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Show +S' J670· ~ Chap. IV. Chap. V. V"'V"-1 ' ']'he Great ·CASE of Puni!hment, thot 10 aaing and believing, d!fpriviled,ges t,hem for ever qf that Recompence whicb 'is provided for the Fallhf~l. . 1. Sevmrbly, Men have their Ltheny and C~otce m Ex~ern:tl Matters; they are not compe1led to Mt~rry rbis Perfo~t, /O Omverfe fllllb that, _ro BMy 1Jere, to Eat there, nor to Sleep yon.der? ye~ if Men h:td. Power to tmpo~e or reftrain in any Thing, one would thmk lt fhoul~ ~e Ill fuch cxtenour· Matters; but that t;hi~ Libe.rty ih<?u)d be unque!hon d, and !hat of the Mind defuoy'd, iifues here, That rt ilots not Unbruu tfl! but tfnff!on 111; for take nway URderft4nding, Reafon, ]ll· rrn(nl, n11d F. .Ott b •. and bkr N~~ bu~hadnezzar /u 111 go Graze VJitb the Be a so/ the Fidd. 8 Eigbrbly ',nd Lo}lly, That which mo of pU bloc kens (he lJf/Jin'.{s, is p E.:R s E CUT 10 N; for though it is V~ry unreafona~l~ t9 ~equire Fail I,, where Men cannot chufe but doubt, nt after allJ ro pumQl them for Pif.. obedience, is Cruelty in the Abftratt, for we demand, Shll(l ljltn S11jftr for nor donzg wbnr they """o/ do l Muft t~ey be Perfecured. here zf they 4o not go again!l the.ir Con(cz~nqe;, and pum(h~d h~reafter zf they do ! llut neither is this all:; for that Pan th~t ts. n~ t,noft .unreJlfonable, and that gives the cleatelt Sight of Perfecutzon, J.S ftzll behmd, ,rp\llely, Tbe Mon• jlrouJ ..drt.ll"lents they bav~ t~ Convi~'f {Jfl He,rttid:. with ,: Nor .rhofe of Old, as Spiritual 31 the Chnlha.n Rebgu:.~n, wht~h r«r.e to a~moni.[h, Ft.'f71, ond finally to reieU 1 but fuch ~s were r,mploy ~ by the perfecutmg ]t'fs and Heathens agai~tlt the great E~ample ?f the Wo,-ld, and fuch as follow'd him and by the jnh.uman Ptlpifl.r agamft our. 6Ifi Reforwurs, m Cl11bs, Std;u StocRs PiOories, Pr.ifons, Dungeqns, f.xtle~ &:c. ~n a Word1 Ruin to mboie Fm•ih~s, lu if it wqe 1101 fo 1JIIIdl thejl D4jgtl r,o Convince tht So•l Mto Deflroy'tbe Body. TQ conclude ; rhere ~Qght tO be a9 . Mequation "9.d ~efem'blnnc~ be· twixt aU Ends, and the Means W them~ bu~ . in this ~afe tq.,qre: can he no11e imaginable ; llie End is r/¥-Copf"mlty of Of'~ fu~gmcn'f ·~d Undq}!ond· ing.r to the .A01 of[iub tU require i!, the ;r,.eantll{t..Pt(!P( \~nd lJJJprijd!t• menrr ( andB/oudyKnodutoboot.) · ~-: , Now, what Proportion or Allimulation, thefe bear, let !J!~'So~r ~zWJ!": The Undedtandiog can never he convmc d, nor jroperly fpbqm~ bur by fuch Arguments, a1 art Rational, J!~rfmajive, tJ" fuita.ble tp Ju. Or»ll ;ftl4• 111re; fomethiitg that can rt[o1ve. tt .r Doubt.rJ anJwer tfs Db;!Urons, ITff{'v nrc it's Propofitionr but to 1magme tbofe barbarorn New.g?tte ln.flrNmtll(.t -of Clubs, Finds, Pri'fonS, f.:! c. witb that whole Tro_op of txternal and ,Jlfmb ltiaterials of F.orce, jhou/J be .fil ;!rgumtnp to (M~)I,nce . '~.