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Show l 0 J 1 l. rience in communicating happinefs to th. rniitrable. The Deity 11:15 21lfo 111vcfied us With moralpowers 21nd faculties, bywhich we are enan l:led to dill: e111 the dilleience between rioht and. b wn1o‘6' IT truth and i.1ll1ood good and evil. llence the npprobvition of mind, that arifes npon doing 21 szood aflion, 211111 the remorfe of crintcience, w:hich we expelience, when we counter2-c: the in 11d fente, a(1 do that which is evil. This proves, that111 what is common ly called a date of nature, we are the fubje€ts of the divine law and government, that the Deity is our hiprcnie magiflrate, who has writ‘ ten his law in our hearts, and will reward, or punilh 17.8, according 2115 we obey or difobey his eomn121nd~3.li21d the human race uniformly Itiucmmgu l icifexticd1n -.1 llete of moral rectit11de,there " 1v onld hme been little, or no need of any other law, befiries that which is written in the heart; for every one in inch 3. {late would be 21 121w unto liinilelf. There could be no occalion for (.nactinrr or enforcing of penal in v3, for fuch are not 7:.Ian": fir f/Jé' rig/Meow man, [wt for Me halties, ariles from our being in 21 fallen, and degeneiate cllate.. lhe flightell: View of the piefent flute and condition of the human race, is abundantly {Lillicient to conviincc any perion of common fente, and common honcfty, that civil government is ablolutely neceflary for the peace and fitety of mankind, and corn lequently that all good 111.1g1'tratcs, while they faithfully difchnrge the trutt repoled in them ought to le reliviouily 21nd coniciencioully obe.yed An enemy to goodDGovernment 15311 enemy not only to his country, but to all mankind; for he plainly {hews himfelf to be dig vetted of thofetender and focial fentiments, which me characteiiltick of an human temper, even of that generous and benevolent difpofition, which is the peculiar glory of :1 rational creature. An enemy to good government has degiaded himfelf below the rank and dig. nity of a man, and deleives to be lelhitld with the lower creation. Hence we find, that wile 11m70/} and (1/3!€(Xl€iff,j0l' t/JLI zmgm'ly, (.deor fl/mur ,fo; {he who/Wand 1))(fingfar 7121/.1/'a‘r'l.. Cf 21nd good men ofall nations, and religiom, have ever inculcatcd iiibjeétitin to good government, and have born their tellimony firNun, ma! mun/crux (f mal/mr, ft; mmzjrim, ngainit the licenciouzz dilturbcrs of the public fir uybore/Izrzzgerr, fl); [/'["/ll//J1//(l,','[/‘/L' l/IwII/iIei peace. ‘Ii'lf/I 77'fl.'17/1]/‘£.1./‘1r 721II/z-/?ea/rx,I5 fcr harnfil ,L‘r,L.Ireel fer/cm, {.I.IIII' 1/ 1‘716 ['6 (HZ/fother (/11;g, In": If Imufmm II 11‘.-‘1211 1.tt1t1.dc. 21nd the haminels of munlnntl. lle "C tlity oi {orininIr 0'1r- iislves Into :11‘ . 21ml ""121111111rt t) ( 11': rulers, 21 119...: II» 131116": liwi m: the 1:11.171:- :,,rr._... fl." lalkifs ., "711$. H .. , ‘; .1..i- i'.l:‘..‘.1 1‘ -M... Ly {.0153 id NOR has chrifi'ianity been deficient in this; capital point. We ii1d our bleiltd Saviour directing the jews to1endcr to (Santa: the thinns that weie Ctelnr's :And the 21poltleI5 21nd hilt preachers of the gov"pel not only exhibited a. good example of fubjec'tion to the nut-filtrate, .111 all things thit were 311% and 12111111,1311: they have |