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Show 8)6 l693· ~ R.«fot!lions ~nd MPxirm. VaL.- I. tity, For the Freedom I recommend is no Sapticijio in Judgment, and much lefs fo in PraEtice. 254 ll!Je lDfllfl!llifPII~ of $UQf "'en to illmfg!Jtp 4lon. It fcems but reafonable that tbore whom God has di1tinguilbec1 trom others, by his Goodnefs, fhould difiinguifh themfel\·es to him by their Guritudc.'. 2H For tho" he has m:Jde of one Blood, all Nations, ht: hJs not ranged or dignified them upon the Level, but in a Sort of Subordin<ttion and De~ pendency. 256 lf we took upwards, we find it in the He;:.n·ens, where the J/nnttr have their feveral Degrees of Glory, and fo the other S1ars of Magnitude: and Luftre. 2S7 lf.JNelook upon the Earth, we fee it among rhe Trees of rhe Wood, from the CeJar to rhe Brambk·; among the Fijhes, from the Levi(// ban· to tbe Sprll/ ; io .t.he Jlir among the Birds, from the E'agle to the Spatroto ; ar:nong the BeaPs, frem the Lyon to the Cal ; and among Alat!kind, f1001 the Ami to the $,1VIQ{,er. · 2)8 Our Great Men, doubrlefs, were deJigned by the Wife Framer of rhe World, for our Jl.e!igtotlt, .i1lor4l, and Poht rck Plancro. fear Li£bt.t and Di~ reOicms to tlu: ,lower Ranks of the uuroerotJ,s Company of their O\Vn Kind, both in Prt::Cepts and Examples; and they arc well paid for their Pains roo? who have rhe Honour and Service of rbeir FeHow-Creatures, and the Marrow aod Fat of the Eanh, for their Sbue. 259 Bur is it not a moft un:~.ccal,mtable Folly, that Men .fho.uld be Proud. of the Providences that tbould 1J111Jble them? Or think the bener of." thcmfulves, inftead of Him that r;;1ifed rhern fo rou.ch above the Level; or of being fo in tbcjr Lives, in. Rett,HIJ.. of his extraordinary Favours. 26o But it is but too near a-Kin to us, co thiuk no farther than our felve$, either in the Acquifition, or Ufe of ou.r \Vealth and Gr:eamffs; when, alas t they are the Preferments of Heaven, to try our Wifdom, Bounty aud Gra4 titude. 261 'Tis :1 dange.tous Perverfion of the End ofPtovideoce, to confume the Time, Powtr, and. Wealth, be bas giyen us :Jbove orber Men, tQ gt:Itifil! our Sordid Paffiom, inftead of playing the good Stewards, to the Honoqr o{ our ..grear Bepefatl:oz, and the Good of our Fe11Pw~Crea~urts. 16.:~.. llul it is an lqjultico too; fince tkofe higher Ranu of },\!>n, ar~ but the Trll}lus of Heaven, for the Benefit of lefi'er Monals, who, as Jllj,. :uors, are emitulc:d to all th.eir Care and ProvifiDo: •6~ For tho' God haJ digni6ed fome Men ab~ve their l.h~thren, ir never WJS to ferve their Pleafures, b.ut rbat they might take Pleq;(yte cp fer\'C; the l'ublick . . 264 For this Caufe, <lPuhrlefs, it \l'ias that rhJ!y were rq:ifed 3.ho"e N~Cef, firy, or any Trouble to live, th<tt they might· ha~Q' more TtrnQ and A~ility to care. far others: Al\d 'tis te.rrain, w'hcre thlJ JJfe is n_ot mtde ¢ t.be Bounties of Providence, they are htt.b.fzztli'd and wafted. 29) It has ofren !truck me with a. feiious R~E.lion, when f p~ye obfer· ved the great lnequJlity of the World ; that one .Man (hQ~l~ b~l(' fuch Numbers of his Fellow-Creatures, to wait upau him, who b,3\'~ Souls to be faved as well as he ; and this. not for Butint£5 .. bur Stau. C:~rraiuly $ poor Employment' of his Money, and a woJ(e"of their Time .. '~6. Bar rbat an~ one Man, fhould make Wuk1Qf f9J)IJI\)'1 Qf rarhe< keep them from Work, to make up a Train, hu :t Levit} or Lu~ulfJ in i~ v.ery reprova~le, both in Rd,igion and Governmenr. , 267 But even in allowable Services, it haa. an..hurohli_og Confule~tion, and wha,t fhould raife the ThankfulnefS of the Great Men to him, that has. fo much. bettered their Circumftances, and modtrt~.ud tb.e Ufe of their Dominion over thofeof thelr own Kind. 268 When the poor lnftian_~ hear us call any of oUJ Fami1y, by r~ Name of Servontt, they cry out, WhaJ, caU.Bretbren Serwntt! We call our: l)ogs Servants, bur never .illen. The &raJ certainly can do us ~o flatm, but may inftrutt us, to abate our Height, and narrow our St.ate and AttcnGance. 