~'. }J_nj cr/lan4rng, f(alftfl it' .r s,ruplu, tl!d jin,lly, f,qnuert II to thctr Rehgton, ;s :;tl t.~get~·[ irrational, cruel, and 1mpoffi.hle. Force may lJla.ke an ~Y.{:'P~nte; 1tH F111t}1 grouJtdtd upmtKnorJJlcdge, and (}oiJfent tbat 111./Jk&l a Cl?_ri]J!'l'P·, And to ~nclude, as we can never h•tray t4e Honour of 9P.r A>l/fqrm.i,tr. • (only d_ue .\O Truth) by a bale and timo!oYI liypocrifie tQJ al'y exter,n~l 'fiyleoce ~nd~r Hbven, fo muft 'we ne<!ls f~y. 1§~;-.{0f!abl<lf(< tbofr l'llppfe~~ ,,.boJ~<#r< ,10t tbe lmpofed ~: Rerlraine_d from what may opclljr to 1~'¥~ ~gpn tbeir Ar· "CO/Ill/\ 'ti!ld mojbntbU!Ittt.n 4r~1 thoje rcrfecUtOfS ·tljp& JJI//!ife ~for 110/ ohty~ ing rbem. tbougb1D. theirlltt~r ·Rurn.. , .... !.' ··-.~ b'li 'JJ • , 1 .dJ~"ril"r l C H A P. V. . .1: . ,. ~,'~/;~ They ra~"! a cfl'fr.i.imon to Ga.;ern111m!: r-:rn iff• Nft'life •f;it, iihJ!h i~>Jufttce. ~~ ,1~ ~he ExecJl~'l'n of tt1 "'hr.fli ll f:9!~~. ~. ~c~ .. "l. illV&"' End <fir, wliich is Fidelity. St'TJtR Ctmi1tfON;J8¥t.[tre~d ,'fi.6Jfttlp1J1, fairly jla:ed, •nd br,i•Jil affwmd. . " '" , "'T -~:. , ; ~~ri W~E neXt urge;'l tTrbad.Foru .in" Mattt'J nlating to CtJJl{ci'Mcf, ~corrit'fiJ fla;n ac1ur4di0jon to Government .;, tlll liftuee, 1&¥d.,utiollt !ftld Frlhfu. . • ··• By VoL. , I. Libtrty of.. Co•Jcience 1Jebatetl. \ . ' ~ ~ - By Government w~ underftand, ..dn Extern(ll O(derof ]ufliu, or tl;~ riJPt t6 i o' 0ndpr~denr Difciplining of any Sociery, by J•fl La'f'• eitbtr zlr1 rbe Rtl.•x· ~ ation, or Execution of the,.. · ;;. • ~... Ch~p. y FirJl, It carries a <;:onuadiaion to Go,"crbment in the Na,tute of it, whiC& :1 , is Jrij/te~, a~~ that l.n three Refpetls. ~ 'm · . ,, Ir 'is the Fitft LeJfon, that Grear Synrerejis, fo much tend•vn.ed by J>v~ /ifppbm and Civilians, learns Mankind, To do a1 ;bq rcoilld b~. doni 16\ fince he that gives wh1at he would pot t:tke, or takes what he;:: \'Vdu-ld nd~ give, o~¥~ lbews Care for himfelf, but neither Ki,ndnefs nor Jljl~ce 'filr ,another. ' . · 2. 1}e Jnfl J•lature of Govenrmtllt 1ies in a {Jir a11d tljit'll('Rerr(b11tio,f., lmt wliat can be more unequal, tha(l that .Men foo'll!d h~ rttted 'more ~~~ their Prop1Jrtio11, to anfwer the Nt:ceffiries of Govemtneilr,· and yet t~ th<)' lhquld not 9nly receive No Pr01etiian fro~~t ir, b•t by it IJ< 'llffe[t?d' a[ ihe1r dear Liberty npd Properties; we f:Jy to be conipell'd t~ paytO.at Po\1\·er .tha.