
           itself
           is
           Poysonous
           and
           Deadly
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
               Sin
               brought
               forth
               Sorrow
            
             ;
             Which
             ,
             without
             sin
             ,
             Man
             had
             never
             known
             :
             But
             since
             he
             knows
             Sin
             ,
             It
             is
             Happy
             for
             him
             to
             know
             Sorrow
             ;
             Because
             (
             as
             One
             of
             the
             Antients
             expresses
             himself
             upon
             the
             matter
             of
             this
             Observation
             )
             
               Peccatum
               peperit
               Tristitiam
               ,
               &
               Filia
               destruit
               Matrem
               .
               Sin
               brought
               forth
               Sorrow
               ,
               and
               the
               Daughter
               destroys
               the
               Mother
               .
            
          
           
             II.
             
               Sin
               occasioned
               a
               Redeemer
            
             ;
             Of
             Whom
             ,
             without
             it
             ,
             there
             had
             been
             no
             need
             :
             But
             since
             a
             Redeemer
             was
             needful
             ,
             
               Faelix
               Culpa
               !
               quae
               tantum
               meruit
               Redemptorem
               ;
               Even
               Happy
               Sin
               !
               that
               met
               with
               such
               a
               Redeemer
               ;
            
             a
             Redeemer
             ,
             in
             Vertue
             of
             whose
             Purchase
             ,
             greater
             Beatitude
             is
             derived
             to
             Penitent
             Sinners
             ,
             than
             ever
             was
             offered
             or
             hoped
             for
             in
             the
             State
             of
             Innocence
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           Third
           Observation
           (
           which
           I
           am
           to
           insist
           upon
           ,
           as
           being
           only
           pertinent
           to
           the
           Subject
           in
           hand
           )
           is
           This
           :
           
             That
             Sin
             made
             Government
             Necessary
          
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           perhaps
           too
           Curious
           to
           dispute
           Whether
           there
           would
           have
           been
           any
           Government
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           Man
           had
           not
           sinned
           .
           We
           know
           there
           is
           a
           Government
           of
           Order
           among
           the
           Angels
           that
           are
           Sinless
           ;
           And
           such
           there
           might
           have
           been
           among
           
           Men
           ;
           Especially
           considering
           that
           even
           Then
           the
           Difference
           of
           Superiour
           and
           Inferiour
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Right
           of
           Rule
           and
           Subjection
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           founded
           by
           Nature
           itself
           in
           the
           ordinary
           Course
           of
           humane
           Geniture
           :
           But
           This
           we
           are
           sure
           of
           :
           There
           would
           have
           been
           no
           need
           of
           any
           Coercive
           Government
           ;
           No
           need
           of
           Laws
           ,
           which
           (
           the
           Apostle
           says
           )
           
             are
             set
             not
             for
             the
             Iust
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Unjust
             ;
          
           Laws
           enforc'd
           with
           Penal
           Sanctions
           ,
           and
           asserted
           with
           Prisons
           ,
           Whips
           and
           Gibbets
           ;
           There
           would
           have
           been
           no
           need
           of
           These
           .
           Now
           This
           is
           the
           Government
           that
           Sin
           has
           made
           Necessary
           ,
           and
           therewithal
           made
           Necessary
           its
           Own
           Restraint
           and
           Cure.
           
        
         
           The
           present
           state
           of
           humane
           Pravity
           ,
           Man's
           proud
           Appetites
           and
           Injurious
           Passions
           ,
           has
           made
           Government
           necessary
           with
           all
           its
           Arts
           and
           Instruments
           of
           Coercion
           :
           So
           Necessary
           ,
           that
           humane
           Society
           cannot
           possibly
           subsist
           without
           it
           :
           So
           Necessary
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           Tyrannous
           Government
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           more
           Eligible
           than
           No
           Government
           :
           Because
           ,
           while
           the
           Government
           is
           never
           so
           Tyrannous
           ,
           that
           Tyranny
           can
           only
           express
           it self
           in
           the
           Enormities
           of
           a
           Few
           ;
           the
           Multitude
           must
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           be
           kept
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           Right
           and
           Reason
           :
           Whereas
           in
           Case
           of
           No
           Government
           ,
           Every
           one
           is
           let
           loose
           to
           act
           the
           same
           Insolencies
           and
           Wrongs
           .
           The
           Tyranny
           of
           Government
           may
           Cut
           men
           short
           in
           some
           desirable
           Commodities
           of
           Life
           ,
           as
           Ease
           and
           Plenty
           ;
           but
           it
           cannot
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           but
           
           assert
           them
           to
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           those
           which
           are
           far
           Greater
           ;
           I
           mean
           those
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Peace
             Godliness
             and
             Honesty
          
           :
           For
           should
           not
           These
           be
           asserted
           ,
           the
           Government
           it self
           would
           moulder
           and
           go
           to
           ruin
           :
           When
           the
           Magistrate
           takes
           not
           Care
           of
           these
           Best
           of
           things
           ,
           he
           is
           Perfidious
           to
           Himself
           ,
           he
           supplants
           his
           own
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           cuts
           down
           the
           Bough
           he
           sits
           upon
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           Society
           cannot
           subsist
           without
           Government
           ;
           so
           neither
           can
           Government
           subsist
           without
           Peace
           ;
           Nor
           Peace
           without
           Honesty
           ;
           Nor
           Honesty
           without
           Godliness
           :
           So
           that
           if
           we
           do
           but
           consider
           the
           necessary
           Dependence
           that
           these
           things
           have
           one
           upon
           another
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           the
           Reason
           ,
           why
           every
           Government
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           Just
           to
           itself
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           provide
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           them
           All
           :
           And
           Magistrates
           ,
           tho
           we
           should
           suppose
           them
           to
           be
           in
           themselves
           neither
           Peaceable
           ,
           Godly
           ,
           nor
           Honest
           ;
           yet
           must
           they
           take
           care
           that
           the
           Publick
           be
           so
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           which
           must
           unavoidably
           sink
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             Government
             cannot
             subsist
             without
             Peace
             ;
             And
             this
             secures
             that
             Peace
             must
             be
             provided
             for
             by
             Law
             :
             
               A
               Kingdom
               divided
               against
               itself
               cannot
               stand
               :
            
             and
             a
             Kingdom
             is
             divided
             against
             itself
             not
             only
             by
             publick
             Tumults
             and
             Rebellions
             ;
             but
             likewise
             by
             the
             neglect
             of
             Private
             Injustices
             and
             Wrongs
             .
             Rebellion
             beats
             down
             the
             Fabrick
             of
             Government
             at
             Once
             ;
             but
             every
             private
             Outrage
             ,
             if
             encouraged
             by
             Impunity
             ,
             
             pulls
             out
             a
             Stone
             ;
             and
             so
             renders
             the
             Fabrick
             loose
             and
             weak
             :
             Nor
             will
             Rebellion
             stay
             long
             behind
             so
             fair
             a
             Pretext
             as
             is
             the
             Want
             of
             Particular
             Justice
             and
             Protection
             .
          
