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Show S36 Reflellions and M11xims. VoL. I. 1691, 3Sl· Minil\ers ot State fhould undertake th<:ir Polls at tbtir Peril. If . ~ Princes over~rule them, let them fhew the L~w, and humbly r(Jign: If Part I. Fear, Gain or Flattery prevail, lehhem anfwcr H to the L;a~. • . ; 54. The Prince cannot be preferv'd, but where the Mt.mfi~r 15 pu~tfha .. blc: For People. as well as Princes, will not endure ,Impe~1Um m lmP.cr!o· 355 If Mtnifters are weak or ill Men, and fa fp01l thea Places, H ts the Princ~'s Fault that chafe them : But if their Places fpoil them, it is their own r~lulr to be made worfe by them. . . . ~;6. It is but juft that rhofe that retgn by theu Pnnc~s, fhould fu&:er for their Princes : For it is a fafe and ~ece~ary Maxtm, not to fhtft Heads in Government, while the H1nds are 111 Bemg that ihould anfwer for th;~j. And yet it were intolerable to be a Minifter of State~ if ever~ Body may be Accufer and Judge. . 3;8. Let therefore thefalje Auufern<> more efcape an excmplaty Pumfh· rncnt, than the GuHty Minilter. . . ~~9· For it profanu Government ~o h.ave the .Credit of the lead tog Men in it fobjed: to vJJ!gar Cenfure; wb1ch 1s often 1ll:grounded. . 36c. 'the Safety of a Prince, therefore, con~fis tn a well chofen Coync1l ~ And that only can be faid to be fo where the I erfons that compofe a are· qualify'd for the Bufinefs that comes before them. . · 361. Who would fend to a Taylor to make a Lock, or to a Smtth to make a Suit ofCloaths. 362. Let there be Merchants for Trade, Sea~en for the Admiralty, TrautDerr for Foreign Afrairs fomi of the Leadmg MM of the Coumry for Home·Bufinefs1 and Com~on and Civil La.wyers to advife of Legality :1nd Right : Who fhould always keep to the ftnll Rules of Law. 363. Three Things contribute much to rutn Government: Loofnefs, 0~ preffion and l!"'nvy. 364. Where the Reins of Government are too Oack, there the Man~ers of rhe People are corrupted: And that defiroys lnduftry, begets Effemma .. cy, and provokes Heavt:n againft it. 36). Oppreffion makes a poor Country, and a defperate People, who always wait an Opportunity to change. -;Mi. He that rJJ!erb wrr Men, '!'ufi he ]11fl, ruling in tbe Ftar of God, faid an old and wife:: King. 367. Envy Ji{lurhs and diftraEls Go~ernment,. clogs the Whce~s, a.nd perplexes the Adminiftr:ltion : And nothtng conml~utes mor~ to thls D1fo~der, than a partial Diftribution of Rewards and Pumfhmenrs m the So,•ere,gn. 368. As it is not reafonable that Men fhould be compelled to ferve; fo thofs that have EmplOyments !hould not be endured to leave them lwmorouOy. 369. Where the State intends a Man no Alfront, he fhould not alfront the State. 370. a l!llfllate JU(e. A Pti.vate Life is t~ be ~referred 1 the Honour and Gain of Publick Pofts beanng no Proporuon w1th the Comfort of tt. The one is free and quiet, the other fer vile and noify. 371. It was a great Anfwer of the Sbunamire Woman, I dCDeU among my own People. , 372. They that live of their own, neither need, nor often lift to wear the Livery of the Publick. · 373· Their Subfiftence is not Juring PlenJJJre, nor have they Patrons to pleafe or prefent. · ~74· If they are not advanced, neither can they be dif~raccd. And as they know not the Smiles of Majdl:y, 10 they feel not the Frowns of Grcatnefs or the E!feas of Envy. 3)5. ]f they want the Pleafures of a Court, they :11fo efcape the Temp.