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Show t13S 1693· ~ Part I. Rejleo<Jions and Ma)...,jms: .Vo~:. I. 406. If our Compaffions muft not fway us; lefs 01ould our fells,_Profits, or ~rejudices. . . 407. Juftice is jufily reprcfented Bhnd, beCinfe the fees no DtfFerence in the Praries concerned. · • 40s. She hls bur one Scale and Wci,&bt, for Rich J'rld Poor; Gre:tt and Small. b · ' 409. Her Sentence is not guided by the Perfon, ~t the Co1uJ c. 4ro. The Impartia!Judge, in Judgr:nenr? knows nothm~ but the Law: The Prince no more thln the Peafanr. h1s ~ndr7d t~an a Str:tnger: Nay, his, 'Enemy isfure robe upon equal Terms wah h11 Fnend, wben he 1s upon the Bench. . • · fG 4u. Jmp:utialiryis the Life ofJuflice, ~s thlt ts o . ovcrnme~r: 41 2. Noris it only a Benefit to the State, for pnv:ne Famtltes cannot fubfift comfortably without it. 4q. Parents that are partial, are i.\1 obeyed by their Children; and par: tial Mafiers not better ferved by rhetr Servants. 414. Partiality is always indireil, if not difhonefi: For it fhews a By~ afs where,eteafon would have none; if not an injury, which Jufi:ice every where forbids. 415. As it makes Favouri~es without Reafon, fo it u~es no Rearon _in judging of A€lions: Confirm10g the Proverb, T/Je Crow tbmkr her own Brrd rh<fairefl. 4 r6. What fomefee to be no Fault in one, they will ha'Ve Criminalin a· nether. • . p f 417· Nay, how ugly do our Failings look to us m the erfons o others~ which yet we fee not in our felves. 418. And but too common it is, for fame People, not to know r_heir own /'flaxims and Principles in the Mourb.r of other Men, when they g1ve Occa~ :lion to ufe them. . 419. Partiality corrupts our Judgment of Per!ons and Thmgs, of our fclves and others. 4 2o. It contributes more than any Thing to Faaions in Government, and Feuds in Families. 421. It is a prodi~al P.affi~n, ~hat fddom returns till ir ,s Hun,ger·bit, and Difappointments bnng It Wlthm Bounds. 422. And yer we may be indifferent, to a Fault. 4 23. ]nntlfettntp. Jndiffer<nc< is good in Judgment, but bad in Relation, and ftark naught in Religion. 424. And even in J ud,gmenr, our lndilrerency rnufi be to the Perfons, not Caufes for one, to be iiue, is right. 4,,.'!fleuttaJttp. N<urroli,Jy is feme Thlng elfe than Indilferency; and yet CJfKin to it roo. . 426. A Judge ought to be indifferent, and. yet he cannot be flld. to be Neutral. . 427. The one being to be even in ]JJJgmenr, and the other not 1o meJJ/e nill .. . 428 And where it is Lawful, to befure, tt IS heft to be J\eutra!. •\29: He that efpouff!S Par~ies, can hardl~ div?rc~ himfelf from thcis Fate; aud more faa with theu Pany, than nfe with Jt, . 4~0• A wife Neuter joyns with neither; but ufes hoth, as Ius honefi In· tereft leads him. . . 431. A Neuter on\y has Room to be a Peace-Malr.er: For bemg of net· ther Side he has the Means of medi:ning a Reconciliation of both: 4; 2• a' f)atht. And yet where Right or Religion gives a CaY, a Neuter tnuft be a Ccward or an Hypocrite. 433: In fuch Cales, we (bou\d never be backward ; nor yet milbken .. 434· When our Right or Religion is in Queftion, then is rile fitteft T1me io :1fi'crt it. . 435· Nor mufi: we always be n~utr_al, where our Neighb0ur IS concerned; For 1-ho' Itkd!ing il a Fault, Helpmg IS a' Dnry, 436, We VoL. I. Rejleo'lions and Maxims. 839 436. We have a Cnl1 to do good as often as w h h P. . 