( 46o) 0 o e c e: e. 1 7t6'ti" C HA P. XII. Prop. z. It may be very finfull to command fome ceremonies, 'whenyet it may be thefubjeFis Duty to ufe them vhen they are commanded. Add this Propofition as neceffary both for Rulers and for Subjeás : For Rulers ;. ; that they may not think that all may be 7I0 c+ i lawfully Commanded which may he law - .äßx fully donewhen it is commanded. And for fubjeás;, left: they think that all thingsare unlawful! to be done, which are finfully commanded. §. 2. Some Governors think, that the Sermons and Argu- ments that charge the peoplewith finfor difobeying them,do all juflifie them for making the Laws, which others fhould obey : And all the words that are fpent in aggravating the fin of the . difobedient they think are fpoken in ¡unification of their commands. And on the contrary, many people think that all that is Paid againft the laws or penalties, is Paid in ¡unification of their difobedience. And they are fo lamentably weak that theycannot difcern, bow that can lawfully beobeyed,that is fin- fully commanded : when yet the cafe is very plain. §. 3. Ifa thingbe (imply unlawful!, as being forbidden by God himfelf, there no command of man can make it lawful!. But if it bebut inconvenient or evil only by forneaccident or cir- cutnftance, it is poffible for the commands of Governors to take 9fftheaccidental evil, andmake it become a duty. For example, ft.
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