- tations of it. 376. Private Men, in fine1 are fa much their own1 that p:~ying Common Dues, they are Sovereigns of all the ren. 377· Iii VoL. I. R.ejlec'lions and Ma:tims. 37J. .ll f!U~Ifci J.f(e. Yet the Publick mull and will be ferv'd. they that do H v.ciJ, deferve publick Marks of Honour 3 d p 6 ' and 378. To do fo, Men muft have publick Minds as welt a gol t .. they will fervo Private Ends at the Puhlick Coft. s a anes; or 379· Go,·ernmen\s can never be well adminiltred but where thofi trufted m.•kc Cf'lnfcienceof well difcharging their Piaces. e en· . 380; llluallucatfonD. Five things are requifite to a good Officer. Abi· hry, Clean Han. a Dl}ptttcb, PtlfJtnce, and lmp1trtiali!y. , ?SI. ~ftp. He that underftands not his Employment what'ever :~;.,he knows, mutt be unfit for it; and the Publick futfers by hi; Inexpert· 382. They tha~ are a bl~, thould be jufi too; or the Government rna b the worfe for rheJr Capacny. Y e 383. llt:ltllft I!BllbD •. Covetoufnifr in fuch Men prompts them to proftitute the Pul:lhck for Gam. 384. The. taking of a Bribe or Gratuity, fhould be punifhed with as revere Penalues, as the Defrauding of the State. 385. Le.t Men .have fufficient Salaries, and exceed them at th ·r ·Peril. ;86, It IS a D1.'honour to G~vernmem, that it's Officers fhoMd li\'e of ~enevolenc~ ; as t.t oug~t to be mfamous for Officers to difhonour the Pub· lick, by betng twtce patd for the fame Bufinefs. 387. BLi't to be paid,. and no~ to do Bufinefs, is rank Oppreffion. 388. l!Dffpalcb. ,Difpauh ts a great and ~ood Quality in an Officer ; where Duty, not G:un, excnes H .. Rut of rl11s, too many make their priva te Marke~ and Ov~rplus .to thetr Wages. Thus the Salary is for doing, and rh.e Bnbe ~nr dtfp:uchtng the Bufinefs: As if Bufinefs could be done before tt were d1fp:nched: Or they were to be p:lid a Parr, one by the Goa vernment, t'orher by the Parry: 389· Difpa!ch is as much the Duty of an Officer, as doing; and very much the Honour of the Governmenc he ferves. ~90. Delays have been more injurious than direct lnjuftice. 391. They too often fiarve thofe they dare not deny. 392. The very Winner is made a Lofer, becaufc: he pays twice for his ·OWn; like thofe tl\at purchafe Eft:~tes mortgaged before to rhe full Value. 393· Our Law fays we!J, to delay Juftice is Injuftice. . 39+ Nor to have a Right, and nor to come at ir, differs little. 395· Relufal or Difpatch is the Duty and Wifdom of a good Officer. 396. teatfence. Pdlience is a Virtue every where; but it jhint1 with greateft Luftre in rhe.Men of Government. '597· Some are fo proud or tefty1 they won1t hear what they fltould red refs. 398. Others fo We3k, they fink or burl\ under the Weight ·of their Office though they can lightly rJJn awny with tbe Salary of it. ' 399· Bufinefs can never be well done, that is not well underftood : which cannot he without Patience. 400. It is Cruelty indeed not to gh•e the Unhappy an Hearing, whotn we ought to help: But it is the Top ofOppreffion to browbeat the huma ble and model\ Miferahle, when they feek Relief. . 401. Some, it is tfU'e1 are unreafonable in their Defires and Hopes: But then we Jhonld inform1 not rail at and reject them. 4c2. It is therefore as great an lnftance of Wifdom, as a Man in Bufinefs can give, to be parient undtr the Impertinencies ond ContradiOions that attend it. 403. Me1bod goes far to prevent Trouble in Bufinefs: Forirmakesthe Task eafy, hinders Confufion, faves abundance of Time, and inftruas thofe that have Rufinefs depending1 what to do and wh:~r ro hope. • 4"4· ]mpaetfBittp. Impartiality, rhough it be the !aft, is not the leal\ Part of the CharaEter of a good Magiftrate. · 40). lr is noted an Fault, in Holy Writ, evep to regard the Poor: How .snucb more the Rich in Judgment .• 406 I£ 837 ~ Part I. l |