           
             II.
             Neither
             can
             Peace
             subsist
             without
             Honesty
             .
             Honesty
             is
             sometimes
             taken
             in
             simple
             Opposition
             to
             those
             Vices
             that
             are
             Injurious
             ,
             as
             Fraud
             ,
             Violence
             ,
             Breach
             of
             Contract
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             All
             which
             are
             Immediate
             disturbers
             of
             Peace
             :
             But
             This
             is
             a
             Restrained
             sense
             of
             the
             Word
             ;
             For
             Honesty
             ,
             in
             its
             proper
             latitude
             ,
             is
             opposed
             to
             all
             manner
             of
             Vice
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Text
             ;
             And
             we
             may
             affirm
             ,
             that
             Peace
             cannot
             subsist
             without
             Honesty
             ,
             even
             in
             this
             Latitude
             of
             signification
             :
             Because
             ,
             There
             is
             no
             Kind
             of
             Vice
             but
             what
             is
             in
             effect
             an
             Enemy
             to
             Publick
             Peace
             .
             
               Ex.
               gr
            
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           Idleness
           nor
           Luxury
           seem
           to
           have
           any
           malignant
           Aspect
           upon
           Others
           ;
           they
           seem
           to
           threaten
           none
           with
           ill
           Consequences
           but
           the
           personally
           Guilty
           ;
           The
           Idle
           man
           seems
           to
           propose
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           his
           Ease
           ,
           and
           the
           Luxurious
           man
           of
           his
           Pleasure
           ,
           without
           the
           design
           of
           troubling
           or
           molesting
           any
           one
           Else
           :
           And
           yet
           when
           These
           Vices
           have
           reduced
           men
           to
           Poverty
           (
           as
           thither
           they
           necessarily
           tend
           )
           they
           certainly
           lead
           on
           to
           Sourness
           and
           Discontent
           ,
           and
           a
           consequent
           Desire
           of
           publick
           Disturbance
           and
           Change.
           Some
           Vices
           are
           destructive
           to
           Peace
           Directly
           and
           at
           hand
           ;
           some
           only
           at
           a
           Distance
           ,
           and
           by
           remoter
           Influence
           ;
           But
           These
           are
           no
           less
           to
           be
           
           apprehended
           by
           the
           Government
           :
           For
           that
           Poyson
           that
           is
           longer
           working
           ,
           and
           more
           by
           Circuit
           ,
           does
           the
           same
           mischief
           ;
           It
           kills
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           only
           difference
           ,
           that
           men
           are
           less
           aware
           of
           the
           danger
           .
           Some
           Vices
           embroil
           at
           Home
           ,
           by
           Invading
           Rights
           ,
           or
           grounding
           Animosities
           ,
           or
           gathering
           Factions
           ;
           and
           some
           expose
           to
           Enemies
           from
           abroad
           ,
           by
           enervating
           mens
           Bodies
           ,
           or
           effeminating
           their
           Minds
           ,
           or
           rendring
           them
           purely
           selfish
           and
           regardless
           of
           the
           Common
           welfare
           ;
           whereby
           the
           State
           must
           necessarily
           become
           weak
           and
           defenceless
           .
           And
           thus
           Every
           Vice
           ,
           if
           propagated
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           be
           by
           Licence
           and
           Impunity
           ,
           is
           destructive
           to
           Peace
           in
           its
           own
           tendency
           ;
           which
           Governours
           ,
           tho
           Ill
           men
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           aware
           of
           ;
           Abstracting
           from
           the
           Judgment
           of
           Gods
           Displeasure
           ,
           which
           Governours
           ,
           when
           Good
           men
           ,
           will
           chiefly
           fear
           .
           And
           therefore
           whoever
           are
           concerned
           for
           publick
           Peace
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           prudence
           equally
           concerned
           to
           provide
           for
           publick
           Honesty
           .
        
         
           But
           Thirdly
           ,
           Neither
           can
           Honesty
           subsist
           without
           Godliness
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           without
           a
           true
           sense
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           For
           Humane
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           Fear
           of
           them
           can
           only
           bind
           the
           Outward
           Man
           ;
           which
           as
           he
           will
           be
           always
           seeking
           to
           Get
           loose
           ,
           so
           he
           will
           not
           Long
           want
           an
           Occasion
           :
           But
           when
           the
           Inward
           Man
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           is
           bound
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Religion
           to
           Good
           Behaviour
           ,
           the
           Publick
           needs
           no
           farther
           security
           ;
           because
           Occasion
           ,
           when
           offering
           ,
           will
           not
           tempt
           Such
           a
           one
           to
           transgress
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           
           Etymology
           is
           well
           enough
           Guest
           at
           by
           Those
           who
           say
           that
           Religio
           comes
           
             à
             Religando
          
           ,
           from
           Binding
           again
           ;
           For
           Humane
           Laws
           are
           the
           First
           Bond
           of
           publick
           Quiet
           ,
           but
           Religion
           is
           the
           Second
           and
           the
           Stronger
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           Even
           Atheistical
           Politicians
           advise
           their
           Princes
           to
           take
           especial
           care
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           it
           rooted
           as
           firmly
           as
           possible
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           their
           People
           ,
           how
           slender
           hold
           soever
           it
           has
           of
           their
           Own.
           
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           Natural
           Connexion
           between
           these
           Three
           chief
           Blessings
           of
           humane
           Society
           ;
           It
           is
           evident
           that
           Each
           of
           them
           must
           fall
           under
           the
           Magistrates
           Care
           by
           Force
           of
           Interest
           :
           And
           how
           happily
           the
           proper
           Care
           of
           Magistrates
           will
           be
           able
           to
           advance
           those
           Blessings
           ,
           I
           shall
           choose
           to
           shew
           in
           an
           Instance
           drawn
           from
           that
           Government
           to
           which
           my
           Text
           relates
           ;
           I
           mean
           the
           Roman
           ,
           altho
           Heathen
           ,
           as
           it
           Then
           was
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           Colony
           of
           Men
           that
           gave
           beginning
           to
           that
           Empire
           ,
           were
           not
           more
           commendable
           for
           their
           Vertues
           than
           the
           Rest
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ;
           Indeed
           they
           had
           nothing
           Commendable
           in
           Them
           but
           only
           This
           ;
           That
           they
           put
           themselves
           under
           Government
           with
           a
           firm
           Resolution
           to
           observe
           whatsoever
           their
           Princes
           and
           their
           Laws
           should
           require
           from
           them
           :
           And
           from
           This
           bare
           Principle
           they
           grew
           to
           be
           the
           fairest
           Instance
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           How
           far
           Humane
           Nature
           may
           be
           improv'd
           and
           elevated
           by
           the
           simple
           assistance
           of
           Institution
           and
           Discipline
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           Civil
           Peace
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           inviolably
           it
           was
           preserved
           among
           them
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           give
           This
           Instance
           ;
           That
           altho
           they
           were
           a
           People
           martial
           and
           brave
           ,
           yet
           they
           esteemed
           it
           infamous
           to
           fight
           a
           Fellow
           Citizen
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           Duelling
           was
           a
           way
           of
           Vindication
           perfectly
           scandalous
           among
           the
           Romans
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Point
           of
           Honour
           engaged
           any
           of
           them
           to
           resent
           a
           particular
           Indignity
           ,
           Their
           only
           Challenge
           was
           ,
           To
           shew
           Who
           was
           the
           Best
           Man
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Enemy
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           their
           Honesty
           (
           in
           the
           whole
           Latitude
           of
           the
           Word
           )
           begin
           where
           we
           will
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           Them
           Exemplary
           .
           So
           did
           the
           Reputation
           of
           their
           Integrity
           obtain
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           to
           speak
           or
           act
           