4H· If Heathens could fay, wt' arc not born ;., ave t ;_1 OJfCer :nd Ouaji~n. 1693. ttans lhould prJClife ir. ; or OJJr Jf vet; lUfel)• Chrtf· ~ 4; B. They arc ta•Sht fo by his Exam 1 11 D ~. Part. I. they have borrowed rheir Name. P e, as we as ou:nne, from whom 439- S[)fteRtatlon. Do what Good thouc ft k of what oughr ra£her to be felt than fee an un nown ; :lnd be nor vain 440. The Humble in the Parable of ~ D f J d good Workr, Lord, ~ben did we fo and }o ~ ay 0 u gment, forgot their 441- He that does Good for Good' S k fi k.o · · · ward; rho' JUre of both Jt iJU: s a e, ee neaher Proife nor Re- 442· l£0h1pltat lllfl:t~J:; c.ontent not thy felf, that thou art l'ittuous i tbe g:neral : for one Lrnk be1ng wanting, the Chain is defetlit•e. n thy4i=;n~~~~~fosnrhotuhaarttrhathRer }'!nocent than VirruoiiJ, aud oweft more to 1 • . n y rogwn. Indt:;.ri::;cem, rs not to be Guilty: But Virtuor;s is to overcome our evil 445· If thou haft not conquered thy felf in that which isthy 0'" R 1 · · Mcula~ Wcaknefs, thou halt no Title to Virtue, tho' thou art free·:r ;~1~; ens. . _446. For a covetous Ma~ to inveigh againft Prodigality, an AtheiA: 3 .. ga1n1t ldolarry! a Tyrant aga1nft RebeU,pn, or a Lyar againtt Forgery, and a Drunkard agamfi lnumperance, is for the Pot to call the Kerrle Block. 44b 7 - 1~uc1 hJ!Rep1ro~fwo_uld. have but liule Succefs; becaufe it would car· ry ut m e ur ~onty with 1t. 448. If thou w_ouldft cOnquer thy Weaknefs, thou ~uft never grnrifie it.· 449· '}'1? Man ~s compelled co Evil; hisConfent only makes ir his 450. T1s no Stn .ro h7tempted, but to be overcome. · 4P· WhatMan,m h1s right Mind, wculd confpire his own Hurt? Men are befide themfelves, when they rranfgrefs their ConviS:ions. 4,)2. lf thou wouldft not. fin, don't dejire, and if thou wouldft not luft, don t embrace the Temptatton: No, not look at it, nor think of it. ~5 3- Thou wouldft take much Pains to fave thy Body: Take fom~ pmhee, to fave thy Soul. ' 454· Belfg~~n .. Religion is the fear of GoJ, and it's Demonftration good JVorks; and .Jtaub JS the Root of both: For. roirho11t Faith ~ cannot ph:ofe GoJ, nor can we fear what we do not believe: .42>· The Def!ils a_lfo believe and know abundance: But in this is the l?tfterence, their Fanh works not by Love, nor their Knowledge by Obe· dtence ; and therefore they are never the berrer for them: And if ours be fuch, we tball be of their Church, l'lot of Chrift's: For as the Head is fo mwfl the Body be. · ' 4~6. He was Hcly, Humh!e, Harm/eft, ft1eek, A1erci/lll, &:c, when a~ ong us; to t~a:ch us '!hat we fhould be, when he was gone: And yet he JS among us fttll,. and. 1~ ~s roo, a living and perpetual Preacher of the fame Grace, by hts Spmt m our Confciences. 457· A Mini/1erofthe Gofpcl ought to be oneofCbrif/'smaking if he would pafs for one of Chrift"s Minift~rs. ' Befi~~es~nd if he be one of his making, he knows and does as well as 459· That Minifier1 whofe Life is not the Model of his Doc!hine, Is a Babler rather th~ a Preacher, a Quack rather than a Phyfician of Value: 460. Of old T1me they were made Minifters by the Holy Gbo/1 .- And the more rh~t is an Ingredient now, the fitter they are for that Work: 461. Runmng Screams arc not fo apt to corrupt; nor ltineranr, as fet• tled Preachers: But they are not to run befose they are fent. ' 462. As they _freely receive from Chrift, fo they give. 46;: They w1ll not make t,b•t. a Trade, which they know ought not, in Conf,unc(, to be one. 464. Yer |
