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Show m Chapas.' ofCOMMoN-WEALTH. pmz.‘ Will curl ,and the proper objeet ofevery mans Will, is form Good to himfel e. _ . C o u u s a L L, is where a man faith, Doe, or Doe not thu,and dedu- ceth his reafons from the benefit that arriveth by it to him to whom he faith it. And from this it is evident, that he that giveth Counfell, pretendeth onely ( whatfoever he intendeth ) the good of .him, to whom he giveth it. Therefore between Counfell and Command, one great difference is, that Command is direaed to a mans own benefit ; and Counfell to the benefit of another man. And from this arifeth another difference, that a man may be obli ed to do what he is Commanded; as when he hath covenanted to o e : But he cannotbe obliged to do as he is Comfelled,becaufe the urt of not followrng it, is his own; or if he {hould covenant to follow it, then is the Counfell turned into of C 0 MM 0 N-WE 21' Z 7‘ H. chap; 5; ons, is directed principally to his own benefit, and But aceidentarily to the good of him that is C ounfelled, or not at all; Secondly, that the ufe of Exhortatio‘n and Dehortatidn lyerh ones 1y, where a man is to fpeak to a. Multitude ', Becalife When the Speech is addrefled to One, he may interrupt hittigand eiamine' his reafons more rigoroufly, than can be done in a Multitude ‘; Which are too ma- hy to enter into Drfpute, and Dialogue with him that {peaketh indifferently rotherri all at once. , ., , he is not to pretend benefit by it to himfelfe: but to demand right to Thirdly, that they that Ethrt and Dehdrt, where they are required to give Counfel , are corrupt Counfellours, and as it were bribed by theirown inter-ell. For thdugh the Counfell they ive be never fo good ; et he that gives it, is no more a good Counillo'ur than he that givet a Jule Sentence for a reward, is aJuit Judge. Brit where other Good to himfe fe ,which (as I faid before ) is of every mans . Will the proper objeét. _ This alfo is incident to the nature of Counfell ;that whatfoever it be, he that asketh it, cannot in equity accufe, or unifh it: For to ask Counfell of another, is to permit him to give uch Counfell as he {hall think beit o, And confequently, he that giveth counfell to his 50veraign, ( whether a Monarch, or an Alfembly )when he asketh it, cannot in equity be punilhed for it, whether the fame be conformable tothe opinion ofthe molt, or not, fo it be to the Propofition in dev bate. For ifthe fenfe of the Affembly can be taken notice of, before the Debate be ended, they fhould neither ask, nor ,take any further gounfell, For the Senfe of the Alfembly, is the Refolution of the ebate, and End of all Deliberation. And generally he that demane a man may lawfully Command, as a Father in his Family, or a Leaderin an Arm , his Exhortatioiis and Dehortations, are not onely lawful], but a1 0 necefl'ary, and laudable : But then they are no more Counfells, but Commands g which when they are for Execution of foure labour -, fometirnes neceflity, and alwayes humanity requireth to be fweetned in the deliVery, b encouragement, and in the tune and ghrafe of Counfell, rather then in harlher language of Comman . Examples of the difference between Command and Co‘unfell we may take from the formes of Speech that expi‘efli: them' in P'Ioly deth Counfell, is Author of it -, and therefore cannot punilh it; and Scripture. Have no other God; but me -, Make to til} fag/e no gfzwm what the Soveraign cannot, no man elfe can. But if one Subj e61 giveth Counfell to another, to do any thing contrary to the Lawes, whether that Counfellproceed from evill intention, or from igno ‘ rance onelfy, it is puniflaable by the C ommon-wealth ; becaufe igno- ‘ rance of.t C Law, is no good excufe,where every man is bound to Image; Take not God: name in vain; Sanfiffie the Sabbath - Harrow: thy farm"; Kill not; Smle not,&c. are Commands; bedaufe the tealon for which we are to obey them, is drawn from the will God! our Kin , whom we are obliged to obe" . But thefc w'ords of See" all time In: take notice of the Lawes to which he is fubjeéi. the‘realon for which we are to do f0, is drawn from our own benefit Exu on TAT I on,and DEH on ran 0 N, is Counfell, acc0m‘ "d mama, panied with fignes in him that giveth it, of vehement defire to have it followed 5 or to fay it more briefly, Counfe/Z vehement/y prcfjed. For non what. he that Exhorteth, dorh not deduce the confequences of what he advifeth to be done, and tye himfelfe therein tothe rigour of mi! , -, git): i! to the poor: 5 andfbllm me, are Coun'fell ;, became Which is this, that we {hall have Treafire in heaven. Thefe words, G;into the Village over againflyau, andjmjballfi/mlan Affe‘vtyed, 4)»: hr Colt -, lea]: bar, and bring her to me, are a Command : for the reafon of their fact is drawn from the will of their Mailer : but thefe words 11mm, and [2c Baptized in the Name of fefiu, are Counfell - becauf; reaiomnggbnt encourages him he Counfelleth, to Action : AS 116 the teafon why we ihould fo do,tendeth not to any" benefitjof God thatDehorteth,deterrethhim from it. And therefore they have in 211:: :13, fwlho {halfl1 Rh" be King [I]: what manner foever wc 'rebell ; r eves,w o ave noo‘t rmeansof ' ' ‘ ' ‘5ment hangin over us for our fins. aVOYdmg the pumlh their fpeeches, a regard to the common Paflions, and opinions 0'f men, In deducing their reafons ; and make ufe of Similitudes, Mffa‘ hors , Erramples, and other tooles of Oratory. to perfwade thc‘il‘ arers of the Utility, Honour, or Jufiice of following their adult. is} From whence may be inferred, Firit, that Exhorta‘tion and Deihortation, is directed to the Good of him that iveth the Counfell not of him that asketh it, which is contrary to t e duty of a Counfel: Your 5 who( b ' the definition of Cdunfell ) Ought to regard, not his own benefit, ut his whom he advifeth, And that he direéteth his (‘ounfell to his own benefit, is manifeft enough, by the long and vehement urging, or by the artificiall giving thereof; Which being not required 0 him, and crinfequently prdceeding from his own occafi- the nature of a Command. A third difference between them is, that no man can pretend a right to be of another mans Counfell -, becaufe Counfell another, at ues a will to know his defignes, or to gain fome E xborwion fir: 2'.‘ As the di erence of Counfell' from Command, hath been now' bifirm", deduced from the nature of Counf‘ell, confining in'a deduc ing of the effir and My: fit Cay): (l. From S 2' I benefit, [mm f |