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:
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:
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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;
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 Order of Men in a more especial manner;
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:
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 From of Words, (viz.) That we may live (under them) a quiet and peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty:
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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 the Question is, Whither 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;
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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;
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;
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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;
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;
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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:
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:
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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.
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.
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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?
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?
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,
And thus the same Wise Providence that has appointed Vipers and other Venomous Creatures to carry in themselves Antidotes against their Own Poison, has made these Consequences of since to be Sanative and Recovering,
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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.
a Redeemer, in Virtue of whose Purchase, greater Beatitude is derived to Penitent Sinners, than ever was offered or hoped for in the State of Innocence.
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:
Especially considering that even Then the Difference of Superior and Inferior, and consequently the Right of Rule and Subjection, would have been founded by Nature itself in the ordinary Course of humane Geniture:
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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:
The present state of humane Pravity, Man's proud Appetites and Injurious Passion, has made Government necessary with all its Arts and Instruments of Coercion:
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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:
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:
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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:
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:
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;
yet must they take care that the Public be so, in regard of their own Interest, which must avoidable sink without it. I. Government cannot subsist without Peace;
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.
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.
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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:
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:
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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.
For that Poison 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.
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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,
some Vices embroil At Home, by Invading Rights, or grounding Animosities, or gathering Factions; and Some expose to Enemies from abroad, by enervating men's Bodies, or effeminating their Minds,
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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.
which Governors, though Ill men, cannot but be aware of; Abstracting from the Judgement of God's Displeasure, which Governors, when Good men, will chiefly Fear.
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;
And how happily the proper Care of Magistrates will be able to advance those Blessings, I shall choose to show in an Instance drawn from that Government to which my Text relates;
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.
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 show Who was the Best Man At the Head of the Enemy.
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,
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,
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.
In the mean time the Source and Bound of all these Virtues was their studious Regard of Religion, which their Second King had with all Industria care planted and fixed among them.
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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;
And such a Regard they had to the Sincerity of Religion, that while any man was observed to live loosely and viciously, he fell under a Civil Excommunication;
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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.
For that Law of their Twelve Tables, Impius ne audeto, etc. prohibited all such from joining in the Public Worship, till such time as they could bring Testimony of their better behaviour.
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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.
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 God's with Temperance of body and Purity of mind.
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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 Therefore They of Room being aware of this Rock, took especial Care that the Execution of their Laws should be committed to Grave, Honest and Active Men;
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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;
and that such Men should be charged with a vigilant Inspection into the public Manners. Concerning which Magistrates the Law provided This Caution; Is Ordo vitio careto; Caeteris Specimen esto;
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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,
Nay to prevent their Magistrates from Supineness and Neglect in the Execution of their Charge, There was Another Ordinance, That all Inferior Magistrates should be obliged to justify their Administration by bringing in to the Public Censors, from time to time,
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.
Thus were the great Blessings of the Text, Peace, Godliness and Honesty planted and established in that Commonwealth for several Centuries of years, by the pure Wisdom of the Government, exerting itself through the Care and Diligence of the Magistrates.
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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;
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 raised that People to this pitch of Glory;
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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;
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;
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Which, altho Christian and under the Influence of greater Light, Obligations, Encouragements, and Assistances, does yet fall far short of their Common Vertue;
Which, although Christian and under the Influence of greater Light, Obligations, Encouragements, and Assistances, does yet fallen Far short of their Common Virtue;
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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.
and run to a Dissoluteness mischievous both to the Particular and to the Public; such as Heathen Room for many Ages neither admitted nor saw within her District.
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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;
But unless we could allege 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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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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:
They that Consider Least what is the Charge of a Magistrate, will pronounce him obliged to take care of Peace, and to Pact Men from Acts of Violence and Injustice:
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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:
Whither it be That, although men would have their Properties guarded, yet they would not have their Virtues guarded, they would be At Liberty to lose These when they think fit:
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.
Insomuch that scarce any among the lose and vicious but think themselves Wise enough, and Able enough to make themselves as Good as they please, without any other's Help.
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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;
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;
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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;
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;
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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;
such as Idleness, Intemperance, Debauchery, Wizardism, Sorcery, Fortunetelling, Swearing, Profaneness, Neglect of Divine Offices, and all wild Opinions in Religion that either Blaspheme or subvert the established Truth;
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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:
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:
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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,
which tie all men so expressly to the Offices of their respective Stations, that the Observance of These would void all other Provision both for the Virtue,
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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!
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!
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 the Moment of their Sanctions, as well as upon those of human Constitution: For although their Sanctions Are so Important, yet the Execution of them is Remote;
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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.
And Therefore Solomon's Determination may still hold, That since is restrainable by no possible means but that of a Speedy Execution, Ecclesiastes 8. 11.
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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:
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:
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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.
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.
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.
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 decried 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.
The Convictions and Precepts and Motives of the Gospel (which is all we can mean by its Internal Power) we see daily overborne by the Tide of human Corruption.
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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;
or (for want of that) by the wholesome 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;
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;
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;
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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.
As on the contrary, a Remiss Administration is no other than a Judgement, which makes all God's other Grace to be bestowed in vain upon the generality of Mankind.
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.
All which After once men have wasted their Consciences, or taken a lose beyond the Decency of Behaviour, become the most Despisable things in the World.
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:
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:
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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.
Who would care for being turned out of the Church, of those who seem Careless whither 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.
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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;
I mean Expressly You that Are the Justices 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 Soar;
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;
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 suppressed;
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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:
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:
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.
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.
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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;
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;
(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,
(For, since the Whole Style 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;
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;
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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.
However justice ought to be Blind, the Justiciary ought (like those Ministering 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.
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;
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;
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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.
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.
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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.
Grant Oh 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.