             More
             Romano
          
           ,
           was
           taken
           in
           the
           Common
           Stile
           ,
           as
           signifying
           to
           speak
           or
           act
           Fairly
           and
           Sincerely
           .
           So
           remarkable
           was
           their
           Justice
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           World
           appeal'd
           to
           their
           Arbitration
           ;
           as
           wherein
           they
           were
           secure
           that
           Right
           should
           not
           be
           born
           down
           either
           by
           Fear
           or
           Corruption
           .
           So
           strict
           were
           They
           in
           the
           Observance
           of
           their
           Promises
           ,
           that
           having
           promised
           to
           send
           Succour
           to
           their
           Allies
           upon
           Occasion
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           fail
           to
           send
           it
           ,
           tho
           at
           a
           time
           when
           Themselves
           lay
           under
           the
           straitest
           Siege
           .
           For
           as
           they
           had
           always
           an
           Eye
           to
           the
           Assistance
           of
           Heaven
           for
           the
           Issue
           of
           their
           Undertakings
           ,
           so
           they
           thought
           themselves
           stronger
           by
           their
           Justice
           ,
           than
           by
           their
           Numbers
           ,
           because
           more
           ally'd
           to
           that
           Assistance
           :
           And
           thus
           keeping
           awake
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           
           People
           ,
           and
           always
           acting
           such
           things
           as
           were
           Agreeable
           to
           Conscience
           ,
           tho
           of
           apparent
           hazard
           ,
           it
           raised
           their
           minds
           to
           confide
           in
           their
           Gods
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           consequently
           Fearless
           ,
           and
           their
           Courage
           Invincible
           .
           So
           Wonderful
           was
           their
           Conjugal
           Love
           and
           Chastity
           ,
           that
           a
           Divorce
           was
           not
           heard
           of
           at
           Rome
           in
           500
           Years
           ,
           tho
           there
           was
           nothing
           to
           restrain
           it
           but
           only
           this
           Consideration
           ,
           That
           it
           would
           be
           look'd
           on
           as
           an
           Act
           of
           Ill
           Fame
           .
           The
           like
           I
           might
           say
           of
           their
           Industry
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           and
           Parcimony
           ;
           and
           yet
           withal
           they
           had
           such
           an
           absolute
           contempt
           of
           all
           dishonest
           Gain
           ,
           that
           Ill
           Men
           could
           not
           find
           room
           for
           their
           Briberies
           amongst
           them
           :
           Their
           chief
           Aim
           being
           universally
           not
           Private
           ,
           but
           Publick
           Good
           ;
           and
           their
           
             Glory
             
               (
               as
               one
               of
               their
               Generals
               said
               upon
               Occasion
               )
            
             not
             so
             much
             to
             be
             Rich
             ,
             as
             to
             Command
             those
             that
             were
             so
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Source
           and
           Bond
           of
           all
           these
           Vertues
           was
           their
           studious
           Regard
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           their
           Second
           King
           had
           with
           all
           industrious
           care
           planted
           and
           fixt
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           such
           a
           Regard
           they
           had
           to
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           while
           any
           man
           was
           observed
           to
           live
           loosly
           and
           viciously
           ,
           he
           fell
           under
           a
           Civil
           Excommunication
           ;
           For
           that
           Law
           of
           their
           Twelve
           Tables
           ,
           
             Impius
             ne
             audeto
             ,
             &c.
          
           prohibited
           all
           such
           from
           joyning
           in
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           as
           they
           could
           bring
           Testimony
           of
           their
           better
           behaviour
           .
           And
           such
           an
           entire
           Veneration
           did
           they
           
           pay
           to
           their
           Reputed
           Gods
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           distress
           of
           Sieges
           ,
           and
           fear
           of
           Sacking
           ,
           Private
           Men
           shew'd
           more
           concern
           for
           their
           Temples
           and
           their
           Images
           ,
           than
           for
           their
           Own
           Houses
           ,
           Families
           and
           Fortunes
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           Glorious
           Advance
           both
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Piety
           amongst
           them
           proceeded
           from
           the
           direct
           Influence
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           Which
           had
           provided
           Laws
           extending
           to
           all
           Instances
           of
           Good
           Manners
           ;
           and
           ,
           for
           a
           fence
           to
           These
           ,
           Laws
           Enforcing
           Industry
           ,
           and
           Regulating
           Expences
           ;
           and
           ,
           for
           a
           Guardian
           of
           all
           the
           Rest
           ,
           The
           First
           Law
           in
           their
           Tables
           was
           ,
           
             Divos
             castè
             adeunto
          
           ,
           Which
           in
           their
           Own
           Interpretation
           is
           This
           ,
           
             Let
             Men
             worship
             the
             Gods
             with
             Temperance
             of
             body
             and
             Purity
             of
             mind
             .
          
           Nor
           were
           These
           Laws
           contented
           with
           a
           bare
           Promulgation
           ,
           they
           were
           reverenc'd
           and
           made
           venerable
           by
           a
           formal
           Institution
           ;
           It
           being
           the
           Custom
           (
           as
           Cicero
           says
           it
           was
           to
           the
           beginning
           of
           His
           days
           )
           that
           the
           Children
           should
           be
           instructed
           in
           their
           Laws
           ,
           and
           learn
           an
           Abridgment
           of
           them
           memoriter
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           their
           necessary
           Education
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           the
           Happiness
           of
           Their
           State
           did
           not
           owe
           itself
           so
           much
           to
           Their
           Laws
           ,
           as
           to
           Their
           Magistrates
           .
        
         
           Most
           of
           their
           Laws
           they
           borrowed
           from
           the
           Athenians
           ,
           upon
           whom
           This
           Reproach
           had
           been
           cast
           ;
           
             That
             the
          
           Athenians
           
             shewed
             their
             Wisdom
             in
             making
             Good
             Laws
             ,
             but
             their
             Folly
             in
             not
             observing
             them
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           They
           of
           Rome
           being
           aware
           of
           this
           Rock
           ,
           
           took
           especial
           Care
           that
           the
           Execution
           of
           their
           Laws
           should
           be
           committed
           to
           Grave
           ,
           Honest
           and
           Active
           Men
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           Men
           should
           be
           charged
           with
           a
           vigilant
           Inspection
           into
           the
           publick
           Manners
           .
           Concerning
           which
           Magistrates
           the
           Law
           provided
           This
           Caution
           ;
           
             Is
             Ordo
             vitio
             careto
             ;
             Caeteris
             Specimen
             esto
             ;
             Let
             that
             Order
             be
             Men
             of
             unstained
             Probity
             ,
             and
             Examples
             of
             that
             Behaviour
             which
             they
             require
             from
             Others
             :
          
           Upon
           which
           Cicero
           makes
           This
           Reflection
           ,
           
             Quod
             si
             est
             ,
             tenemus
             omnia
             ;
             If
             that
             be
             observed
             ,
             we
             have
             all
             we
             can
             wish
             .
          
