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Show I§E f4" 2, OfCOMMON-WEALTH. Chap-31'. was: DfCOMMbN-WEALTH. Chaps". I39 Afiliéting, is not alwayes derived from mens Sinne, but from Cod; Power. . whereof we make benefit, are either fubjeét to us, and the profit they yeeld, followeth the labour we beftow u on them , as a natural! Sim not the ‘ This quefiion, Why Evil! .men after: Prafpee, land Good menfufir efl‘eét -, or they are not fubjeét to us, but an wer our labour, accord- "We "fell Adverhfitj, has been much difputed bythe Antient,‘ and is the fame 1117in ivitht is of ours, hy what Right, Gim' difpmfeth the Prafiwritie: and Adverfities of this life 5 and is of that difficulty; as it hath {naken the their mindes, In the fecond fenfe, where mens wills are to be _ faith, not onely of the Vulgar, but of Philolophers, and which is wrought toour pui‘pofe, not by Force,but by Compleafancc,it figni- ing to their own Wills. In the firfi fenfe the labour befiowed on the Earth, is called Culture; and the education of Children a Culture of Pfel.72.vér. more, ofthe Saints, 'con'cerning the Divine Providence. How_ Good fieth as much as Courting, that is, a winning of favour by good ofli3:753‘ ( faith David) is the God of I/i‘ael to thofe that Are upright in Heart; and yet my feet iv'ere alhzofl gone, 72: treading: had well-high flipt; for I ma grieved at the Wicked, w ,en I few the "7230le in filth Pro- fizerity. And "7'06, how earnel‘tly does he expoflulate with God, for the many Afiliétio'ns he fui'feredmotwithi'tandi'ng his Righteoufneife.‘ This quefiion in the cafe of was decided by God himfelfe, not by 31' uments derived from foh'rS'in‘ne , but his own Power. For whereas the friends of at!) drew their arguments from his Aflliétion to his Sinne, and he defended himfelfe by the confcience of his Innocence, God himfelfe taketh up the matter, and having jufiified the 365 3811.4. Aflliaion by arguments drawn from his Power, fuch as this, Where We]! thou when I laya' the fatmdetiom afthe earth, and the like, both approved 3306': Innocence, and reproved the Erroneous do- étrine of his friends. Conformable to this doctrine is the fentence of our Saviour, concerning the man that was born Blind,in thefe words, Neither hath thia man finned, nor I116 fizther: -, hat that the work: of Gadmight he made manife in him. And though it befaid, 7th Death wired into the war a! hyfinhe, (b which is meant that if Adam had never finned, he had never dyed, t at is, never fuffered any fe- paration of his foule from his body,) it follows not thence, that God Divine Lawn. could not juflly haveAfiliCted him,though he had not Sinned,as well as he afilieleth other living creatures, that cannot finne. . Having fpoken of the Right of Gods Sovcraignty, as grounded onely on Nature; we are to confider next, what are the Divine Lawes,or Diaates of Naturall Reafon , which LaWes concern either the naturall Duties of one man to another, or the Honour naturally due to our Divine Soveraign_ The firft are the fame Lawes of Nature, of which I have fpoken already in the 14. and i 5 . Chapters of this Treatife -, namely, Equity, Juftic‘e, MerCy, Humility, and the refi of the Morall Vertues. It remaineth therefore that We coriiirler, what Prrecepts are dictated to men, by their Natur‘all Reafon orely. without other word ofGod,touching the Honour and Wozihip of the Divine Majeflr‘y. Honour and Honour confifleth in the inward thought , and opinion of ti‘C Warfhtp Power, and Goodneffe of another: and the'refOre to Honour God, what. is to'think as Highly of his Power and G'oodneffe, as is pofhblC. A ‘Id of that opinion, the exrernall fi nes appearing in the Words, and Actions of men, are called War/73p , which is one part of that which the Latinesiuiderfland by the word Cult»: : For Citfm: {ignirierh properly, and conflantly, that labour which a man beflowes on any thing, with a pu‘rpofe to make benefit by it. Now thofe Sings I i w cx'COl ces; as by praifes, by acknowledging their Power, and by whatfoever is pleating to them from whom we look for any benefit. And thisis properly War/hip :in which fenfc Ptthlicola, is underflood for a Worlhipper ofthe People3and Calm: Dei,for the Worihip ofGod. From internall Honour, confifling in the opinion of Power and small Goodneffe, arife three Paffions, Love , which hath reference to figm of Goodneffe; and Hope, and Fear, that relate to Power: And three 1‘19""- parts of externall worlhip, l'razfe, magnifying, and B/e mg .- The lubjec‘t of Praife, being Goodneife; the fubjeét of Magnifyin , and Bleffing, being Power, and the efleét thereof Felicity. Prai e, and Magnifying are fignified both by Words, and Aétions: By Words when we fay a man is Good, or Great: By Afiions, when we thank, him for his Bounty, and obey his Power. The opinion of the Happineffe of another, can onely be expreffed by wOrds. There be fome fignes of Honour, (both in Attributes and Aétions,) that be Naturally f0 ; as amongfi Attributes, Gaoa', $14}, Lihe- War/hip NamWily/l 4'4 ra/Z, and the like , and arnongfl Afiions,Prayer5, Thanks, and 0heArmr‘W‘ thence. Others are f0 by Infiitution,or Cuflome of men -, and in form: times and places are Honourable 3 in others Diihonourable ; in others indifferent: fuch as are the Gei'tures in Salutation, Prayer and 1‘ hankfgivmg, in different times and places, differently ufed. 'The former 15 Natural! 3 the later Arhz'tmry Worlhip. And of Arbitrary Worfhi , there bee two differences - F W I}; fometimes it IS a Cominanefe'd _ . , fometimes . Valu,m‘ary WOIfhlp: : _or Cammaaded 01 [P' Commanded , when it is fuch as hee requireth who is Worfhi ; 4'14 Fm» ped : Free, when it is fuch as the WOrfhipper Commanded, not the words, or gef'cure, thinlts fit. When it Ii but the obedience is th: Woriliip.But when Free, the Worlhip confifts in the opinion of the Eeholders : for if to them the words, or aé'cions by which we intend onoui, feem ridiculous, and tending to contumely; they are no Wor ihip -, becaufe no ii nes of Honour; and no fignes ofHonour it isauf bec mad ,tiheatli e ea iion ' sfi: ' alliegpgetéciigr ' that giv ‘ eth it,b . ut to him ' to whom Again,_there is a Puhliqite, and a Pri vate Worfhi p. Publique , is Il'o the Worinip that a Common-we r'hir Pei; alth erformeth,as one Perfon.Pri- lieu]: that fon exh ibiteth.Publique, in rcf Vite,is that which a Private per peétof ‘Pr‘iW-e :{ is :ily‘lggommon-yttealtli,is fre e; b ut in refperfi of Particular men it is never -Wi:ivate, ism fecret 'l'ree'; blit in the fight of the multitude Opinion ofmizuf fofpaeI Reitramtm , thcr from the Lawes,or from the The End of V,Vw f11c] is contrary to the nature ofLibe rt . or up amongft nli)en, 15 Power; For where a man The F7151 or 2' feeth "Gil";- ‘ |