269 And • VoL. I. Rejldlions and Maltims "69 And what has been faid of th . • • . · 857 apply'd to other Branches of Luxu~tr Excefs, m_ay )n fome Meafure be World, and rob the Needy of their Py, fithat fer JO Exo/'fplct to the lelfer t6H. 270 God Almighty touch th H en IOns. ~ h_is ~ifii~guiOJed Goodnefs, ilnd th:il::~e o~ our G~antleer with a Scnfe of art II .. difitns;udh themfelves in their c a nd of lt; that they may berrer thus ltberally preferr'd them and t o~duB, to the Glory of him that has 271 l[)f te8nfRiliiJIOn oibtt ~t~' e .II enefit of theit Fellow.Crearures: to he the Malter-PJece of out Poliricia~s -~01111 otB]ntettQSJ. This feems dam, than thofe l{efint:rs. · ut no ody thoots more at Ran- 272 A perfect Lonery and meer H. H of the Altions of Men, is . ;r.6!. ap- azard. Since the true Spring Tbou6hts too o_f their fever~i i:rV::;ft~ as their Hearts; and fo are their 273 He that Judges of other Men b h" Mark, becaufe all Men have nor the fa~ ~mfel~, does not always ldr thC: 274 If om able Man refines u on th p apa~rty, nor PtJ./}ioPu in Interdt. ty, according to his own he m~ft e e !fit.eedtngs of an ordinary CJpaci~ nary Man when he thall • rete d fier ml s lt : But muth more the OrdiA£\ ions : For the Able Man d n ~o pe~ulate the Motives ro the Able Man's he i~ in the R:eafon <;>f his Cond':fles ~T~~f, ~Y I!Jaking r'orher Wife~ than fo, m P,re_fu~rung to JUdge of the Re~fons o/ h r~~~ryMMa,n ma~es himfelf .27) T!s rn 010n, a Wood a Maze t e . er an• Aihons. ram, nor many Thing do we' ofrner bef aJ.d of ~~thmg are we more unter4 276 The Mifchiefs are man th £ oJJ our ~ ves. F<?rMen mifguidetbemfelves a~ at o ow this Humour, and dangerous: wuh mifChievous Difappoim~enrs~pon falfe Mcafures, and meet frequently 277 lr excludes all Confiden · C a Principle in Prailice; fuppofe~ee~~r oMmerce ;ll:alJows of no fuch Thin~: as what appear, and that there is no fu~h Ta~ to a upo~ other Reafons than among Mankind: A Trick inftead of Tr t~Jng 31l Upnghtnefs or Sinterity 278 Neither a1lowing Nature or Reli i. b Advanra~e : The true, the hidden Motiv~ ~n a;ll Mt fame Worldly Fetch or 279 Ti!i, hard to exprefs it'• U b • bl en toatlcrdo. and has m~re of~anity than Benefi~~n ~~ta enefs, a• wettas Uncertainty; 28o Thts Foohfh Qpaliry .; 1 F" ld ferve for this Time. =--vcs a arge Je ' hut let what I h!Ve-faid, ~f 2t8;~m~f <I:!Jatflp. Charity has various Scnfes, but;. Excellent in all 282 lr imports, firft the Commifi . f h r Mankind, and extends ~n Helpins--Ha~~~~~nm~nJ t~eic;o{: adn.d. Unhappy of 283 They thatfecl nothing of th" b on mon. Hu~an Race J fince they muit have'~o aBe at 1 eft "h-t :hove Half of Kin to fenual Parr thereof, who have no mor N owe s, w IC mlkes fuch an Ef- 284 A Man a d e ature, own Fle(h and Blo"od~eAn~have the/eeling of the Wants or Needs of his propagate fuch an unnatural S':~~k~~ ~h! ~d 1~ay he never bc ·fuffer'd to 28) Sach an Uncharirablenefs fp ·1 h ~1\ G · it entails a Curfe upon the Pofrefi"ors.01 1 t e linSt and two to ohe but 286 Nor can we expell ro be heard f G d . the Deaf Ear to the Petitions of th~· o·ft ffi~~. .. our Praftyers, that turn Creatures, 1 re ~;~.,~ among our FelJow~ An~sle ~h:t C:ef~}~h~h~:ratl-trf u•, as f~1 G be tries them by being fuch: him, Lays .Uf Poverty in Sto~~r fo:~~soo~n ePoft:rri~eal that God has given ~,~~:ral/~1~0d~~ ~~t ~ir~o~or,~s ~rR MeridrorioT11s, ~ut dolle fay they are Fulnefs and Lib r r elr ewar : ho to humble us in our -well as ufe. £; ~/ lty too, we only Give bur what is given us to Give as trufied us ~ir~ J we are not our own, lefs is th:n fo which God. has in~ sR |