           Nay
           to
           prevent
           their
           Magistrates
           from
           Supineness
           and
           Neglect
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           their
           Charge
           ,
           There
           was
           another
           Ordinance
           ,
           That
           all
           Inferiour
           Magistrates
           should
           be
           obliged
           to
           justify
           their
           Administration
           by
           bringing
           in
           to
           the
           Publick
           Censors
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           an
           Account
           of
           what
           particular
           Acts
           they
           had
           done
           in
           order
           to
           the
           maintaining
           and
           asserting
           of
           their
           Laws
           .
           A
           most
           wholsome
           Constitution
           !
           and
           which
           our
           Own
           Legislators
           seem
           to
           have
           had
           some
           Eye
           upon
           in
           their
           Injunction
           annex'd
           to
           the
           late
           Act
           concerning
           Swearing
           .
        
         
           Thus
           were
           the
           great
           Blessings
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Peace
             ,
             Godliness
          
           and
           Honesty
           planted
           and
           establish'd
           in
           that
           Commonwealth
           for
           several
           Centuries
           of
           Years
           ,
           by
           the
           pure
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           exerting
           itself
           thro
           the
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           one
           cannot
           contemplate
           the
           State
           and
           Manners
           of
           that
           People
           ,
           for
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Reins
           of
           their
           Government
           were
           held
           in
           steady
           hands
           ,
           (
           for
           
           we
           may
           take
           notice
           ,
           That
           as
           it
           was
           the
           Vigilance
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           which
           rais'd
           that
           People
           to
           this
           pitch
           of
           Glory
           ;
           so
           it
           was
           Their
           succeeding
           Remissness
           that
           sunk
           them
           from
           it
           again
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           One
           cannot
           contemplate
           the
           State
           and
           Manners
           of
           that
           People
           without
           seeing
           occasion
           to
           reproach
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           present
           World
           ;
           Which
           ,
           altho
           Christian
           and
           under
           the
           Influence
           of
           greater
           Light
           ,
           Obligations
           ,
           Encouragements
           ,
           and
           Assistances
           ,
           does
           yet
           fall
           far
           short
           of
           their
           Common
           Vertue
           ;
           and
           run
           to
           a
           Dissoluteness
           mischievous
           both
           to
           the
           Particular
           and
           to
           the
           Publick
           ;
           such
           as
           Heathen
           Rome
           for
           many
           Ages
           neither
           admitted
           nor
           saw
           within
           her
           District
           .
           A
           matter
           fitter
           for
           our
           Humiliation
           ,
           than
           our
           Discourses
           !
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           One
           Argument
           which
           the
           Dissoluteness
           of
           the
           Age
           usually
           defends
           itself
           withal
           ,
           which
           I
           cannot
           but
           reflect
           upon
           from
           this
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           Let
           a
           Man
           be
           demanded
           Why
           he
           did
           any
           thing
           Ill
           ,
           and
           answer
           naturally
           upon
           it
           ;
           he
           answers
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           it
           for
           his
           Pleasure
           ;
           And
           This
           is
           the
           Truth
           :
           But
           a
           Truth
           so
           reproachful
           that
           upon
           Second
           Thoughts
           he
           will
           not
           own
           it
           ;
           And
           therefore
           let
           him
           be
           charged
           Conscienciously
           for
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           he
           takes
           Refuge
           in
           the
           blaming
           of
           Nature
           ;
           and
           seeks
           to
           discharge
           himself
           from
           the
           Scandal
           by
           laying
           it
           upon
           that
           Corruption
           with
           which
           he
           was
           Born
           ;
           not
           upon
           that
           which
           he
           has
           Contracted
           .
           But
           unless
           we
           could
           alledge
           That
           the
           Roman
           People
           
           (
           I
           have
           been
           speaking
           of
           )
           were
           born
           Exempt
           from
           the
           Propensions
           of
           Common
           Nature
           ,
           It
           appears
           that
           the
           Charging
           Nature
           with
           this
           Issue
           of
           Corruption
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           Calumny
           ;
           For
           we
           Impute
           that
           to
           Nature
           ,
           which
           is
           owing
           purely
           to
           want
           of
           Discipline
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           that
           Corruption
           we
           Derive
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           we
           Nurse
           up
           and
           Cultivate
           by
           Indulgent
           practice
           ,
           which
           produces
           such
           a
           common
           Depravation
           of
           Manners
           ;
           The
           Remissness
           of
           Superiours
           Concurring
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           to
           the
           Effect
           .
        
         
           I
           proceed
           to
           my
           Second
           Head
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           To
           consider
           the
           Proper
           Matter
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           Charge
           .
        
         
           By
           Magistrates
           (
           in
           this
           place
           )
           I
           mean
           the
           Subordinate
           Magistrates
           ,
           to
           Whom
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Laws
           is
           committed
           ;
           with
           Whom
           my
           present
           business
           lyes
           ,
           and
           upon
           Whom
           our
           Hope
           of
           procuring
           the
           forementioned
           Blessings
           chiefly
           depends
           .
           For
           altho
           Kings
           are
           joyned
           with
           Them
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           yet
           my
           Argument
           will
           not
           be
           weak
           ,
           if
           I
           impute
           the
           Whole
           effect
           to
           Those
           of
           This
           Order
           :
           Because
           whatsoever
           Good
           is
           derivable
           to
           the
           Publick
           from
           good
           Constitutions
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           derived
           Immediately
           by
           none
           but
           the
           Subordinate
           Powers
           :
           The
           Supreme
           being
           as
           the
           Head
           ,
           whose
           Office
           it
           is
           to
           prescribe
           ;
           the
           Subordinate
           as
           the
           Hands
           ,
           whose
           Office
           it
           is
           to
           apply
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Application
           only
           that
           brings
           the
           benefit
           ,
           or
           works
           the
           Cure.
           So
           that
           the
           Remissness
           of
           Inferiour
           Magistrates
           will
           at
           any
           time
           absolutely
           Void
           all
           the
           Care
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           Kings
           and
           Legislators
           .
        
         
         
           Concerning
           These
           Magistrates
           therefore
           I
           assert
           ,
           That
           their
           Charge
           requires
           them
           to
           take
           respective
           and
           distinct
           Care
           of
           
             Peace
             ,
             Godliness
          
           and
           Honesty
           :
           And
           who
           can
           doubt
           it
           when
           he
           reflects
           That
           these
           are
           the
           Blessings
           which
           by
           a
           sedulous
           Administration
           they
           may
           procure
           ;
           and
           that
           God's
           Providence
           designs
           no
           less
           in
           their
           very
           Institution
           than
           that
           they
           should
           procure
           them
           ?
        