~ exerts it fclfto ~uin thofe_rh:it pay ir, o'r that any fhoulcl he-'requir'd:~ ennch thofe, that 1u1n th~m, ts hard', and un~qttal, , and ther.efb~e contraiV to theJuft Nature of Government. If we tlllijt' br eonrril!dtttPih to rfc· .fti.Aintennna of it, we 1re l!Jtiu/.td ~o ll Protcflion [ro,1» it. · · J 3• It i-s,tbt Jujlice of Government tO proportion Pctra/JieJ tt1 tbe Crimt com~ situ~. Now grancing our DHI'ent to be a Faulr, yet the lnfifS:ion or' a Corporal or E¥terual Punii'hment, fQr a meer Merltal Error' (and that ifE voluntary) ,is Unrerfon~b1e and Inadequate, as well as ag:.inlf _particuJ r DireEl:iO'rw Ofth~ .ScriptJtrcJ, Tit. iii. 9, 1o, II. For :J.s Corporal Pen:ilri s canDo,~ convin¢ t~~ 1Jn4crflandlng; fa neither can they be Commenfuil Punifhmehts'foi Frulrs purely InttllefluqJ: And for'rheGover.nment 6'f tli~s Wor~d to intermeddle l,Vith what belon~ to the Government' of another. and which dn have no ill AfpeEt or Irlfl:Uerice upon it, jhewJ more crf lnv4]idn tbon Ri;!?f a~~ Jujlier. . . . , , . · SecoJ)aly, .It cnrnes a Contrttd10um to Governt;Jent m ~be Ext,utron ~1 ir tobi;b, Ufrudence, 4»~ that i!f theft ln/lantu. • r •. The State Qf !lJe ,Cafe is this, :That there is no _Rtpublitl< fo ~reat, no Emptre fo vaft, but the Laws oftheqJ. 3Fe Refolv,ab'e Into thefe •TWo Series or Heads, 0/.Laws Fundament til, fihkb are IndifP.enjihle atld lmmutahle: .ANd Laws Superficial, wlzie/J ar<-Ttltt/'ffPTY and AliPfahk ' And ~s ii ~s juftice and frpdence to be punaual ijl the Execu~n of the fonner, fo hy Circumfiances )t ma~ P,c ncit. her, to ·t:,)l:r cute the. ' 13tter, rbe1 'bei.ng f11iud to tbt prefcnt CoQvcnichcy and /:."mer;mq of Si'm; as rh\: Prphfbillng 6f Cattle op of Irelowl, ,'was J~dg'd ~{ lldNantage fo'' r\ie Farmer' of' Englanll, yet a Murrain wouta nla1<e it the Glibd of the'Whdle, that the-Lawlhould be ~"*e; or at leaft til~ ;E;xe~ution of it fulpenqe~. That' the Law of Rt · firai!Jt in I!~inl'ofr:oi.tfli~nc~ i$ of'IIHf. 1\~urnheff We f!l:lY far~r~aqifefr, .opd t~e !r,('_(. uJtn" 11.} t/unktJig ori)e/r.yife ' Fo11 fi/ft, zf rhe Sa yin!\ ·wete as Trueai tis[alfe, Nq /3ijh"[J, no Kini;. (which odqtit's ofV'ariqus' R,eadjngi; At 11l !Del{(llafing Clergy, or 110 '1'e1i.'H'll}ion, no' Kif!g,) we lhpuld be as .filent, as fome would have ps; but,'rhe Confi~errce bf their Aff'enion, add the lmpolicr offuc~;1,s believe it; m,~kes us to [ay1 Tblzt a 'grtdrfr Injury cannot he d07te to t~e prtfent Govemhiclu. For 1f iuch Lnws · an~l£fta·bllffirnents are, ·E'un.da111enral, they are 1 3s' irhmutabJe ~S' Mankina ·ir t~If; bbt that tl\oy a1e as aJ1¥al>~, i'$ t~e Copjll&1•res ahd Op\Hi~n~ df 'Gdv~ou1s have been, IS evidqnt; , ·~u f/!t fa"fe f~nJJm(~. taL lndf_lip tnlib. lt 'Loazs a~d Po&y o(t/if[t KingJ~,f"• ave JliU rr!rain'J, t/>_fbjgi/ aU VMeY}oj op;mfil~' Ruli'!$ bpifsons orid 'b!{t"!Wf, a~l! p. !~? Joy~'d lrfil{i. t. iz~ld aH:' 'l'h<;ietpre o .admit fuch • Fixa1iqp' to Teli'B'I.!ary ,t,~ws, ' 'l'bft' ,qetdj be llig~l.J: . i"lP' • dent, a~\! !:JeftrutliVJirf f the '1\l•mi:!I frlls Of ln,e Gover9mepr of tbefe :Countn~•· · ~r :1 • ~1 . • , . 2. 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