         
           They
           that
           consider
           Least
           what
           is
           the
           Charge
           of
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           will
           pronounce
           him
           obliged
           to
           take
           care
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           to
           protect
           Men
           from
           Acts
           of
           Violence
           and
           Injustice
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           be
           supine
           in
           This
           part
           of
           his
           Province
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           awaken'd
           by
           the
           Complaints
           of
           those
           that
           suffer
           .
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           There
           are
           Other
           Acts
           against
           Godliness
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           as
           much
           Criminal
           in
           themselves
           ,
           as
           much
           Mischievous
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           Prohibited
           by
           the
           Laws
           as
           the
           Former
           ;
           which
           yet
           usually
           pass
           without
           either
           Complaint
           or
           Avenger
           ;
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           which
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           common
           Vote
           That
           the
           Magistrates
           Authority
           should
           lye
           asleep
           and
           be
           passive
           .
           Whether
           it
           be
           That
           ,
           altho
           men
           would
           have
           their
           Properties
           guarded
           ,
           yet
           they
           would
           not
           have
           their
           Vertues
           guarded
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           at
           Liberty
           to
           loose
           These
           when
           they
           think
           fit
           :
           Or
           whether
           it
           be
           That
           ,
           if
           Property
           be
           guarded
           ,
           Men
           think
           Themselves
           sufficient
           for
           the
           Guard
           of
           their
           own
           Manners
           and
           Consciences
           :
           For
           Man
           is
           an
           over-weening
           Creature
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           obstinate
           
           Conceit
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           scarce
           any
           among
           the
           loose
           and
           vicious
           but
           think
           themselves
           Wise
           enough
           ,
           and
           Able
           enough
           to
           make
           themselves
           as
           Good
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           without
           any
           other's
           Help
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           He
           in
           the
           Poet
           says
           of
           Iupiter
        
         
           
             Det
             Vitam
             ,
             det
             Opes
             ,
             sanam
             mihi
             animam
             Ipse
             parabo
             ,
             Let
             God
             give
             me
             Life
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             I
             will
             give
             my self
             a
             Good
             mind
             ;
          
           So
           most
           are
           ready
           to
           say
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           
             Let
             Him
             take
             care
             of
             my
             Safety
             and
             my
             Rights
             ,
             I
             will
             take
             care
             of
             my
             Manners
             and
             my
             Religion
             :
          
           But
           Both
           are
           equal
           Mistakes
           ;
           For
           as
           Human
           Nature
           cannot
           be
           made
           truly
           Good
           without
           the
           Assistance
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           neither
           can
           it
           be
           restrain'd
           from
           the
           utmost
           extravagance
           of
           Ill
           without
           the
           awful
           Vigilance
           and
           Animadversion
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           therefore
           the
           Laws
           of
           our
           Government
           have
           made
           a
           due
           Provision
           not
           only
           against
           Felonies
           ,
           Treasons
           ,
           Larcenies
           ,
           Batteries
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           are
           usually
           prosecuted
           ;
           but
           likewise
           against
           other
           Immoralities
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           usually
           over-look'd
           ;
           such
           as
           Idleness
           ,
           Intemperance
           ,
           Debauchery
           ,
           Wizardism
           ,
           Sorcery
           ,
           Fortune-telling
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           Profaneness
           ,
           Neglect
           of
           Divine
           Offices
           ,
           and
           all
           wild
           Opinions
           in
           Religion
           that
           either
           blaspheme
           or
           subvert
           the
           establish'd
           Truth
           ;
           It
           may
           be
           opportune
           to
           Enquire
           Whether
           these
           Crimes
           may
           possibly
           be
           restrained
           by
           any
           Other
           Means
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           Coercive
           power
           ?
           For
           ,
           if
           so
           ;
           This
           may
           (
           so
           far
           )
           excuse
           the
           Magistrates
           Care
           in
           these
           matters
           :
           But
           ,
           if
           not
           ;
           Their
           not
           being
           
           restrained
           will
           affect
           the
           Magistrates
           Conscience
           more
           than
           all
           are
           aware
           of
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           thought
           That
           
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Vigilance
             of
             the
             Church
          
           may
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Means
           to
           restrain
           these
           Crimes
           in
           a
           Christian
           State
           :
           Let
           us
           see
           then
           what
           Issue
           may
           reasonably
           be
           expected
           from
           These
           several
           Means
           .
           And
           (
           1.
           )
           From
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           If
           Laws
           could
           do
           the
           Work
           ,
           none
           certainly
           were
           needful
           but
           These
           of
           Christ
           ;
           which
           tye
           all
           men
           so
           expresly
           to
           the
           Offices
           of
           their
           respective
           Stations
           ,
           that
           the
           Observance
           of
           These
           would
           void
           all
           other
           Provision
           both
           for
           the
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           Tranquillity
           of
           the
           World
           :
           Or
           could
           simple
           Sanctions
           enforce
           Laws
           ,
           none
           can
           be
           so
           moving
           as
           the
           Two
           Interminable
           states
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           recommend
           themselves
           to
           our
           Observance
           :
           But
           alas
           !
           we
           find
           that
           men
           make
           no
           difficulty
           to
           trample
           upon
           the
           Laws
           of
           Christ
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Venerableness
           of
           their
           Author
           ,
           and
           the
           Moment
           of
           their
           Sanctions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           those
           of
           human
           Constitution
           :
           For
           altho
           their
           Sanctions
           are
           so
           Important
           ,
           yet
           the
           Execution
           of
           them
           is
           Remote
           ;
           And
           men
           are
           made
           so
           Shortsighted
           by
           the
           Importunity
           of
           their
           present
           Appetites
           ,
           that
           Threatnings
           at
           such
           a
           distance
           affect
           them
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           the
           Penalties
           of
           Our
           Laws
           would
           do
           ,
           should
           they
           not
           be
           executed
           at
           all
           .
           And
           therefore
           Solomon's
           Determination
           may
           still
           hold
           ,
           That
           sin
           is
           restrainable
           by
           no
           possible
           
           means
           but
           that
           of
           a
           
             Speedy
             Execution
          
           ,
           Eccl.
           8.
           11.
           
        
         
           Indeed
           some
           have
           pretended
           to
           be
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           That
           the
           Gospel
           is
           the
           only
           Law
           ,
           and
           Christ
           the
           only
           Magistrate
           that
           is
           either
           Needful
           or
           Lawful
           among
           Christians
           :
           For
           this
           was
           the
           Reason
           why
           the
           Anabaptists
           held
           Magistracy
           to
           be
           Unlawful
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           a
           Reproach
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Government
           of
           Christ
           to
           presume
           that
           Christians
           had
           need
           of
           any
           Other
           .
           But
           never
           was
           Doctrine
           more
           effectually
           confuted
           than
           This
           of
           Theirs
           was
           from
           their
           Own
           Example
           ;
           For
           never
           did
           Magistracy
           appear
           to
           be
           more
           necessary
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           than
           it
           did
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           to
           suppress
           the
           Impieties
           of
           those
           Men
           ,
           who
           had
           decry'd
           it
           as
           Needless
           and
           Unlawful
           .
        
         
           The
           Convictions
           and
           Precepts
           and
           Motives
           of
           the
           Gospel
           (
           which
           is
           all
           we
           can
           mean
           by
           its
           Internal
           Power
           )
           we
           see
           daily
           over-born
           by
           the
           Tide
           of
           human
           Corruption
           .
           But
           then
           It
           is
           True
           ,
           (
           2.
           )
           That
           the
           Gospel
           has
           an
           Assisting
           Power
           (
           viz.
           )
           the
           
             Grace
             of
          
           God
           :
           And
           where
           That
           takes
           place
           ,
           we
           may
           not
           doubt
           of
           a
           better
           Issue
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           we
           ought
           well
           to
           consider
           What
           it
           is
           we
           mean
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           :
           Mean
           we
           a
           power
           that
           will
           ravish
           men
           from
           the
           bosom
           of
           their
           corrupt
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           force
           them
           to
           be
           Good
           in
           spite
           of
           their
           Reluctancy
           ?
           This
           indeed
           would
           void
           both
           Laws
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           render
           them
           Useless
           .
           But
           if
           we
           will
           speak
           true
           Sense
           we
           can
           mean
           no
           other
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           than
           a
           Sanctifying
           Principle
           ,
           
           that
           joyns
           it self
           to
           ,
           and
           cooperates
           with
           the
           Series
           of
           Ordinary
           Means
           ;
           of
           which
           Means
           the
           Coercive
           power
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Chief
           .
           It
           is
           an
           usual
           Expression
           concerning
           flagitious
           and
           loose
           living
           men
           that
           
             They
             want
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           ;
           Now
           if
           we
           mean
           thereby
           that
           God
           had
           debarr'd
           such
           men
           from
           the
           distributions
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           Our
           Judgment
           is
           Contumelious
           to
           God
           ;
           Or
           if
           we
           mean
           that
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           would
           Forcibly
           make
           such
           men
           Good
           ,
           Our
           Judgment
           is
           Erroneous
           and
           False
           :
           All
           the
           Truth
           therefore
           that
           can
           be
           couched
           under
           that
           Expression
           is
           only
           this
           ;
           That
           such
           Men
           for
           want
           of
           those
           purging
           Fears
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           wrought
           in
           them
           by
           their
           Own
           Consideration
           ,
           or
           (
           for
           want
           of
           that
           )
           by
           the
           wholsome
           Coercion
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           do
           extinguish
           and
           make
           void
           that
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           offered
           to
           them
           In
           and
           With
           the
           dispensation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           Offered
           to
           them
           (
           I
           say
           )
           equally
           as
           to
           others
           ,
           but
           wanted
           success
           ,
           because
           Discipline
           was
           wanting
           to
           concur
           with
           the
           Operation
           .
           Whereas
           therefore
           in
           Scripture
           the
           
             Ordinary
             Means
             to
             Goodness
          
           are
           called
           the
           
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           Divine
           Energy
           which
           cooperates
           with
           these
           Means
           ;
           So
           we
           ought
           to
           look
           upon
           a
           Good
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           a
           Due
           Execution
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           to
           any
           people
           :
           As
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           a
           Remiss
           Administration
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           Judgment
           ,
           which
           makes
           all
           Gods
           other
           Grace
           to
           be
           bestowed
           in
           vain
           upon
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           us
           see
           (
           3.
           )
           In
           what
           measure
           the
           
             Vigilance
             of
             the
             Church
          
           may
           be
           hoped
           to
           supply
           the
           Defect
           in
           this
           Case
           .
        
         
           What
           Influence
           the
           Church
           can
           have
           upon
           the
           Manners
           of
           Men
           consists
           in
           the
           Methods
           of
           Exhorting
           ,
           Rebuking
           and
           Censuring
           :
           All
           which
           after
           once
           men
           have
           wasted
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           or
           taken
           a
           loose
           beyond
           the
           Decency
           of
           Behaviour
           ,
           become
           the
           most
           Despisable
           things
           in
           the
           World.
           How
           weak
           was
           that
           Voice
           of
           Old
           Eli
           and
           how
           Incompetent
           to
           restrain
           a
           Hophni
           and
           Phineas
           ,
           when
           he
           cryed
           ,
           
             Why
             do
             you
             such
             things
             ?
             Nay
             my
             Sons
             !
             for
             it
             is
             no
             good
             Report
             that
             I
             hear
             of
             You.
             
          
           Now
           the
           Voice
           of
           an
           Ecclesiastick
           in
           its
           proper
           Elevation
           ,
           scarce
           amounts
           to
           be
           Louder
           than
           This
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           be
           heightned
           with
           the
           thunder
           of
           Gods
           Menaces
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           be
           contemned
           by
           a
           hardy
           Sinner
           as
           easily
           as
           that
           of
           Eli
           was
           ;
           But
           it
           cannot
           be
           so
           Criminal
           as
           that
           of
           Eli
           was
           ;
           because
           Eli
           was
           a
           Magistrate
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           have
           spoke
           with
           a
           more
           Effectual
           voice
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           would
           have
           reached
           more
           sensibly
           home
           .
        
         
           The
           Power
           of
           the
           Ministry
           is
           no
           more
           than
           Persuasive
           ;
           But
           stubborn
           Nature
           will
           not
           often
           be
           persuaded
           ,
           there
           is
           need
           of
           Force
           :
           And
           say
           not
           that
           Vertue
           or
           Religion
           ,
           when
           Forc'd
           ,
           are
           nothing
           worth
           ;
           What
           is
           begun
           in
           Force
           ,
           may
           end
           in
           Choice
           ;
           What
           is
           begun
           in
           Fear
           ,
           may
           end
           in
           Love
           ;
           altho
           without
           Force
           and
           Fear
           it
           would
           have
           begun
           .
           But
           supposing
           that
           Vertue
           thus
           Forced
           should
           never
           arrive
           
           to
           the
           State
           of
           Choice
           and
           Love
           ;
           yet
           still
           This
           Good
           would
           follow
           ,
           that
           the
           Magistrate
           had
           done
           his
           Part
           ;
           Besides
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           small
           advantage
           to
           the
           common
           Cause
           of
           Virtue
           That
           men
           can
           be
           brought
           to
           be
           at
           least
           
             Good
             Hypocrites
          
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           the
           Pastors
           Exemplary
           Care
           and
           Circumspection
           is
           always
           necessary
           (
           Contempt
           be
           upon
           him
           that
           makes
           Apology
           for
           the
           Defective
           ,
           )
           But
           still
           This
           is
           a
           Means
           insufficient
           to
           Reform
           :
           For
           where
           Sense
           comes
           to
           govern
           more
           than
           Conscience
           ,
           there
           He
           that
           comes
           armed
           with
           Mulcts
           and
           Corrections
           is
           the
           only
           Edifying
           Man.
           
        
         
           To
           say
           how
           Ineffectual
           the
           Censures
           of
           the
           Church
           would
           be
           towards
           this
           Purpose
           ,
           were
           only
           to
           bring
           under
           Your
           Contemplation
           a
           deplorable
           Scandal
           :
           Who
           would
           care
           for
           being
           
             turned
             out
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           of
           those
           who
           seem
           Careless
           whether
           they
           are
           ever
           In
           ?
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Farther
           Process
           in
           that
           Case
           ,
           we
           have
           seen
           enough
           of
           its
           Consequences
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           wish
           for
           Any
           ,
           rather
           than
           That
           Invidious
           and
           Successless
           Method
           .
        
         
           As
           therefore
           the
           Publick
           Cry
           is
           for
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           ,
           to
           see
           Godliness
           and
           Honesty
           advanced
           in
           common
           practice
           ,
           and
           the
           Fruit
           of
           Peace
           springing
           out
           happily
           from
           that
           stable
           root
           ;
           So
           we
           cannot
           but
           turn
           our
           Eyes
           upon
           You
           that
           are
           the
           Magistrates
           ;
           I
           mean
           Expresly
           You
           that
           are
           the
           
             Iustices
             of
             Peace
          
           ,
           as
           being
           invested
           above
           all
           other
           Magistrates
           with
           the
           most
           competent
           Means
           and
           Power
           
           of
           procuring
           this
           End.
           No
           other
           Hand
           can
           cure
           our
           Sore
           ;
           No
           other
           hand
           can
           reach
           it
           but
           only
           Yours
           .
           Without
           You
           ,
           all
           our
           wholsome
           Laws
           are
           like
           a
           Box
           of
           Medicines
           well
           prepared
           ,
           but
           then
           locked
           up
           ,
           while
           the
           Diseases
           spread
           and
           reign
           for
           want
           of
           Application
           .
           Without
           You
           ,
           Majesty
           itself
           is
           made
           Impotent
           ,
           and
           can
           only
           deplore
           our
           disorders
           ,
           but
           not
           possibly
           redress
           them
           .
           And
           what
           is
           it
           we
           may
           expect
           from
           Judges
           and
           their
           Circuits
           ?
           They
           are
           necessary
           indeed
           so
           far
           as
           their
           Business
           extends
           ;
           but
           utterly
           unable
           to
           reach
           the
           Root
           of
           our
           Evil
           :
           For
           to
           what
           Purpose
           of
           Reformation
           is
           the
           Cutting
           off
           some
           Few
           ,
           Signal
           ,
           overgrown
           Weeds
           ;
           while
           such
           multitudes
           are
           still
           growing
           up
           in
           the
           Nurseries
           of
           Idleness
           ,
           Debauchery
           and
           Profaneness
           ?
           Here
           it
           is
           ,
           in
           These
           Nurseries
           that
           Vice
           is
           to
           be
           supprest
           ;
           and
           Greater
           Crimes
           mercifully
           prevented
           by
           Animadversion
           upon
           the
           first
           Buddings
           of
           them
           in
           their
           Remoter
           Causes
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           You
           we
           pray
           for
           in
           our
           Common
           Liturgy
           ;
           
             That
             you
             may
             have
             Grace
             to
             execute
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             Truth
             :
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             That
             You
             may
             truly
             and
             indifferently
             minister
             Iustice
             to
             the
             Punishment
             of
             Wickedness
             and
             Vice
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Maintenance
             of
             Gods
             true
             Religion
             and
             Vertue
             :
          
           What
           we
           pray
           that
           You
           may
           do
           ,
           suffer
           us
           to
           pray
           
             to
             do
          
           .
           Lend
           Your
           best
           Assistance
           to
           this
           Cause
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           ;
           Which
           is
           God's
           Service
           ,
           and
           Your
           Charge
           ,
           and
           Every
           man's
           Blessing
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           Vertue
           ,
           You
           are
           able
           to
           serve
           it
           in
           the
           whole
           latitude
           of
           its
           Province
           ;
           Because
           the
           Laws
           have
           made
           Every
           Vice
           obnoxious
           to
           Your
           Censure
           :
           All
           formal
           Crimes
           have
           their
           punishment
           assigned
           ;
           and
           all
           smaller
           Misdemeanours
           are
           submitted
           to
           your
           Discretion
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           first
           Seeds
           of
           Crimes
           ,
           whether
           they
           appear
           in
           Laziness
           ,
           Lavishness
           ,
           Petulancy
           ,
           Sauciness
           ,
           Lying
           ,
           Contumely
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           kind
           of
           Offensive
           Behaviour
           ,
           may
           stand
           in
           just
           awe
           of
           Your
           Authority
           .
           It
           is
           not
           simply
           from
           Punishments
           (
           Pecuniary
           or
           Corporal
           )
           that
           we
           expect
           the
           Success
           ;
           Your
           very
           Frowns
           and
           Rebukes
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           Your
           Countenance
           and
           Favour
           ,
           when
           distributed
           respectively
           ,
           and
           joyned
           with
           Your
           Exemplary
           Steadiness
           ,
           will
           do
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Work.
           
        
         
           Religion
           implores
           your
           Care
           especially
           in
           This
           ,
           That
           there
           be
           no
           Mockers
           of
           holy
           things
           ,
           no
           Contempt
           of
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           no
           bold
           Profanation
           of
           the
           Lords
           Name
           or
           Day
           :
           Which
           are
           Crimes
           that
           necessarily
           wast
           and
           harden
           Mens
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           take
           off
           all
           Awe
           and
           respect
           of
           Duty
           from
           their
           minds
           .
           In
           my
           mention
           of
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           I
           spoke
           not
           restrainedly
           to
           That
           of
           our
           Established
           Church
           ,
           because
           there
           are
           other
           Allowances
           by
           Law
           ;
           But
           yet
           I
           am
           not
           blamable
           if
           I
           chiefly
           intended
           That
           .
           I
           hope
           You
           are
           all
           of
           Opinion
           that
           there
           is
           no
           false
           Reasoning
           in
           his
           Majesty's
           Preface
           to
           his
           Late
           Injunctions
           ,
           where
           he
           says
           ;
           
             We
             are
             sensible
             that
             nothing
             can
             
             more
             effectually
             conduce
             to
             the
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             support
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             than
             the
             Protecting
             and
             Maintaining
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             as
             it
             is
             by
             Law
             established
             ;
             which
             we
             are
             (
             therefore
             )
             resolved
             to
             do
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             our
             Power
             .
          
           This
           Reasoning
           is
           certainly
           sound
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           it
           is
           Authoritative
           :
           Nor
           yet
           could
           any
           Magistrate
           ,
           tho
           he
           were
           otherwise
           persuaded
           ,
           be
           less
           than
           Perfidious
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           shew
           more
           regard
           to
           that
           which
           is
           Established
           ,
           than
           to
           that
           which
           is
           barely
           Tolerated
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           since
           ,
           whatsoever
           be
           the
           Arguments
           of
           Preference
           between
           the
           particular
           Ways
           of
           Worship
           ,
           the
           Main
           Point
           is
           to
           be
           Religious
           ;
           Whosoever
           is
           not
           so
           (
           
             Tros
             ,
             Tyriúsve
          
           )
           let
           him
           be
           made
           sensible
           of
           Your
           Displeasure
           .
        
         
           And
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Love
           of
           Christ
           )
           have
           a
           Watch
           upon
           the
           Socinian
           Poyson
           :
           Suffer
           it
           not
           
             to
             creep
             into
             Houses
             ,
             and
             lead
             Captive
          
           (
           should
           I
           say
           
             Silly
             Women
          
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           too
           much
           beneath
           the
           haughty
           pretences
           of
           their
           Scheme
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           choose
           to
           say
           )
           
             Silly
             Wits
          
           ;
           And
           if
           there
           seem
           to
           be
           any
           Contradiction
           in
           the
           Terms
           let
           Them
           answer
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           think
           there
           be
           Wit
           in
           Blaspheming
           .
           For
           so
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Wits
           (
           such
           of
           them
           as
           are
           Profligate
           )
           run
           into
           this
           Hypothesis
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Ignorant
           and
           Unstable
           :
           Not
           that
           They
           can
           have
           any
           Concern
           for
           Religion
           ;
           but
           because
           they
           look
           upon
           this
           Hypothesis
           as
           a
           Battery
           raised
           to
           beat
           down
           all
           Religion
           :
           For
           what
           Article
           is
           there
           in
           Religion
           wherein
           
           we
           may
           not
           deny
           the
           Sense
           or
           Authority
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           with
           as
           much
           Reason
           as
           we
           can
           deny
           the
           Divinity
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Which
           ,
           I
           desire
           You
           to
           observe
           that
           it
           carries
           in
           it
           a
           Double
           Blasphemy
           ;
           the
           First
           in
           
             Asserting
             that
             Christ
             is
             not
             God
             ,
          
           and
           The
           Second
           in
           Implying
           ,
           
             That
             though
             he
             be
             not
             God
             ,
             yet
             he
             had
             an
             Ambition
             to
             be
             Thought
             to
             be
             so
             .
          
           (
           For
           ,
           since
           the
           whole
           Stile
           of
           the
           Scripture
           points
           plainly
           as
           it
           does
           ,
           This
           is
           a
           Consequence
           which
           the
           Socinians
           can
           never
           evade
           by
           all
           their
           boasted
           Happiness
           of
           Interpretation
           ,
           Because
           the
           more
           Happy
           their
           Interpretations
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           demonstrate
           This
           Consequence
           .
           )
           And
           now
           laying
           These
           Two
           Imputations
           together
           ,
           let
           any
           one
           tell
           me
           how
           they
           can
           be
           Tolerable
           ;
           How
           the
           First
           ,
           when
           charged
           upon
           Him
           ,
           
             who
             thought
             it
             not
             Robbery
             to
             be
             Equal
             with
             God
          
           ;
           or
           How
           the
           Second
           ,
           when
           charged
           upon
           Him
           ,
           
             Who
             made
             himself
             of
             no
             Reputation
             ,
          
           and
           was
           the
           Humblest
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           You
           will
           serve
           either
           Vertue
           or
           Religion
           ,
           It
           is
           necessary
           that
           You
           be
           Vigilant
           and
           Active
           .
           However
           Justice
           ought
           to
           be
           Blind
           ,
           the
           Justitiary
           ought
           (
           like
           those
           Ministring
           Spirits
           about
           the
           Throne
           of
           God
           )
           to
           be
           
             Full
             of
             Eyes
             ;
             i.e.
          
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           sedulous
           in
           Inspection
           and
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           Matters
           of
           his
           Charge
           .
           In
           Offences
           that
           happen
           betwixt
           Man
           and
           Man
           ,
           it
           is
           Rational
           and
           fit
           to
           stay
           for
           a
           Complaint
           ;
           Because
           the
           Offended
           Party
           is
           so
           much
           a
           Friend
           to
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           be
           sure
           either
           to
           Complain
           ,
           or
           to
           Forgive
           ;
           which
           (
           generally
           
           speaking
           )
           is
           the
           Better
           Issue
           :
           But
           in
           Offences
           ,
           where
           God
           and
           Piety
           are
           barely
           concerned
           ,
           there
           ,
           be
           the
           Facts
           never
           so
           Notorious
           ,
           't
           is
           possible
           the
           Complaints
           may
           be
           none
           at
           all
           :
           And
           therefore
           He
           who
           will
           not
           proceed
           upon
           Notoriety
           in
           these
           Cases
           ,
           without
           the
           Formality
           of
           a
           Complainant
           ,
           will
           leave
           himself
           very
           little
           Opportunity
           to
           discharge
           his
           Trust.
           
        
         
           Some
           there
           are
           that
           deliberate
           ;
           Whether
           a
           Magistrate
           should
           Choose
           to
           be
           Loved
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           Feared
           ;
           But
           let
           not
           That
           come
           under
           Your
           deliberation
           ;
           For
           he
           that
           Chooses
           Either
           ,
           has
           given
           himself
           a
           Byass
           ,
           that
           will
           certainly
           draw
           him
           from
           being
           Just.
           A
           Magistrate
           ought
           to
           have
           no
           other
           Prospect
           than
           simply
           That
           of
           doing
           Justice
           ;
           And
           He
           that
           does
           So
           ,
           may
           be
           contented
           with
           what
           will
           follow
           ;
           For
           he
           shall
           be
           Feared
           by
           Ill
           men
           ,
           as
           he
           should
           Wish
           to
           be
           ;
           And
           he
           shall
           be
           Loved
           by
           God
           and
           Good
           men
           ,
           Which
           is
           all
           the
           Love
           that
           is
           Desirable
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           Noble
           Work
           that
           I
           presume
           to
           admonish
           You
           of
           :
           and
           the
           Incitement
           is
           no
           Less
           So
           ,
           which
           offers
           itself
           to
           You
           from
           the
           Conscience
           of
           serving
           God
           ,
           from
           the
           Glory
           of
           serving
           Your
           Country
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Felicity
           of
           serving
           Your selves
           ;
           when
           You
           consider
           what
           That
           great
           Magistrate
           and
           Prophet
           Daniel
           has
           told
           us
           
             
               (
               Chap.
               xii
               .
               3.
               )
            
             They
             that
             turn
             many
             to
             Righteousness
             shall
             shine
             like
             the
             Stars
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           Grant
           O
           Lord
           we
           beseech
           Thee
           ,
           that
           the
           Course
           of
           this
           World
           may
           be
           so
           peaceably
           ordered
           by
           thy
           Governance
           ,
           that
           thy
           Church
           may
           joyfully
           serve
           Thee
           in
           all
           Godly
           Quietness
           ;
           through
           Iesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord.
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .